Sample of authors
Leroux, Gaston
Gaston Leroux was born in Paris but grew up in a little village in Normandy close to the home of his maternal grandparents. As a child he was interested in swimming, sailing and deep-sea fishing, but he also developed an interest in literature at an early age. He particularly appreciated Alexandre Dumas père and Victor Hugo, and he wrote imitations of their works during his school years. After ...
Literary figures
Perry (Peregrine) Trethowan
Gender: Male
He is from a wealthy, but eccentric, family, with which he has cut off contact. Now the slightly sardonic Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Peregrine ‘Perry’ Trethowan lives in London with his wife Jan and son Daniel. But when he investigates the murder of his father, he is forced to re-establish contact with the family, after which it plays a certain – and not particularly welcome – role in his life,...