The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-12


but Peggy Hopkins Joyce. This
time when she turns novelist,
Miss Joyce tells the story of
an American woman who goes to
Paris, leaving her good American
hubby flat on the lot in New
Orleans or some other city, and
gets mixed up with gigolos and
other no accounts on foreign soil.
The little wife then learns the
value Of American made homes
and U. S. labeled husbands. All
this happens in Transatlantic
Wife Published by Macauley
and sells for 50. Well, we'll, well.
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
MET fellow the other night by
A'A the name of Dabs Baxter
When l got through with him about
four hours after our introduction,
he had been killed" twice.
Don't get excited, because I am not
the murderer of Dabs Baxter. You
can meet him both live and dead in
Ian Greig's latest mystery novel, y
Bakers Second Death"
AS this novel is published today
by H. c. Kinsey 81 Co., Inc New
York City, and sells for 50, I de-
cided to tell you about this different
sort of murder mystery on the
date of its birth.
You have been asking for a mur-
der mystery that is different and
has real characters. Well this book
belongs to both clasSificationS.
DabS Baxter was a real fellow
when he started out for war as an
officer of a British ammunition
train. He took time out to marry
Elaine DebbenS, an English woman
of refinement and wealth.
Then he returned to war and
made an awful mess mot inten-
tionaD of throwing away his am
munition supplies when he thought
he was surrounded by the enemy.
But he wasn't He was tried,
ouSted and disgraced.
He returns home, goes back to
war as an enlisted man, determined
to die. He is so reported. He
changed identification discs with a
dead Australian by the name of
Albert Stanley.
Fifteen years pass and Elaine has
married Colonel Sharp, a retired
Indian cavalry officer and chief
constable of an English county near
London.
Elaine is happy with her husband,
her two brothers, Johnny, fine
youth and head of an airport club,
and, Peter, a recognized and re-
Spected solicitor of London.
Then suddenly Dabs appears with
an Australian woman under the
name of Albert Stanley and wife
Johnny recognizes Stanley as Dabs.
SO does Elaine Peter is told the
facts about Dabs by Johnny.
BY secret arrangement with
Elaine Stanley arrives at Elaine's
beautiful home to repair a wireless
machine Twenty minutes after he
arrived Stanley or Dabs Baxter was
shot to death in the drawing room
of Elaine. When the butler opened
the door, Elaine was by the side of
the dead man with a smoking re-
volver in her hand.
Had grand time reading this
one, Light but interesting reading.
Characters we'll drawn and plot log
zeal.
Am going to point out novels
from time to time as they are pub
liShed which might be considered
later on for the Pulitzer prize.
That suggestion has been made sew
eral times by readers of this de-
partment. Such a novel is the first
one to be published and written by
Gladys HaSty Carroll and published
by the Macmillan company under
the title of las the Earth Turns. -
The author is a Maine girl. 1t is
the May selection of The Book-of-
the-Month club. Sells for $3.50.
=
Life Begins at Forty" by Wal
ter D. Pitkin and published by
Whittlesey House. is still listed as
a best seller in America after it
has been published for some months.
1t is non-fiction
With the Century of Progress
about to open in Chicago. people
are naturally asking about that city
as we'll as the exposition.
Publishers are sensing that de-
mand and many books are being
published concerning Chicago as a
city as well as the gigantic fair
which will be formally opened this
month by President Roosevelt.
Have before me beautifully illus
trated book, "Chicago's Accomplish
ments and Leaders" as compiled
and published by Glenn A. Bishop
in collaboration with Paul T. Gil
bert The drawings on biographical
pages are by Raymond E. Craig. 1t
is published by the Bishop Publish
ing Co.. 308 West Washington
street. Chicago. Selling price is
$375.