21 MARCH 1925, Page 40

The Secret of the Flames. By Ralph Rodd. (Collins. 7s.

6d. net.)—An exciting detective story which opens with a fire, watched by a young doctor through a hole in the shutters of the room in which it takes place. The flames are already burning like those of .a furnace, and an elderly gentleman is tied into the chair by a strong cord, rescue being impossible. The case is evidentlyone of arson, and the myiteryto be solved is—who devised the crime ?