THE CASTLE FENHAM CASE. By Major-General Charles Rose. (Murray. 7s.
6d.)—We have here a very excellent " shocker " of the old-fashioned type that depends for its success less upon characterization or originality of main conception than upon ingenuity of detail and vigour of narra- tive. Castle Fenham, with its mansion and ruined castle, is a lonely marshland village, and here one night Colonel Hartley, nearly run over by a motor-car, has his attention arrested by the shriek of one of its occupants. Managing to board the car, he finds that Marie Delahay, the famous film actress—he recognizes her 'from her photograph—is being abducted by two scoundrels. But, before he can help her, Hartley is thrown out of the car into a pond. Needless to say, he pursues investigations, and finds that he is dealing with a clever gang of thieves, and that the supposed Marie Delahay is an impersonation. The story is admirably written and full of breezy humour.
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