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Author: Ethel Lina White

📘 The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White

Helen Capel enjoys the routine of her live‑in duty in the Warren household, but the quiet countryside home is upended when a series of murders begins to bite into the seemingly safe community. With the professor sealing the house, the residents must confront the chilling reality that danger may still lurk beyond the locked doors, testing whether the safety in numbers can truly protect them from a killer targeting young girls.

First publish date: 1971

Genre: Suspense/General Suspense

Authors: Ethel Lina White

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