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E.C.R. Lorac

E.C.R. Lorac was a British crime novelist from the golden age of detective fiction, renowned for her Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald series. She also published works under the names E. C. R. Lorac, Carol Carnac, and Mary Le Bourne. Born in Middlesex in 1894, she attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, which benefited her career as a craft practitioner. Her embroidery and calligraphy have been exhibited at Westminster Abbey. Lorac made her literary debut in 191 with The Murder on the Burrows and passed away in 1958. Her works have experienced a revival due to the British Crime Classics series.

E.C.R. Lorac became a published novelist in 1862 with the novel The Notting Hill Mystery (By: Charles Warren Adams). Below is a list of E.C.R. Lorac's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Julian Rivers Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Double for Detection (1945) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Striped Suitcase (1946) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Clue Sinister (1947) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Over the Garden Wall (1948) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Copy for Crime (1950) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Upstairs, downstairs (1950) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
It\'s Her Own Funeral (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crossed Skis (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder As a Fine Art (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Policeman At the Door (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Impact of Evidence (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder Among Members (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rigging the Evidence (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Double Turn (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Long Shadows (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Inspector Ryvet Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Triple Death (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Missing Rope (1937) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at Mornington (1937) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the First-Class Carriage (1939) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When the Devil Was Sick (1939) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death in the Diving Pool (1940) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Robert MacDonald Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Murder on the Burrows (1931) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Affair on Thor's Head (1932) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Greenwell Mystery (1932) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death On The Oxford Road (1933) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of Colonel Marchand (1933) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in St. John's Wood (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in Chelsea (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Organ Speaks (1935) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Post After Post-Mortem (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Pall for a Painter (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crime Counter Crime (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
These Names Make Clues (1937) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bats in the Belfry (1937) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Slippery Staircase (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black Beadle (1939) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
John Brown's Body (1939) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tryst for a Tragedy (1940) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death at Dyke's Corner (1940) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Case in the Clinic (1941) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rope's End, Rogue's End (1942) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sixteenth Stair (1942) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Checkmate to Murder (1944) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fell Murder (1944) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder by Matchlight (1945) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fire in the Thatch (1946) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Relative to Poison (1947) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Part for a Poisoner (1948) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Before Dinner (1948) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Policemen in the Precinct (1949) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Still Waters (1949) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Accident by Design (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder of a Martinet (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in the Mill-Race (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dog It Was That Died (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crook O'Lune (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Let Well Alone (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shroud of Darkness (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ask A Policeman (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in Vienna (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Picture of Death (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dangerous Domicile (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder On a Monument (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Escape/Dishonour Among Thieves (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Theft of the Iron Dogs (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Devil and the C.I.D. (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Came Softly (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Burning Question (As: Carol Carnac) (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death in Triplicate (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of a Lady Killer (As: Carol Carnac) (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two-Way Murder (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of British Library Crime Classics Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Notting Hill Mystery (By: Charles Warren Adams) (1862) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (By: Anthony Berkeley) (1929) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
It Walks by Night (By: John Dickson Carr) (1930) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham (By: Miles Burton) (1930) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Castle Skull (By: John Dickson Carr) (1931) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery in the Channel (By: Freeman Crofts) (1931) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Incredible Crime (By: Lois Austen-Leigh) (1931) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder of a Lady (By: Anthony Wynne) (1931) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lost Gallows (By: John Dickson Carr) (1931) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Z Murders (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon) (1931) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder (By: John Dickson Carr) (1932) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Division Bell Mystery (By: Ellen Wilkinson) (1932) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Portrait of a Murderer (By: Anne Meredith) (1933) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death in Fancy Dress (By: Anthony Gilbert) (1933) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Family Matters (By: Anthony