21 NOVEMBER 1958, Page 68

The Stairway. By Ursula Curtiss. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 12s. 6d.)

Model story of suspense by a past-mistress. Did the nasty husband fall downstairs or was he pushed? By pretty wife, or puddingy. companion? Utterly convincing little classic of blackmail, fear and suspicion.