This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: Mystery and Detective.For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections.This book contains:- Jacques Futrelle.- H. and E. Heron.- Arthur Morrison.- John Ulrich Giesy.- Frank L. Packard.

Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer.Major Hesketh Vernon Prichard, later Hesketh-Prichard DSO MC FRGS FZS (17 November 1876 14 June 1922) was an explorer, adventurer, big-game hunter and marksman who made a significant contribution to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War.Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt.John Ulrich Giesy (August 6, 1877September 8, 1947) was an American physician, novelist and author. He was one of the early writers in the Sword and Planet genre, with his Jason Croft series.[1] He collaborated with Junius B. Smith on many of his stories.Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist.