THRILLING NEW NOVEL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21763, 31 March 1934, Page 8 (Supplement)

THRILLING NEW NOVEL

Mr J. Stephen Strange, author of " Murder Came," has added an appealing addition to his list of similar novels. Incidents surrounding tho enigmatic ■secret of a beautiful Oriental ornament, play tho leading part in his latest book entitled " Tho Chinese Jar Mystery." The story, though fraught with mystery, is as realistic as it is exciting, and closes with tho customary culmination. It doals with the mysterious deaths of three members of the same family of Gaunts, commencing wibh tho father a;:id son's, and terminating with tho mother's Tho death of their mother, who only tho previous evening had made her will, arouses somo suspicion among the deceased's family, particularly another son, who, suspecting foul play, endeavours with the co-operation of the police and a doctor to solve tho mystery. Many sensational events, including an autopsy of the body, an exhumation, and the revelation of tho " curse ol: the Gaunts." which hitherto had remained concealed in the Chinese jar, arise from the investigations. When the vital clue appears the terror of the Gaunts is found, and the sinister black hawthorn iar discloses its secret. " The Ch ineae Jur Mystery," by J. Hliophen fUriiiiKe. (Crime Club, Collins.)