This is a posthumous collection in book form of four Uncle Abner stories which Post published in The Country Gentleman magazine in 1927-28 (after the publication of the first Uncle Abner collection in book form in 1918). Three of them had also been reprinted in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. The book also includes an introduction about Post and the Uncle Abner stories by the editors. The four stories in the book are "The Mystery at Hillhouse" (which the introduction says is 3 times longer than any other Abner story) in which Abner confronts three suspects in the murder of a wealthy cattleman as well as a posse originally bet on lynch justice, which he persuades to wait for the law, The second case" The God of the Hills" involves a land-hungry judge named Benson and a young woman he would dispossess of her land. It also brings in the country preacher Adam Bird, which as the introduction points out is clearly meant to be the Adam Bronson of the first series of stories. The third case, "The Dark Night" involves a case of an "act of God" or as Abner maintains, of the devil. The last story, "The Devil's Track" begins with a dispute between Abner and a greedy cattleman named Dillworth over a fence. but leads to darker issues. ( )

Uncle Abner is a monumental figure of pre-Civil War Virginia. A God-fearing man who is a great quoter of the Bible. He is also expert in solving crime and bringing the guilty to justice.
This slim volume contains a novella and three short stories and in addition a useful introduction to the author and his work.
Highly recommended. ( )