Foreword / Ellis Peters.
"Crimes solved by Brother Cadfael, Brother Athelstan, Decius Metellus, Sister Frevisse, Sam Johnson & many more"--Upper cover.
Part IV "Holmes and beyond" includes: The case of the Deptford horror (pastiche of Sherlock Holmes) / Adrian Conan Doyle ; and, Five rings in Reno (featuring A.C. Doyle as main character) / R.L. Stevens.