21 SEPTEMBER 1956, Page 25

MURDER IN HAITI. By John W. Vandercook. (Eyre and Spottiswoode,

10s. 6d.) This impudently improbable confection concerning mysterious megalomaniac millionaire chasing Hitler's gold in an ocean-going yacht is sad let-down from usual high standard of this particularly publisher's monthly series of thrillers. Not unduly violent, and love affair is curiously old-fashioned affair of hand-holdings; inscrutable, you-know-my-methods- Watson type of British secret-service agent might prove impressive in more plausible surroundings.

CHRISTOPHER PYM