This is quite a bit different from Volume 1.  The first few stories were written from the perspective of the criminal committing the crime which was somewhat different.  But enter Dr. Thorndyke and justice is served.  The author is somewhat of a loquacios writer in that 10 or 20 words are used when 1 or none would do.  But he really does set the scene.  The authors of mysteries always need to create the  crimes and clues to match the expertise of esoteric knowledge of the protagonist but some of the these stories are over the top. However they are still very interesting and impart facts that I wasn't aware of.  They are extremely fun and interesting reads and I will continue to search for more like them.