Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was a prolific author of mystery novels and short stories during the Golden Age of Mystery. This collection assembles 15 classic tales:
- Against Time
- The Earl, the Warder, and the Wayward Heiress
- The Fifteenth Century Crozier
- The Yellow Dog
- Room 53
- The Secret of the Barbican
- The Silhouette
- Blind Gap Moor
- St. Morkil's Isle
- Extra-Judicial
- The Second Capsule
- The Way to Jericho
- Patent No. 33
- The Selchester Missal
- The Murder in the Mayor's Parlour