Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. This book includes two detective short stories: "The Bravoes of Market Drayton" and "The Debatable Case of Mrs. Emsley." The cases dealt with in the stories are studies from the actual history of crime, though occasionally names have been changed.