23 JANUARY 1932, Page 26

THE FLOATING ADMIRAL. By Certain Members of the Detection Club.

(Hodder and Stoughton. -7s. 6d.)— Here is a book for the connoisseur of detective fiction. It has an introduction by Miss Dorothy Sayers, a prologue by Mr. G. K. Chesterton, and a first chapter by Canon Victor Whiteehurch, who sets the problem. Thereafter, ten notable contributors carry the story a little Rather, and each one gives his own solution in the appendix. It is left to Mr. Anthony Berkeley to " clear up the mess," which he does with amazing skill. The book, considering its circumstances, is astonishingly coherent, and we hope the authors will soon repeat the experiment.