"Mr. Parker Pyne probes a pack of minds and criminal matters in a dozen devilishly clever cases ranging from a hot diamond, that has to be returned, to a cold wife, who has to be thawed...right down to a curiously exotic case of that old detectives' standby, murder!"

A collection of short stories featuring the very interesting Mr. Parker Pyne, who uses his knowledge of human nature to make a lucrative business for himself.

Contents:

• Meeting Parker Pyne
• The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
• The Case of the Discontented Soldier
• The Case of the Distressed Lady
• The Case of the Discontented Husband
• The Case of the City Clerk
• The Case of the Rich Woman
• Have You Got Everything You Want?
• The Gate of Baghdad
• The House at Shiraz
• The Pearl of Price
• Death on the Nile
• The Oracle at Delphi