Dorothy Eden
Dorothy Eden (1912-1982) was a New Zealand author of historical, suspense, mystery, romance and Gothic novels. Dorothy attended school and worked as a legal secretary in Canterbury Plains, New Zealand. Following a trip around the world, she fell in love with England. She moved there in 1954 and spent the rest of her life there. As a novelist, Dorothy was renowned for her ability to create fear and suspense. This earned her many devoted readers throughout her lifetime. She died of cancer in London in 1982.

Dorothy Eden made her debut as a published novelist in 1940 with the novel The Singing Shadows, which is an incredibly rare title to find. Below is a list of Dorothy Eden’s books in order of when they were first released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Laughing Ghost (1943)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Schoolmaster's Daughter/The Daughters of Ardmore Hall (1946)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Walk into My Parlour (1947)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Crow Hollow (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Voice of the Dolls (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cats Prey/Let Us Prey (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lamb To The Slaughter/The Brooding Lake (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bride By Candlelight (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Darling Clementine/Night Of The Letter (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Is A Red Rose (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pretty Ones (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Listen to Danger (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Deadly Travellers (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sleeping Bride (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Afternoon Walk (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Samantha/Lady of Mallow (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sleep in the Woods (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Afternoon For Lizards (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Face of An Angel (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shadow Of A Witch (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Whistle for the Crows (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bird in the Chimney/Darkwater (1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bella/Ravenscroft (1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Marriage Chest (1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Never Call It Loving (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Siege in the Sun (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Winterwood (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shadow Wife (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vines of Yarrabee (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Melbury Square (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Waiting for Willa (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Speak to Me of Love (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Millionaire's Daughter (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Time of the Dragon (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Salamanca Drum (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Storrington Papers (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The American Heiress (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Important Family (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Yellow Is for Fear (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
House on Hay Hill (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

A Gothic Treasure Trove(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Schoolmaster’s Daughter is also known as The Daughters of Ardmore Hall. Cat’s Prey was also published as Let Us Prey. Lamb to the Slaughter is also known as The Brooding Lake. Darling Clementine was also released as Night of the Letter. Samantha is also known as Lady of Mallow. Afternoon for Lizards was also published as Bridge of Fear. The Bird in the Chimney is also known as Darkwater. Bella was also published as Ravenscroft. The novels Face of an Angel and Shadow of a Witch were written under the pen name Mary Paradise. Omnibus books also contain books by other authors.

If You Like Dorothy Eden Books, You’ll Love…

Dorothy Eden Synopses: In The Deadly Travellers by Dorothy Eden, the heroine is on the case when a small Italian girl, whom she was escorting across Europe, vanishes on the Paris Express.

The Sleeping Bride by Dorothy Eden is a suspense novel in which a disappearing bride is the climax to a series of oddly disturbing events, and the girl’s sister, aided by the bridegroom, decides to start her own investigation.

In Sleep in the Woods by Dorothy Eden, Beautiful Briar Johnson had set her eyes on Peter Fanshawe, her friend Sophie’s suitor, hoping to trap him into marriage. But her plot was unexpectedly thwarted by the most eligible bachelor in town.

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