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Frances Crane (1890–1981)

Author of The Turquoise Shop

32+ Works 354 Members 9 Reviews 1 Favorited

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Works by Frances Crane

The Turquoise Shop (1941) 48 copies
The Golden Box (1942) 45 copies
Thirteen White Tulips (1953) 29 copies
The Amethyst Spectacles (1944) 22 copies
The Applegreen Cat (1943) 18 copies
The Indigo Necklace (1945) 17 copies
The Pink Umbrella (1943) 16 copies
Murder on the Purple Water (1947) 14 copies
The shocking pink hat (1946) 12 copies
Death-wish green (1960) 12 copies
The Cinnamon Murder (1946) 12 copies
Death in Lilac Time (1955) 9 copies
The Flying Red Horse (1949) 8 copies
Horror on the Ruby X (1956) 8 copies

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Canonical name
Crane, Frances
Legal name
Crane, Frances Kirkwood
Birthdate
1890-10-27
Date of death
1981-11-06
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Lawrenceville, Illinois, USA
Place of death
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Places of residence
Taos, New Mexico, USA
Education
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didn't seem worth finishing, esp when Everand took it out of circulation for a few weeks
 
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lulaa | Mar 20, 2024 |
I picked this up as an Advanced Reader's Copy thinking, hey, sometimes I really dig period writing, especially mysteries -- there's something cool about reading a book from the past where you get an entirely different world view and setting.

In this case, not only did I not click with the characters -- honestly, it reads more like a trial report or a newspaper article than a novel -- but I have reached a point where I just can't deal with the inherently patronizing attitudes of the White main characters to the non-White and Indigenous characters who surround them.

To be fair to Frances Crane, I think her characters would have been seen as progressive for her time period, and they are less overtly racist or insulting than Dorothy Sayers or some of the other recent period writers I've been reading. Unfortunately, that isn't sufficient for me anymore.

Advanced reader's copy provided by Edelweiss.
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jennybeast | Sep 12, 2022 |
I enjoyed this mystery featuring the husband and wife sleuthing team of Pat and Jean Abbott. The mystery was interesting and it's well written, however, the solution to the murder was disappointing and really didn't make sense to me.
 
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MCDyson | Feb 23, 2018 |
Apparently the second in this series, with Pat and Jean courting, and before any definite move towards marriage.

A small town with many characters. A good to even better dad but the explanation at the end left something to be desired. It had too much from outside teh story to explain motivations etc.

Interested in teh central characters, and having one later in the series, I would be very interested in how their development over time.

Big Ship

17 April 2017
½
 
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bigship | 1 other review | Apr 17, 2017 |

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Rating
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