Frances Crane
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frances Crane (1896 – 1981) was an American mystery author.
Frances Crane wrote mystery novels under her own name. Her first novel, in 1941, The Turquoise Shop, introduced Pat Abbott, private investigator, and his soon-to-be-wife Jean. The Abbotts investigated crimes in a total of 26 volumes, each with a colour in the title.[1]
From 1945 to 1947 a radio program, Abbott Mysteries, was based on Crane's characters, and between 1954 and 1955 the radio program Adventures of The Abbotts starred Claudia Morgan and Les Damon as the husband-and-wife crimefighters.
Contents |
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Pat and Jean Abbott novels
- The Turquoise Shop - 1941
- The Golden Box - 1942
- The Yellow Violet - 1942
- The Applegreen Cat - 1943
- The Pink Umbrella - 1943 (aka The Pink Umbrella Murder)
- The Amethyst Spectacles - 1944
- The Indigo Necklace - 1945 (aka The Indigo Necklace Murders)
- The Cinnamon Murder - 1946
- The Shocking Pink Hat - 1946
- Murder on the Purple Water - 1947
- Black Cypress - 1948
- The Flying Red Horse - 1949
- The Daffodil Blonde - 1950
- Murder in Blue Street - 1951 (aka Death in the Blue Hour)
- The Polkadot Murder - 1951
- 13 White Tulips - 1953
- Murder in Bright Red - 1953
- The Coral Princess Murders - 1954
- Death in Lilac Time - 1955
- Horror on the Ruby X - 1956
- The Ultraviolet Widow - 1956
- The Man in Gray - 1958 (aka The Gray Stranger)
- The Buttercup Case - 1958
- Death-Wish Green - 1960
- The Amber Eyes - 1962
- Body Beneath A Mandarin Tree - 1965
[edit] Non-Abbott novels
- The Reluctant Sleuth - 1961
- Three Days in Hong Kong - 1965
- A Very Quiet Murder - 1966
- Worse Than a Crime - 1968
[edit] External links
Listen to some surviving episodes of the "Adventures of the Abbotts" radio series here. (Site accessed March 24, 2008.)
[edit] References
- ^ Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1984. ISBN 08240-9219-8
