Contents:

The inoffensive captain / E.C. Bentley -- The game played in the dark / Ernest Bramah -- Detective Barney / Harvey O'Higgins -- The magician of Cannon Street / J.S. Fletcher -- The million dollar bond robbery / Agatha Christie -- The young doctor / H.C. Bailey -- Thirteen lead soldiers / H.C. McNeile ("Sapper") -- The door key / Frederick Irving Anderson -- The adventurous exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba / Dorothy Sayers -- In a telephone cabinet / G.D.H. & M.I. Cole -- Common stock / Octavus Roy Cohen -- The vanishing diamond / John Rhode -- The avenging chance / Anthony Berkeley -- The shadow man / Edgar Wallace.