Kenya and the lingering aftermath of Mau-Mau provide the setting for Mrs. Kaye's Later Than You Think. A glorious farm in a golden valley beside a lake, surrounded by a garden with wonderful flowers and trees, is very well described by the author and it is hard not to feel that the Kenya scene and the love-interest of her story have not charmed her imagination more than has the detective-work necessitated by the plot. The colonial police-officers, however, are well drawn and there are some moments of lively apprehension.

"Deck-Chair Detectives," in The Times Literary Supplement (© Times Newspapers Ltd. (London) 1958; reproduced from The Times Literary Supplement by permission). No. 2947, August 22, 1958, p. 469.∗