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Megabrill At The Boarding-house

Francis King WHAT HETTY DID by J. L. Carr Quince Tree Press, £3.95 I t is easy and tempting to present J. L. Can as a gifted amateur. Now 72, he came to novel writing — which,......

Do I Dare To Eat A Peach?

Brian Martin WATCHING THE DETECTIVES by Andrew Brown Hodder & Stoughton, £10.95 T hank God for the police, and particu- larly the Metropolitan police. In the au- tumn of 1985......