3 AUGUST 1912, Page 24

The Silver Medallion. By Percy James Brebner. (Mills and Boon.

6s.)—There is a great deal in this novel about a secret society which pretended to have the most exalted motives for committing a series of horrible murders. The characters play a part which is decidedly subordinate to the deeds of the "Brotherhood of the World," and they do not pretend therefore to be carefully developed. It is rather a comfort, however, to read a sensational story in which the detective work is done by a real detective and not by an amateur of genius. The book is well put together, and carries the reader successfully on from thrill to thrill.