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Sample of authors
Kutscher, Volker
The German author Volker Kutscher was born in Lindlar and grew up in Wipperfürth near Köln (Cologne). He studied Germanic Languages, Philosophy and History in Köln and Wupperthal. Parallel with his work as a journalist, in the 1990s he started to write detective stories, at first together with another author, Christian Schnalke. Kutscher is now a full-time writer and lives in Köln.
The first nov...
Literary figures
Richard Jury
Gender: Male
A melancholic and reasonably gloomy commissioner: this is explained by the author Martha Grimes by the fact that Richard Jury - the first name is rarely mentioned - was orphaned during the Second World War and had an unhappy upbringing. He is in the younger middle age, has auburn hair and a winning smile. He shys away from women and relationships, but likes children and gets along well with them.