 Elspeth Josceline Grant Huxley was born in London. She was an author, broadcaster, journalist, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. She is the creator of 'Superintendent Vachell', a former Canadian police officer and now a police officer of the Chania CID in British colonial Africa. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Superintendent Vachell' Novels | |
| 1) Murder at Government House | 1937 |
| 2) Murder on Safari | 1938 |
| 3) Death of an Aryan (US Title: The African Poison Murders [1940]) | 1939 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Red Rock Wilderness | 1957 |
| 2) The Merry Hippo (US Title: The Incident at the Merry Hippo [1964]) | 1963 |
| 3) A Man from Nowhere | 1964 |
| 4) The Prince Buys the Manor | 1982 |