'NOTHING VERY SERIOUS'

Evening Star, Issue 21992, 30 March 1935, Page 25

'NOTHING VERY SERIOUS'

As is suggested by tho title, 1 Nothing Very Serious,’ a new novel by .Mr Bernard Bowles, is a light-hearted piece of fiction —this despite the fact that it is based on a suspected case or murder. Jerry Dodgslum, u youthful solicitor with, a healthy appetite, has accumulated in his boarding house bedroom a wonderful collection of food tins. He is in the act of disposing of a whole trunkful of this form of debris when he is seen by an inquisitive and imaginative young man called Reginald, wfio links'up the occurrence with the mysterious disappearance of one Ainbrosc Remind. The deductions of Rcginald, coupled with the casual finding of a blood-stained coat, make an instant appeal to R.C. 'lod, and, as a consequence, Jerry is believed to have committed a foul crime. How the solicitor clears himself by locating tho missing man and incidentally meets a charming girl makes quite an amusing story. Messrs Herbert Jenkins arc the publishers.