Books: Murder in January, Feb. 1, 1943

> BLIND MAN'S BUFF—Baynard Kendrick—Little, Brown ($2). A series of fatal falls that follow the "suicide" leap of a blind New York banker leads sightless Detective Duncan Maclain into the most perilous case of his career. A unique murder method, a well hidden criminal and intelligent writing give the tale stellar honors.

> DON'T CATCH ME—Richard Powell—Simon & Schuster ($2). Two sets of villains, one Hitlerite, the other indigenous, join forces in this effervescent, farcical tale to strip a Philadelphia museum of its furniture collection. A young Main Line antique dealer and his bride spoil the robbery but not the...