Frances Crane
27 October 1890 – 6 November 1981
Frances Kirkwood Crane was an American mystery author, who introduced private investigator Pat Abbott and his future wife Jean in her first novel, The Turquoise Shop (1941). The Abbotts investigated crimes in a total of 26 volumes, each with a color in the title.
Books
- The amethyst spectacles1944
- The pink umbrella; Cats prowl at night; The woman in red
- Horror on the Ruby X; We haven't seen her lately; The bad blonde
- The Ultra Violet Widow
- the buttercup case
- Body beneath a mandarin tree
- The Buttercup Case
- The cinnamon murder
- Death-wish green
- The indigo necklace
- The Tennessee Poppy
- Worse than a crime
- Black cypress
- The Applegreen Cat
- The pink umbrella
- So Many Steps to Death / Maigret in New York / Death in Lilac Time
- The D. A. Calls a Turn; The Applegreen Cat; Invitation to Murder
- 13 white tulips
- The amber eyes
- The coral princess murders
- The polkadot murder
- Thirteen white tulips
- A very quiet murder
- The Limping Goose by Frank Gruber
- Three Days in Hong Kong
- The reluctant sleuth
- The Cinnamon Murder 1ST Printing
- The applegreen cat
- Body beneath a mandarin tree
- The daffodil blonde
- Death in lilac time
- The shocking pink hat
- Three days in Hong Kong
- The flying red horse
- The man in gray
- Murder in Blue Street
- Murder in bright red
- Murder on the purple water
- The ultraviolet widow
- The yellow violet
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