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Francis Durbridge

Francis Henry Durbridge, a talented writer, was born on November 25, 1912, in Hull. He gained fame not only as the author of mysteries for radio and television but also as a playwright and novelist. In total, he wrote 43 novels. In 1940, Durbridge tied the knot with Norah Lawley, and they had two sons. The writer passed away at the age of 85 in his home in Barnes in 1998.Подробнее
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Beware of Johnny Washington: Based on ‘Send for Paul Temple’
Beware of Johnny Washington: Based on ‘Send for Paul Temple’
Republished for the first time since 1951, Beware of Johnny Washington is Francis Durbridge’s clever reworking of the very first Paul Temple radio ser…
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Paul Temple and the Tyler Mystery
Paul Temple and the Tyler Mystery
When two young women are found murdered within a week of each other, Scotland Yard enlist the help of sleuthing crime writer Paul Temple to unravel th…
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Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
What could possibly connect expensive Margo ‘designer’ coats, an industrialist, a petrified celebrity, and a psychiatrist with a peculiar secretary?A …
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Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
What could possibly connect expensive Margo ‘designer’ coats, an industrialist, a petrified celebrity, and a psychiatrist with a peculiar secretary?A …
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Another Woman’s Shoes: Based on Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case
Another Woman’s Shoes: Based on Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case
This novelisation of the radio serial Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case also includes a bonus short story, ‘Paul Temple and the Nightingale’.It was an …
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Paul Temple: East of Algiers
Paul Temple: East of Algiers
When Paul Temple is asked to do a simple favour for his wife Steve, he has no idea of the brutal repercussions about to follow.Flying from Paris, Temp…
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Paul Temple and the Curzon Case
Paul Temple and the Curzon Case
An aeroplane crash sends billows of fire down the cliffs of Dulworth Bay and two boys from a public school go missing, what connects these two events?…
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Dead to the World: Based on Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
Dead to the World: Based on Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
This novelisation of the radio serial Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery also includes a Paul Temple short story, ‘The Ventriloquist’s Doll’. Photo…
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A Present from Paul Temple: Two Short Stories including Light-Fingers: A Paul Temple Story
A Present from Paul Temple: Two Short Stories including Light-Fingers: A Paul Temple Story
Two short stories featuring Francis Durbridge’s famous detective, Paul Temple.The perfect winter read, these two short stories follow Paul and Steve t…
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Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Paul and Steve are called upon to crack a case involving Carl Milbourne, the brother-in-law of wealthy financier Maurice Lonsdale. After the news that…
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Paul Temple Intervenes
Paul Temple Intervenes
Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard often calls upon Paul Temple to help with his latest unfathomable case…In a small country lane, the well-known Amer…
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Send for Paul Temple Again!
Send for Paul Temple Again!
Actress Norma Rice is found dead on a train, and the letters REX are scrawled in red chalk on her compartment window. It is the third death to occur i…
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Paul Temple 3-Book Collection: Send for Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Front Page Men, News of Paul Temple
Paul Temple 3-Book Collection: Send for Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Front Page Men, News of Paul Temple
The first three books in the hugely popular Paul Temple series follows crime fighting duo Paul and his wife Steve.Send for Paul Temple:In the dead of …
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Paul Temple and the Harkdale Robbery
Paul Temple and the Harkdale Robbery
Paul and Steve are back to solve the latest hard-hitting case of robbery and murder. After a heist goes down at Harkdale bank, a gang of thieves flee …
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Paul Temple: East of Algiers
Paul Temple: East of Algiers
When Paul Temple is asked to do a simple favour for his wife Steve, he has no idea of the brutal repercussions about to follow.Flying from Paris, Temp…
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A Present from Paul Temple: Two Short Stories including Light-Fingers: A Paul Temple Story
A Present from Paul Temple: Two Short Stories including Light-Fingers: A Paul Temple Story
Two short stories featuring Francis Durbridge’s famous detective, Paul Temple.The perfect winter read, these two short stories follow Paul and Steve t…
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News of Paul Temple
News of Paul Temple
