her first three works, published between 1927 and 1930, were mainstream novels. her first crime novel, published in 1931, was "put out the light". although she has now faded into obscurity, in her day she was as well known as writers like dorothy l. sayers and agatha christie. her works have enjoyed a revival in recent years with a stage adaptation of "the lady vanishes" touring the uk in 2001 and the bbc broadcast of an abridged version on bbc radio 4 as well as a tv adaptation by the bbc in 2013. also, many of her works previously unavailable have recently been published for amazon kindle.