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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
Filip Collin
Gender: Male
A very eloquent, smart and worldly Swedish adventurer and gentleman thief, who eventually also turns out to be a skilled detective. Filip Collin, who often calls himself Professor Pelotard, together with his companions – the Frenchman Lavertisse and the Englishman Graham – is mainly engaged in financial crime in a number of books written by Frank Heller (pseudonym for Gunnar Serner).