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There are several lively thrillers this spring, most already destined for the movies. Among the most beguiling are The French Doll, by Vincent O'Connor, which has a CIA hero and a racy Paris setting; The Interrogators, by Allan Prior, in which two doughty Scotland Yard men are hampered in their pursuit by their heavy drinking; Midnight Plus One, by Gavin Lyall, a kaleidoscopic Bondian yarn; and Cunning as a Fox, by Kyle Hunt (a pseudonym of John Creasey), in which the sleuth is a psychiatrist hired by the wanted teen-ager's frantic parents...
...shame, Scotland Yard! Nobody in England ought to be able to get away with kidnaping toffs, and they certainly shouldn't be able to keep the victim stashed away for four whole years. The caper involved the Dulce of Wellington, stolen by a slick artnaper from London's National Gallery in 1961 just after the British government had spent $392,000 to buy the Goya masterpiece back from U.S. Oilman Charles B. Wrightsman. While sleuths looked high and low, the thief sent ransom notes, first demanding full value, then offering to settle for $140,000. "When the fuss...
This spring augurs better for mystery lovers than for followers of serious fiction. Among the most beguiling on the sleuth are The French Doll, by Vincent O'Connor, which has a CIA hero and a racy Paris setting; The Interrogators, by Allan Prior, in which two doughty Scotland Yard men are hampered in their pursuit by their heavy drinking; Midnight Plus One, by Gavin Lyall, a kaleidoscopic Bondian yarn; and Cunning as a Fox, by Kyle Hunt (a pseudonym of John Creasey), in which the sleuth is a psychiatrist hired by the wanted teenager's frantic parents...
...Berkeley crisis and its myriad interpretations-and misinterpretations-were certain to linger long and spread far. Last week the Student Association at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland voted 72 to 66 to disassociate itself from Strathclyde's plan to award an honorary degree to Cal's President Clark Kerr. The students protested his "illiberal views over the rights of the students of the University of California to organize themselves on the campus." The Glasgow students had it all wrong. If anything, Kerr had handled the student rebellion too gingerly...
This biography of Scotland's greatest hero tells the rousing, gory story of his struggle against England. Careful justice is done to recent research showing that, contrary to previously accepted historical view, Bruce fought for Scotland's glory rather than for the enlargement of his own fief...