A collection which includes stories by such noted mystery writers as John D. MacDonald, Ellery Queen, Ed McBain, and Erle Stanley GardnerForeword [Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg]The oval portrait Edgar Allan PoeThere hangs death! John D. MacdonaldTown wanted Fredric BrownThe sweetest man in the world Donald E. WestlakeEvery fifth man Edward D. HochVendetta Guy de MaupassantThe leakage Frank SiskThe gesture Gil BrewerThe little house at Croix-Rousse Georges SimenonPunishment to fit the crime Robert L. FishThe plan of the snake Edward WellenTwo-way street Brian GarfieldThe pair of gloves Charles DickensAfter twenty years O. HenryThe export trade Leslie CharterisProblems solved Bill Pronzini and Barry N. MalzbergThe release Cornell WoolrichWe spy Clark HowardThe leopard man's story Jack LondonThe little things Isaac AsimovThe reindeer clue Ellery QueenTop man Jonathan CraigCreature of habit William Campbell GaultWeeds Charlene WeirSomething very special Fletcher Flora. Shatterproof Jack RitchieProject Mushroom Julie SmithTerror in the night Robert BlochDrum beat Stephen MarloweInvited witness George Harmon CoxePoison Katherine MansfieldThe scientist and the vanished weapon Arthur PorgesNight walker Robert J. RandisiThe innocent one Evan HunterFunny you should ask Lawrence BlockCastle in Spain Julian SymonsProposal perilous Morris HershmanThe crooked picture John LutzThe lady, or the tiger Frank R. StocktonThis one's on me Edward HunsburgerTo strike a match Erle Stanley GardnerHush-a-bye, my baby Anton ChekhovBecause the constable blundered Francis M. Nevins, Jr.Cloak and digger John Jakes