Mr. and Mrs. North Radio Show!

The characters originated in 1930s vignettes written by Richard Lockridge for the  New York Sun , and he brought them back for short stories in  The New Yorker . These stories were collected in  Mr. and Mrs. North  (1936). Lockridge increased the readership after he teamed with his wife Frances on a novel,  The Norths Meet Murder  (1940), launching a series of 26 novels, including  Death Takes a Bow ,  Death on the Aisle  and  The Dishonest Murderer . Their long-run series continued for over two decades and came to an end in 1963 with the death of Frances Lockridge. The series was unusual in that it was Mrs. North who often solved the cases, while Mr. North was just background much of the time. In his article, "Married Sleuths," Charles L.P. Silet captured the flavor of the novels:The Mr. and Mrs. North novels contain carefully crafted puzzles and the Lockridges usually play fair with their readers. The series also features Pam and Jerry's