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THE MASTER MYSTERY.

believe that her brother had” been "The Kazan Pearls is a well killed by the police, and she throws | thought out story with quite her lot in with the gang of smug- an original plot. The charac- glers with whom he had boon as ters in it are such a cosmo- sociated. She believes that they politan crowd that any one of are simply smuggling saccharine to them might be guilty, and it is evade the high duty, and becomes a surprise when the real culprit very useful by driving out to lonely turns out to be the man who was to commons and collecting packages all appearances the most respect- In re able of them all. *The Murton- dropped from seroplanes.

us to turn for this, she is installed in a Braby Murdor introduces luxurious flat and kept well pro- what seems to be an ordinary case vided with money. She meats of murder by a lover, of whom the Bradley of Scotland Yard, and they girl's father disapproved, are

final unravelling of the facts is quite unexpected.

The

This novel is well named, for it is indeed a master mystery, and the reader is led through the story as a willing captive, reluctant to put the book down till the last thrilling has been read. On more than one occasion, it appears that the plot is so simple, and the render thinks that at last he has guessed it; strongly attracted to each when, on the next page appears a other. Ann once falls foul of the

We hope, however, that 'when the new situation, and once more all police, and is acquitted by the evid- ideas of solutions are scattered. ence of Bradley, who says that Baroness Orczy next republishes The author has handled the nothing was found in the car she magazine stories she will improve plot very carefully, and has was driving. Ann from the dock them by much judicious pruning of treated all the characters and announces to the Court that he needless repetitious, and a certain scenes with great delicacy, knowa she 18

aaccharine amount of rewriting In A

many especially the murder which smuggler and that he is keeping places. broke up a tan years' partnership back vital evidence because he is between two detectives. One does in love with her. Her driving not have to wade through pages of licence is suspended for a year, and righteous indignation of Tommy the activities of the gang are in

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consequence much curtailed. Mark

McGill, the leader of the traffickers in amuggled goods makes love to Ann, but is not encouraged.

taking the rubies, as might be ex- pected. Rather, one is amused. (if it is possible to be during such tragic happenings) by his chemical It would not be fair to the author experiments and the manner in to disclose more of the plot. Suf- which he always seems to pop up at ↑ flce It to say, that it was not the critical moment with a handful of litmus papers.

Who is John Argle? Why is he so anxious to hide his true identity Why do red things always disappear from the castle? All these and many more questions are answered before the end, but the John Argle question is a pleasant surprise re- served for the very Inat line in the |book.

By "Seamark," Hodder and commend this book.

Stoughton, London.]

"The Flying Squad," by Edgar Wallace (Hodder and Stough- ton)}

It is marvellous how Mr. Edgar Wallace does it. The recipe for his recent books has been the same in each case} Take several crooks,

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["Skin o' my Tooth" by the Baroness Orczy (Hodder and Stoughton) I

We feel that there is much in this collection of stories to criticise. There is a growing tendency among well established writers first to

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["Tombstone", by Walter Noble Burns. Geoffrey Bles, London, 10/6.]

In the "seventies" and "eighties"

of last century, Tombstone, in Arizona, was the centre of the great silver-mining "boom." Mr. Burns! has written an interesting and picturesque description of life in saccharine, but cocaine that they this turbulent town in Its palmy dealt in, that Ann was not aware of days, when Tombstone had earned this till the very end, that Bradley for itself the reputation of being knew all the time, and that Ann's the wickedest town in the world. belief that the police did away with Here, then, one may read about the her brother was quite unjustified. Earp-Clanton feud that culminated The denouement is very well work-in a street battle in which several ed out in a scene almost worthy of lives were lost: and of the exploits Poc, and we leave Ann and Bradley of Curly Bill and his band of out- planning to start a new life together laws; together with other exciting in Brazil. We can thoroughly re- reminiscences of Tombstone in its roaring days. Indeed, revolvers crack on pretty well every page, and, taking them all round, the inhabitants of the district seem to have been, in those days, past- masters in the art of phlebotomy. The author gives some amusing extracts from the old files of the local newspapers, and in one which has to do with an inquest, a coroner's of whom one shall be a victim of publish a series of short stories in a

physician "performa assessment circumstances and one a villain of magazine, and then when the series work" on the remains of an unfor- the deepest dya, take also detectives is ended, to republish them in book

tunate gentleman who has been to taste, and a heroine who shall be form. This is an evil practice. To badly shot up and finds the body mixed up with the crooks but shall begin with, the art of writing for a "rich in lead but too badly punctur- be redeemed by the love of the hand-magazine is somewhat different ed to hold whisky." sonest and most able of the detes- from the art of novel-writing. It tives. Embroil them all thorough has to be borne in mind that the ly, in the most baffling and com- reader of a magazine has probably plicated. situations, maintain the bought it to pass away a journey mystery almost to the last page, and or while away a little leisure time. aerve in a blue cover by Messrs. We doubt very much if there are Hodder and Stoughton at ofther six many people who can honestly say shillings or seven ahillings and that they buy the same magazine sixpence.

every month 'without fail. It is therefore necessary when catering for such readers to make every story absolutely complete in all detalls, outlining the appearance and characteristics of the main characters, and supplying informa- tion which is necessary to the un- folding. of the story. number of tales of this type are collected, all dealing with the same main character, they are apt to make rather sorry reading.

Nevertheless, Mr. Wallace's for mula cannot fail.. This is one of his best books, and the reader will be thrilled and Interested to the very end. It is, of course, in parts, extremely reminiscent of his other erook-sieuth yarns. That is to be expected. Just as fish tastes like fish however it is cooked, so, all detective stories have the same favour of similarity and famili- arity. One greets as old friends the sister who refuses to believe in the guilt of her wronged brotlier, and the detective who is a born idiot as inevitable as the bowler hat in a Chaplin comedy. But they are rather dear old friends, and wo should be very disappointed if they were absent.

Li Yoseph is murdered at the beginning of the story just when we expect that in time he will tell Ana Perryman something about her brother's death. Ann is led to

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There are twelve separate adven- tures of the same amateur sleuth in this book. In each one, the reader is told that Skin o' my Tooth is an Irish lawyer who has a great name for saving the innocent from ap-

circumstantial parently damning evidence, and that he is not popu lar with the other members of his profession. His personal traits are delineated in each tale, as well as his methods of deduction. other words, there is a vanity of repetition ad nauseam, worthy of the verlest Gentile.

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