Books: Murders of the Month: Jul. 30, 1934

TRUTH CAME OUT&151;E. R. Punshon&151;Houghton Mifflin ($2). Following the trail of a prussic acid theft, Sergeant Bell of Scotland Yard blunders his way into an inspectorship, following his self-denied solution of the crime.

KING COBRA&151;Mark Channing&151;Lippincott ($2). No detective story, but a bold adventure of the Indian Secret Service is this tale of a secret castle, tribal uprising and malevolent villain with temper of tried and true romance.

THE STRANGLED WITNESS&151;Leslie Ford&151;Farrar & Rinehart ($2). Lobbying and espionage in Washington prove lethal as well as lucrative. The murder of the blonde young widow was solved...

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