Best Of The Paperbacks

Fiction And Crime:

The Invisible Man, By H. G.

Wells. This novel was published in 1897 and was one of the early ex cursions into what might be called science fiction. Wells, however, was able to combine fine writing with it, which is more than most modern writers on the subject are able to do (Fontana; 60c).

Autumn Of Terror, By

Tom Cullen. The crimes and times of Jack the Ripper recapitulated— again (Fontana; 80c).

Footman In Powder, By

Helen Ashton. An historical novel of the Regency period but very non- Georgette Heyer. A below-stairs view of George 111, his wife and family, all of whom seemed slightly, and some of whom were completely, round the bend (Fontana; 80c).

Assignment In Brittany

And Pray For A Brave Heart,

international bestsellers of inter national intrigue, by Helen Mclnnes (Fontana; 80c).

Murder Most Royal And

THE SIXTH WIFE, by Jean Plaidy are both historical novels and, as the titles suggest, based on the turbulent court of King Henry VIII.

The first is the story of the two murdered queens, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard; the second novel is about one of Henry’s luckier spouses, Katharine Parr, who survived him (Pan; 80c and 60c).

THE SIREN SONG, by David Beaty. A triangular drama of the air age—two airline captains and the flirtatious wife of one of them (Pan; 60c).

THRESHOLD, by Stephen Coulter.

A mysterious explosion cripples a British nuclear submarine on the ocean bed inside Russian territorial waters. Should the men on her be left to die to conceal her presence? (Pan; 60c).

Dover One And Dover Two,

by Joyce Porter whose invention of Detective Chief Inspector Dover is

hailed with delight by crime con noisseurs (Pan; 60c each).

The Hand Of Mary Con

Stable And Too Many Ghosts,

by Paul Gallico, in a new role, that of thriller writer with bizarre and frightening use of psychic pheno mena (Pan; 80c each).

The Miami Mob And Man

HATTAN MURDER, by Robert Caine Frazer. Women and guns for those who like American style crime busting (Fontana; 40c), Australiania:

White Man’S Shoes, By Olaf

Ruhen. When first published (I 960) a PIM reviewer said: “An unusual, diverting kind of book by a skilful writer and modern thinker”. It con cerns the emancipation of natives of an unnamed Melanesian Island who, when fully converted, develop the vices of the old white traders (Horwitz Publications; 65c).

The Big Country, By E. V.

Timms, who also has an attempt to deal with the problem of race. His heroine is a beautiful part-Aborigine (Pacific Books; 80c).

The Witch’S Thorn, By Ruth

Park. The background is a small North Island New Zealand town built beside a geyser—and like the geyser, the emotions of the towns people, Pakeha and Maori, also erupt at regular intervals (Horwitz Publications; 70c).

Mr. Jelly’S Business, By The

late Arthur W. Upfield. One of the early Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte mysteries whose popularity still goes marching on (Pacific Books; 75c).

Ray Mitchell’S Boxing

QUIZ. Ray Mitchell is a sporting commentator on an Australian tele vision station where he has been asked 9,106 questions on boxing. This book is based on those questions— and, of course, Ray’s answers (Horwitz Publications; 65c).

Strangers In The Ophir,

by Tom Ronan. Pioneering back country Queensland provides the background for this novel which has the traditional bush characters of troopers, murderers, horse-thieves, cattle-duffers and station owners. (Pacific Books; 80c). (Our copies from William Collins (Over seas) Ltd.; Angus & Robertson Ltd.: Horwitz Publications Inc.)