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Sample of authors
Crais, Robert
Robert Crais is an American author born in Independence, Louisiana, and brought up on the banks of the Mississippi River in a family of police officers and oil workers, and he was destined to work with either one or the other. He began to study engineering at Louisiana State University, but soon discovered that it was not for him.
He discovered Raymond Chandler at the age of fifteen and he...
Literary figures
Thatcher Colt
Gender: Male
Police commissioner in New York, and the main character in eight orthodox whodunnits by Anthony Abbot (pseudonym for Fulton Oursler). Thatcher Colt is middle-aged, dark haired and brown eyed, born in a rich family, well educated, interested in poetry and always well dressed. He is a bachelor, but after a few novels he marries Florence Dunbar. He is also a skilled professional who solves the most...