Frances and Richard Lockridge
1896-1963
1898-1982
 

Richard Orson Lockridge and Frances Louise Davis-Lockridge also used the name 'Francis Richards'. Richard Lockridge also wrote alone. Several books were published with the authors' names reversed. They are the creators of:
1. 'Mr. and Mrs. North', amateur detectives.
2. 'Merton Heimrich', a lieutenant with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (for other titles see Richard Lockridge).
3. 'Nathan Shapiro', a New York Police detective (for other titles see Richard Lockridge).
 

Titles and year of publication:  

 'Mr. and Mrs. North' Novels
 1) The Norths Meet Murder (Also published as: Mr. & Mrs. North Meet Murder [1952])  1940
 2) Murder Out of Turn  1941
 3) A Pinch of Poison  1941
 4) Death on the Aisle  1941
 5) Hanged for a Sheep  1942
 6) Death Takes a Bow  1943
 7) Killing the Goose  1944
 8) Payoff for the Banker  1945
 9) Death of a Tall Man  1946
10) Murder Within Murder  1946
11) Untidy Murder  1947
12) Murder Is Served (Also published as: A Taste for Murder [1954])  1948
13) The Dishonest Murderer  1949
14) Murder in a Hurry  1950
15) Murder Comes First  1951
16) Dead As a Dinosaur  1952
17) Curtain for a Jester  1953
18) Death Has a Small Voice  1953
19) A Key to Death  1954
20) Death of an Angel (Also published as: Mr. & Mrs. North and the Poisoned Playboy [1957])  1955
21) Voyage Into Violence  1956
22) The Long Skeleton  1958
23) Murder Is Suggested  1959
24) The Judge Is Reversed  1960
25) Murder Has Its Points  1961
26) Murder by the Book  1963
 'Merton Heimrich' Novels
 1) Think of Death  1947
 2) I Want to Go Home  1948
 3) Foggy, Foggy Death  1950
 4) A Client Is Cancelled  1951
 5) Death by Association (Also published as: Trial by Terror [1954])  1952
 6) Stand Up and Die  1953
 7) Death and the Gentle Bull (Also published as: Killer in the Straw [1955])  1954
 8) Burnt Offering  1955
 9) Let Dead Enough Alone  1956
10) Practise to Deceive  1957
11) Accent on Murder  1958
12) Show Red for Danger  1960
13) With One Stone (UK Title: No Dignity in Death [1962])  1961
14) First Come, First Kill  1962
15) The Distant Clue  1963
 'Nathan Shapiro' Novels
 1) The Faceless Adversary (Also published as: Case of the Murdered Redhead [1957])  1956
 2) Murder and Blueberry Pie (UK Title: Call It Coincidence [1962])  1959
 3) The Drill Is Death  1961
 Other Novels
 1) Spin Your Web, Lady  1949
 2) The Tangled Cord  1957
 3) Catch As Catch Can  1958
 4) The Innocent House  1959
 5) The Golden Man  1960
 6) And Left for Dead  1962
 7) Night of Shadows  1962
 8) The Ticking Clock  1962
 9) The Devious Ones (UK Title: Four Hours to Fear [1965])  1964
10) Quest for the Bogeyman  1964

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