As detective Paul Temple turns his hand to playwright, his leading lady Iris Archer pulls out shortly before the play is due to open and declares that…
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Paul Temple and the Madison Case
Paul Temple and the Madison Case
Paul and Steve plan to relax and take in some fresh sea air on board a luxurious trans-Atlantic liner … that is until they meet the elusive Sam Portla…
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Send for Paul Temple
Send for Paul Temple
In the dead of night, a watchman is brutally attacked and with his dying breath cries out, “The Green Finger!” It is the latest in a series of robberi…
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Paul Temple and the Madison Case
Paul Temple and the Madison Case
Paul and Steve plan to relax and take in some fresh sea air on board a luxurious trans-Atlantic liner … that is until they meet the elusive Sam Portla…
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Dead to the World: Based on Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
Dead to the World: Based on Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
This novelisation of the radio serial Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery also includes a Paul Temple short story, ‘The Ventriloquist’s Doll’. Photo…
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Paul Temple 3-Book Collection: Send for Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Front Page Men, News of Paul Temple
Paul Temple 3-Book Collection: Send for Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Front Page Men, News of Paul Temple
The first three books in the hugely popular Paul Temple series follows crime fighting duo Paul and his wife Steve.Send for Paul Temple:In the dead of …
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Paul Temple and the Harkdale Robbery
Paul Temple and the Harkdale Robbery
Paul and Steve are back to solve the latest hard-hitting case of robbery and murder. After a heist goes down at Harkdale bank, a gang of thieves flee …
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Paul Temple Intervenes
Paul Temple Intervenes
Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard often calls upon Paul Temple to help with his latest unfathomable case…In a small country lane, the well-known Amer…
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Paul Temple and the Front Page Men
Paul Temple and the Front Page Men
The detective novel ‘The Front Page Men’ is a resounding success, but its author Andrea Fortune keeps herself hidden from the public. When a series of…
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Paul Temple and the Curzon Case
Paul Temple and the Curzon Case
An aeroplane crash sends billows of fire down the cliffs of Dulworth Bay and two boys from a public school go missing, what connects these two events?…
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Paul Temple and the Kelby Affair
Paul Temple and the Kelby Affair
Historian Alfred Kelby decides to publish the diaries of Margaret Spender, Lord Delamore’s secretary and secret lover. But these diaries go beyond his…
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Paul Temple and the Tyler Mystery
Paul Temple and the Tyler Mystery
When two young women are found murdered within a week of each other, Scotland Yard enlist the help of sleuthing crime writer Paul Temple to unravel th…
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Design For Murder: Based on ‘Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair’
Design For Murder: Based on ‘Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair’
Never before published in paperback, and back in print for the first time since 1951, this long-lost novelisation reworks the nail-biting radio serial…
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Paul Temple and the Kelby Affair
Paul Temple and the Kelby Affair
Historian Alfred Kelby decides to publish the diaries of Margaret Spender, Lord Delamore’s secretary and secret lover. But these diaries go beyond his…
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News of Paul Temple
News of Paul Temple
As detective Paul Temple turns his hand to playwright, his leading lady Iris Archer pulls out shortly before the play is due to open and declares that…
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Paul Temple and the Front Page Men
Paul Temple and the Front Page Men
The detective novel ‘The Front Page Men’ is a resounding success, but its author Andrea Fortune keeps herself hidden from the public. When a series of…
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Back Room Girl: By the author of Paul Temple
Back Room Girl: By the author of Paul Temple
Never published in paperback, and back in print for the first time since 1950, Back Room Girl was the first original novel by Francis Durbridge.Retiri…
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Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Paul and Steve are called upon to crack a case involving Carl Milbourne, the brother-in-law of wealthy financier Maurice Lonsdale. After the news that…
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Send for Paul Temple
Send for Paul Temple
In the dead of night, a watchman is brutally attacked and with his dying breath cries out, “The Green Finger!” It is the latest in a series of robberi…
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Send for Paul Temple Again!
Send for Paul Temple Again!
Actress Norma Rice is found dead on a train, and the letters REX are scrawled in red chalk on her compartment window. It is the third death to occur i…
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