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Report Card of Crimenr DOROTHY HL’GHESCALENDAR OF CIUME,By Ellery Queen;Little BroWtt S3,75.Having closed th« old .vcar with Ellery Queen, It come* a* much a surprise to this reviewer ns to any render that the New Yeari should also open with him. Buttrue It is, thefirst bonk re*cdved for the New Year IsQueen’s “Calendar of Crime,” containing 12 of this urbane detective's finest short stories. There 1* a Dlekens* ion quality to these, nothing so obvloua' as Dickens’ choractcr grotesqucries, but rather the good-humored yet sharp commentary that rounds out the stories, Note also the grnco with which Queen enters Into his talcs, a‘distinct mark of the true raconteur. It I* the juxtaposition of the everyday, or perhaps one should say the everymonth in this ease, with the unusual crimes with which Ellery' Is faced, that gives an extra sharp qua Illy to the Calendar, Applause also-for a distinguished jacket Job,HughesDEATH HAS DEEP ROOTS,|ny Michael Gilbert;Harper 52.50,There’s nothing like the story' of a trial to hold fust this reader from first word to the long-sav-oured last one, Michael Gilbert's Death Has Deep Hoots Is Just 3itch a story, and as outstanding a one as has como along In a decade or longer. If you recall “Smallbone Deceased” you will know that Mr, Gilbert has oil the qualifications for writing a book nf this calibre. Tho defendant Is Victoria Lamartine, a Frenchwoman on trial In London for the murder of M«J. Eric Thoseby. Publicly she la as good as con-lvjeted at the trial's opening, atat LifeIwn Businessreform became ft business itself with thousands of professional and volunteer workers.We have progressed to the placewhich time she dismisses her attorneys and engages a new legal firm which includes a friend of the murdered man. Although not even he credits her Innocence, it Is his beyond duty work in the case which brings to light the European war ramifications behind the crime, Don't miss.FALLEN ANGEL,By Walter Erlrsnn:Little Brown 53,50,“Fallen Angel” tolls the story of David Stillman, another of those sick young men who believethe world i* flick hecause he Is too busy caterwauling about his own sickness to face up to Its realities. When he Isn't sucking sadly on his own nouroscs, he is blaming everyone but himself for his miseries. He lives through a nightmare story' of amnesia and evil, it aii has to do with modern war weapons, ending up 'by embracing the lynch law as his logical way of solving his problems, All of this is written most benutj. fully with overtones of brooding suspense, as one might expect from such a writing name as Howard Fast, Whatever one may think of Fast's prejudices against Democracy and his silly bias for Kremlinlsm, he Is a fine writer; when not propaganding one of our finest. As to why he took a pseudonym for this book and thereupon announced his identity on the book's jacket, Is on» to flguro out.W1memoconFcl/sailtioiwhluxlUsissel:nnlt;jusgiabillItabepinintiIt iGeunisncanttoFrfanjBelmnIBelboi1wlljunlIeccfinfulanlt;/thecorSHOOT TO KILL By Wailn Miller Farrar, Straus, Young 12.50 For some unknown reason, this November publication didn’t come in until mid-December. As It’s a Wade Miller, here’a hoping you’vo already spotted it at your favorite bookstore. If not, hie out for it now' as its one of his best. Max Thursday, the professlonnl detective of the Wade Miller series, could logically be n murder sub-pect in tho Bliss Weaver case butMiller (Ihe team of Bob Wade and Dili Miller) Isn't such a corn-ball autbor. Rather, Thursday works Intelligently with the police tr find Mrs, Weaver'* murderer, along with helping to clear the man he hates. This Is adult mystery fare against the usuat ban Diego setting which Wade Miller features. Tops in the hatd-bolied ofschool. .IncFcianchlGFrrIthewhru:arr\(orsolveract1*maAirEuiperBei
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Albuquerque Tribune
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Thu, Jan 03, 1952
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