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  • The Shocking Pink Hat

    by Frances Crane ...
    In The Shocking Pink Hat, Frances Crane delivers another sparkling mystery featuring her elegant detective duo, Pat and Jean Abbott — the sophisticated husband-and-wife sleuths whose sharp wit and charm illuminate the darker corners of postwar America. Set against the backdrop of 1950s New Orleans, this stylish whodunit begins with something deceptively trivial: a flamboyant pink hat left behind ... Read more

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  • The Flying Red Horse

    by Frances Crane ...
    The Flying Red Horse by Frances Crane is a fast-paced mystery featuring her popular sleuth duo Pat and Jean Abbott, set against the glamorous and treacherous backdrop of mid-century America. Known for her lively plots and sharp dialogue, Crane delivers another entry in her long-running series that blends murder, intrigue, and a touch of sophistication.The novel revolves around a suspicious death ... Read more

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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

    $13.99 USD

  • 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

    $8.99 USD

  • 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

    $8.99 USD

  • 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

    $8.99 USD

  • The Amethyst Spectacles

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    A marine home on leave from WWII "does a first-class job of detecting" in this tale of puzzling murders and misleading clues ( The New York Times).An injured Pat Abbott is back in New Mexico with his wife, Jean, while he recovers from his war wounds, but he's still fighting—to find a killer, or possibly more than one.After one of the couple's friends, Ray, was found dead at the bottom of a canyon, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Golden Box

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    A grande dame is buried—but the truth must be unearthed: "The solution of the mystery is neat and satisfactory, and the story makes pleasant reading." — The New York TimesThanks to an illness in the family, Jean Holly is staying in her hometown of Elm Hill, Illinois, for a bit. Her cousin just happens to live next door to Fabian House, home of Mrs. Lake, the richest and most powerful woman in town ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Death in Lilac Time

    by Frances Crane ...
    Series series The Pat and Jean Abbott Mysteries
    A PI and his wife just want some fun at the Kentucky Derby—but murder is a horse of a different color . . .Private investigator Pat Abbott and his wife, Jean, are looking forwarding to seeing Pat's old World War II buddy and taking in the splendor of the Kentucky Derby—but they didn't bet on murder. When Pat's friend, Dr. Seth Godwin, tells them about the death of one of his patients, a self ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • 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

    $8.99 USD

  • 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

    $8.99 USD

  • 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

    $1.99 USD