31 JANUARY 1931, Page 27

THE OTHER BULLET. By Nancy Barr Marity. (The Crime Club.

7s. 6d.)—Peter Piper, reporter of the Herald, is the young detective hero of the story. Although Mrs. Everett admits that she fired twice at Mortison, the manager of her husband's ranch. and thinks she killed him, she is sure she did not hit him the first time A second wound, therefore, requires explanation, at length unravelled by Peter by means of a ring, a ghost, and a maiden aunt of the victim, which lead him to the real murderer, and a first-class story for his very indulgent paper. They lead him a little slower than the reader, whose personal taste must decide whether this is or is not an advantage.