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