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Ethel Lina White (2 April 1876 – 13 August 1944) was a British crime writer from Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. She was best known for her novel The Wheel Spins (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock 1938 film The Lady Vanishes was based.
Dec 11, 2021 · Crime writer Ethel Lina White even aided revered British director Alfred Hitchcock when his film based on one of her books helped him launch his Hollywood career. Yet nearly 80 years after...
May 17, 2023 · I was thrilled when she chose to talk about The Lady Vanishes, a 1936 novel by British mystery writer Ethel Lina White that I’d heard of but had never read. In our interview below, we talk about how to keep a reader hanging, the difference between a twist and a reveal, and why a train may be the perfect metaphor for suspense.
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They See in Darkness is a 1944 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Ethel Lina White. It was the final novel of White, who had enjoyed success with novels such as The Wheel Spins. It was published by the Collins Crime Club.
Ethel Lina White (two of whose books were adapted for famous films) delivers a chilling mystery with horror overtones, set in a wax museum, in Wax (1935), while R. C. Ashby's He Arrived at Dusk (1933) also presents a ghostly scenario, and Elizabeth Jenkins finds inspiration for her horrors in real life in Harriet (1934), based on a chilling ...
Ethel Lina White was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes (1938), was based, and Some Must Watch (1933), on which the film The Spiral Staircase (1946) was based.
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A complete list of all Ethel Lina White's books in order (21 books). Browse plot descriptions, book covers, genres, pseudonyms, ratings and awards.
