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Portrait of Peter May Photo: Guillem Lopez / Camera Press / TT (2016)

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May, Peter

Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived in France since 2001 and became a French citizen in 2016. Peter May started his schooling in 1956 at Carolside Primary School in Glasgow, and decided already then to become a writer. The idea was not encouraged by his teachers, and he was later thrown out of a school after a...

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Jack Fenner

Gender: Male

Private detective in Boston, where he shares an office with lawyer Frank Quinn. He was created by George Harmon Coxe, who describes the former police detective Jack Fenner as a sinewy, tough man of average height, with a square face and thinning dark hair. He is something of a dress snob, is careful with his appearance and makes sure he always has nicely polished shoes. He often works together...

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