Octavus Roy Cohen was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He worked as a newspaperman before he was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1913. In 1915, he abandoned the law to write full-time.
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Octavus Roy Cohen was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He worked as a newspaperman before he was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1913. In 1915, he abandoned the law to write full-time. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) The Other Woman (with J.U. Giesy) | 1917 |
| 2) The Crimson Alibi | 1919 |
| 3) Gray Dusk | 1920 |
| 4) Six Seconds of Darkness | 1921 |
| 5) Midnight | 1922 |
| 6) Assorted Chocolates (short stories) | 1922 |
| 7) Jim Hanvey, Detective (short stories) | 1923 |
| 8) The Iron Chalice | 1925 |
| 9) Detours (short stories) | 1927 |
| 10) The Outer Gate | 1927 |
| 11) Florian Slappey Goes Abroad (short stories) | 1928 |
| 12) The May Day Mystery | 1929 |
| 13) The Backstage Mystery (Also published as: Curtain at Eight [1933]) | 1930 |
| 14) Eric Peters, Pullman Porter (short stories) | 1930 |
| 15) Cameos (short stories) | 1931 |
| 16) Star of Earth | 1932 |
| 17) Carbon Copies (short stories) | 1932 |
| 18) The Townsend Murder Mystery | 1933 |
| 19) Scrambled Yeggs (short stories) | 1934 |
| 20) Child of Evil | 1936 |
| 21) I Love You Again (Also published as: There's Always Time to Die [1949]) | 1937 |
| 22) East of Broadway | 1938 |
| 23) Florian Slappey (short stories) | 1938 |
| 24) Strange Honeymoon | 1939 |
| 25) Romance in Crimson (Also published as: Murder in Season [1946]) | 1940 |
| 26) Lady in Armor | 1941 |
| 27) Sound of Revelry | 1943 |
| 28) Romance in the First Degree | 1944 |
| 29) Danger in Paradise | 1945 |
| 30) Love Has No Alibi | 1946 |
| 31) Dangerous Lady | 1946 |
| 32) Don't Ever Love Me | 1947 |
| 33) More Beautiful Than Murder | 1948 |
| 34) My Love Wears Black | 1948 |
| 35) A Bullet for My Love | 1950 |
| 36) The Corpse That Walked | 1951 |
| 37) Lost Lady | 1951 |
| 38) Love Can Be Dangerous (Also published as: The Intruder [1956]) | 1955 |