
Moyes was born in Dublin on 19 January 1923 and was educated at Overstone girls' school in Northampton. She joined the WAAF in 1939. In 1946 Peter Ustinov hired her as technical assistant on his film School for Secrets. She became his personal assistant for the next eight years. In 1960 she wrote the screenplay for the film School for Scoundrels starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, and Alastair Sim. She married photographer John Moyes in 1951; they divorced in 1959. She later married James Haszard, a linguist at the International Monetary Fund in The Hague. She died at her home on the island of Virgin Gorda (British Virgin Islands) on 2 August 2000. Her mystery novels feature C.I.D. Inspector Henry Tibbett. One of them, Who Saw Her Die (Many Deadly Returns in the US) was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1971. She also wrote several juveniles and short stories. Series: * Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery
Series
Books

Dead Men Don't Ski
1959

Angel Death
1980

Murder à la Mode
1963

Night Ferry to Death
1985

How to Talk to Your Cat
1979

Who Killed Father Christmas? And Other Unseasonable Demises
1996

A Six-Letter Word for Death
1983

Who Killed Father Christmas?
And Other Seasonal Mysteries
2023

Who Is Simon Warwick?
1978

Death on the Agenda
1962

Johnny Under Ground
1965

Black Widower
1975

Twice in a Blue Moon
1993

The Sunken Sailor
1961

Season of Snows and Sins
1971

Curious Affair of the Third Dog
1973

Black Girl, White Girl
1989

Death and the Dutch Uncle
1968

The Coconut Killings
1977

Falling Star
1964

Many Deadly Returns
1970

Murder Fantastical
1967