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Force In The Land

Norman Fowler The Police We Deserve edited by J. C. Alderson and P. J. Steed (Wolfe £2.25) There was a time when books which reviewed the legal and constitutional position of......

Oil Colour

b onald Watt 1 , 4V er Play: The Tumultuous World of Ea s t I . 18;90-1973 Leonard Mosley eidenfeld and Nicolson £3,75) i her 1 )0 e is a curiously unpleasant taste to this Mr......

Crime Compendium

There is a good deal to celebrate this week, even if some of it — my first reading of volumes from the Gollancz vintage detection ' reprints — causes even a seasoned addict to......