Classic American crime fiction of the 1920s

Introduction / by Otto Penzler

Foreword / by Leslie S. Klinger

A note on the texts

The house without a key / by Earl Derr Biggers (1925)

Appendix: The House without a Key on film

The Benson Murder Case / by S. S. Van Dine (1926)

Appendix: S. S. Van Dine sets down twenty rules for detective stories

The Roman Hat Mystery / by Ellery Queen (1929)

Red Harvest / by Dashiell Hammett (1929)

Little Caesar / by W. R. Burnett

Appendix: Introduction by W. R. Burnett

Bibliography.