LIGHT FICTION

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 19

LIGHT FICTION

STORIES" OF ALL; SORTS

Fiona Hodder and Stoughtoii cotmo "The Accidental (Adventurer" (Syfiney M. Parkman), in which the hraro goes to the Swansea docks to inquire about some damaged cases, ancUneprly leaves l.is bones in South Amerfica; "Ithurii'l's Hour," (Joanna Canaan), an adventure story and a psychological study in which climbers in the Himalayas fall out, as Well as fall flown; "The Sweepstake, Murders", dj. J. Conniugton), a detective story of considerable intricacy;' "She Was, a Lady," another "Saint" story {by Leslie Gharteris. ■ . < The publishing hojisg of C ( ollins has a big output, of detective yarns. Amongst the latest is "Murde* Game" (John Stephen Strange), whinb. finally reveals who "murdered the gpeat football coach in the presence of, thousand* who weie watching the game from the stands.

Amongst; the fiction recently received from Casselt in "Shannon lister," by Gwcn Syms, a melodiamatac tale of a girl who is handicapped l>y the circumstances of her birth; .«'Hobin and Bobina,'l by Lesley Storm, a tale of n very., modern young couple trying to balance tlie domestic budget on next to nothing a yearj "Miramar," by W. B. Tftptes, a story of American social life, in which wandeilust plays an important pait. ,

Those who like the fresh and natural stones byjj. M. Montgomery—stories of <thd "Anne of Greeri1 Gables" sort— ■will, appreciate '<A .Tangled Web" (Angus and Robertson). Each of a large family is on his or her best behaviour for a year in order to qualify for an old aunt's coveted heirloom, the story being a chronicle of family quarrels and incidents. "' ....Herbert Jenkins /publications recently to hand include:—"The Strange Citadel" (Richard Spain), an exciting stoiy of the changed life of a wouldbe suicide; "Egfl:d Tho Hostage" (Charles Towers), an historical romance of early Biitaia; "Tho Crime of Herbert Wratislaus" (Michael Lewis), a tale of a inysteribus old- man and an attractive nymph in the Pyrenees; "Tho Schemes of Men" (H. B. Somerville), a mixture of intrigue, love, and adventure; "The Sea of Death" (Helen Halyburton Ross),' an exciting yarn about.buried'mineral; wealth in the Dead Sea; a. story, of adventure in Abyssinia, called "The Pagan Spirit," by H. C. Maydon; "The Scarlet Murder;" a.- detective yarn' by Wyridham MaTtyn'; a 'modem romance, entitled "The Fifty-Fifty Marriage, >,' by Biehard Starr; :and last but not least, "The Jeeves Omnibus," a of all the best Jeeves stories, by P. Gv'Wodehouse. ■.''; '' V ":|.,;': . ■■■;.'.,.■;. ,'•■. •'