The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1930, Page 10

_ SAE BISMARCK TRISUNS SALURDA'T, WAKO “Murder Backstai cs’ m—4y ANNE AUSTIN A Thrilling New Mystery Serial NCE ina blue moon someone writes it—a mystery story that’s really a mystery, and yet that is as plausible as hacon and eggs _ for breakfast. «. f “Murder Backstairs,” by Anne Austin, is that kind of a story. It’s a thriller; it’s engross- ing from the first sentence to the last; and it’s so logical you'll wonder why you didn’t solve it _ at once. But you won t — it. ~ | “Boanie" Dundee, the likeable young detec- tive character whom Miss Austin introduced . to her readers in “The Avenging Parrot,” is back on the job in his best form, as engaging as ever, and as different from the ordinary fiction sleuth in his methods. Strawn, chief of the hom- icide squad, i is back, too, jumping at conclu- sions in in his. own ‘inimitable “. §} ANNE AUSTIN, the Author — . ‘TRIBUNE. OT SRDER BACKSTAIRS” ‘opens with a house party at the mansion of the mil- lionaire Berkeleys. The occasion is the an- nouncement of the betrothal of Clorinda Berkeley and Seymour Crosby, a ¥:'">wer with a social background. i... + Dundee, who isthere asa guest, an“ ‘> keep an observing eye on the doubtful €::sby, senses trouble the first evening. But he is un- able to forestall the tragedy. —_¢- The next morning the body of pretty Doris Matthews, lady’s maid, is found in the '-xke- ley swimming pool. That is the beginning. How Dundee solves the murder, with nothing more tangible than perfume for a clue, makes “Murder Back- stairs” as thrilling a mystery as you can hope to read. Watch for the First Installment Tuesday, March 11 in the Wicket