The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22


story of pirates on the Spanish
Main. Published by Houghton-
Miflin
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
TTAVE been asked to name a
II murder mystery story that will
keep one from thinking of the heat
these hot days and nights.
That's q pretty big order but l
believe that have such book.
/ know that for several hours one
hot evening I became so interested
in Murder in the Zoo" by Babette
Hughes, 1 forgot to turn my cleo
trio fan on.
Such a book then has the right
to qualify as cool reading on a hot
afternoon or night.
The 200" in this story is not a
city home for wild animals but the
animal room in a university psy-
Geological laboratory.
In this strange smelling animal
room in which professors and stu
dents experiment upon living ami
mails, DR.. Brown, professor, was
murdered.
When the body was discovered, a
bloody hammer was near. 1t looked
as if his murderer had crept up
from behind and then dealt the
fatal blow. But-maybe the hammer
had nothing to do with the murder.
And guess who solved the mystery.
Not regular detective but Prof.
Ina Craig, who used unique Sys-
tenn in solving the crime.
Yes, it was woman who
murdered DR.. Brown and the reason
was that he would not divorce his
wife and marry her. Fiction has
some strange reasons for murder
this season.
The story is entertainingly told.
1t has plenty of speed and action.
Good hot weather reading. Light?
Yes, but effective fiction.
1t is published by D. Appleton
e. Co.
WHATEVER the Republican
w and Democratic parties do,
prohibition is here to stay, accord
ing to Izzy Einstein, the famous
prohibition sleuth who has nearly
five thousand arrests to his credit.
Icy, whose name was once ter
ror to bootleggers and beer runners
is now in the insurance business. He
has written a book, Prohibition
Agent No. l." which will be pub
lished in the fall by Frederick A.
Stokes Company.
Icy writes: Professor Albert
Einstein makes his discoveries in
the sky, but Izzy Einstein makes his
own in the cellar"
Such comment does not seem to
be any too serious.
Max Miller, who wrote At Cover
the Waterfront" is writing Haywood
Broun's column in the New York
World Telegram for two weeks while
Broun is on his vacation. You may
read these same comments in The
Times. Miller's book is one of the
surprise hits of the season. 1t is
now in its second printing.
The first autumn book Lippincott
will publish this year is High Low
Washington, by 30 80. This is not
the ordinary book of gossip about
persons and events. in the national
capital but witty Il searching
book crammed with anecdote and
analysis of our national and inter
national predicament.
A biography of Napoleon II, who
died on July % a hundred years
ago, written by Octave Aubry and
now being serialized in the Revue
des Deux MondeS, will be published
this autumn under the title, THE
King Of Rome"
Two popular Lippincott authors
celebrate their birthdays this month.
On July 81 Hilare Belloc, whose
Napoleon" Lippincott will bring
out in the autumn, will celebrate
On July 10 Jane Abbott, whose novel
Silver Fountain" was published re-
Gently, observed her birthday.
E. V. Lucas. internationally known
author, was made 8 companion of
honor in the recent list of King
Georges birthday honorS. Mr..
Lucas latest volume, Lemon YER
bena, a collection of essays. will be
published by J. B. Lippincott Com
pany in the early autumn
Harrison H. Dodge'S recent book,
Mt. We ION: It's Owner and Its
Story" : being printed in Braille
for the use of the blind.
j. B. Lippincott Company has
published three mystery stories dur
ing July: The House on the
Cliff" double barreled thriller. by
Laurence w. Meynell; The Mid
night Murder" Captain Keetch and
Scotland Yard sleuthing, bv Paul
Herring, and The Green Knife :"
four murders and DR.. EuStace Hal
lev. by Anthony WvYone A vacant