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...GRAVE, by Wilson Tucker (250 pp.; Rinehart; $2.75), is not much of a mystery after the first chapters, but it is notable for an unusual hero and some fascinating details about the unpleasant profession of burking.* B. G. Brooks is a mild-mannered little investigator for a trade association of cemetery owners. He always carries an umbrella, lets off steam by exclaiming "Gracious, me!" and "Oh, dear!" but is a dangerous man for villains to tangle with...
...WILLIAM MARCH OMNIBUS, with an Introduction by Alistair Cooke (397 pp.)-Rinehart...
...GOLDEN KAZOO (246 pp.)-John G. Schneider-Rinehart...
THREE LOVES OF DOSTOEVSKY (300 pp.)-Marc Slonim-Rinehart...
UTOPIA 1976, by Morns L. Ernst (305 pp.; Rinehart; $3.50), plays that ancient but recently revived game: What will the world be like in X years? Lawyer Ernst's answer for 1976 (assuming no atomic war): marvelous. Incomes will be doubled, politics will be dominated by brotherhood, insanity will be on the decrease and even lawyers will join in "the search for truth." A do-gooder's weekend mirage...