Richard and Frances Lockridge Books in Order

Planning a cocktail party in their empty upstairs apartment, Jerry and Pamela North discover a murdered man in the bathtub. Their curiosity draws them into a police investigation that disrupts their familiar Greenwich Village social life.

Lois Winston dies after drinking a cocktail at a fashionable hotel rooftop restaurant. Lieutenant William Weigand investigates the poisoning with Jerry and Pamela North, whose involvement places them close to a killer operating amid Manhattan society.

A country vacation with friends turns deadly when Lieutenant Weigand discovers Helen Wilson stabbed beside a path. Jerry and Pamela North must examine the tensions within their holiday group before the murderer has another opportunity to strike.

A wealthy theatrical backer is found dead in the seats of a Broadway theater. Jerry and Pamela North join Lieutenant Weigand's investigation, probing the people behind the production and the motives hidden beneath its public performances.

Pamela North's formidable Aunt Flora believes someone is trying to poison her with arsenic. Determined to protect the difficult older woman, Pamela must make sense of a threat complicated by Flora's temperament and refusal to cooperate.

Publisher Jerry North introduces author Victor Sproul at a New York lecture, only to see him collapse and die. Suspected poisoning and mysteriously stolen lecture notes give Pamela and Lieutenant Weigand an unusually puzzling investigation.

Nineteen-year-old Cleo Harper is stabbed in a coffee shop after arguing with Franklin Martinelli. Witnesses and his feelings for her make him the obvious suspect, but Pamela North doubts the apparently straightforward case against the young man.

War widow Mary Hunter is rebuilding her life when she discovers a dead man in her new apartment. Suspected of murder, she turns to Jerry and Pamela North, whose investigation exposes troubling aspects of a banker's life.

Doctor Andrew Gordon is found bludgeoned in his office, although his nearby nurses saw no one enter or leave. Pamela North accompanies Lieutenant Weigand to the scene, where an apparently impossible crime conceals a very human motive.

Society woman Amelia Gipson dies from poison while researching a notorious murder case at the public library. Because she is one of Jerry North's authors, he and Pamela investigate a victim whose disagreeable nature supplied numerous enemies.

Lawyer and former intelligence officer Martin Brooks visits theatrical producer Freddy Upton to arrange a contract. Murders within the producer's circle draw Captain Heimrich into a case that turns Brooks's professional assignment into a dangerous personal entanglement.

Artist Dorian Hunt arrives at a magazine office to discover that art director Paul Wilming has fallen from his window. Her husband, Lieutenant Weigand, enlists Jerry and Pamela North to investigate a death that threatens further violence.

Returning war widow Jane Phillips encounters suspicious obstacles on her way to her great-aunt's home. Allegations that the wealthy older woman is being poisoned bring Captain Heimrich into a family divided by money, secrets, and competing interests.

Psychology professor John Leonard finds troubling hints of murderous hatred in talented student Peggy Mott's final paper. When her husband is stabbed, Jerry and Pamela North become involved in a campus case seemingly pointing directly at her.

A young woman involved in blackmail is strangled in a suburban social circle marked by drinking and resentment. Captain Heimrich investigates the tangled relationships behind her death, where uncertain clues and concealed grievances complicate his search.

Senator Bruce Kirkhill misses a New Year's Eve gathering and is found murdered in shabby clothes far from his usual surroundings. Jerry and Pamela North investigate a death whose circumstances conflict sharply with the senator's public identity.

Marta Bromwell's murder in a grand Westchester estate brings Captain Heimrich into a household obscured by dense fog and secrets. An uncertain timeline, suspicious visitors, and stolen jewels complicate his effort to distinguish appearances from evidence.

Millionaire animal lover J. K. Halder is killed in the pet shop he maintains as a hobby. With only animals witnessing the crime, Jerry and Pamela North investigate a murder that touches their own affection for pets.

Winifred and Orson Otis discover her wealthy uncle's body while skinny-dipping during a cocktail party. Their inheritance prospects attract suspicion, and their attempts to clear themselves complicate Captain Heimrich's investigation into the fatal shooting at the gathering.

Pamela North's three disruptive aunts visit an old friend who suddenly dies while drinking tea. When the visitors are implicated in poisoning her, Pamela and Jerry must investigate the widow's death to protect their relatives from suspicion.

Paleontologist Orpheus Preson asks the Norths to stop an unexplained procession of workers arriving at his home. His subsequent murder turns a bizarre harassment problem into an investigation of secrets concealed beneath the scientist's respectable professional life.

Vacationing at a Florida hotel, Captain Heimrich investigates the stabbing of Bronson Wells, an ex-communist turned anti-communist campaigner. Connections to a nightclub performer and numerous resentful acquaintances leave him searching among people with powerful reasons for hatred.

