The Wheel Spins A British Mystery Classic

Author : Ethel Lina White
Publisher : Musaicum Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788027202782

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THE WHEEL SPINS (A British Mystery Classic) by Ethel Lina White Pdf

"The Wheel Spins" is the novel about young and bright Iris Carr, who is on her way back to England after spending a holiday somewhere in the Balkans. After she is left alone by her friends, Iris catches the train for Trieste and finds company in Miss Froy, chatty elderly English woman. When she wakes up from a short nap, she discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is on the verge of her nerves. She is helped by a young English traveler, and the two proceed to search the train for clues to the old woman's disappearance. Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins, on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes, was based.

Author : Ethel Lina White
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547803539

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The Wheel Spins (The Lady Vanishes) - Thriller Classic by Ethel Lina White Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Wheel Spins (The Lady Vanishes) - Thriller Classic" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Wheel Spins is the novel about young and bright Iris Carr, who is on her way back to England after spending a holiday somewhere in the Balkans. After she is left alone by her friends, Iris catches the train for Trieste and finds company in Miss Froy, chatty elderly English woman. When she wakes up from a short nap, she discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is on the verge of her nerves. She is helped by a young English traveler, and the two proceed to search the train for clues to the old woman's disappearance. Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins, on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes, was based.

Author : Ethel Lina White
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547391487

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The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White Pdf

The Wheel Spins is the novel about young and bright Iris Carr, who is on her way back to England after spending a holiday somewhere in the Balkans. After she is left alone by her friends, Iris catches the train for Trieste and finds company in Miss Froy, chatty elderly English woman. When she wakes up from a short nap, she discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is on the verge of her nerves. She is helped by a young English traveler, and the two proceed to search the train for clues to the old woman's disappearance. Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins, on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes, was based.

Author : Ethel White
Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-10-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1464216444

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The Wheel Spins by Ethel White Pdf

Author : Ethel Lina White
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1433 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788075830104

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British Mysteries Collection: 7 Novels & Detective Story by Ethel Lina White Pdf

This carefully edited collection of British Mystery Classics has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Fear Stalks the Village": Series of poison pen letters cause panic in a small, quiet English village and soon after, the murders start happening. As the fear arises, Joan Brooks, who used to live a peaceful life, is forced to act fast in order to save the lives of her loved ones and her own. "Some Must Watch": Set in early 20th century England, on the Welsh border, the novel tells the story of a serial killer who murders disabled young women in the community. His next victim apparently is Helen, a mute girl working as a maid for the wealthy, bedridden Mrs. Warren. Mrs. Warren urges her to leave the house, as does Dr. Parry, who knows the reason for Helen's loss of speech and hopes to help her get her voice back. "She Faded into Air": The story of the alleged disappearance of Evelyn Cross was too fantastic for credence. According to the available evidence, she melted into thin air shortly after four o'clock on a foggy afternoon in late October. One minute, she was visible in the flesh--a fashionable blonde, nineteen years of age and weighing about eight and a half stone. The next minute, she was gone. "The Wheel Spins": Miss Loveapple has always had an unusual belief in her incredible luck. However, her luck is about to run out when she becomes a target of a cruel serial killer. Unaware of the danger, she goes through a number of insane situations escaping the death by a mere wonder. How long will she last? Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins, on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes, was based.

Author : Ethel Lina White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020042763

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The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White Pdf

On a transcontinental train Miss Froy, a middle-aged governess, disappears. It is only due to the efforts of a fellow passenger that she is saved.

Author : Victor L. Whitechurch
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547746911

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THE CANON IN RESIDENCE (British Mystery Classic) by Victor L. Whitechurch Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE CANON IN RESIDENCE (British Mystery Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Reverend John Smith is a conventional cleric, who learns on holiday he has been promoted to be Canon in Residence of Frattenbury Cathedral. While staying at a hotel he meets a fellow Englishman, who tells him the clergy are too divorced from reality. This stranger drugs Rev Smith and takes his clerical clothing, leaving in return his garish clothing, which Rev Smith is forced to wear for the rest of his holiday in St Moritz. However, because of this, he learns a great deal that the dog collar would have prevented. Meanwhile, the stranger adopts Rev Smith's name and goes off gambling and quaffing vast quantities of champagne in Monte Carlo, to the horror of an Englishwoman there who writes to her friends in Frattenbury about him. Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch's character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure.

