The book includes detective works by world-famous authors - Guy Newell Boothby, Mark Twain and Mathias McDonnell Bodkin. Australian writer Guy Boothby became famous thanks to his famous character - the mysterious Doctor Nicolas, who has truly terrible power over people, and a clever swindler , hiding behind the masks of gentlemen. "The Chase" is a brilliant story by Mark Twain, one of the most talented writers of the 20th century. Mathias Bodkin is an Irish writer and journalist. His favorite character Paul Beck, a private detective, is called the Irish Sherlock Holmes, and all thanks to the original method of solving the most complex and mysterious crimes.