FRANK L. PACKARD (1877-1942), a Canadian Novelist and railway engineer, wrote the Jimmie Dale mysteries and other works, including The Miracle Man The Beloved Traitor, The Sin That Was His, The Wire Devils, Coogan's Last Run, The Night Operator and Pawned. Doors of the Night is quite possibly his greatest mystery novel, a remarkable tale of the cold, shadowy byways of New York’s underworld that surely influenced such future masters as Dashiell Hammett and James M. Cain.

“Frank L. Packard is a past-master of the intriguing, thrilling mystery story.”
--Philadelphia Ledger