16 NOVEMBER 1956, Page 24

INSPECTOR QUEEN'S OWN CASE. By Ellery Queen. (Gollancz, 12s. 6d.)

Less complicated and more relaxed than usual : Queen pere, in the absence of that rather tiresome know-all, Queen fi/s, retires from the New York Police Department on reaching the age limit; solves the problem of a child-murder; and chums up with a bonny buxom nurse just old enough to comfort his declin- ing years with decorum. Cosy's the word.