Books: The Browns

The Browns—Not Sisters

They Have the Home-Made Flavor of New England Itself

Miss Alice Brown has just written a short novel,* announced as a story about a New England spinster who suddenly becomes interested in murder. She thinks most detectives stupid, she loudly affirms that if she were a murderer she could cover her tracks far more successfully than those who wend their devious ways through the pages of detective stories. Presently she finds herself accused of murder. What a nice idea it is, to be sure!

Miss Alice Brown, writer of realistic...