Forty breathtaking short stories of gripping adventures, secrets and strange conspiracies.

'The Dust That Was Barren' by P. C. Wren

'The Deserter' by Stacy Aumonier

'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' by J. S. Fletcher

'The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles' by William Le Queux

'The 39 Steps' by John Buchan

'Three Pennyworth of Luck' by Basil Murray

'The Secret of Dr. Vaux's Intrigue' by William Le Queux

'A Thread of Scarlet' by J. J. Bell

'How I Became a Secret Agent' by Dr. A. K. Graves

'The Adventure of the Mazzarin Stone' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'The Lake' by W. F. Harvey

'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton

'The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress' by J. S. Fletcher

'The Victim' by Perceval Gibbon

'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow

'The Paradise of Thieves' by G. K. Chesterton

'The Secret of the Black Bag' by William Le Queux

'The Vampire' by Jan Neruda

'The Mind-Readers' by Edgar Wallace

'The Mysterious Card' by Cleveland Moffet

Plus 20 more gripping adventure stories.