Frank L. Packard

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2007 e-book edition cover.

Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and as a young man went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale.

Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.


Novels in the Jimmie Dale series:


Other novels:

  • Coogan's Last Run
  • The Miracle Man (1914) - (Project Gutenberg book)
  • The Sin That Was His (1917)
  • The Wire Devils (1918)
  • From Now On (1919)
  • The Night Operator (1919)
  • The White Moll (1920) - (Project Gutenberg book)
  • Pawned (1921)
  • Doors of the Night (1922)
  • The Four Stragglers (1923)
  • The Locked Book (1924)
  • Running Special (1925)
  • Broken Waters (1925)
  • The Red Ledger (1926)
  • The Devil's Mantle (1927)
  • Two Stolen Idols (1927)
  • Shanghai Jim (1928)
  • The Big Shot (1929)
  • Tiger Claws (1929)
  • Gold Skull Murders (1931)
  • The Hidden Door (1933)
  • The Purple Ball (1933)
  • The Dragon's Jaws (1937)
  • More Knaves Than One (1938)


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Add to list of Frank L. Packard novels: The Beloved Traitor (1915) "Tiger Claws" was first printed & released in 1928 after "Shanghai Jim & before "The Big Shot" <ref/I own 1st Editions of The Beloved Traitor, Tiger Claws, & "The Big Shot">

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