A burglar escapes with a valuable piece of plastic, then is mortally attacked before reaching his destination. Mailing the stolen object to Pamela North draws her and Jerry into danger surrounding an item someone is willing to kill for.

Jerry and Pamela North attend a party hosted by notorious practical joker Byron Wilmot. When his secretary finds him apparently staging another gruesome prank, the discovery proves real, turning an evening of jokes into a murder investigation.

A recently discharged marine discovers Virginia Monroe's body in a quiet New York town. Captain Heimrich investigates her troubled relationships and family inheritance, where conflicting accounts make the apparent circumstances of the young woman's death difficult to trust.

Deciding to prepare their wills, Jerry and Pamela North visit lawyer Forbes Ingraham, only for him to be found shot in his office. The murder draws them into another investigation complicated by the attorney's connections and clients.

Margaret Landcraft appears to have been trampled by a prize Angus bull. A trooper who knows the animal doubts the explanation, prompting Captain Heimrich to postpone his holiday and examine the people and circumstances surrounding the farm.

A town meeting is interrupted by a fire that destroys the local firehouse. When a disliked supervisor's body is recovered from the ruins, Captain Heimrich investigates whether the blaze concealed a deliberate killing rather than an accident.

Broadway star Naomi Shaw plans to leave a successful play to marry wealthy backer Bradley Fitch. His murder threatens both the wedding and production, drawing Jerry and Pamela North into a theatrical world with much at stake.

After a festive New Year's Eve gathering, a man's body is discovered in an icy lake. His wife believes he killed himself, but Captain Heimrich questions the unlikely method and investigates the circumstances behind the apparent suicide.

Banker John Hayward is accused of murdering a woman he has never met, with forged evidence suggesting a secret affair. He and his fiancée investigate the frame-up while detective Nathan Shapiro pursues the inconsistencies behind the accusation.

Jerry and Pamela North take a cruise to Havana and Nassau hoping for a peaceful holiday. A passenger's death by sword turns their ship's assortment of eccentric travelers, private investigators, and possible thieves into a field of suspects.

A woman's murder at an upstate New York motel brings Captain Heimrich into a case involving her three husbands. A hurricane complicates the investigation and supplies an apparently solid alibi that he must carefully test against the evidence.

Ann Dillard expects to meet her fiancé Clark Benson in Manhattan, but mysterious circumstances send him into hiding. Her search draws her into a murder case, where police inquiries make his unexplained flight increasingly troubling for her.

A professor's cocktail party precedes the shooting of guest Caroline Wilkins, whose connections lead toward a scandal publication. Captain Heimrich investigates the developing chain of violence with help from a scholar whose expertise may illuminate the case.

An actress becomes entangled in a murder and the activities of an international spy ring. As the dangers extend beyond ordinary criminal motives, she must navigate threatening circumstances in a standalone thriller outside the Lockridges' familiar detective series.

Escaping paint fumes at home, Jerry and Pamela North move into a hotel with their cat. Finding television interviewer Amanda Towne dead there draws them into the hidden rivalries surrounding a celebrity whose warmth exists chiefly on camera.

Lois Williams witnesses an elderly woman's will shortly before the woman's death. Her suspicions lead her and a newspaperman toward New York, where detective Nathan Shapiro investigates a second death that may connect to the strange signing.

Celebrity psychologist Jameson Elwell calls the police after being shot but dies before naming his attacker. Rumors of hypnosis attract Jerry and Pamela North to Lieutenant Weigand's investigation, raising questions about who directed the fatal act.

Set near Washington at the beginning of the Cold War, this standalone thriller follows a dangerous struggle between spies. Misplaced trust and mistaken judgments about allies turn efforts to avoid danger into further exposure to opposing agents.

Captain Heimrich and Susan Faye discover an actress and her former husband dead during a Hudson Valley film shoot. The apparent murder-suicide looks staged, drawing Heimrich into a circle of jealous performers, directors, and former spouses.

Pamela North attends a cat show while considering a replacement for her beloved Siamese. When a judge accused of favoritism is found murdered, she and Jerry investigate the rivalries surrounding the competitive breeders and their coveted prizes.

Mary Smith returns from hospital to find a stranger renting her apartment and herself officially recorded as murdered. Writer Martin Hale takes up her story, following conflicting identities and old leads while someone tries to silence her.

Pamela North endures a publishing party for bestselling author Anthony Payne at the Hotel Dumont. When a gunman shoots the guest of honor, Pamela and Jerry pursue the killer behind an attack launched from a distance.

