 Frances Kirkwood Crane was born in Lawrenceville, Illinois. She lived for a long time in Europe before returning to the United States. She is the creator of 'Pat and Jean Abbott', husband and wife and amateur sleuths based in San Francisco, California. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Pat and Jean Abbott' Novels | |
| 1) The Turquoise Shop | 1941 |
| 2) The Golden Box | 1942 |
| 3) The Yellow Violet | 1942 |
| 4) The Applegreen Cat | 1943 |
| 5) The Pink Umbrella (Also published as: The Pink Umbrella Murder [1950]) | 1943 |
| 6) The Amethyst Spectables | 1944 |
| 7) The Indigo Necklace (Also published as: The Indigo Necklace Murders [1949]) | 1945 |
| 8) The Cinnamon Murder | 1946 |
| 9) The Shocking Pink Hat | 1946 |
| 10) Murder on the Purple Water | 1947 |
| 11) Black Cypress | 1948 |
| 12) The Flying Red Horse | 1949 |
| 13) The Daffodil Blonde | 1950 |
| 14) Murder in Blue Street (UK Title: Death in the Blue Hour [1952]) | 1951 |
| 15) The Polkadot Murder | 1951 |
| 16) Murder in Bright Red | 1953 |
| 17) 13 White Tulips | 1953 |
| 18) The Coral Princess Murders | 1954 |
| 19) Death in Lilac Time | 1955 |
| 20) Horror on the Ruby X | 1956 |
| 21) The Ultraviolet Widow | 1956 |
| 22) The Buttercup Case | 1958 |
| 23) The Man in Gray (UK Title: The Gray Stranger [1958]) | 1958 |
| 24) Death-Wish Green | 1960 |
| 25) The Amber Eyes | 1962 |
| 26) The Body Beneath a Mandarin Tree | 1965 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Reluctant Sleuth | 1961 |
| 2) Three Days in Hong Kong | 1965 |
| 3) A Very Quiet Murder | 1966 |
| 4) Worse Than a Crime | 1968 |