A gripping collection of the very best classic mystery and adventure stories.

• 1. "Rose Rose" by Barry Pain
• 2. "The Perfect Crime" by Seamark
• 3. "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs
• 4. "The Tea-Leaf" by Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace
• 5. "The Step" by E. F. Benson
• 6. "The Queer Feet" by G. K. Chesterton
• 7. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F. Harvey
• 8. "The Enemy" by Hugh Walpole
• 9. "An Impromptu Dance" by A. J. Alan
• 10. "The Red-Headed League" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 11. "The Wedding Guest" by Guy Boothby
• 12. "Caterpillars" by E. F. Benson
• 13. "Juxtapositions" by Stacy Aumonier
• 14. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey
• 15. "Lost in a Pyramid" by Louisa M. Alcott
• 16. "A Joy Ride" by A. J. Alan
• 17. "Afterward" by Edith Wharton
• 18. "His Brother’s Keeper" by W. W. Jacobs
• 19. "Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty" by Stacy Aumonier
• 20. "The Gold Bug" by Edgar Allan Poe

And 30 other riveting tales.