The Paper Chase. By Julian Symons. (collins, 10s. 6d.) A
lively and literate detective-story writer—as it might be Mr. Symons—takes a job at a 'progressive' school to get 'material.' Author and character, between them, dredge up an......
Invasion Of Privacy. By Harry Kurnitz. (eyre And Spottis-...
10s. 6d.) Don't be put off by the ill-drawn wrapper ; this is a highly intelligent, light thriller, with a brilliantly ingenious motive for a curious crime, and some apt and......
Maigret's Revolver. By Simenon. (hamish Hamilton, 10s....
and fifty pages for half a guinea seems short Measure, but it's interesting to see ,London in general, and the Savoy in particular, through Maigret's eyes : does the Metro-......
Death In The Quadrangle. By Eilis Dillon. (faber, 10s. 6d.)
There have been fictional murders at Oxford, Cambridge and (I seem to remember) Bletchley Universities; here, surely for the first time, is murder at a Dublin University located......
A Most Contagious Game. By Samuel Grafton. (rupert Hart-...
12s. 6d.) A more successful, if less sophisticated, attempt than Mr. Robinson's to yoke satire and the sinister, is this tale of a simple soul of a reporter who goes native in......
I Will Speak Daggers. By Maurice Procter. (hutchinson,...
Also set in Yorkshire, also very sensible, matter-of-fact, and near to life as we know it, but this time by somebody who knows police procedure as Mr. Grierson knows the circuit......
Butcher's Dozen. By The Crime Writers' Association....
collection of fifteen English short stories gives shorter measure for a higher price. But Julian Symons is in superb form here, with his seedy little tale of pen-friends, and......
Landscape With Dead Dons. By Robert Robinson. (gollancz,...
The detective is called Autumn; the college porter, Tantalum. There is a reporter by name of Bum, which—and whom—I find it hard to forgive the author (himself a journalist) ,......
Toyt Own Express
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. By Ian Fleming. (Cape, 12s. 6d.) WE all think that we could write a good thriller if we tried; and when, four years ago, Mr. Fleming published his first......
Mendelian Merry-go-round
A GUIDE TO EARTH HISTORY. By Richard Carrington. (Chatto and Windus, 21s.) OFFHAND, I can think of no book which covers more detail in less space than this one. It starts with......
It's A Crime
THE SECOND MAN. By Edward Grierson. (Chatto and Windus, 13s. 6d.) It's difficult to see how, or by whom, this tale could be bettered, of a woman barrister who worries away, in......
The Judge And The Hatter. By Simenon. (hamish Hamilton ,...
6d.) Twice as much reading for only another three bob— and the extra value isn't only in the number of pages. Of the two short novels here, one is a hypnotic account of a murder......
Butcher, Baker, Murder-maker. By Mystery Writers Of...
6d.) Nineteen short stories of crime and detection, in which an English writer, Michael Gilbert, shows up especially well with a neat, light tale of police ferreting, and......
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