Rachel C. Payes
1922-1998
Pseudonym: E.L. Arch
 

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

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