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Pioneer In Whodunnit Country

Robert Barnard THE SHOOTING PARTY by Anton Chekhov translated by Ronald Wilks Penguin, £7.99, pp. 240, ISBN 0140448985 A crime novel by Chekhov? Professor John Sutherland......

When The (fish And) Chips Are Down

Owen Paterson THE END OF THE LINE: How OVER-FISHING IS CHANGING THE WORLD by Charles Clover Ebury Press, £14.99, pp. 320, ISBN 0091897807 T here is much to commend this book.......