THE CHASM
... . By Victor Canning. (Hodder and Stoughton 9s. 6 d.) THE SLEEPING SPHINX. By John Dickson Carr. (Hamish Hamilton 8s. 6d.) is made easier by the fact that an Italian girl with a jealous lover has fallen in love with Burgess, and the lover, as one of the Resistance Movement, has learnt not to over-respect human life. The climax comes when the pine trees which will span the chasm have been felled ...