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Post, Melville Davisson

Melville Davisson Post was an American lawyer, politician, author and remembered as the first great American crime writer to appear after Edgar Allan Poe. Post may even be unique in the sense that he through his books were able to influence the law as he devised plots that exposed weaknesses in current legislation, which led to discussions that in turn resulted in amendments.
Post came from a...

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Quincy Durant

Gender: Male

As a young boy, he met ‘Artie’ Wu in a children’s home, and when they were in their early teens, they ran away together from this. Now they run the company WuDu Ltd. (speciality: frauds and dangerous missions). Quincy Durant is very tall, very thin, rarely gets his hair cut and is always nervous. His skin has a slightly brown tint to it, which makes him look as if he always has a suntan, accor...

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