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  • The Turquoise Shop

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series American Mystery Classics
    In a small arts community in mid-century New Mexico, a wealthy patron is accused of murder.In a small, artsy New Mexico town, the arrival of a wealthy stranger from back East is enough to get folks talking. Even a few years after Mona Brandon landed in Santa Maria, the rumor mill still churns with tid-bits about her money, her influence, and — when a corpse is discovered in the nearby desert that ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Daffodil Blonde

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    During a stay in Kentucky horse country, a husband-and-wife detective team race to find a killer . . .PI Pat Abbott and his wife, Jean, are vacationing in Kentucky horse country and visiting Pat's old friend Rob Murray, who lives there with his sister and daughter. But when Rob's trainer is found dead, Pat is willing to bet it's murder despite the local doctor's verdict of suicide. The quest to ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Death-Wish Green

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    Did she jump—or was she jumped? A sleuthing couple looks into the disappearance of a young woman on the Golden Gate Bridge . . .An abandoned car on the Golden Gate Bridge usually carries the sad suggestion of suicide. But after Pat and Jean Abbott spot the car in the fog and learn that it belongs to a friend's niece, Katie Spinner, they begin to suspect that she is not in a watery grave but in the ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • The Flying Red Horse

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    The Abbotts travel to Texas and their dachshund finds a dead body in a mystery starring "one of the more interesting married teams of detectives" ( Thrilling Detective).When Jean Abbott arrives in Dallas to join her private investigator husband, Pat, she's disappointed to discover that their dog, Pancho, is not welcome at the hotel. She finds a temporary place for him with the daughter of Pat's ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • The Pink Umbrella

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    As World War II rages, a newlywed PI must engage in some detection before his deployment . . .Pat Abbott has put aside his work as a private detective to serve his country as a marine in World War II—though more presently, he's sneaking in a quick New York honeymoon with his beloved brand-new wife, Jean. But because of the war, many of his old acquaintances are reluctantly returning from Paris—and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Murder on the Purple Water

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    After a body is found on a Florida fishing boat, a vacationing PI and his wife must cast a wide net . . .After Capt. Cy Martingale's boat is docked in Key West, a passenger is left behind—not just dead drunk, but dead. Pat and Jean Abbott are in town for some rest and relaxation, but the captain is a friend and he wants their help. Unfortunately, what he wants help with is getting rid of the body, ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • The Amber Eyes

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    A San Francisco couple sorts through scandals to find a killer in this classic mystery starring "one of the more interesting married teams of detectives" ( Thrilling Detective).Pat and Jean Abbott's new San Francisco neighbors give new meaning to the term dysfunctional family. And now, amid the mess of exes, stepchildren, rivalries, and resentments, there's been a tragic death—little Lisa, a ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • The Indigo Necklace

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    In wartime New Orleans, a crime-solving couple looks into an heiress's death in a tale of "family skeletons, bittersweet romance, and [deft] sleuthing" ( Saturday Review).Marine Lt. Pat Abbott is currently stateside, posted in New Orleans, where the French Quarter is packed with wartime crowds seeking a bit of entertainment. But when Jean finds a body at the home of the prominent old Creole ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • The Yellow Violet

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    In this mystery filled with "lively and exciting doings," a PI in 1940s San Francisco tries to determine whether a beautiful woman is being framed ( The New York Times).Corpses have been turning up with yellow violets accompanying them, and the clue seems to point to a Spanish performer who is in town with her dachshund, Pancho. But private detective Pat Abbott suspects the plants were a plant—and ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • Black Cypress

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    A family gathering and a body on the beach keep the sleuthing couple busy in this tale of "ample suspense, and breathless conclusion" ( Saturday Review).Pat and Jean Abbott are in lovely Laguna Beach, invited to visit some distant relatives at the Black Cypress estate. But the invitation is more professional than personal, since Pat is a PI and family member Enid Ponsonby appears to be targeted ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Horror on the Ruby X

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    During a blizzard, a New Mexico ranch hosts "a poisonous lady of the manor . . . a puritanical spinster, an alluring secretary, and a succession of violent deaths" ( Kirkus Reviews).While investigating a deadly automobile accident in New Mexico, Pat and Jean Abbott are trapped at the Ruby X Ranch by an unexpected snowstorm, along with the ranch owner and his family, the local sheriff, a pretty ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • The Indigo Necklace

    by Frances Kirkwood Crane ...
    LIEUTENANT PAT ABBOTT and his lovable but slightly rattle-brained wife, Jean, have become about the most popular couple in murder fiction today. In The Indigo Necklace, Frances Crane takes them to New Orleans, where a huge wartime population has overflowed into the famous French quarter, steeped in tradition and old-world ceremony. When murder is done amidst these incongruous elements, it takes ... Read more

    $4.18 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus