The Blonde Died Dancing (19 page)

In 1960, Audrey Roos received an Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1960 for her movie adaptation of
The Burning Court
by John Dickson Carr.

William Roos also wrote a number of plays and musicals, some mounted with more or less success on Broadway.

Audrey Kelley Roos died of cancer on Martha’s Vineyard on December 11, 1982. William Roos died four years later on March 13, 1987.

Jeff and Haila Troy novels

• Made Up to Kill (aka Made Up for Murder) (1940)
  
• If the Shroud Fits (aka Dangerous Blondes) (1941)
  
• The Frightened Stiff. (1942)
  
• Sailor, Take Warning (1944)
  
• There Was a Crooked Man (1945)
  
• Ghost of a Chance (aka Scent of a Mystery) (1947)
  
• Triple Threat (aka Beauty Marks the Spot) (1948) (novella)
  
• Murder in Any Language (1948)
  
• One False Move (1966)
  

Non series novels:

• The Blonde Died Dancing (aka She Died Dancing) (1956)
  
• Speaking of Murder (1957) (adaption of stage play)
  
• Requiem for a Blonde (1958)
  
• Murder Noon and Night (aka Requiem for a Blonde) (1959)
  
• Necessary Evil (1965)
  
• Grave Danger (1965)
  
• A Few Days in Madrid (1965)
  
• Cry in the Night (1966)
  
• Who Saw Maggie Brown? (1967)
  
• To Save His Life (1968)
  
• Suddenly One Night (1970)
  
• What Did Hattie See (1970)
  
• Bad Trip (1971)
  
• Murder on Martha’s Vineyard (1981)
  

Solo novel by Williams Roos:

• The Hornet’s Longboat (1940)