3 DECEMBER 1927, Page 59

THE MELODY OF DEATH. By Edgar Wallace. (Arrow- smith. 7s.

6d.)—This story, originally published in 1915, and now reissued in library format, turns upon one of Mr. Wallace's favourite ideas. Gilbert Sanderton, loving a girl whose mother insists on her marrying money, retrieves his fortunes by studying the methods of a gang of thieves, and so outwitting them that he is able to " buy ' them out, pay off all " credi- tors," and feather his own nest. An excellent minor plot supplies an eerie atmosphere and explains the title.