NOVELS FROM STANLEY PAUL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 138, 14 June 1930, Page 21

NOVELS FROM STANLEY PAUL

"Mystery Street," by L. Noel, is an excellent yarn of intrigue and murder, of London society and London slums. A party of midnight revellers from a night club, in following their trail of coloured paper, stumble accidentally upon a real trail of fresh blood. With Kichard Laverton at their head, they investigate, and find the body of a wellknown merchant, whose name is connected with illicit trading in drugs. Laverton becomes involved in the inurdv/i. ease, discovering tho real truth of the drug-dealing, while Scotland Yard busies itself with the solution of the crime. The story is highly exciting, but not morbid. "My Lady's Bath," by C. Nina Boyle, is a novel upon most modern lines—humorous, romantic, and a trifle lawless. Miss Boyle's hero is an escaped convict, her heroine is very pleasant company, and the remainder of the characters are "bright young things" and worried detectives. "Leaves Before tho Wind," by Florence Lawford, tells of the Paynes, who flee from France to escape religious persecution under Louis XIV., and their adventures are many. Marygold goes oneway, Judah another, and after wanderings the family re-unite. The faithful Ambrose, too, claims a reward. Tbo author has taken the story from documents in her possession, and has written an appealing tale.