Ernest Bramahhumorous works were ranked with Jerome K. Jerome and W. W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah's book, What Might Have Been, influenced his Nineteen Eighty-Four. Bramah created the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados.

This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:

- The Secret of Headlam Height

- The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown

- The Holloway Flat Tragedy

- The Curious Circumstances Of The Two Left Shoes

- The Ingenious Mind Of Mr. Rigby Lacksome

- The Crime At The House In Culver Street

- The Strange Case Of Cyril Bycourt