17 AUGUST 1985, page 29

A Selection Of Recent Thrillers

Harriet Waugh THE CROCUS LIST by Gavin Lyall Hodder & Stoughton, £8.95 OXFORD BLOOD by Antonia Fraser Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £9.95 OUR FATHERS' LIES by Andrew Taylor Gollancz,......

Simple Riddle

You were an easy rhyme once though a virgin, Until you were violated by a golfer. You used to drive me mad at regular intervals, But now that happens less predictably. To......