6 JULY 1929, Page 36

Murder and Mystery, by Evelyn Johnson and Gretta Palmer (Grant

Richards and Humphrey Toulmin, 7s. 6d.), contains a number of moderately good detective stories. They are rendered more entertaining by the fact that the solutions of the various mysteries, instead of appearing in the course of the narrative, are given at the end of the book under seal. The stories thus appear in their true light, not as literature, but as parlour games, and the authors have realized the implications of this fact, and suppressed as far as possible all superfluous ornament and "love interest." This book, therefore, cannot be "devoured," but it will, we think, be none the less thoroughly enjoyed.