The collection includes adventure and detective stories of modern foreign writers, addressed to readers from ten years and older. World famous Canadian writer Morley Callagen is represented by the story "The Oath of Luke Baldwin," which tells about the selfless friendship of a boy and a dog. The detective story of the English writer S. Day Lewis "The Incident in Otterbury" is about schoolchildren who, by chance, helped to catch criminals. Spanish writer Ana Maria Matute is represented by the romantic story "Stowaway." Touching detective "Pigeons flew away" belongs to the pen of the famous Irish writer Walter Makkin.