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Jan 10, 1896 — Jan 1, 1963· 66 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FICTION · PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS

Frances Louise Davis Lockridge

Also known as: Frances Lockridge, Frances and Richard Lockridge, Frances Lockridge

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Frances Louise Davis Lockridge was an American writer of mysteries. She created, with her husband Richard Lockridge, one of the most famous American mystery series, Mr. and Mrs. North.

Kansas City, United States
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She stood in the center of the room, her arms folded across her ample bosom and he could almost see the fires of anger flickering within her.

— from Catch-as-catch-can

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Death has a small voice

1953

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When Pam North receives a Dictaphone record in the mail, he naturally assumes it is a message from her husband, Jerry, who is in San Francisco on business. She goes to his office to play it back and hears instead an ear-witness account of murder! Harry Eaton, a small-time burglar, is found dead in his apartment and the police discover a stolen Dictaphone machine which belongs to novelist Hilda Godwin. Her newest novel could have something to do with the murder, for it seems she has used her friends as models for many of the characters. When Pam suddenly disappears, Jerry rushes home to join in the search for his beloved wife.

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Catch-as-catch-can

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In a villa on the California coast, a murderer stalks a young heiress Laila Breen is a strangely naïve girl. Her father Jonas is an adventurer, a robber baron who made his fortune traveling exotic climes. Laila speaks French and knows how to order fine food, but she cannot read a newspaper and can barely write her own name. Jonas settles in California, planning to get this strange eighteen-year-old tutored in the ways of practical life. He dies soon after, leaving his daughter rich, clueless, and alone. Her only friend is Dee Allison, a cousin who tries to help Laila even after the orphan catches the eye of Dee’s fiancé. Standing in Dee’s way is a gang of relatives who care more about Laila’s fortune than her future. When a housekeeper falls victim to poisoning, Dee fears for Laila. For a young girl with money, nothing is more dangerous than family.

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The dishonest murderer

1949

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It's New Year's Eve, and Senator Bruce Kirkhill fails to appear at the home of his financee's father, Vice-Admiral Jonathan Satterbee. Instead, he is found later that same evening in a run-down neighborhood, wearing shabby clothes, and murdered! Naively, the Admiral hires a private investigator to check things out. Jerry and Pam North are brought into it because the Admiral is about to write his memoirs for Jerry's Publishing House. And what follows is a mystery packed with dangerous action and unsuspecting twists with the Norths right in the middle of it...

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