Sundov. Mov 25. 1958
Page Twelve
THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE
LATET INMYSTRY: Offerings Old and New
-OReflect Psychological Trend
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By VERNON NAHRGANG Frances and Richard Lockridge. this one, with the time-honored | er (dubbed by the newspapers the ' it also has several fine, onle.
MYSTERY fans, the cur- J. B. Lippincott Co. blustering flatfoot (a deputy chief Flower Murderer) is a swift-mov- twists unseen in spite of the
rent offerings of publishers are Mr. and Mrs. North move in- inspector) who can't get used to ing tale with enough twists and straighforward t e l l i n g o f t h e
showing an even stronter trend to- to a hotel while painters invade seeing Mrs. North at the scene of suspects to keep the reader in the story. Inspector Grant, as a per-
ward the psychologicat rather than their apartmeit and, of course, a crime, provides the customary dark to the very end. Meanwhile, son, takes up much of the book
wisecracks and laughs. that reader is treated to a more with his own life and illness.
o the ogic and o ad lciatio tteys Bun a body in thernew iiya- While the inspector tries to con- intimate look at Alleyn's own life, This Tey trio of very readable'
tee rather than the criminal's or is only the first of three bodies trot his blood pressure, however, an extra bonus for long-time Ngaio novels is an entertainment bargain
victim's. Three new books and a that the Norths come across in.Mrs. North has moved ahead to Marsh fat for alt mystery fans.
keep up with her husband and
new omnibus of reprint novels re- their newest adventure, The Long their friend Bill Weigand in track- DEAD TO THE WORLD. By Stew-
flect this movement with vigor. Sk 'leton. ir fren t eigan in ack- FOUR, FIVE AND SIX BY TEY. T TlE W.R. Byntew-
__________________________ ing down the kilter us a case its- art Sterling, J. B. Lippincott Co.,
As usual, a jaunt with Pam and volving Mr. North's own book-pub- By Josephine Tey. Macmillan "A Gil Vine investigation," the
THE LONG SKELETON. By Jerry is a lively experience, and lishing firm. dust jacket reads, and that's just
~ -_The Long Skeleton is a thinly- Another in the "Murder Revis- what Dead to the World is. Fast-.
populated novel, but those char- ited" series. Four, Five and Six by paced throughout, this narrative
acters who do appear take a live- Tey is a collection of 1951 and 1952 by a hotel's head security officer
T'S O U R T U RN T O BU Y 'V ly part in the proceedings. The Josephine Tey novels featuring never pauses for breath but spins-
I "chase" at novel's end is tense Detective Inspector Alan Grant, merrily, b 1 o o d itly to the final
and anxious in true detective-nov- The Daughter of Time, The Sing- showdown through a series of
el tradition. ing Sands and A Shilling for shootings and questionings.
a a a Candles. The inner workings of a big-city
Sell All of Your SINGING IN THE SHROUDS. By Author Tey's mysteries rank swank hotel are again brought to,
Ngaio Marsh. Little, Brown and high in quality of writing. In The light as a waiter and a guest meet
Co. Singing Sands, the reader is death under curious circumstances
j This newest novel by one of the treated to a holiday in Scotland and police officers suspect the se-
most distinguished of the English that is quiet and relaxing as well curity officer of troublemakeing.
lady mystery writers is built on as pleasantly descriptive-and, of Very much like some of the ear-
psychological interpretation rath- course, backed up with an air of ly Michael Shayne stories, this Gil
er than logical deduction from the mystery. Vine investigation is perhaps a
very beginning. It explores the Like the other two novels, The little faster-paced but not quite
small passenger list on a cargo Singing Sands has a thin plot line as burdened with shootings, beat-'
ship and finds a disturbed killer. and no superfluous characters; but ings and blondes.
Roderick Alleyn of Scotland
Yard. also one of England's dis- SINCE 1954 FIRE:
tinguished detectives, forsakes the___________RE_
heavy emphasis on police proced-
ure he relied on in earlier novelsaIm T rsement Noted
at ~~~~and spends somse time analyzingr ve e t l'o d
his suspects psychologically.
The result is not too convincing. inS Housing
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up is very little, and the solution,
YOUR COLLEGE BOOKSTORE without much manipulating, could
come out quite differently. (Continued from page 11) came serious in the next few years
Yet this story of a singing kill- of years in advance based on rough But next year University enroll-
-- -enrollment estimates made by the int will have to stay at this
schools and colleges. But the esti- Fear's level of 22,815 because of a
mates are approximate and fre- shortage in University operating
quently prove incorrect. funds. It was hoped by adminis-
trators that enrollment might be.
ESTIMATES made for the period increased to 25,000 but the Michi-
E of 1957-61 have already been gan Legislature sharply cut the
substantially revised. The 1,200 1958-59 budget request making-
space Mary Markley dormitory will th iam r tin by the Legisla-
be opened this fall as planned. ture in the future could agais'
h r n But the first 1.200 space unit of hamper efforts at expanding en-
h]ilhM ond ta~rtani the North Campus Residence Hally aprefrsa xadn n
scheduleNtor eCa pedidn1Ha59,rollment. This year enrollment
scheduled to be oned i 1959, did not reach its estimated peak,
has been put off until 1960. Ad University officials attributed the
the second unit, also providing error mainly to the recession which
S1,200 spaces, has been postponed they said made it financially im-
hyear until 1902 possible for many students to at-
Thec-hundred aparment units tend college.
are expected to be completed on These figures point out the flexi-
W.iLDNorth Campus in 1959 and in 1961, bility of enrollment and indicate
,It is believed that some of this how a sharp change upward os"
I building might be speeded up if1downward can affect the local
the housing situation again be- I housing situation.
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