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To my way of thinking, a tale is ‘period stuff’ when its characters and its setting belong to an era which has come to an end. By the time this book is published, the era to which these episodes belong will be no more. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is not for me to say: but I know that, so long as I live, I shall always remember the era in question with affection. In the hope that I am not alone in this outlook, I venture to offer to my customers these incidents of other days.

Four ‘murders’ are included in this collection. They are straightforward affairs, with no more mystery about them than that which, in such cases, presents itself to Scotland Yard. This is, as a rule, insignificant. The point is that they are nearer truth than fiction and that they accurately represent what does happen behind the scenes, when wilful murder has been done. I can say that with confidence, for for two years I was behind the scenes myself.

DORNFORD YATES.