200:(1970). Bill Weigand, who as a homicide lieutenant was the police friend of Mr. and Mrs. North throughout their series, is referred to occasionally as the division captain in the Paul Lane book. Lane's partner, Johnny Stein, is presumably the Sgt. Stein (no first name) who assisted Bill Weigand in the Mr. and Mrs. North novels. All the books make frequent use of real New York landmarks, such as the
636:(1956), featuring New York City Police detective, Nathan Shapiro. Shapiro was a sad-sack of a detective, who always assumed some other detective would be more skilful or more insightful. He always thinks that the promotions he receives are undeserved. People he encounters wonder what makes him appear to be so depressed. Shapiro also appeared in one Heimrich novel,
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In their collaborations, Frances would generally produce the plot of the novels, while
Richard would flesh out the writing. Richard said in one interview: "we had story conferences, and wrote a summary. As we both insisted, the writing was entirely mine." In 1962, the
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Lockridge conceived the plot for a detective novel, but had problems with her characters. Richard Lockridge collaborated with his wife, using her plot and the characters he had created earlier for a series of comic sketches in
449:(referred to in some later books as the Bureau of Criminal Investigation), Lt. Heimrich (in later books given the first name Merton, and achieving promotion to Captain). Heimrich also guest-starred in a 1946 Mr. and Mrs. North book,
755:(1964), and then he and partner Sgt., then later Lt., John Stein, were prominently featured in the six novels focused on New York County assistant district attorney Bernard Simmons that followed that character's first appearance, in
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Frances Lockridge were co-presidents of the Mystery Writers of America. They received a special Edgar Award in 1962. Richard Lockridge had received an Edgar in 1945 for best radio play.
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wrote, "I asked the pair where they got their plots. Richard
Lockridge pointed to his wife; she thinks up the complications, he puts them into prose." The Lockridges' books were all jointly bylined: their
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640:(1964). Richard and Frances co-wrote the first four novels in the series, and it eventually ran to ten books. This includes the last novel Richard published,
244:, Mr. and Mrs. North (named for the "stupid people who played the north hand in bridge problems," according to Lockridge). The book was published in 1940 as
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441:(1941), the couple and their New York City homicide detective friend, Lt. Bill Weigand, encounter murder out of town, near
196:(1964)—a book that also features the meeting of Nathan Shapiro and Merton Heimrich—shows up to help ADA Bernie Simmons in
751:(1962), a police procedural featuring a New York City Police detective, Paul Lane. Lane was the main character in
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Encyclopedia mysteriosa: a comprehensive guide to the art of detection in print, film, radio, and television
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