Contents
The collection features eight stories, all pre-dating Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep. They are, with place of original publication:
- "Killer in the Rain" (Black Mask, January 1935)
- "The Man Who Liked Dogs" (Black Mask, March 1936)
- "The Curtain" (Black Mask, September 1936)
- "Try the Girl" (Black Mask, January 1937)
- "Mandarin's Jade" (Dime Detective Magazine, November 1937)
- "Bay City Blues" (Dime Detective Magazine, November 1937)
- "The Lady in the Lake" (Dime Detective Magazine, January 1939)
- "No Crime in the Mountains" (Detective Story Magazine, September 1941)
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