Pseudonym of Zenith Jones Brown. She was born in Smith River, California. She also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Brenda Conrad', and 'David Frome'. |
Titles and year of publication:
1) The Sound of Footsteps (UK Title: Footsteps on the Stairs [1931]) | 1931 |
2) Murder in Maryland | 1932 |
3) By the Watchman's Clock | 1932 |
4) The Clue of the Judas Tree | 1933 |
5) The Strangled Witness | 1934 |
6) Burn Forever (UK Title: Mountain Madness [1935]) | 1935 |
7) Ill Met by Moonlight | 1937 |
8) The Simple Way of Poison | 1937 |
9) Three Bright Pebbles | 1938 |
10) Reno Rendezvous (UK Title: Mr. Cromwell Is Dead [1939]) | 1939 |
11) False to Any Man (UK Title: Snow-White Murder [1940]) | 1939 |
12) The Town Cried Murder | 1939 |
13) Old Lover's Ghost (UK Title: A Capital Crime [1941]) | 1940 |
14) Road to Folly | 1940 |
15) The Murder of a Fifth Columnist | 1941 |
16) Murder in the O.P.M. (UK Title: Priority Murder [1943]) | 1942 |
17) Murder with Southern Hospitality (UK Title: Murder Down South [1943]) | 1942 |
18) Siren in the Night | 1943 |
19) All for the Love of a Lady (UK Title: Crack of Dawn [1945]) | 1944 |
20) The Philadelphia Murder Story | 1945 |
21) Honolulu Story (UK Title: Honolulu Murder Story [1947]) (Also published as: Honolulu Murders [1967]) | 1946 |
22) The Woman in Black | 1947 |
23) The Devil's Stronghold | 1948 |
24) Date with Death (UK Title: Shot in the Dark [1949]) | 1949 |
25) Murder Is the Pay-Off | 1951 |
26) The Bahamas Murder Case | 1952 |
27) Washington Whispers Murder (UK Title: The Lying Jade [1953]) | 1953 |
28) Invitation to Murder | 1954 |
29) Murder Comes to Eden | 1955 |
30) The Girl from the Mimosa Club | 1957 |
31) Trial by Ambush (UK Title: Trial from Ambush [1962]) | 1962 |
As 'Brenda Conrad' | |
1) The Stars Give Warning | 1941 |
2) Caribbean Conspiracy | 1942 |
3) Girl with a Golden Bar | 1944 |
As 'David Frome' | |
1) The Murder of an Old Man | 1929 |
2) In at the Death | 1929 |
3) The Hammersmith Murders | 1930 |
4) Two Against Scotland Yard (UK Title: The By-Pass Murder [1932]) | 1931 |
5) The Strange Death of Martin Green (UK Title: The Murder on the Sixth Hole [1931]) | 1931 |
6) The Man from Scotland Yard (UK Title: Mr. Simpson Finds a Body [1933]) | 1932 |
7) The Eel Pie Murders (UK Title: Eel Pie Mystery [1933]) | 1933 |
8) Scotland Yard Can Wait! (UK Title: That's Your Man, Inspector! [1934]) | 1933 |
9) Mr. Pinkerton Goes to Scotland Yard (UK Title: Arsenic in Richmond [1934]) | 1934 |
10) Mr. Pinkerton Finds a Body (UK Title: The Body in the Turf [1935]) | 1934 |
11) Mr. Pinkerton Grows a Beard (UK Title: The Body in Bedford Square [1935]) | 1935 |
12) Mr. Pinkerton Has the Clue | 1936 |
13) The Black Envelope (UK Title: The Guilt Is Plain [1938]) | 1937 |
14) Mr. Pinkerton at the Old Angel (UK Title: Mr. Pinkerton and the Old Angel [1939]) | 1939 |
15) Homicide House (UK Title: Murder on the Square [1951]) | 1950 |