Author : J. S. Fletcher
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547750895

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THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER (British Mystery Classic) by J. S. Fletcher Pdf

Frank Spargo, a young London journalist in search for a big story, stumbles upon a crime scene in Middle Temple Lane. A porter has found the body of an elderly man on the steps leading to one of the chambers in the Middle Temple. There is nothing at all on the man that can help identifying him, but a piece of paper with an address of a certain lawyer. Spargo senses this could be his big story and gets involved in the mystery. Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1933) was an English author and journalist, one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age. After his journalist career Fletcher first started writing poems, then historical fiction, and finally moved on to write detective mysteries he is best known for.

Author : Arthur Morrison
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547747000

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British Mystery Classics - Complete Collection by Arthur Morrison Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "British Mystery Classics - Complete Collection (Including Martin Hewitt Series, The Dorrington Deed Box & The Green Eye of Goona) - Illustrated" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Arthur Morrison (1863-1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt, low-key, realistic, lower class answer to Sherlock Holmes. Martin Hewitt stories are similar in style to those of Conan Doyle, cleverly plotted and very amusing. Morrison is also known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, A Child of the Jago being the best known. Table of Contents: Martin Hewitt Series: Martin Hewitt, Investigator The Lenton Croft Robberies The Loss of Sammy Crockett The Case of Mr. Foggatt The Case of the Dixon Torpedo The Quinton Jewel Affair The Stanway Cameo Mystery The Affair of the Tortoise Chronicles of Martin Hewitt The Ivy Cottage Mystery The Nicobar Bullion Case The Holford Will Case The Case of the Missing Hand The Case of Laker, Absconded The Case of the Lost Foreigner Adventures of Martin Hewitt The Affair of Mrs. Seton's Child The Case of Mr. Geldard's Elopement The Case of the Dead Skipper The Case of the "Flitterbat Lancers" The Case of the Late Mr. Rewse The Case of the Ward Lane Tabernacle The Red Triangle The Affair of Samuel's Diamonds The Case of Mr. Jacob Mason The Case of the Lever Key The Case of the Burnt Barn The Case of the Admiralty Code The Adventure of Channel Marsh Other Detective Stories: The Dorrington Deed Box The Narrative of Mr. James Rigby The Case of Janissary The Case of "The Mirror of Portugal" The Affair of the "Avalanche Bicycle & Tyre Co., Ltd." The Case of Mr. Loftus Deacon Old Cater's Money The Green Eye of Goona The First Magnum Mr. Norie's Magnum Mr. Clifton's Magnum The Steward's Magnum—and Another Mr. Pooley's Magnum A Box of Oddments Mr. Smith's Magnums The Green Eye

Author : Arthur Morrison
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547769354

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British Mystery Classics - Arthur Morrison Edition (Illustrated) by Arthur Morrison Pdf

This carefully edited collection of mystery & thriller novels has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Arthur Morrison (1863-1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt, low-key, realistic, lower class answer to Sherlock Holmes. Martin Hewitt stories are similar in style to those of Conan Doyle, cleverly plotted and very amusing. Morrison is also known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, A Child of the Jago being the best known. Table of Contents: Martin Hewitt Series: Martin Hewitt, Investigator The Lenton Croft Robberies The Loss of Sammy Crockett The Case of Mr. Foggatt The Case of the Dixon Torpedo The Quinton Jewel Affair The Stanway Cameo Mystery The Affair of the Tortoise Chronicles of Martin Hewitt The Ivy Cottage Mystery The Nicobar Bullion Case The Holford Will Case The Case of the Missing Hand The Case of Laker, Absconded The Case of the Lost Foreigner Adventures of Martin Hewitt The Affair of Mrs. Seton's Child The Case of Mr. Geldard's Elopement The Case of the Dead Skipper The Case of the "Flitterbat Lancers" The Case of the Late Mr. Rewse The Case of the Ward Lane Tabernacle The Red Triangle The Affair of Samuel's Diamonds The Case of Mr. Jacob Mason The Case of the Lever Key The Case of the Burnt Barn The Case of the Admiralty Code The Adventure of Channel Marsh Other Detective Stories: The Dorrington Deed Box The Narrative of Mr. James Rigby The Case of Janissary The Case of "The Mirror of Portugal" The Affair of the "Avalanche Bicycle & Tyre Co., Ltd." The Case of Mr. Loftus Deacon Old Cater's Money The Green Eye of Goona The First Magnum Mr. Norie's Magnum Mr. Clifton's Magnum The Steward's Magnum—and Another Mr. Pooley's Magnum A Box of Oddments Mr. Smith's Magnums The Green Eye

