The anthology contains mysteries by several authors who are either correspondents in various manuscript collections or authors of books housed in Special Collections.

Twenty-one best stories selected from the fourteen previous annual anthologies of the M.W.A. With a foreword by Hugh Pentecost

Contains: The black cabinet / John Dickson Carr -- One morning they’ll hang him / Margery Allingham -- Coffee and - / David Alexander -- The couple next door / Margaret Millar -- Death before breakfast / Q. Patrick -- A quiet day in the county jail / Craig Rice -- Proof of the pudding / Lawrence Treat -- The withered heart / Jean Potts -- Three strips of flesh / Matthew Head -- Walking alone / Miriam Allen Deford -- Robert / Stanley Ellin -- Reflections on murder / Nedra Tyre -- Cop’s gift / Rex Stout -- Mr. Dilby’s timetable / Margaret Manners -- Modus operandi / Michael Gilbert -- The little dry sticks / Cora Jarrett -- Diamonds in paradise / Ellery Queen.