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Fyfield, Frances

Frances Fyfield is the pseudonym of the British crime-writer Frances Hegarty who grew up in Derbyshire, England. Her father was a physician, and despite his alcohol problems she claims she had a safe and happy upbringing. Her parents often encouraged their children to read, which the young Frances took to heart. She was educated at convent schools and graduated from Helena Grammar School in...

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Max Van Larsen

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A depressed, middle-aged detective with a guilty conscience who works in the New York police section for missing persons. Max Van Larsen’s wife and 13-year-old son have died in a traffic accident, and he discovers that he has not known them well enough to be able to mourn them. He is, however, consoled when he meets the cheerful author Sylvia Plotkin, and together they solve the weird cases in t...

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