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Groner, Auguste

Auguste Groner was an Austrian author, newspaper editor and pioneering woman author of crime fiction. Die Goldene Auguste is a triennial prize awarded by the European branch of the American association Sisters in Crime and many of Groner's stories have been published since 2000 in both English and German.
She was born in Vienna as Auguste Kopollik, the daughter of a wealthy civil servant who...

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Duncan Maclain

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He is young and rich, tall, dark and handsome with his curly hair. He also dresses very elegantly. Duncan Maclain lost his sight during the First World War, in which he took part with the rank of captain. It is, however, hard to believe – his other senses are extremely well developed. He is a well-known private detective in New York, where he marries the beautiful Sybylla Ford, according to a...

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