Richard & Frances Lockridge

MR. & MRS. NORTH MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Jerry North, Book Publisher

1. Mr. and Mrs. North  ’36  (Short Stories written by Richard)
2. The Norths Meet Murder  ’40
3. Murder Out of Turn  ’41
4. A Pinch of Poison  ’41
5. Death on the Aisle  ’42
6. Hanged for a Sheep  ’42
7. Death Takes a Bow  ’43
8. Killing the Goose  ’44
9. Payoff for the Banker  ’45
10. Death of a Tall Man  ’46
11. Murder within Murder  ’46
12. Untidy Murder  ’47
13. Murder Is Served  ’48
14. The Dishonest Murderer  ’49
15. Murder in a Hurry  ’50
16. Murder Comes First  ’51
17. Dead as a Dinosaur  ’52
18. Death Has a Small Voice  ’53
19. Curtain for a Jester  ’53
20. A Key for Death  ’54
21. Death of an Angel  ’55
22. Voyage into Violence  ’56
23. The Long Skeleton  ’58
24. Murder Is Suggested  ’59
25. The Judge Is Reversed  ’60
26. Murder Has Its Points  ’61
27. Murder by the Book  ’63

CAPTAIN HEIMRICH Series:

Main Character: Merton Heimrich, Lieutenant, New York State Police

1. I Want to Go Home  ’48
2. Spin Your Web, Lady!  ’49
3. Foggy, Foggy Death  ’50
4. A Client Is Cancelled  ’51
5. Death by Association  ’52 (aka Trail by Error)
6. Stand Up and Die  ’53
7. Death and the Gentle Bull  ’54 (aka Killer in the Straw)
8. Burnt Offering  ’55
9. Let Dead Enough Alone  ’56
10. Practice to Deceive  ’57
11. Accent on Murder  ’58
12. Show Red for Danger  ’60
13. With One Stone  ’61 (aka No Dignity in Death)
14. First Come, First Kill  ’62
15. The Distant Clue  ’63
16. Murder Can’t Wait  ’64 (This, and following books in series written by Richard alone)
17. Murder Roundabout  ’66
18. With Option to Die  ’67
19. A Risky Way to Kill  ’69
20. Inspector’s Holiday  ’71
21. Not I, Said the Sparrow  ’73
22. Dead Run  ’76
23. The Tenth Life  ’77

NATHAN SHAPIRO MYSTERY Series:

1. The Faceless Adversary  ’56 (aka The Case of the Murdered Redhead)
2. Murder and Blueberry Pie  ’59 (aka Call It Coincidence)
3. The Drill Is Death  ’61
4. Murder for Art’s Sake  ’67
5. Die Laughing ’69
6. Preach No More  ’71
7. Write Murder Down  ’72
8. Or Was He Pushed?  ’75
9. A Streak of Light  ’76
10. The Old Die Young  ’80

Written by Richard Lockridge:

PAUL LANE Series:

Main Character: Paul Lane, Detective, New York 

1. Night of Shadows  ’62
2. Quest of the Bogeyman  ’64

BERNIE SIMONS MYSTERY Series:

1. And Left for Dead
2. The Devious Ones  ’64 (aka Four Hours to Fear)
3. Squire of Death  ’65
4. A Plate of Red Herrings  ’68
5. Twice Retired  ’70
6. Something up a Sleeve  ’72
7. Death on the Hour  ’74

STAND ALONES:

Death in the Mind  ’45 (Written w/ George Hoben Estabrooks)

Think of Death  ’47

A Matter of Taste  ’49

The Proud Cat  ’51

The Lucky Cat  ’53

The Nameless Cat  ’54

The Innocent House  ’59

The Tangled Cord  ’57

The Golden Man  ’60

The Ticking Clock  ’62

Murder in False-Face  ’68

Troubled Journey  ’70

Death in a Sunny Place  ’71