 Pseudonym of Edith Caroline Rivett-Carnac. She was born in Hendon, Middlesex. She was educated at the South Hampstead High School, and later the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. She also wrote crime fiction under the pseudonym 'Carol Carnac' and two mainstream novels under the name 'Carol Rivett'. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) The Murder on the Burrows | 1931 |
| 2) The Affair at Thor's Head | 1932 |
| 3) The Greenwell Mystery | 1932 |
| 4) Death on the Oxford Road | 1933 |
| 5) The Case of Colonel Marchand | 1933 |
| 6) Murder in St John's Wood | 1934 |
| 7) Murder in Chelsea | 1934 |
| 8) The Organ Speaks | 1935 |
| 9) Death of an Author | 1935 |
| 10) Crime Counter Crime | 1936 |
| 11) Post after Post-Mortem | 1936 |
| 12) A Pall for a Painter | 1936 |
| 13) Bats in the Belfry | 1937 |
| 14) These Names Make Clues | 1937 |
| 15) The Devil and the Cid | 1938 |
| 16) Slippery Staircase | 1938 |
| 17) John Brown's Body | 1938 |
| 18) Black Beadle | 1939 |
| 19) Death at Dyke's Corner | 1940 |
| 20) Tryst for a Tragedy | 1940 |
| 21) Case in the Clinic | 1941 |
| 22) Rope's End, Rogue's End | 1942 |
| 23) The Sixteenth Stair | 1942 |
| 24) Death Came Softly | 1943 |
| 25) Checkmate to Murder | 1944 |
| 26) Fell Murder | 1944 |
| 27) Murder by Matchlight | 1945 |
| 28) Fire in the Thatch | 1946 |
| 29) The Theft of the Iron Dogs (US Title: Murderer's Mistake [1947]) | 1946 |
| 30) Relative to Poison | 1947 |
| 31) Death before Dinner (US Title: A Screen for Murder [1948]) | 1948 |
| 32) Part for a Poisoner (US Title: Place for a Poisoner [1949]) | 1948 |
| 33) Still Waters | 1949 |
| 34) Policemen on the Precinct (US Title: And Then Put Out the Light [1950]) | 1949 |
| 35) Accident by Design | 1950 |
| 36) Murder of a Martinet (US Title: I Could Murder Her [1951]) | 1951 |
| 37) The Dog It Was That Died | 1952 |
| 38) Murder in the Millrace (US Title: Speak Justly of the Dead [1953]) | 1952 |
| 39) Crook O'Lune (US Title: Shepherd's Crook [1953]) | 1953 |
| 40) Shroud of Darkness | 1954 |
| 41) Let Well Alone | 1954 |
| 42) Ask a Policeman | 1955 |
| 43) Murder in Vienna | 1956 |
| 44) Picture of Death | 1957 |
| 45) Dangerous Domicile | 1957 |
| 46) Death in Triplicate (US Title: People Will Talk [1958]) | 1958 |
| 47) Murder on a Monument | 1958 |
| 48) Dishonour among Thieves (US Title: The Last Escape [1959]) | 1959 |
| As 'Carol Carnac' | |
| 1) Triple Death | 1936 |
| 2) Murder at Mornington | 1937 |
| 3) The Missing Rope | 1937 |
| 4) When the Devil Was Sick | 1939 |
| 5) The Case of the First-Class Carriage | 1939 |
| 6) Death in the Diving Pool | 1940 |
| 7) A Double for Detection | 1945 |
| 8) The Striped Suitcase | 1946 |
| 9) Clue Sinister | 1947 |
| 10) Over the Garden Wall | 1948 |
| 11) Upstairs, Downstairs (US Title: Upstairs and Downstairs [1950]) | 1950 |
| 12) Copy for Crime | 1950 |
| 13) It's Her Own Funeral | 1951 |
| 14) Crossed Skis | 1952 |
| 15) Murder as a Fine Art | 1953 |
| 16) A Policeman at the Door | 1953 |
| 17) Impact of Evidence | 1954 |
| 18) Murder among Members | 1955 |
| 19) Rigging the Evidence | 1955 |
| 20) The Double Turn (US Title: The Late Miss Trimming [1957]) | 1956 |
| 21) The Burning Question | 1957 |
| 22) Long Shadows (US Title: Affair at Helen's Court [1958]) | 1958 |
| 23) Death of a Lady Killer | 1959 |