Devotees of Conan-Doyle's celebrated Sherlock Holmes, aficionados of the straightforward deductive-puzzle stories and all those who read for pure absorption and pleasure will enjoy these three tales centering Mr. Holmes' latter day counterpart, Shylar Homes. Operating, not in foggy London, but in the . sultry heat of Houston Texas, Mr. Shylar Homes is as engaging, as suave and as expert at solving baffling crimes as the immortal British master of the criminal hunt.

With Dr. John Whatley, late of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, as his aided-Watson, Homes, created by the sure and knowing hand of author Williams, with magnificent aplomb and crisp technique successfully embarks upon and happily concludes three fascinating adventures—the Bradley Tragedy, the Pendleton Jewels and the Missing Bullet. The master detective would be proud of his opposite American number, and the master author would be delighted with his pupil for his intriguing adaptations of the beloved Holmes traditions to our modern world of super highways rather than cobblestoned streets and gaslit street corners. The truly expert detective thrives in his new milieu and indeed stands out in a new and entertaining light in the extra dimension which added.