Tennessee Shadows

GLEN HAZARD--Maristan Chapman--Knopf ($2.35).

"Maristan Chapman" (Wife Mary Ilsley and Husband John Stanton Chapman), before "her" identity was discovered, had already begun to make a name as a writer of mountaineer stories, was regarded by some critics as a competitor if not a rival of Elizabeth Madox Roberts. But barring hillbilly dialect and more pointed characterization than thrillers usually carry, Glen Hazard competes with nothing more literarily ambitious than a detective story.

When Bill Woody, familiar "meanest man" of the community, was shot in the sheriff's office, everybody was mighty pleased. Just the same, the Sheriff had to do his duty. He figured out that six different people might have done it, with good reason and full opportunity. Detective-story addicts may hold their breath as the Sheriff does his slow and conscientious bloodhounding, but the cynical reader's faith is justified when everything comes out all right.

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