Andrew Latter has trained his mind to see, through his dreams, the resolution to mysterious crimes. In each of these short stories, Latter thinks about an unsolved case before he goes to sleep, views the crime in great detail in his dream, and reports the result to Scotland Yard when he wakes.

The stories certainly highlight the intense interest in spiritualism which abounded in the early twentieth century - the focus is the 'dream world' and Latter's journey through dreams. The stories themselves are not terribly exciting. The mystery is resolved as soon as Latter falls asleep and sees what happened.

Jack Adrian's introduction to this edition is far more interesting, detailing Begbie's interests and career. Begbie wrote propaganda during the first World War and appeared to believe stories of angels assisting British troops during battle. I was far more engaged in Adrian's description of the angel controversy than I was in Begbie's stories.