Rachel Ruth Cosgrove Payes was born in Westernport, Maryland. She trained as a research biologist and worked as a medical technologist at various hospitals. She also wrote in other genres. She is the creator of 'Forsythia Brown', an amateur sleuth. |
Titles and year of publication:
'Forsythia Brown' Novels | |
1) Forsythia Finds Murder | 1960 |
2) Memoirs of Murder | 1964 |
Other Novels | |
1) Death Sleeps Lightly | 1960 |
2) Shadow of Fear | 1961 |
3) Curiosity Killed Kitty | 1962 |
4) The Mystery of Echo Caverns | 1966 |
5) O Charitable Death | 1968 |
6) The Silent Place | 1969 |
7) Malverne Hall | 1970 |
8) Forbidden Island | 1973 |
9) Devil's Court | 1974 |
10) The Black Swan | 1975 |
11) The House of Tarot | 1975 |
12) The Sapphire Legacy | 1976 |
13) Bride of Fury | 1980 |
14) Emeralds and Jade | 1988 |
15) The Dark Towers of Trelochen | 1991 |
As 'E.L. Arch' | |
1) The Deathstones | 1964 |
2) The First Immortals | 1965 |