y Stories of J. S. Fletcher" has been moved
from the front of the book to the back.

Spacing around ellipses and em-dashes is as in the original.

The following corrections have been applied:

Advertisement: "As mystifying{original had mystifyng} a tale as
even Mr. Fletcher himself has written."

Page vi: XXIV{original had XIV} COLD STEEL

Page 18: but when she had left the room to make ready for the
drive Mr.{original omitted period} Tertius turned to Selwood.

Page 66: the detective, armed with a magnifying glass, was
examining the edges of the door, the smooth backs of chairs,
even the surface of the desk, presumably for
finger-marks{original had fingermarks}.

Page 72: "Mr. Selwood!" she exclaimed imploringly. "You--I
can't.{The original text has no em-dash, and it's not clear what
the author's intention was.} You open it, and--"

Page 85: "Pardon," interrupted Burchill, "a{original had A}
holograph?

Page 128: And it was as well that he was not looking{original
had look-} at Triffitt

Page 160: perhaps you'll{original had you'l} drop me a line and
make an appointment at your office some day--then I'll call,
d'you see?"{original omitted closing quotation mark}

Page 166: "So long as justice is done," remarked
Peggie.{original omitted period}

Page 178: There were peculiarities about the fellow, said
Triffitt{original had Triffit}, which you couldn't forget

Page 186: "All right," said Triffitt, "keep{original had Keep} a
still tongue as regards me

Page 186: {original had a quotation mark here}Outside Triffitt
gave his companion's arm a confidential squeeze.

Page 187: Markledew{original had Markledek} listened to
Triffitt's story next day in his usual rapt silence.

Page 196: "Then we'll get to work," said Davidge. "{original
omitted quotation mark}Mr. Triffitt, I can't ask you to come
with us

Page 201: "I haven't{original had haven'} the least objection
to Cox-Raythwaite's presence, nor yours," said Barthorpe.

Page 211: Peggie Wynne, who during Barthorpe's last speech had
manifested signs of a desire to speak, and had begun to produce
a sealed packet from her muff.{original had a superfluous
quotation mark here}

Page 214: as they{original had ast hey} went on, quietly rose
from his chair.

Page 218: Is it not probable that