14 MAY 1932, Page 24

JUNE LIGHTNING. By Elizabeth Murray. (The Bodley Head. 7s. 6(14—About

three novels per week take for their theme the girl who dislikes a safe background and seeks self- expression elsewhere. Miss Murray's stands out from its fellows by virtue of a charm and personality in the writing, and the fact that she can tell an interesting story. She con- ducts us through a Bohemian setting, past plenty of love affairs, some spirited quarrels, a suicide, and an inquest, and tells us at the end that Diana has chosen the better part. If marriage to Micky was the alternative, we agree.