This book contains the second volume of Dorothy Leigh Sayers' 1928 collection of detective stories entitled "Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror". Written by a wide variety of mystery writers from ancient times up until the early twentieth century, this fantastic compendium will appeal to fans of the detective fiction genre, and would make for a great addition to any bookshelf. Notable authors include: Edgar Allen Poe, Baroness Orczy, G.K. Chesterton, and Aldous Huxley. Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1893-1957), was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages. Many vintage texts such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.