Patreon Post: The Third Eye (1937) by Ethel Lina White

It has been about a year since I have read a book by Ethel Lina White. My copy of The Third Eye is from the Paperback Library Gothic series, a series whose covers have not done White any favours. Instead, I feel this style of art has put some readers off from trying her work at all, a situation I would say is paralleled by Charlotte Armstrong who also suffered from 60s reprint covers. White’s work is usually female led in terms of characters, so the female focus on these American covers is understandable, but the OTT gothic hues very much misrepresent what the stories are about and how they are written. Grumble over, let’s take a look at this book…