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Frances Crane

(Frances Kirkwood Crane)

(1896 - 1981)

Frances 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.

Genres: Cozy Mystery

Series

Pat Abbott mystery
   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 (1944)
     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 Ultra-violet Widow (1956)
   The Buttercup Case (1958)
   The Man in Gray (1958)
     aka The Grey Stranger
   Death-wish Green (1960)
   The Amber Eyes (1962)
   Body Beneath a Mandarin Tree (1965)

Novels

   The Reluctant Sleuth (1961)
   Three Days in Hong Kong (1965)
   A Very Quiet Murder (1966)
   Worse Than a Crime (1968)

Collections

The Tennessee Poppy (1932)

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