Kawataro Nakajima's reference work offers entries on writers including Edogawa Rampo, Seishi Yokomizo, Ellery Queen, and Agatha Christie, as well as their major works, terms, and books relating to detective fiction. Spanning Japanese and international mysteries, it provides alphabetical guidance for reading the genre.

A dictionary for tracing writers, works, and terms while surveying the breadth of detective fiction in one volume.