Order of Richard & Frances Lockridge Books
Richard and Frances Lockridge were an American novel writing duo. The couple were best known for their successful series of books. Mr. and Mrs. North, a popular mystery series.
Richard Lockridge grew up in Missouri and then went to school at the University. He would ten go on to serve in the United States Navy before returning home and getting a job at the Kansas City Star as a reporter. It was there that he would meet his future wife, Frances Louise Davis. After marrying the two moved to New York. It was here that Richard published his first book, but it was actually Frances’ idea that hatched Mr. and Mrs. North. She came up with the plot and Richard used some characters he had created earlier in his career. This spawned a 26-book series with numerous adaptations.
Publication Order of Mr. and Mrs. North Books
(with Richard Lockridge)
Publication Order of Captain Heimrich Books
Publication Order of Bernard Simmons Books
| Squire of Death | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Twice Retired | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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Publication Order of Lieutenant Nathan Shapiro Books
| The Faceless Adversary / Case of the Murdered Redhead | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Murder and Blueberry Pie / Call It Coincidence | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Drill is Death | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Murder for Art's Sake | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Die Laughing | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Preach No More | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Write Murder Down | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Or Was He Pushed? | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Streak of Light | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Old Die Young | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Death in the Mind | (1945) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Matter of Taste | (1949) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Tangled Cord | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Catch as Catch Can | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Innocent House | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| And Left for Dead | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Ticking Clock | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| One Lady, Two Cats | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Murder in False Face | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Death in a Sunny Place | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Troubled Journey | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Cats and People | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Paul Lane Books
(with Richard Lockridge)
| Night of Shadows | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Devious Ones / Four Hours to Fear | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Quest of the Bogeyman | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Squire of Death | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
If You Like Richard & Frances Lockridge Books, You’ll Love…
The Norths Meet Murder is the first book in the series. The book sees Jerry and Pamela North, a sophisticated Greenwich Village couple, with an upstairs apartment that has been as empty as long as they can remember. They are living the life in 1930s Greenwhich Village with cocktail parties galore so one day they decide to throw one in the empty upstairs apartment. As things get going they make a startling revelation, there is a dead man in the bathtub. The couple know that they should leave this one to the authorities, but they can’t help trying to find out which neighbor was rude enough to leave a body in their upstairs tub.
Another good book in this series is called A Pinch of Poison. The book sees David McIntosh taking out the young beauty Lois Winston to dinner atop the Ritz-Plaza Hotel. The two share a couple of drinks before dinner, but Lois’ second drink doesn’t sit so right and she falls dead to the floor. Lt. Weigand is on the investigation and he calls in two friends to help solve the case: Pamela and Jerry North.
