10 OCTOBER 1925, Page 38

Face Cards. By Carolyn Wells. (Putnatits. 7s. 6d.) —A mystery

in which crime and a family curse are interwoven. While the reader is prevented from divining the solution too easily, a proper number of clues are conscientiously given and the events, nicely dovetailed together. The characters of the wealthy murdered man, his young wife and his daughter, as well as those of the servants and detectives are more than usually convincing and the story altogether adapted for effortless fireside reading.