A very consistently high-quality collection; just about all te authors included are first class, and those that may not be are represented by some of their better stories. I believe Edgar Wallace's "The Treasue Hunt" with J.G. Reeder introduced me to that character.Some are standards such as "The Story of Bel," "The Purloined Letter" and "The Red-Headed League" but others are less known such as R. Austin Freeman's "the Aluminum Crutch." and E. C. Bentley's "The Unknown Peer." ( )