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THE WRAITH. By Philip Macdonald. (The Crime Club, 7s. 6d.)—This

is a really good detective story, exciting, ingenious, and legitimately worked out. Who shot John Manx ? Who eviscerated an those cats ? Anthony Gethryn, his astuteness unimpaired by the vast quantities of beer he consumes, solves the first of these problems, and the second provides effective " atmosphere."