A visiting English poet discovers a murdered young woman in a taxi and answers police questions. His subsequent kidnapping leaves Detective Nathan Shapiro investigating both a dead student and the disappearance of the teacher who denied knowing her.

Captain Heimrich's return from his honeymoon is interrupted by the suspicious death of a newspaper owner's wife. When her husband is also shot, Heimrich investigates relatives and business rivals with reasons to profit from the couple's deaths.

Physicist Evans Parten arrives for a lunch date, only to be told Alison Kent does not live there. Seeing her leave with a potentially armed stranger draws him into a dangerous pursuit and a police investigation.

Constance Dale arrives to sell an inherited Victorian house she believes has been deserted for months. A ticking clock, unexplained lights, and nighttime cries reveal hidden occupants, leaving her struggling to protect herself and a kidnapped child.

A wounded vagabond collapses in Captain Heimrich's driveway before Susan can help him. Identified as a Supreme Court justice missing for six years, the dead man's concealed past sends Heimrich searching for the reason behind his return.

Vacationing in Key West, Pamela North goes to the waterfront to attract pelicans and discovers a physician shot dead on a pier. She and Jerry interrupt their winter escape to investigate the killing in unfamiliar surroundings.

Two men are found shot beside a gun that suggests murder-suicide. Captain Heimrich examines an unfinished local family history, then grows more suspicious when an intruder destroys papers that could expose the secrets of Van Brunt residents.

Lieutenant Nathan Shapiro travels upstate to investigate allegations of college football bribery, only to find his informant murdered. Joining Captain Heimrich, he follows the connection between the killing, point-shaving plans, and a wider gambling operation.

Loren Hartley wakes on a park bench unable to account for several missing hours. Her wealthy uncle has been murdered during that interval, leaving her to reconstruct an implausible chain of events that appears designed to frame her.

While Nora Sanderson's wealthy adoptive father lies hospitalized, a stranger claims to be her biological father and demands money. His shifting appearance and threatening behavior draw Nora, her fiancé, and an adoption worker into an increasingly dangerous struggle.

James McLaren returns from a business trip to find his singer wife missing and an unsettling note behind. Meanwhile, detectives investigate wealthy Jefferson Page's shooting, with the disappearance complicating a case already crowded with personal and financial motives.

A real estate agent discovers former actress Annette LeBaron dead while awaiting a prospective buyer. Captain Heimrich investigates the many enemies her arrogance created in Van Brunt, sorting grievances among neighbors and associates for a motive to kill.

Plans for an integrated country club provoke intimidation and racial hostility in North Wellwood. When a widow who supports equality is murdered, Inspector Heimrich investigates a divided community where organized opposition has grown increasingly threatening and violent.

A magazine takeover brings a cocktail party and dismissals delivered by executive Bryan Colley. His subsequent murder makes former assistant editor Nora Curran a prime suspect, forcing her friend Bernie Simmons to investigate the anger surrounding the firings.

Strange newspaper advertisements offer objects associated with an heiress's apparently accidental death. Inspector Heimrich begins a quiet inquiry into their malicious purpose, then faces a murder that suggests someone connected to the earlier tragedy remains in danger.

Inspector Heimrich takes Susan on a Mediterranean cruise to recuperate from pneumonia. When a British diplomat disappears from the liner, the captain asks him to investigate, interrupting their holiday with a case involving the passengers and international intrigue.

After a university dinner, retired professor Walter Brinkley finds a trustee's corpse in his car, wearing a pig mask. Bernie Simmons investigates the killing amid student protests and disputes over the institution's conservative leadership and threatened faculty.

Bernie Simmons witnesses the murder of defense attorney Abe Levinsky, an old friend and courtroom opponent. Their involvement in the same trial raises questions about mistaken identity and whether the attack connects wealthy defendants with criminal associates.

Inspector Heimrich reluctantly attends a wealthy neighbor's formal party, where an unexpected engagement is announced. When the elderly host is killed with an arrow, Heimrich examines the family's interests and the few suspects capable of such an attack.

Television broadcaster Clay Carter's death raises suspicions of murder after a country visit involving assistant Janet and prosecutor Bernie Simmons. Simmons investigates possible personal, corporate, and political motives while Janet's perspective supplies another view of Carter's life.

Attorney Samuel Jackson is deliberately run down outside a Van Brunt inn shortly before Christmas. Inspector Heimrich investigates his friend's killing with a personal stake, since the only witness is the young woman dating his son.

Inspector Heimrich takes his sick Great Dane to the veterinarian and finds the doctor dead beside a syringe. Evidence of poison rather than insulin sends him looking among the diabetic vet's associates for a motive behind the killing.