Her work is (roughly) in the tradition of the American Mary Roberts Rinehart, sometimes unflatteringly known as the Had-I-But-Known school. She gave up her job in the Ministry of Pensions to write full-time, and the gamble ultimately paid.off. Apparently, her early work was mainly in the short form, and she wrote three non-crime novels, before moving into the genre at the age of 55.
White was born in the Welsh town in 1876. Some Must Watch became the movie The Spiral Staircase, while The Wheel Spins became one of Hitchcock’s most celebrated films, The Lady Vanishes. For she was the author of the books that sourced two extremely successful films. It’s fairly safe to say that Ethel’s is not a household name – yet perhaps it should be. York, 1943, as "The Man Who Was Not There" The Man Who Was Not There see "The Man Who Loved Lions" Midnight House Collins Crime Club, London, 1942 Harper Brothers, New York, as "Her Heart in Her Throat," 1942 The Popular Library, New York, paperback, as "Her Heart in Her Throat," 1945 Collins White Circle paperback, as "Her Heart in Her Throat," 1947 Put Out the Light Ward Lock & Co., London, 1931 Harper Brothers, New York, 1933 Penguin Books, New York, 1946 She Faded Into Air Serialised in Detective Story Magazine, Aug, Sep, Oct 1941 Collins Crime Club, London, 1941 Some Must Watch Ward Lock & Co., London, 1933 The Spiral Sraircase see "Some Must Watch" Step In The Dark Collins Crime Club, London, 1938 They See In Darkness Collins Crime Club, London, 1944 The Third Eye Collins Crime Club, London, 1937 Twill Soon Be Dark Ward Lock & Co., London, 1929 Wax Collins, London, 1935 The Wheel Spins Collins Crime Club, London, 1936 While She Sleeps Collins Crime Club, London, 1940 The Wish-Bone Ward Lock & Co.The writer I mentioned yesterday as having been born in Abergavenny was Ethel Lina White. NOVELS The Elephant Never Forgets Collins Crime Club, London, 1937 The Eternal Journey Ward Lock & Co., London, 1930 Fear Stalks the Village Ward Lock & Co., London, 1932 Harper Brothers, New York, 1942 The First Time He Died Collins, London, 1935 Her Heart in Her Throat see "Midnight House" The Lady Vanishes see "The Wheel Spins" The Man Who Loved Lions Collins Crime Club, London, 1943 Harper & Brothers, New
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