THE GRIERSON MYSTERY. By Lloyd Osborne. (Heine- mann. 7s. 6d.)—An
exciting story, though the end, some may think, hardly fulfils the promise of the beginning. Grier- son, the chief bank clerk, is an original figure ; and when he and his motor cycle are found under a cliff beside his country cottage, brightly named " Baby Bung," you feel that the verdict of suicide has been hasty. So does his daughter Roberta, who in Canada has received from him a letter not to be opened till a year has expired. Coming to England, to dwell in an amusing boarding-house, she is aware that she is the object of some secret attention. Nevertheless she and the genial Freddie, an aristocratic derelict of the War, investigate her father's fate, and make some surprising discoveries. When the beautiful Pat Bellairs manages his effective entrance we know that his intentions may not be entirely honourable. After some bewildering manoeuvres, he is caught out assisting an impersonator of Roberta to steal a certain precious key. In magnificent bitterness he then tells the whole truth ; and Roberta immediately opens the secret letter„ So -we wonder why he did not explain earlier. We also feel that we do not 'like Roberta, a.thick-skinned and-rather vulgar. young woman. In fact, she helps to spoil the plot, which is quite dashing, though Mr. Lloyd Osborne can do better.
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