The speckled band / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The inspiration of M. Budd / Dorothy L. Sayers -- Emil and the detectives / Erich Kastner -- Butch minds the baby / Damon Runyon -- Murder at St. Oswald's / Michael Underwood -- The cross of Lorraine / Isaac Asimov -- The adventure of the Egyptian tomb / Agatha Christie -- Cold money / Ellery Queen -- Fingerprinting a ghost / Tony Fletcher -- It's a hard world / Andrew Vacchs -- Maddened by mystery, or, The defective detective / Stephen Leacock.