Evening star., 1941-04-13
Brief Reviews
MYSTERIES.

No Time to Kill, by George Har-
mon Coke (KnopD-Genteel family
murders in Boston.
Speak No Evil, by Mignon G. Eber-
hardt andom)-Murder in Ja-
maica, with an unhappy young wife
of the victim and rich yachtsman
or two.
Time for a Murder, by J. Russell
Warren (Sheridan)-Sudden violent
death in a peaceful Kansas house.
hold.
The Fog Comes, by Mary Collins
(Scribner s)-Murder of a beautiful
and glamorous interior decorator.
A Gentleman Hangs, by John Dol
land (Macmillan) Murder in May
fair. Crisp and brittle.
Bermuda Burial, by C. DAILY King
(Funk) k)-Kidnapping on the island
paradise.
And So He Had to Die, by Donald
Clough Cameron (Holt)-Murder on
the Bowery.
Counterpart Murder, by G. D. H.
and Margaret Cole (Macmillan)-
Highly assorted murder in wartime
England.
Good Night, Sheriff, by H. r
Stevens (Random) An effort to pre-
sent a crime that might really hap
pen, not mere thriller. Quiet, re-
spectacle lady in New England town
is killed for a quiet, respectable rea-
son. Out of the beaten mystery
tracks.
Midway to Murder, by Margaret
Taylor Yates (Macmillan) Murder
on Midway Island, complicated by
international plots and solved by a
Navy wife.
When the Cats Away, by Gerald
Bullet (Knopf)-No murder-just
piling up of battling circumstances.
The Patriotic Murders, by Agatha
Christie CDodd, Mead-An impor-
tant EngliShman is menaced and re-
torts by numbering his menacers, be-
cause. as he puts it, he is needed by
his country.
Death Flies West. by James Fran
els Bonnell (Scribner's)-Crime on
the transatlantic clipper, solved by
the bright young newspaperman.
Decoy, by Cleve F. Adams (Dut-
ton)-Practically all the props
gangsters, blond "molls." plots to
wreck planes, lonely islands, fifth
columnists.
Some Must Watch, by Ethel Lima
White (Harper)-Heavy atmosphere
of horror surrounding tale of young
girl who Is menaced in lonely coun-
try house by creeping danger.
1t Takes a Thief, by Dan Billany
Harper)-A detective turned thief
turns detective again.
The Man With No Face, by Mar
garet Armstrong (Random)-The
biographer of Fanny Kemble writes
a thriller about heirs TO bequeSt
whom an unscrupulous villain plans
to kill.
Traitors Purse, by Margery Al
lingham Doubleday, Doran)-In-
ternational plot against England
foiled.
The Longbow Murder. by Victor
Luhts (Norton)-A new note in
crime stories-the solving of mur-
der by medieval methods in 18th
century Normandy.
Weekend With Death, by Patricia
II ippir1nffN- -AnOther
murder in England with fifth COL
umn complications.
The Blonde Died First, by Dana
Chalmers DiaD-Crines on a lux
ury liner.
Mourned on Sunday, by Helen
Reilly (Random)-Murder with tri-
angle.
This Way Out, by James Ronald
GippincotD- Another murder with
| triangle.
GENERAL.
Strange Malady, by Warren T.
Vaughan, M. D. Doubleday, Doran)
ALI about allergy, its history,
| treatments and cures.
What the Citizen Should Know
About the Army, by Harvey S. Ford;
What the Citizen Should Know
About the Navy, by Hanson w. Bald
win, and What the Citizen Should
Know About the Coast Guard, by
Hickman Powell (Norton) )-Compre-
hensive manuals for the layman.
The Political Handbook of the
World, 1941, edited by Walter H
Mallory (Harper)-The current edi-
ton of the standard work issued
yearly by the Council on Foreign
Relations.
NOVELS.
The Gods and One, by Alberta
Pierson Hannum Duell, Sloan &,
Pearce)-Hillbilly novel.
Light on a Mountain, by Gerald
Warner Brace putnam 'O-Life on
| a farm in Vermont.