E.C.R. Lorac Books In Order
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Triple Death | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Missing Rope | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder at Mornington | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Case of the First-Class Carriage | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When the Devil Was Sick | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death in the Diving Pool | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Julian Rivers Books
A Double for Detection | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Striped Suitcase | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Clue Sinister | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Over the Garden Wall | (1948) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Copy for Crime | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Upstairs, downstairs | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It\'s Her Own Funeral | (1951) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crossed Skis | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder As a Fine Art | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Policeman At the Door | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Impact of Evidence | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Among Members | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rigging the Evidence | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Double Turn | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Long Shadows | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Robert MacDonald Books
The Murder on the Burrows | (1931) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Affair on Thor's Head | (1932) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Greenwell Mystery | (1932) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death On The Oxford Road | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Case of Colonel Marchand | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in St. John's Wood | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in Chelsea | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Organ Speaks | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Post After Post-Mortem | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Pall for a Painter | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crime Counter Crime | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
These Names Make Clues | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bats in the Belfry | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Slippery Staircase | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Beadle | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
John Brown's Body | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tryst for a Tragedy | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death at Dyke's Corner | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Case in the Clinic | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rope's End, Rogue's End | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sixteenth Stair | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Checkmate to Murder | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fell Murder | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder by Matchlight | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fire in the Thatch | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Relative to Poison | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Part for a Poisoner | (1948) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Before Dinner | (1948) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Policemen in the Precinct | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Still Waters | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Accident by Design | (1951) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder of a Martinet | (1951) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in the Mill-Race | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dog It Was That Died | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crook O'Lune | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Let Well Alone | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shroud of Darkness | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ask A Policeman | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in Vienna | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Picture of Death | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dangerous Domicile | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder On a Monument | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Escape/Dishonour Among Thieves | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Theft of the Iron Dogs | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil and the C.I.D. | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Came Softly | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Burning Question | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death in Triplicate | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of a Lady Killer | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Two-Way Murder | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of British Library Crime Classics Books
The Notting Hill Mystery | (1862) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Female Detective | (1864) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Poisoned Chocolates Case | (1929) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It Walks by Night | (1930) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham | (1930) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Castle Skull | (1931) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery in the Channel | (1931) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Incredible Crime | (1931) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder of a Lady | (1931) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lost Gallows | (1931) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Z Murders | (1931) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder | (1932) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Division Bell Mystery | (1932) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Portrait of a Murderer | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death in Fancy Dress | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Family Matters | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hog's Back Mystery | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Murder of My Aunt | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Underground | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scarweather | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of an Airman | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spy Paramount | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 12.30 from Croydon | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Chianti Flask | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lake District Murder | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death on the Cherwell | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cornish Coast Murder | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Traitor | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Santa Klaus Murder | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sussex Downs Murder | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in Piccadilly | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery in White | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bats in the Belfry | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cheltenham Square Murder | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Excellent Intentions | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in the Museum | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Antidote to Venom | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thirteen Guests | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Port of London Murders | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seven Dead | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Verdict of Twelve | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Scream in Soho | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of a Busybody | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Somebody at the Door | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder's a Swine: A Second World War Mystery | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Checkmate to Murder | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fell Murder | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder by Matchlight | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble on the Thames | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fire in the Thatch | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Makes a Prophet | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smallbone Deceased | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Calamity in Kent | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Has Deep Roots | (1951) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Danger Within / Death in Captivity | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in the Mill-Race | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crossed Skis | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death on the Riviera | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Colour Of Murder | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Christmas Egg | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Progress of a Crime | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Methods of Sergeant Cluff | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spoilt Kill | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Body in the Dumb River | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Due to a Death | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Surfeit of Suspects | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Belting Inheritance | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Best Friend | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The End of the Web | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Resorting to Murder | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Silent Nights | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder at the Manor | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Serpents in Eden | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crimson Snow | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Foreign Bodies | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Arm of the Law | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Miraculous Mysteries | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Continental Crimes | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood on the Tracks | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deep Waters: Murder on the Waves | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Measure of Malice | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pocket Detective 2: 100+ More Puzzles, Brainteasers and Conundrums | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Two-Way Murder | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
E.C.R. Lorac was an English published author known for writing mystery and crime fiction novels. She wrote under a variety of pen names, from Mary le Bourne to Carol Rivett, E.C.R. Lorac, and Carol Carnac.
