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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1949
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Book List in Order: 24 titles



  • It was really no concern of Mrs. Mayden whether Gillian Arkholme has spent a weekend at the Powys Arms with a married man or not, or that Alison Bentham was in love with her best friend's husband, or even that Dean's wife bought her meat on t...



  • On a damp November evening in wartime London, a young chemist sits on a bench in Regent's Park and watches as an approaching stranger suddenly disappears beneath a footbridge. Seconds later another figure appears on the same overpass, stops to sm...



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    A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman's watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street's Christmas shopping. Lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder. This collec...



  • Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels -- but his early promise did not bear fruit. His wife Sybilla is a glittering actress, unforgiving of Bruce's failure, and the couple lead separate lives in their house at Regen...



  • WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS. The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon -- renting a thatched cottage in the beautiful countryside at Mallory Fitzjohn. V...



  • "Never make trouble in the village" is an unspoken law, but it's a binding law. You may know about your neighbor's sins and shortcomings, but you must never name them aloud. It'd make trouble, and small societies want to avoid tro...



  • A woman is found dead one morning, in the Mill Race, at the exact place where a young woman drowned a year previously. Are the two cases interlinked? The local police are up against it, as the local villagers are determined to say nothing, so the cas...



  • The mystery begins with the discovery of the body of old Robert Garth in the trampled mud of an ancient outhouse. The Garth family live at Garthmere Hall, which was ruled by Robert with a rod of iron. The Hall is a gloomy medieval building....



  • Templedean Place in the Cotswold Hills of England was among the last of the truly aristocratic estates, where old family traditions still ď¬,ourished. When Gerald Vanstead arrived from Australia with his family, to attend his father in his last illne...






  • On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout A civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while an artist paints the port...



  • Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderIt is a dark and misty night -- isn't it always? -- and bachelors Nicholas and Ian are driving to the ball at Fordings, a beautiful concert hall in the countryside. There waits the charming Dil...



  • This crime puzzle features Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald, who is a “London Scot” and an avowed bachelor with a love for walking in the English countryside. But what will he make of the body found dead in a cave?...



  • "An invitation to a “treasure hunt” open to thriller writers and lesser mortals confronts Scotland Yard’s Chief Inspector Macdonald with two baffling deaths." -- Kirkus ReviewsIt’s all fun and games (and fake names) until someone ends up dea...



  • Muriel Farrington is a domineering woman who, unfortunately for them, has her entire family living with her in her stately home. She tries, often successfully, to run the lives of her children, her stepchildren, her in-laws, and her husband, and she ...



  • In this final detective novel to feature Superintendent Robert MacDonald, we find the police officer setting up his retirement plans on a hill farm to the south of Lunesdale. Not quite ready to retire, he buys the farm and installs a young couple to ...



  • Superintendent Macdonald, C.I.D., studied his fellow-passengers on the Vienna plane simply because he couldn’t help it, because he hadn’t conditioned himself to being on holiday. The distinguished industrialist he recognised: the stout man he put...



  • It's not long after the end of WWII, rationing is still in force in the UK, and Chief Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is hot on the heels of a coupon racketeer, Gordon Ginner. Just then he gets a letter from Lancastrian farmer Giles Hoggett abou...



  • Wulfstane Manor, a rambling old country house with many unused rooms, winding staircases and a maze of cellars, had been bequeathed to Veronica Mallowood and her brother Martin. The last time the large family of Mallowoods had all foregathered under ...



  • One was brutally attacked in the choking black fog in Paddington Station. Attempted murder became bona fide manslaughter, and examination of the intimate lives of the passengers involved Chief Inspector MacDonald in a macabre game of hide-and-seek in...






  • It all began with sheep-stealing. A hateful act among the shepherds of the fells, and yet not a matter of life and death. Then came arson and with the leaping of the flames, death and disorder reached the peaceful moors. Holidaying with his friends t...



  • E. C. R. Lorac spins a twisting tale full of wry humor and red herrings, poking some fun at her contemporary reviewers, who long suspected the Lorac pseudonym to belong to a male author.Vivian Lestrange -- celebrated author of the popular mystery nov...



  • [A] twisty “snake in the garden” country-house mystery [where] Lorac constructs a challenging puzzle and provides a marvelous glimpse into pre-WWII Oxford life.” -- Booklist, Starred Review"Lorac keeps everything professional and smartly pace...



  • "Effortlessly atmospheric [with] a killer likely to take most readers by surprise." -- Kirkus ReviewsRenowned for its authentic characters and settings based partly on the author’s own experiences of life in the Lune Valley, E. C. R. Lorac’s cl...



  • While hot on the heels of serial coupon-racketeer Gordon Ginner, Chief Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard receives word of an intriguing incident up in Lancashire - the summer cottage of local farmer Giles Hoggett has been broken into, with an asso...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

E.C.R. Lorac has published 24 books.

E.C.R. Lorac does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Theft Of The Iron Dogs, was published in September 2023.

The first book by E.C.R. Lorac, And Then Put Out the Light, was published in January 1949.

No. E.C.R. Lorac does not write books in series.