Bats in the Belfry

A BIBLIOGRAPHY

A BIBLIOGRAPHYNovels

As E.C.R. Lorac

Most of these books feature her main series character, Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald, a "London Scot" and an avowed bachelor with a love for walking in the English countryside. In 28 of these books, he has the help of his assistant, Detective Inspector Reeves.

The Murder on the Burrows (1931)

The Affair on Thor's Head (1932)

The Greenwell Mystery (1932)

The Case of Colonel Marchand (1933)

Death on the Oxford Road (1933)

Murder in St.John's Wood (1934)

Murder in Chelsea (1934)

The Organ Speaks (1935)

Death of an Author (1935)

Crime Counter Crime (1936)

Post after Post-Mortem (1936)

A Pall for a Painter (1936)

Bats in the Belfry (1937)

These Names Make Clues (1937)

The Devil and the C.I.D. (1938)

Slippery Staircase (1938)

John Brown's Body (1939)

Black Beadle (1939)

Outer Circle (1939)

Death at Dyke's Corner (1940)

Tryst for a Tragedy (1940)

Time Remembered (1940)

Case in the Clinic (1941)

Rope's End – Rogue's End (1942)

The Sixteenth Stair (1942)

Death Came Softly (1943)

Checkmate to Murder (1944)

Fell Murder (1944)

Murder by Matchlight (1945)

Fire in the Thatch (1946)

The Theft of the Iron Dogs (1946); U.S. title Murderer's Mistake (1947)

Relative to Poison (1947)

Death before Dinner (1948)

Part for a Poisoner (1948); U.S. title A Screen for Murder (1948)

Still Waters (1949)

Policemen in the Precinct (1949)

Accident by Design (1950)

Murder of a Martinet (1951)

The Dog It Was That Died (1952)

Murder in the Mill-Race (1952); U.S. title Speak Justly of the Dead (1953)

Crook O'Lune (1953); U.S. title Shepherd's Crook (1953)

Shroud of Darkness (1954)

Let Well Alone (1954)

Ask a Policeman (1955)

Murder in Vienna (1956)

Picture of Death (1957)

Dangerous Domicile (1957)

Death in Triplicate (1958)

Murder on a Monument (1958)

Dishonour among Thieves (1959); U.S. title The Last Escape (1959)

As Carol Carnac

They feature three different series characters. The first one is Inspector Ryvet, a homophonous allusion to her own surname. The other two are Chief Inspector Julian Rivers (who appears in 15 books), and his assistant, Inspector Lansing, who appears in 18 cases (four of them with Ryvet.)

Triple Death (1936)

Murder at Mornington (1937)

The Missing Rope (1937)

When the Devil Was Sick (1939)

The Case of the First Class Carriage (1939)

Death in the Diving Pool (1940)

A Double for Detection (1945)

The Striped Suitcase (1946)

Clue Sinister (1947)

Over the Garden Wall (1948)

Upstairs Downstairs (1950)

Copy for Crime (1950)

It's Her Own Funeral (1951)

Crossed Skis (1952)

Murder as a Fine Art (1953)

A Policeman at the Door (1953)

Impact of Evidence (1954)

Murder among Members (1955)

Rigging the Evidence (1955)

The Double Turn (1956)

The Burning Question (1957)

Long Shadows (1958) (U.S. title: Affair at Helen's Court)

Death of a Lady Killer (1959)

As Mary Le Bourne

Two-Way Murder (2021)

As Carol Rivett

Outer Circle (1939)

A Time Remembered (1940)

Island Spell (1951)