“The Strand Magazine doing what it does best—collecting stellar works of short fiction from modern masters and crime fiction legends. Here in one beautiful volume, readers are offered a dizzying array of delights that span twenty-five years of exceptional writing. Andrew Gulli and Lamia Gulli are dedicated stewards of the genre, imbuing every page with their love and dedication, preserving and promoting mystery fiction’s fine tradition of the short work. This is a must-read and a necessary addition to every mystery lover’s bookshelf.”

“For the past quarter century, The Strand Magazine in its brilliant twenty-first century incarnation has been discovering amazing works by legendary crime authors as well as featuring wonderful new talent and covering the crime and mystery field with verve and insight. This anniversary book is a celebration of twenty-five years of The Strand, which has become essential reading for anyone writing or reading in the crime and mystery genre. A hearty congratulations!”

“The Strand Magazine was always a giant voice in our corner of the literary world—and it still is today. This collection proves why—these unearthed gems and exciting new pieces shouldn’t be missed.”

“This anniversary book shows the breadth of short stories the magazine has published during the last 25 years under the Gullis, a brother and sister team.”

“A natural fit for readers who appreciate short fiction from major names in mystery and literary storytelling, but also fitting for the true book lover…From its casebound laminated cover to its crafted endpapers, fore-edge painting and stock pulp paper, this is one book to gift in print.”

“The foreword by Alexander McCall Smith frames the anthology as a dialogue between past and present: rediscovered gems like Wells’s The Haunted Ceiling and Jackson’s Adventure on a Bad Night sit beside contemporary thrillers such as Connelly’s Blue On Black or Sharp’s Risk Assessment. The result is not uniformity but range, a gallery of approaches to mystery’s enduring questions.”

“This is a vast collection of stories, with familiar and new names and old and new approaches. It establishes a valuable model for displaying the variety of fields within the mystery genre over time. Best of The Strand Magazine is a book well worth having on your shelf for an afternoon’s dipping into old and new mysteries.”