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Portrait image of Lisa Jewell Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2016)

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Jewell, Lisa

Lisa Jewell is a British author of chic lit fiction. She grew up in Totteridge, north London as the oldest of three sisters. Her father was a textile agent and her mother a secretary. Jewell was educated at Barnet College and Epsom School of Art and Design. She worked in fashion for five years, and after having been made redundant she signed up for a creative writing course. Her career...

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Michal Exner

Gender: Male

A young, handsome, always elegantly dressed detective captain with the Prague Police, he has a Ph.D in law, drives a Mercedes and has a comfortable bachelor pad to which he often invites his subordinates to drink coffee. Michal Exner has a sense of humour, appreciates beautiful women and good food: incidentally, he is a good cook himself. He is also the main character in just over a dozen crime...

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