Twenty pulp short stories from the great detective story writers of the early 20th century, including The Silent Witness by Ruth & Alexander Wilson, The Monolith Hotel Mystery by Lloyd Lonergan, The Light That Lies by Pettersen Marzoni, Arson Plus by Dashiell Hammett, The Mystery of the One-Legged Man by J. B. Hawley, The Dark Brown Dress by Meredith Beyers, The Abandoned House by Beulah Poynter, The Mystery of Room 16 by Anne Austin, Blood Will Tell by Arthur B. Reeve, The Accidental Sheriff by Edward Parrish Ware, Between Calais and Dover by Jay Jefferson Farjeon, The Knockover by Arthur J. Burks, Death Arrow by Ray Cumming, Crime Wave by Murray Leinster, Crimson Comedy by Robert Leslie Bellem, Draft Dodger by E. Hoffmann Price, Client Unknown by Fredric Brown, The Prima Donna's Diamonds by Thomas Byrnes, Satan Carries A Tommy Gun by William Hartley and Publicity for the Corpse by C. S. Montanye