Francis Durbridge
1912-1998
 

Francis Henry Durbridge was born in Hull. In 1933 he graduated from Birmingham University. In 1940 he married Norah Elizabeth Lawley. At the age of 21, he sold his first radio play to the BBC. He is the creator of:
1. 'Paul Temple', a crime writer and amateur detective.
2. 'Tim Frazer', an agent with a British Intelligence agency.
 

Titles and year of publication:  

'Paul Temple' Novels
 1) Send for Paul Temple  1938
 2) Paul Temple and the Front Page Men  1939
 3) News of Paul Temple  1940
 4) Paul Temple Intervenes  1944
 5) Send for Paul Temple Again!  1948
 6) East of Algiers (with Douglas Rutherford)  1959
 7) Paul Temple and the Kelby Affair  1970
 8) Paul Temple and the Harkdale Robbery  1970
 9) The Geneva Mystery  1971
10) The Curzon Case  1971
11) Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery  1986
12) Paul Temple and the Madison Case  1988
'Tim Frazer' Novels
 1) The World of Tim Frazer  1962
 2) Tim Frazer Again  1964
 3) Tim Frazer Gets the Message  1978
Other Novels
 1) Back Room Girl  1950
 2) Beware of Johnny Washington  1951
 3) Design for Murder  1951
 4) The Tyler Mystery (with Douglas Rutherford)  1957
 5) The Other Man  1958
 6) A Time of Day  1959
 7) The Scarf  1960
 8) Portrait of Alison  1962
 9) My Friend Charles  1963
10) Another Woman's Shoes  1965
11) The Desperate People  1966
12) Dead to the World  1967
13) My Wife Melissa  1967
14) The Pig-Tail Murder  1969
15) A Man Called Harry Brent  1970
16) Bat out of Hell  1972
17) A Game of Murder  1975
18) The Passenger  1977
19) Breakaway  1981
20) The Doll  1982

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