Melville Post (1871 - 1930) began writing short stories and after the death of his wife he wrote several collections of detective stories. The Sleuth of St James Square centers on Scotland Yard detective Sir Henry Marquis. Stories in the book include The thing on the hearth -- The reward -- The lost lady -- The cambered foot -- The man in the green hat -- The wrong sign -- The fortune teller -- The hole in the mahogany panel -- The end of the road -- The last adventure -- American horses -- The spread rails -- The pumpkin coach -- The yellow flower -- A satire of the sea - and The house by the loch