This short story collection of mostly historical mysteries includes "No Man's Land" (Agatha winner, Macavity nominee) and "Keeper of the Flame (first-prize winner, 2003 Cape Fear Crime Festival Short Story Contest). Settings range from the Civil War and the "Titanic" to World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, including figures such as Dorothea Dix, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Oscar Wilde. Also included is an affectionate pastiche of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the trail of a missing board game.