Author : Ethel Lina White
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547385165

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Some Must Watch by Ethel Lina White Pdf

Set in early 20th century England, on the Welsh border, the novel tells the story of a serial killer who murders disabled young women in the community. His next victim apparently is Helen, a mute girl working as a maid for the wealthy, bedridden Mrs. Warren. Mrs. Warren urges her to leave the house, as does Dr. Parry, who knows the reason for Helen's loss of speech and hopes to help her get her voice back. Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins, on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes, was based.

Author : Ethel Lina White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1080749373

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The Wheel Spins the Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White Pdf

Iris Carr is a beautiful, young socialite on her way back home to England after vacationing in Europe. Feeling terribly alone and afraid, she finds comfort in the company of a strange woman she knows only as Miss Froy. But comfort soon turns to horror when Miss Froy mysteriously vanishes without a trace. Fearing madness, risking death, Iris desperately tries to solve the sudden disappearance of her traveling companion-a woman no one else on the journey remembers seeing at all!

Author : J. S. Fletcher
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 5683 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547750888

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BRITISH MYSTERIES - Boxed Set: 40+ Thriller Classics, Detective Novels & Crime Stories by J. S. Fletcher Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "BRITISH MYSTERIES - Boxed Set" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels Perris of the Cherry Trees The Middle Temple Murder Dead Men's Money The Talleyrand Maxim The Paradise Mystery The Borough Treasurer The Chestermarke Instinct The Herapath Property The Orange-Yellow Diamond The Root of All Evil In The Mayor's Parlour The Middle of Things Ravensdene Court The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation Scarhaven Keep The Charing Cross Mystery The Kang-He Vase The Safety Pin Sea Fog The Borgia Cabinet The Solution of a Mystery The Mill House Murder Short Stories Paul Campenhaye – Specialist in Criminology The French Maid The Yorkshire Manufacturer The Covent Garden Fruit Shop The Irish Mail The Tobacco-Box Mrs. Duquesne The House on Hardress Head The Champagne Bottle The Settling Day The Magician of Cannon Street The Secret of the Barbican and Other Stories Against Time The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress The Fifteenth-Century Crozier The Yellow Dog Room 53 The Secret of the Barbican The Silhouette Blind Gap Moor St. Morkil's Isle Extra-Judicial The Second Capsule The Way to Jericho Patent No. 33 The Selchester Missal The Murder in the Mayor's Parlour Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1933) was an English author, one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age. After his journalist career Fletcher first wrote poems and historical fiction, but then moved on to detective mysteries and became one of the most prolific British writers of the genre.

Author : Elizabeth Lemarchand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Police
ISBN : 0802731465

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The Wheel Turns by Elizabeth Lemarchand Pdf

Author : Charles Norris Williamson,Alice Muriel Williamson
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 2084 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547809746

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BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES – 10 Classics in One Volume: Girl Who Had Nothing, House by the Lock, Second Latchkey, Castle of Shadows, The Motor Maid, Guests of Hercules, Brightener and more by Charles Norris Williamson,Alice Muriel Williamson Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES – 10 Classics in One Volume: Girl Who Had Nothing, House by the Lock, Second Latchkey, Castle of Shadows, The Motor Maid, Guests of Hercules, Brightener and more" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Motor Maid The Girl Who Had Nothing The Second Latchkey The Castle of Shadows The House by the Lock The Guests of Hercules The Port of Adventure The Brightener The Lion's Mouse The Powers and Maxine Charles Norris Williamson (1859–1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933) were British novelists who jointly wrote a number of novels which cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.