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... be the death of poor Mr. Sumner, it should definitely start his crea tor on the road to fame. 4k 4k It seems that Miss Agatha Christie, who had never written a book in her life, bet a friend that she would write a detective story in which the real mur derer ...
... have a weakness for such books The Hand in the Dark. By Arthur J. Rees. (John Lane.) The Mysterious Affair at Styles. By Agatha Christie. John Lane.) The Red Lady. By Katharine Newlin Burt. (Constable.) The Twenty-six Clues. By Isabel Ostrander. (Hurst S- ...
... that Hath A Novel of the West of To-day. By Ralph Connor. 7s. 6d. net. (Hodder Slougliton.) The Secret Adversary. By Agatha Christie. 7s. 6d. net. (The Bodley Head.) Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances. Bv James Branch Cabell. 8s. 6d. net. (The ...
... discovers the Elixir of Life. Who is the mysterious and sinister and very anonymous Mr. Brown who causes all the trouble in Agatha Christie's new Continued on page 312) A SUCCESSFUL NOVELIST Mr. W. A. Darlington, whose first novel, Alf's Button, achieved very ...
... kept guessing to the very end. If you can keep that rule you are more than halfway to success with any detective story. Agatha Christie, the author of this book, is no slouch at the game. She has quite a dozen red her rings in her inkpot and one by one thev ...
... Jepson's lively story. It may all be very improbable it is never dull. find The Murder on the Links (John Lane), by Agatha Christie, quite a good detective story. It is a mistake to assume that detec tive stories are necessarily grim and squalid, like ...
... POIROT INVESTIGATES. By Agatha Christie. (The Bodlev Head 7s. 6d.l POIROT INVESTIGATES. By Agatha Christie. (The Bodley Head 7s. 6d.) Natty, companionable, acute M. Poirot needs no introduction to readers of The Sketch, where he has made so many happy ...
... Two Breath-catching Novels for Autumn Evenings The Man in the Brown Suit. The Man hi the Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. (John Lane. 7s. 6d.) Christie. (John Lane. 7s. 6d.) The Treasure of the Bucoleon. The Treasure of the Bucoleon. By A. D. U/-tifdon ...
... in that bright, clever, jolly style which you associate with the name of Agatha Christie, especially if you are a reader of this journal. But be on your guard. When Miss Christie is going to be most thrilling, she tries to disarm you by being at her most ...
... With a preface by Jaines Agate. 7s. 6d, net. Selwohthy, and Other Poems. By E. W. Hendy. 5s, net. The Road of Dreams. By Agatha Christie, 5s. net. John Keats's Most Famous Sonnet The original manuscript of which is in the library of Miss Amy Lowell, of Brookline ...
... easily be higher than it is. Everything is concentrated on construction it is assumed that the writing does not matter. Agatha Christie is an exception to this all-too-common rule. Her Secret of Chimneys (The Bodley Head 7s. 6d.) does not, of course, aim ...
... Fair Touraine: Stories and Legends of the Loire. By Margaret Aulton. Illustrated. 35s. net. The Secret of Chimneys. By Agatha Christie. 7s. 6d. net. Beyond Life. By lame- Branch Cabell. 7s.6d.net. The Journal of Clarissa Trant, 1800-1832. Edited by C. G ...