RECENT & READABLE

Ambush for the Hunter, by F. L. Green. Communist spies, British counterspies and muted heartbreak in a British middle-class marriage, all adding up to rattling good suspense (TIME, Aug. 31).

Hitler's Secret Conversations, by Adolf Hitler (introduced by British Historian H. R. Trevor-Roper). The Fuehrer's unguarded, all-night talkfests, taken down in shorthand by party associates, give an excellent insight into a weird and fascinating mind (TIME, Aug. 31).

Dead Man in the Silver Market, by Aubrey Menen. In an amusing, somewhat mannered autobiographical aside, the noted Irish-Indian satirist laughs at Eastern and Western chauvinism, the world and himself (TIME, Aug. 24).

The Unconquered, by Ben Ames Williams. A posthumously published sequel to House Divided, full of violence in Reconstruction days and tears over spilled mint juleps (TIME, Aug. 24).

The Narrows, by Ann Petrey. Passion and violence between black and white in an unexpected setting: respectable Connecticut (TIME, Aug. 17).

Fabian of the Yard, by Robert Fabian. A brilliant former Scotland Yardman tells about his most interesting cases (TIME, Aug. 17).

I Was a Captive in Korea, by Philip Deane. A war correspondent's vivid account of 33 months of Communist imprisonment (TIME, July 27).

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