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The Wheel Spins RosettaBooks Into Film Book 9 eBook Ethel Lina White

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The Wheel Spins RosettaBooks Into Film Book 9 eBook Ethel Lina White

Here's your chance to read a great mystery about another Girl On A Train. The Wheel spins is also known as The Lady Vanishes, an Alfred Hitchcock major movie classic in 1938. I chose the title because this story is a mystery that takes a place on a very long train trip across Europe. Iris Carr is on her way back to London after a holiday in the Alps with friends. She is befriended by an older lady, Mrs Froy, who inexplicably disappears yet no other passenger will admit ever seeing her on the train.The reader also may wonder if there really was a Mrs Froy.
I gave the book 5 stars because, although, I had seen the movie version many times, I very much enjoyed the book. I was reading another book where it referred to author, Ethel Lina White and this particular book of the 1936. I plan on reading her other books and already started Some Must Watch of 1933 which was also a Hitchcock movie called The Spiral Staircase.
I loved Ethel Lina Whites writing, I could imagine myself in the little alps village, also felt the movement of the train and hypnotizing sounds of train travel. I easily recommend this to anyone who loves a mystery and loves being fully involved in an old classic novel.


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The Wheel Spins RosettaBooks Into Film Book 9 eBook Ethel Lina White Reviews

No wonder Hitchcock chose to bring this book to life in the movie "The Lady Vanishes." Intriguing and suspenseful (although somewhat predictable), the book was difficult to put down. A good read for all mystery lovers.
As a Hitchcock fan I have seen all his movies at least
twice. This book has been immortalized by three separate movie versions. The book is wonderful.
Iris is befriended on a train by an elderly spinster who then vanishes. People who saw her deny they did, causing Iris and others to question her sanity and putting her in danger. She persists in trying to find the missing woman. I won't give away the conclusion but will just say that the experience leaves Iris more secure about her identity and with new empathy for others.

This is an interesting book, perfectly suited for Alfred Hitchcock. I often stayed a step ahead of the action but the author's graphic similes and metaphors were so good that I really enjoyed reading it.
Public Television [Mystery Playhouse] recently remade this story, filmed initially [in 1937/8] by Alfred Hitchcock. He also adapted Hightower's 'Strangers on a Train' and Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express'. Hitchcock saw the dramatic potential of crimes hatched on fast-moving steam trains, careening through European borders and storied capital cities. The book recalls the strange, other-worldly pre-World War 2 atmosphere in Europe, especially among the travelling upper- and middle- classes.. The big problem with Ethel White's novel is that there is never explained a clear reason for the disappearance of a middle-aged spinster who befriends a young, attractive and rich heroine. The woman in question is a middle-aged governess who is on the way back to England to see her aging parents. When she suddenly doesn't return to her seat [after dining with our rich and beautiful young heroine], the young lady fails to convince any other passenger that the governess ever actually existed--even the haughty aristocrats who share the same first-class compartment. I read the book [through ] to see if I could unravel the mystery--why she disappeared, the motivation for her planned murder. But except for a very vague reference to some obscure polical developments involving the anonymous Balkan country from where her aristocratic travelling companions came, I simply couldn't fathom the motive for what turned out to be an abortive attempt at kidnapping with a view to murder. Meanwhile, our young hapless heroine's long journey through the night wasn't without some result she fell in love with a young English engineer who was eager for her hand despite his shared skepticism about the existence of the disappeared lady. I won't reveal the fate of the kidnapped governess, but rest assured it had nothing to do with the children she had been nurturing--they had stayed home in Ruritania or whatever the country was called. Entertaining for those who like stories that conjure the atmosphere of pre-war Europe.
Crisply written and consistently engaging, The Wheel Spins stands on its own as a mystery tale and a sly study of the British class system between the wars. It's neither better nor worse than Hitchcock's remarkable film--just different.
The Wheel Spins is an unjustly ignored crime classic about a spoiled woman reduced to the most profound loneliness wondering if she's losing her mind. It's beautifully written, gripping, and deserves to be available in paperback as well. Hitchcock turned this dark, psychological thriller into an almost farcical movie that I find painful to watch, especially when compared to the superb new PBS version. If you know the 1930s film The Lady Vanishes, you'll be surprised by the emotional depth of this novel.
Ethel Lina White keeps the plot moving right along, as rapidly as the train that carries Iris and Miss Froy. The book is an enjoyable experience on its own, whether you've seen "The Lady Vanishes" or not. Interesting characters, a sense of humor coupled with suspense—as Miss Froy might say, this little mystery is "topping!"
Here's your chance to read a great mystery about another Girl On A Train. The Wheel spins is also known as The Lady Vanishes, an Alfred Hitchcock major movie classic in 1938. I chose the title because this story is a mystery that takes a place on a very long train trip across Europe. Iris Carr is on her way back to London after a holiday in the Alps with friends. She is befriended by an older lady, Mrs Froy, who inexplicably disappears yet no other passenger will admit ever seeing her on the train.The reader also may wonder if there really was a Mrs Froy.
I gave the book 5 stars because, although, I had seen the movie version many times, I very much enjoyed the book. I was reading another book where it referred to author, Ethel Lina White and this particular book of the 1936. I plan on reading her other books and already started Some Must Watch of 1933 which was also a Hitchcock movie called The Spiral Staircase.
I loved Ethel Lina Whites writing, I could imagine myself in the little alps village, also felt the movement of the train and hypnotizing sounds of train travel. I easily recommend this to anyone who loves a mystery and loves being fully involved in an old classic novel.