TWO MYSTERY NOVELS
Commencing with such a small matter as the ringing of a bell in a moment of idle curiosity, a clever and absorbing tale of mystery is unfolded in Roger East's new book, " The Bell is Answered." It falls to an adventurous actress to solve the mysteries in which she becomes involved when she idly rings the bell from her bathroom, but the grin! tragedies which surround her and the hitherto quiet and peaceful village in which she is staying are pleasantly relieved by a * quality of humour that is very refreshing in a book of this type. Selected as a Crime Club novel, this book will be entertaining reading to the adherents of mystery tales. For those who like their fiction to be both exciting and entertaining "Silence of a Purple Shirt," by R. C. Woodthorpe, will be heartily welcomed. A touch of politics, a fair degree of humour and a great deal of excitement, in which are included a murder and a kidnapping, all go to make a thoroughly entertaining and readable novel. " The Bell is Answered," by Roger East. (Collins.) " Silence of a Purple Shirt," by It. C. Woodthorpe. (Ivor Nicholson and Watson.)
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21906, 15 September 1934, Page 9 (Supplement)
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198TWO MYSTERY NOVELS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21906, 15 September 1934, Page 9 (Supplement)
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