Books: Murder in February, Mar. 1, 1943

THE AFFAIR AT THE BOAT LANDING— A. B. Cunningham—Dutton ($2). The mother wit of Kentucky Sheriff Jess Roden here solves the killing of a farmer and a beauteous halfwit. The story is noteworthy for color and character, as well as for logical detection.

BURY ME NOT— William Francis— Morrow ($2). This rowdily amusing exercise in the prevention of body snatching, featuring a corpse that found its coffin too confining, will please readers of hardy sensibilities.

SIREN IN THE NIGHT—Leslie Ford— Scribner ($2). Colonel Primrose, Sergeant Buck and the fluttery Mrs. Grace Latham are here...

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