R(alph) C(arter) Woodthorpe, (1886-1971), British author, whose serial characters are Nicholas Slade and Matilda Perks.

The Public School Murder (1932)

A Dagger in Fleet Street (1934)

Silence of a Purple Shirt (1934) aka Death Wears a Purple Shirt

Death in a Little Town (1935)

The Shadow on the Downs (1935)

The Necessary Corpse (1939)

Rope for a Convict (1939)

Put Out That Light (1940)