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Mr. and Mrs. North Books in Order

Mr. and Mrs. North by Richard & Frances Lockridge contains 27 books, published between 1936 and 1963. The first book is Mr. and Mrs. North (1936) and the newest is Murder by the Book (1963). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
27
Published
1936–1963
Pages on record
3,857 in 16 of 27 books
Reading time
64–96 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,857 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 27 titles with a page count on record.

See all 27 books in order Printable Mr. and Mrs. North checklist

Pam and Jerry North are a married couple who investigate murders in New York State, and Richard and Frances Lockridge wrote 27 books about them between 1936 and 1963. Mr. and Mrs. North (1936) opens the run, with The Norths Meet Murder (1940), Murder Out of Turn (1941), A Pinch of Poison (1941), Death on the Aisle (1942), Killing the Goose (1944) and Death of a Tall Man (1946) behind it. Murder by the Book (1963) closes the sequence.

How many Mr. and Mrs. North books are there?

Mr. and Mrs. North has 27 books, released between 1936 and 1963.

Mr. and Mrs. North Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 27 Mr. and Mrs. North books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Norths Meet Murder, book 2 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1940)
  2. Cover of Murder Out of Turn, book 3 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1941)
  3. Cover of A Pinch of Poison, book 4 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1941)
  4. Cover of Death on the Aisle, book 5 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1942)
  5. Cover of Hanged for a Sheep, book 6 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1942)
  6. Cover of Death of a Tall Man, book 10 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1946)
  7. Cover of Murder Within Murder, book 11 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1946)
  8. Cover of Untidy Murder, book 12 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1947)
  9. Cover of Murder Is Served, book 13 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1948)
  10. Cover of Murder in a Hurry, book 15 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1950)
  11. Cover of Murder Comes First, book 16 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1951)
  12. Cover of Death Has a Small Voice, book 18 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1952)
  13. Cover of Curtain for a Jester, book 19 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1953)
  14. Cover of Death of an Angel, book 21 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1955)
  15. Cover of The Long Skeleton, book 23 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1958)
  16. Cover of Murder Has Its Points, book 26 of the Mr. and Mrs. North series (1961)
  1. 1
    Mr. and Mrs. North1936 · confirmed 2/4
    1936–
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  2. 2
    The Norths Meet Murder1940 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1940252
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  3. 3
    Murder Out of Turn1941 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1941224
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  4. 4
    A Pinch of Poison1941 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1941240
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  5. 5
    Death on the Aisle1942 · confirmed 2/4
    1942–
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  6. 6
    Hanged for a Sheep1942 · 193 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1942193
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  7. 7
    Death Takes a Bow1943 · confirmed 2/4
    1943–
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  8. 8
    Killing the Goose1944 · 202 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1944202
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  9. 9
    Payoff for the Banker1945 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1945185
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  10. 10
    Death of a Tall Man1946 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1946197
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  11. 11
    Murder Within Murder1946 · confirmed 2/4
    1946–
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  12. 12
    Untidy Murder1947 · 329 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1947329
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  13. 13
    Murder Is Served1948 · confirmed 2/4
    1948–
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  14. 14
    The Dishonest Murderer1949 · 203 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1949203
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  15. 15
    Murder in a Hurry1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  16. 16
    Murder Comes First1951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  17. 17
    Dead as a Dinosaur1952 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1952188
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  18. 18
    Death Has a Small Voice1952 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1952227
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    Curtain for a Jester1953 · 295 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1953295
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  20. 20
    A Key to Death1954 · confirmed 2/4
    1954–
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  21. 21
    Death of an Angel1955 · confirmed 2/4
    1955–
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  22. 22
    Voyage Into Violence1956 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1956294
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  23. 23
    The Long Skeleton1958 · 381 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1958381
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  24. 24
    Murder Suggested / Murder is Suggested1959 · confirmed 2/4
    1959–
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  25. 25
    The Judge is Reversed1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  26. 26
    Murder Has Its Points1961 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961224
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  27. 27
    Murder by the Book1963 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963223
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Is there a chronological order for Mr. and Mrs. North?

No separate chronological order is on record for Mr. and Mrs. North, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Mr. and Mrs. North books in order?

You should read the Mr. and Mrs. North books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Mr. and Mrs. North book also stands alone.

Where to start with Mr. and Mrs. North

Start with Mr. and Mrs. North (1936), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mr. and Mrs. North book?

Murder by the Book (1963) is the newest Mr. and Mrs. North book released so far.

Is there a new Mr. and Mrs. North book coming?

No next Mr. and Mrs. North book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Mr. and Mrs. North at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Mr. and Mrs. North title on record dates from 1963, 63 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Mr. and Mrs. North books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,857 pages across the 16 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mr. and Mrs. North books, 13 of 27, were published in the 1940s.

What the Mr. and Mrs. North books are about

24 of the 27 Mr. and Mrs. North books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jerry north (fictitious character) is tagged on 24 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Richard & Frances Lockridge

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Richard & Frances Lockridge

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.