This collection assembles 11 tales by "Sapper" (H.C. McNeile), including his most famous ghost story, "The House by the Headland." Included are:
- INTRODUCTION, by John Betancourt
- THE MAN IN RATCATCHER
- AN ARROW AT A VENTURE
- THE HOUSE BY THE HEADLAND
- THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT PLAY CARDS
- A QUESTION OF PERSONALITY
- THE UNBROKEN LINE
- THE REAL TEST
- GOOD HUNTING, OLD CHAP
- THE MAN WITH HIS HAND IN HIS POCKET
- A PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT
- THE POSER