Frances Shelley Wees

Frances Shelley Wees (* 1902 ; † 1982 ) was a Canadian writer who wrote mostly crime novels .

Works (selection)

• Detectives Ltd. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1935 (formerly titled The maestro murder ).
• Honeymoon Mountain . Macrae-Smith, Philadelphia 1934.
• The last concubine . Abelard-Schuman, London 1970.
• Lost house . Macrae-Smith, Philadelphia 1938.
• Mystery in Newfoundland . Abelard-Schuman, London 1966 (formerly called Mystery in of the secret tunnel ).
• The mystery of the creeping man . Macrae-Smith, Philadelphia 1931.
• The open door . Nelson Publ., Toronto 1940.
• Someone called Maggie Lane . Bantam Books, New York 1948.
• A star for Susan . Macrae-Smith, Philadelphia 1940.
• Under the quiet water . Macrae-Smith, Philadelphia 1949.

in German translation

• A bitter orange ("Country for strangers"). Goldmann, Munich 1962 (former title Dangerous deadline )
• The scent of Parma violets ("This necessary murder"). Goldmann, Munich 1966.
• The prison of his choice ("The keys of my prison"). Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1960.
• My lord, I'm not guilty ("M'lord, I'm not guilty"). Goldmann, Munich 1963.
• An unknown guest ("Faceless enemy"). Goldmann, Munich 1966.
• Where's jenny ("Where is Jenny now?"). Goldmann, Munich 1963.

literature

• Klaus-Peter Walter (Ed.) Reclams Crime Dictionary. Authors and works . Reclam, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-15-010509-9 .