Put Out the Light

Background

Ethel Lina White was a renowned mystery writer in both Britain and the United States in the 1930s and 40s. Put Out The Light, despite being her fourth novel, was her first published mystery novel.

Plot

Anthea Vine is vain, controlling spinster. She gives of an illusion of youth and charm. She lives in a solitary house on a hill, Jamaica Court, keeping her fellow five inmates financially imprisoned. She interferes in their love affairs and keeps their lives under complete control. However, someone is out to get Miss Vine, and Jamaica Court suddenly becomes her own prison.