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Frank L. Packard
Frank Lucius Packard was a Canadian novelist.
Frank L. Packard was born in Montreal, Quebec and educated at McGill University and the University of Liège. 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 many railroad stories, then to a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale.
Several of his novels were made into films.
Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.
Books by Frank L. Packard
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale
Frank Lucius Packard was a Canadian novelist born in Montreal, Quebec. He worked as a civil engineer on the Canadian Pacific Railway. He later wrote a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale.
The Four Stragglers
Amidst the fog-shrouded streets of a sprawling metropolis, four strangers find themselves thrown together by a twist of fate, bound by a shared secret that could destroy them all. When a brutal murder rocks the city, Detective Liam Anderson is assign...
Doors of the Night
In "Doors of the Night" by Frank L. Packard, shadows conceal more than just darkness. When acclaimed archaeologist Dr. Amelia Vance unearths a cryptic artifact at an ancient dig site, she inadvertently opens the doors to an enigmatic realm that exist...