exe wi welcome the Intest sory tery and detective fiction read=
from this "well-known. welter, "who has himself contributed a large sup= ply of stories to their DoOK cases, ind they will not be disappointed in "The Horn." Anthony Bathurst. is again the gentleman of Teisure. who comes, withthe assistance of Scot and Yard, to the aid of the distress sed family in the North of England, the members of which ud. them= solver in trouble, caused by the mysterious disappearance of the son thd it, andthe trestened, dix pearance of the daughter family. Brian. Fisnn has a most fascinating habit of introducing side lights to his stories which have a particular attraction, and in this in stance one ttraction is to racing and hunting circles, so that the boo)
'Should have a very wide among English readers. There also an extraordinary sideline in respect of perversion which, while it will not command so wide an interest, will still be keenly read by Brian' Flynn followers. "The Horn" problem is justly described as grucsome and bizarre, and its readers will agree to rank it very high in the ranks of modern detective stories. beautiful girl of middle class. She Toses both ther brothers and the man she is engaged to in the War. Her father ig. killed "doing duty as a Special constable in wartime, and her mother commits suicide, unable carry on in the face of these vicisi~ fudes. Anne is left on her own; she base passionate interlude with an Australian soldier in England on eave, who turns out to be'® married man.'She. then manages t0 establish highelass. dressmaking business, Having always had a flair for colour Schemes, "which she "fads she can translate In terms of dress She respers, and has another and this {ime more. prolonged interlude. with a soldier who ie recuperating from Shell shock andi engaged to one of her most fashionable clients, She is not in love with him, but spends happy fortnight with him in her cottage in the. wilds of Cornwall. She has a child by him, but refuses to let him marry her though Anxious to dos. Neither will she Sail under false colours, But cons tinues to use her maiden name, Miss Weston. She takes an old house in the country. and has the child, a til named' Christine of "whom. she is" passionately. fond, to live with her. She is coldvshouldered by her Aelghbours, and she eventually has to move. The girl grows up, and Just everything seems" to. be coming Fight Anne meets the man she was engaged to and who she thought was killed in the War. She lets him thine Christine Is their child. She" could have been, as he and Anne spent the last night before he: went to France, together. He has partially" lost his memory, so does nat remember that hothing happened." Unfortunately. he is married and is the father, of a son, with whom Chrlsting falls des: Perately in Tave, and Anne has even: {ually to sacrifice herself and tell the truth in order' to secure. het child's happiness. The book improves
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