The author was born Edith Caroline Rivett on May 6, 1894. When writing, she also chose to use the pen name Carol Carnac and the pseudonym E.C.R. Lorac for her books, the first three initials standing for her given name. She was born in what was then known as Hendon, Middlesex and what is now referred to as London in 1884.
She was born to her father Harry and her mother Beatrice, their youngest daughter. Her parents also had two sisters before her. They would choose to emigrate in 1898 and packed up all their things and moved to Australia. Their purpose for moving was a serious one, as Harry had severe tuberculosis and they were emigrating in order to be in the warmer weather in the hopes that it would have a positive effect on the malady of the patriarch of the family.
Unfortunately, the attempt was not to be ultimately successful in delivering a cure to Harry, and the family would leave to return to England in 1900. While en route on the S.S. Illawarra, Harry would pass away and be put to rest at sea, never reaching shore with his wife and children. The family would make it to the city safely, although in the grips of very fresh grief at the loss of their father and in his wife’s case, her spouse.
Once they had returned to the city, they found themselves in dire straights as they had not much to their name. The family did find refuge thanks to the generosity of Beatrice’s father Edward, who took them into his home with open arms. The children and Beatrice were welcome to stay in the home, with the only upfront disadvantage being that the home was slightly crowded.
The author’s mother would soon find employment working as an assistant rate collector.Her daughter Edith would go to school locally and would practice what she learned at the schools throughout the course of her life, working on calligraphy and embroidery and more, some of which were featured at Westminster Abbey in a special display.
Before Lorac was a crime writer, she went to school locally at South Hampstead High School. She would also go to London to attend the Central School of Arts and Club. There she would join the Detection Club, which was all about the art of being a detective or private eye. This only makes sense as her interest in mysteries and sleuthing would inspire many mystery novels and stories in the crime fiction genre!
The first book to come out from Lorac would be The Murder on the Burrows. The story was so well-written that it would prove to be the launching pad for both her main character, the detective Macdonald, and her literary career. She would write for over twenty-five years and received many positive reviews along the way. She would write for Sampson Low and then Collins Crime Club’s Crime Counter Crime, which she would belong to for the entirety of her life. The historian of the Crime Club John Curran states that the designers that did her novels’ cover artwork did a very good job and their work on the books made the physical books even more collectible than they would have been otherwise.
Lorac was able to live and write in settings that were both urban and rural, and felt comfortable in either. She was creative in many ways and also athletic, having an interesting in going skiing in the winter. She had such a passion for the sport that it became a main part of her Crossed Skis novel under the pen name Carol Carnac, which was been published also by the British Library.
The author would pass away July 2, 1958, close to Lancaster, and left behind a tremendous amount of novels and series for readers to enjoy. Throughout the course of her long and prolific career, she would pen 48 mystery novels just under her pen name of E.C.R. Lorac, and over a total of twenty books using her other main pen name. To this day she is an important part of what is referred to as detective fiction’s golden age.
E.C.R. Lorac did not marry throughout the course of her life. She would reside in Lonsdale, Lancashire along with Gladys Rivett, her older sister. She would continue to write detective and mystery stories while becoming beloved around the village. The local people continue to remember her fondly for her strong-willed, spirited nature and her social conscience. She is buried in Aughton at the St. Saviour’s Church churchyard.
The author’s books are part of the British Library, with eight of her novels belonging to the British Library’s Crime Classics series as of 2021.
E.C.R. Lorac is the creator and the author of the Robert Macdonald mystery series of novels. The debut novel in this series first became available to readers in 1931 and is titled The Murder on the Burrows. It was followed by the release of the second novel, titled The Affair on Thor’s Head. If you are a big fan of classic mystery stories or any crime fiction novel, pick up the first book in this series!
The Murder on the Burrows is the first novel in the Robert Macdonald series. If you love mystery, check this debut novel out and follow along with all of Macdonald’s cases and attempts to crack them wide open yourself. From the first page to the last, discover why this book is such a classic!
E C R Lorac continues Robert Macdonald’s adventures in The Affair on Thor’s Head. Everyone’s favorite detective is back on the scene again, and he’s never without a case to solve.
This one promises to be especially complex, however, testing even the sharpened skills of a detective like Macdonald. Will he have the determination and steely sense of resolve necessary in order to solve this case and see it through to the end?
Pick up a copy of this mystery novel to find out!
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