San Antonio College Library

Oliver Onions' In accordance with the evidence is often referred to as a detective story, but though technically accurate, that description vastly understates the penetrating psychological insights and lyrical nuance of the novel. Pitting two complex characters against one another in a battle of wits, this multi-layered masterpiece will linger with readers long after the last page.

Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When his six guests find him at the tiller of his yacht with a smile on his face and a gunshot through his heart, all six fall under suspicion in this, C. P. Snow's first novel.

With Father Brown, the author has entered upon a new literary field in a series of detective stories. Strange to say, his hero is not a Sherlock Holmes or a Lecoq, but a gentle little parish priest who uses his knowledge of human nature gained in his religious work to unravel mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. The stories are of the dashing and brilliant kind that Stevenson invented - exciting tales told in artistic manner by a first-class...