Frank Lucius Packard was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and as a young man went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called "Jimmie Dale"; who first appeared in the novel The Adventures of Jimmie Dale in 1917. He was a wealthy playboy by day, but at night put on a costume and became The Grey Seal, who enters businesses or homes and cracks safes, always leaving a grey seal behind to mark his conquest, but never taking anything.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Jimmie Dale
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale (1917)
The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale (1919)
Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue (1922)
Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder (1930)
Jimmie Dale and the Missing Hour (1935)
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale (1917)
The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale (1919)
Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue (1922)
Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder (1930)
Jimmie Dale and the Missing Hour (1935)
Novels
Coogan's Last Run
The Miracle Man (1914)
The Sin That Was His (1917)
Wire Devils (1918)
From Now On (1919)
The Night Operator (1919)
The White Moll (1920)
Pawned (1921)
Doors of the Night (1922)
The Four Stragglers (1923)
The Locked Book (1924)
Broken Waters (1925)
The Red Ledger (1926)
The Devil's Mantle (1927)
Two Stolen Idols (1927)
aka The Slave Junk
Shanghai Jim (1928)
The Big Shot (1929)
Tiger Claws (1929)
The Gold Skull Murders (1931)
The Hidden Door (1933)
The Purple Ball (1933)
The Dragon's Jaws (1937)
More Knaves Than One (1938)
The Miracle Man (1914)
The Sin That Was His (1917)
Wire Devils (1918)
From Now On (1919)
The Night Operator (1919)
The White Moll (1920)
Pawned (1921)
Doors of the Night (1922)
The Four Stragglers (1923)
The Locked Book (1924)
Broken Waters (1925)
The Red Ledger (1926)
The Devil's Mantle (1927)
Two Stolen Idols (1927)
aka The Slave Junk
Shanghai Jim (1928)
The Big Shot (1929)
Tiger Claws (1929)
The Gold Skull Murders (1931)
The Hidden Door (1933)
The Purple Ball (1933)
The Dragon's Jaws (1937)
More Knaves Than One (1938)
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