This collection, with a Foreword by the creator of the Brother Cadfael books, gathers together some of the best stories in the genre of crime fiction epitomised by The Name of the Rose. The bestselling historical detectives are featured, including Cadfael himself, Brother Atheistan, Decius Metellus, Sister Frevisse, Sam Johnson, August Dupin, Ben Snow, Captain Cork and many others. Mike Ashley is the editor of The Camelot Chronicles, The Pendragon Chronicles, The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels , and other anthologies.