Although little known today, John Buchan's fiction was important in defining the present mystery fiction. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this author for your enjoyment:

- The Last Crusade

- Politics and the Mayfly

- The Keeper of Cademuir

- The Wife of Flanders

- The Watcher by the Threshold

- Comedy in the Full Moon

- The Herd of Standlan