A Bridport Dagger. By John Milbrook. (the Bodley Head. 7s.
6d.)—Those who are tired of Scotland Yard, amateur sleuths and all the machinery of modern murder stories will find Mr. Milbrook's old-fashioned mystery story a pleasantehange.......
General Knowledge Questions
Ora weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to J. Trevor, " Hollies," Thorney Lane, Iver, Bucks, for the following :- Questions......
The Lady Of Despair. By Francis D. Grierson. (collins. 7s.
6d.)—This is a crime story of the good old- fashioned style—the author is even careless enough to refer to the novel appearance of an ordinary bobbed head, which suggests that......
Fiction
On the Light Side 1957. By Hamish Blair. (Blackwood. 7s. 6d.) THE sort of novel that suits a holiday mood is not so easy to find in these days. It must be entertaining, it must......
Murder In The Village. By S. C. Skinner. (methuen. As.
6d.)—This is one of the Methuen Clue Stories and, though it is not so well written as some of the others, both the story and the characterization are worthy of notice. The story......
Over The Top. By Arthur Lambert. (john Long. :3s. 6(14—we
have already, through countless other War- books and at first-hand, learned so much of staff inefficiency, of square pegs in round holes, of waste, bad organization, misfit......
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