The Third Eye (e-book) (used book) | Ethel Lina White | bookbook.eu

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Critical Acclaim:

"Hard to excel as a study in malevolence, fear and lurking horror—with sufficient sentiment and sundry flashes of fun. Fine..."
Saturday Review of Literature

"It is not properly a detective novel at all, but a thriller, albeit of the most superior type. Miss White is an expert at analysing the less crude forms of fear . . A masterpiece of growing and unreasoning terror..."
London Times

"A good story and a decided novelty..."
New York Herald Tribune

"Miss White has succeeded admirably in creating an atmosphere of terror and suspense and in maintaining it to the very end of a fascinating story..."
New York Times


Caroline Watts is young and smart middle-class teacher who has just accepted a post as a games mistress at an exclusive school for girls in the west of England.
What she does not know is that her predecessor was found dead in bed from heart failure and that rumour has it that she had been frightened to death.
A sinister threat seems to loom over the school, possibly conjured by someone who possesses supernatural power, a "Third Eye".
In spite of this atmosphere of horror, Caroline firmly believes that a rational explanation to the murder must exist and relentlessly begins her investigation...
A superbly suspenseful tale and a delight for fans of Golden Age mystery genre fiction!