Cover detail from Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac

Carol Carnac Novels in Order

For this post, I am concentrating on the novels written under the name Carol, Carnac. Please note, the author Edith Lorac has also written under the name E.C.R. Lorac and Mary le Bourne.

The Carol Carnac novels feature three different series characters. The first one is Inspector Ryvet, Chief Inspector Julian Rivers appears in 15 books, and his assistant, Inspector Lansing, who appears in 18 cases (four of them with Ryvet.)

  • 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) (U.S. title: Affair at Helen's Court)
  • Death of a Lady Killer (1959)