The hound of death.--The red signal.--The fourth man.--The gipsy.--The lamp.--Wireless.--The witness for the prosecution.--The mystery of the blue jar.--The strange case of Sir Andrew Carmichael.--The call of wings.--The last seance.--S. O. S.

"Stories by a world-famous detective story-writer - but not detective stories this time. Mrs. Agatha Christie has written a collection of hair-raising tales of mystery and the supernatural. Excitement, horror, pathos and humour stalk hand in hand through the pages of this book. Mrs. Christie's tales range from psychic nuns to demimondaines, from Chinese jars to haunted wireless sets; and each on is a perfect example of its kind, with just that satisfying extra twist that only a really fine novelist knows how to introduce into a story already full of surprises." -- Inside cover.