The First Time He Died is a mysterious novel written by Ethel Lina White. Charlie Baxter was successful among women and rather easily managed the money, which he inherited. However, the money began to run out. And he decided to insure himself and fake his death. The most interesting thing happens after his „'death'”.

Ethel Lina White is a lover of intriguing stories. One of these is „Put Out the Light”. This is a terrible, exciting story of love, disappointment and jealousy, bred in a gloomy house on a hill. Florence Pye read in the cards, „Death to an old woman. Her prophesy came true, silently and violently in the depths of the night. What Miss Pie didn’t foresee was that she would find the body first...

The events of the story „'Wax'” take place in the town of Riverpool, where the wax museum is located. In this museum, several people died under mysterious circumstances. Sonia Thompson is an abmicious journalist who wants to understand these riddles. Therefore, she decides to spend the night there alone. And this was not the best idea, it seems...

The main character, Sir Benjamin Watson, created a private zoo in the countryside on the territory of his country house. ’Ganges’ is an exotic jungle filled with snakes, elephants, tigers and lions. One summer day, Ann Sherborne arrives at Ganges for meeting friends from the university. There are strange events: a series of accidents involving the zoo animals. Who is involved in this?

Ethel Lina White tried to confuse us again. In the story „She Faded into Air” a lot of thinking is needed, there is some logical chain. The main character, Evelyn Cross, disappears in a tannic manner when she enters a London apartment. Detectives get down to business, but not so simple.

The Elephant Never Forgets is a more psychological story. The main character, Anna, a young Englishwoman, wants to visit Russia because of her interest in a ’proletarian experiment’ and a faithless newspaper editor. The trip is delayed. Anna fell into a trap, stunned by the terrifying atmosphere of suspicion and the crazy tactic of postponing the Soviet Union...

The plot of the story „'Some Must Watch'” is exciting. Eight women are killed in the countryside. Residents are terrified and in order to protect themselves, they close all the gates of their private homes. But will it help? One of the female characters confesses that she is a man and that she is a murderer. An unexpected twist, but is it?

Mystical incidents occur in „'While She Sleeps.'” Miss Loveapple – extremely lucky woman. She was always lucky in life, so to speak, the card turned that side. However, there will always be luck on her side? Will she help when the killer will stalk her?

The Wheel Spins will make you think well. The plot revolves around Iris Carr, which takes the train to the Balkans. She managed to make friends with Miss Froy. Carr falls asleep. After she wakes up, she no longer notices Miss Froy. She starts asking the train passengers about her. However, passengers deny that she ever existed at all.

The Third Eye refers more to the thriller, not the detective novel. In the main events, Carolyn Watts is a young and intelligent middle-class teacher, who has just accepted a post as a games mistress at an exclusive school for girls. What she doesn’t know is that her predecessor was found dead in bed from heart failure. and that rumor has it that she was scared to death.

The story „Step in the Dark”, written by Ethel Lina White about the novelist, Georgia Yeo, who has a successful career. However, she is timid and hesitantly makes decisions that may further have consequences. The novelist meets a charming nobleman. But is he really what he seems?

The story „Midnight House” about the mysterious house. The owners, who went abroad. However, neighbors claim that they saw them in the city. This house is associated with ill-fated love and early death. For a long time, it was closed, but soon reopened...

Oldtown is a historic place where rich people live. The sisterhood also lives there. The group, known as the „'Black Nuns'”, had healing powers. But in Oldtown, the killer works, and a series of murders plunged the inhabitants into blind, reckless horror.

”Fear Stalks the Village” will appeal to those who love detective. This novel is mysterious in its plots: people who live in an id? llic village receive anonymous letters accusing them of past mistakes. Secrets are revealed, and people begin to avoid each other, and then mysteriously begin to die. It turns out that this is not such an ideal and calm village.

Podczas podróży pociągiem do Anglii z wakacji w górach bliżej nieokreślonego państwa na Bałkanach znika pasażerka.

Iris Carr, młoda, atrakcyjna kobieta z towarzystwa mieszka w małym hoteliku gdzieś z dalekim zakątku Europy. Chodzi po górach i zażywa świeżego powietrza. Pewnego dnia paczka jej przyjaciół po zakończeniu wakacji wyjeżdża pociągiem do Triestu, Iris decyduje się pójść w ich ślady...

Młoda kobieta, Iris Carr, wraca z Europy do Anglii. Podróż pociągiem uprzyjemnia sobie rozmową z sympatyczną starszą panią, która przedstawia się jako panna Fray. Wkrótce tytułowa bohaterka powieści znika bez śladu. O kobietę dopytuje tylko Iris, współpasażerowie jednogłośnie zapewniają, że nikt taki nie podróżował z nimi w pociągu. Na niekorzyść relacji Iris przemawia także incydent sprzed podróży...