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===Legacy=== As of 2021, the [[British Library]] has included eight novels by E.C.R. Lorac in its "Crime Classics" series of re-issued works: ''[[Fire in the Thatch]]''; ''[[Bats in the Belfry (novel)|Bats in the Belfry]]''; ''[[Murder by Matchlight]]''; ''[[Murder in the Mill-Race]]''; ''[[Fell Murder]]''; ''[[Checkmate to Murder]]'' and ''[[Crossed Skis]]''. A previously unpublished late work, ''Two-Way Murder'', was added in 2021; the original manuscript was under a new pen name, 'Mary le Bourne', but has been published by the British Library as by E.C.R. Lorac.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doctor Puzzle |title=Two Way Murder |url=https://classicmystery.blog/2021/03/18/two-way-murder-2021-by-e-c-r-lorac/ |website=In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel |date=18 March 2021 |access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref> The back cover of the re-issued, ''Fire in the Thatch: A Devon Mystery'' (originally published in 1946), declares that, "Her books have been almost entirely neglected since her death, but deserve rediscovery as fine examples of classic British crime fiction in its golden age."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Fire in the Thatch: A Devon Mystery, with an introduction by Martin Edwards|last=Lorac|first=E.C.R.|publisher=The British Library|year=2018|isbn=9780712352604|location=London}}</ref> In August 2024, an English Heritage plaque<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wiltshire |first1=Peter |title=Latest Plaque commemorating notable local women unveiled 19th August |url=https://www.lancastercivicsociety.uk/2024/08/20/lancaster-civic-vision-3/ |website=Lancaster Civic Vision |publisher=Lancaster Civic Vision |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref> was unveiled at Newbanks Cottage in Aughton, UK, the former residence of Rivett.
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