Rolls) (1933) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hog's Back Mystery (By: Freeman Crofts) (1933) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mysterious Mr. Badman (By: William Fryer Harvey) (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder Underground (By: Mavis Doriel Hay) (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Scarweather (By: Anthony Rolls) (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of an Airman (By: Christopher Sprigg) (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Spy Paramount (By: E. Phillips Oppenheim) (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The 12.30 from Croydon (By: Freeman Crofts) (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Chianti Flask (By: Marie Belloc Lowndes) (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Weekend at Thrackley (By: Alan Melville) (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Quick Curtain (By: Alan Melville) (1934) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lake District Murder (By: John Bude) (1935) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death on the Cherwell (By: Mavis Doriel Hay) (1935) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cornish Coast Murder (By: John Bude) (1935) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Traitor (By: Sydney Horler) (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Santa Klaus Murder (By: Mavis Doriel Hay) (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sussex Downs Murder (By: John Bude) (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of Anton (By: Alan Melville) (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wheel Spins / Passengers / The Lady Vanishes (By: Ethel Lina White) (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel (By: Miles Burton) (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in Piccadilly (By: Charles Kingston) (1936) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mystery in White (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon) (1937) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bats in the Belfry (1937) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cheltenham Square Murder (By: John Bude) (1937) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Excellent Intentions (By: Richard Hull) (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in the Museum (By: John Rowland) (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Antidote to Venom (By: Freeman Crofts) (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thirteen Guests (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon) (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Port of London Murders (By: Josephine Bell) (1938) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (By: Leonard R. Gribble) (1939) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seven Dead (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon) (1939) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Verdict of Twelve (By: Raymond Postgate) (1940) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Scream in Soho (By: John G. Brandon) (1940) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of a Busybody (By: George Bellairs) (1942) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack (By: George Bellairs) (1942) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Somebody at the Door (By: Raymond Postgate) (1943) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder's a Swine (By: Nap Lombard) (1943) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Checkmate to Murder (1944) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fell Murder (1944) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder by Matchlight (1945) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trouble on the Thames (By: Victor Bridges) (1945) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fire in the Thatch (1946) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Makes a Prophet (By: John Bude) (1947) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Smallbone Deceased (By: Michael Gilbert) (1950) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Calamity in Kent (By: John Rowland) (1950) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Has Deep Roots (By: Michael Gilbert) (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Last Seen Wearing (By: Hillary Waugh) (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Danger Within / Death in Captivity (By: Michael Gilbert) (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in the Mill-Race (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crossed Skis (As: Carol Carnac) (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death on the Riviera (By: John Bude) (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man Who Didn't Fly (By: Margot Bennett) (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Colour Of Murder (By: Julian Symons) (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Christmas Egg (By: Mary Kelly) (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Progress of a Crime (By: Julian Symons) (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm (By: Gil North) (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Spoilt Kill (By: Mary Kelly) (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Body in the Dumb River (By: George Bellairs) (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Due to a Death (By: Mary Kelly) (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Surfeit of Suspects (By: George Bellairs) (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Belting Inheritance (By: Julian Symons) (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Best Friend (By: George Sims) (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
London Particular (By: Christianna Brand) (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The End of the Web (By: George Sims) (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Capital Crimes (By: Martin Edwards,Richard Marsh) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Resorting to Murder (By: Martin Edwards) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Silent Nights (By: Martin Edwards) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at the Manor (By: Martin Edwards) (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Serpents in Eden (By: Martin Edwards) (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crimson Snow (By: Martin Edwards,Fergus Hume) (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Foreign Bodies (By: Martin Edwards,Palle Rosenkrantz) (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Long Arm of the Law (By: Martin Edwards) (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Miraculous Mysteries (By: Martin Edwards) (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Continental Crimes (By: Martin Edwards) (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blood on the Tracks (By: Martin Edwards) (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories (By: Martin Edwards) (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book (By: Kate Jackson) (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Deep Waters (By: Martin Edwards) (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Measure of Malice (By: Martin Edwards) (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Settling Scores (By: Martin Edwards) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries (By: Martin Edwards) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two-Way Murder (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Guilty Creatures (By: Martin Edwards) (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of an Author (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crimes of Cymru (By: Martin Edwards) (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wheel Spins (By: Ethel Lina White) (2025) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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