Frank L. Packard: Collected Works (ePub)

This carefully crafted ebook: "FRANC L. PACKARD Ultimate Collection: 30+ Crime Novels, Murder Mysteries & Action Thrillers" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Jimmie Dale Mysteries The Adventures of Jimmie Dale The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder Other Novels The Miracle Man The Belovéd Traitor The Sin That Was His The Wire Devils From Now On The White Moll Pawned Doors of the Night The Four Stragglers The Red Ledger Short Stories On the Iron at Big Cloud Rafferty's Rule The Little Super "If a Man Die" Spitzer Shanley's Luck The Builder The Guardian of the Devil's Slide The Blood of Kings Marley The Man who didn't Count "Where's Haggerty?" McQueen's Hobby The Rebate Speckles Munford The Night Operator and Other Stories The Night Operator Owsley and the 1601 The Apotheosis of Sammy Durgan The Wrecking Boss The Man Who Squealed The Age Limit "The Devil and All His Works" On the Night Wire The Other Fellow's Job The Rat River Special Coogan's Last Run Frank Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist best known for his Jimmie Dale mystery series. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of railroad stories and novels. Packard also wrote number of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale, a wealthy playboy by day and a fearless crime fighter by night. Jimmie Dale novels brought the idea of a costume and mask for hero's secret identity, and also established the concept of a hero's secret hideout or lair.