It's a Crime
The •Fidelio Score. By Gerald Sinstadt. (John Long, 15s.) A British Intelligence courier is killed, not accidentally,. and his successor is sent, inadequately briefed and financed, to Germany. His opponents are never far behind. In the tragic finale, death conies to one of his friends, as our courier bleakly becomes aware that he has been sent on a wild-goose chase. A chilling but exciting book. End of a Party. By Hillary Waugh. (Gollancz, 16s.) Had Ramsey, chief of police for a Connecticut village, been less loud- mouthed and more intelligent, he would have picked up a valuable clue from the medical report on a murdered woman; it led his successor in the investigation to a -satisfactory solution. Mr. Waugh's thrillers set a very high standard. Criminal Conversation. By Nicolas Freeling. (Gollancz, 16s.) The writing is so intelligent, and the complicated characters so clearly drawn. is ith all their little eccentricities, that there is no need. to say more. For my money, Nicolas Freeling is far and away the best thriller writer in his field, and the new book is on the same high level as its predeceSsors.
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