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Elizabeth Foxwell Mysteries often provide insight into societal issues both past and present as well as acute, sometimes poignant, reflections on killers, victims, and investigators. This column’s offerings are no exception. **** Ethel Lina White, Blackout and Other Tales of Suspense, Crippen & Landru, $22. Many mystery fans may be familiar with White’s The Wheel Spins (aka The Lady Vanishes of Alfred Hitchcock fame) and Some Must Watch (aka The Spiral Staircase of Robert Siodmak fame); her story “An Unlocked Window” was the basis for a chilling episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. This collection, which provides an early short-story