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OTHER NOVELS

The Rasp. By Philip Macdonald. (Collins. 3s. 6d. net.)—A most entertaining and ingenious detective story. It would, however, have been more original if the authors had refrained from the old convention of having the crime committed by the least likely person. Will not someone try the effect of a murder in which the criminal is so obviously indicated that the deluded reader will consider a false clue must have been started ?