
Edith Caroline Rivett fue una escritora británica que firmó con los seudónimos E. C. R. Lorac y Carol Carnac.
Nació en Hendon, el 13 de junio de 1894 y falleció en Caton-with-Littledale, el 2 de julio de 1958.
Estudió Arte y Manualidades, toda su vida se dedicó a la artesanía, además de la literatura.
Escritora muy prolífica, fue una de las grandes firmas de la edad dorada de las novelas de misterio.
Más información:
Obras:
Como E. C. R. Lorac –
- The Murder on the Burrows (1931)
- The Affair on Thor’s Head (1932)
- The Greenwell Mystery (1932)
- The Case of Colonel Marchand (1933)
- Death on the Oxford Road (1933)
- Murder in St. John’s Wood (1934)
- Murder in Chelsea (1934)
- The Organ Speaks (1935)
- El caso del escritor desaparecido. Death of an Author (1935) sin MacDonald
- Crime Counter Crime (1936)
- A Pall for a Painter (1936)
- Post After Post-Mortem (1936)
- These Names Make Clues (1937)
- Bats in the Belfry (1937)
- The Devil and the C.I.D. (1938)
- Slippery Staircase (1938)
- John Brown’s Body (1939)
- Black Beadle (1939)
- Tryst for a Tragedy (1940)
- Death at Dyke’s Corner (1940)
- Case in the Clinic (1941)
- Rope’s End, Rogue’s End (1942)
- The Sixteenth Stair (1942)
- Death Came Softly (1943)
- Fell Murder (1944)
- Checkmate to Murder (1944)
- Murder by Matchlight (1945)
- Fire in the Thatch (1946)
- The Theft of the Iron Dogs (1946)
- Relative to Poison (1947)
- Death Before Dinner (1948)
- Part for a Poisoner (1948)
- Still Waters (1949)
- Policemen in the Precinct (1949)
- Accident by Design (1950)
- Murder of a Martinet (1951)
- The Dog It Was That Died (1952)
- Murder in the Mill-Race (1952)
- Crook O’Lune (1953)
- Shroud of Darkness (1954)
- Let Well Alone (1954)
- Ask a Policeman (1955)
- Murder in Vienna (1956)
- Dangerous Domicile (1957)
- Picture of Death (1957)
- Murder on a Monument (1958)
- Death in Triplicate (1958)
- Dishonour Among Thieves (1959)
- Two-Way Murder. (2021)
Como Carol Carnac –
- Triple Death (1936)
- Murder at Mornington (1937)
- The Missing Rope (1937)
- When the Devil Was Sick (1939)
- The Case of the First Class Carriage (1939)
- Death in the Diving Pool (1940)
- A Double for Detection (1945)
- The Striped Suitcase (1946)
- Clue Sinister (1947)
- Over the Garden Wall (1948)
- Upstairs Downstairs (1950)
- Copy for Crime (1950)
- It’s Her Own Funeral (1951)
- Crossed Skis (1952)
- Murder as a Fine Art (1953)
- A Policeman at the Door (1953)
- Impact of Evidence (1954)
- Murder among Members (1955)
- Rigging the Evidence (1955)
- The Double Turn (1956)
- The Burning Question (1957)
- Long Shadows (1958)
- Death of a Lady Killer (1959)
Como Mary Le Bourne –
- Two-Way Murder (2021)
Como Carol Rivett –
- Outer Circle (1939)
- A Time Remembered (1940)
- Island Spell (1951)
Novelas no publicadas –
- Forty Years On.
- An unfinished detective story.
Relatos –
- ‘Chance Is a Great Thing’. 1950.
- ‘Remember to Ring Twice’. 1952.
- ‘Death at the Bridge Table’. MacKill’s Mystery Magazine, October 1952.
- ‘Permanent Policeman’. 1953.
- ‘A Bit of Wire-Pulling’. 1955.
- ‘Half-Term Hold-Up’.

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