Frank L. Packard


Frank Lucius Packard was a Canadian novelist.

Life

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.

Works

Jimmie Dale series

  • The Adventures of Jimmie Dale –
  • The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale –
  • Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue
  • Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder
  • Jimmie Dale and the Missing Hour
  • Return of the Grey Seal –
  • Jimmie Dale, Alias the Gray Seal by Michael Howard –

Other works

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