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Wilson, Robert

The crime novelist Robert Wilson was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire. His father was a Royal Airforce fighter pilot, and the family often moved between air force bases. When Robert was six years old the family was living in France where he started school. A year later he was enrolled in an English school where he enjoyed books and sport. He graduated with good grades. When he was nineteen years...

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Melita Pargeter

Gender: Female

Mrs Melita Pargeter refuses to accept that her deceased husband was the man he was: a smart thief and fraudster. He left her a fortune and a promise from his gang to help her. She is, says author Simon Brett, a friendly, white-haired elderly lady, whose ample appearance hides a will of steel, great stubbornness and a sharp tongue – which makes her a formidable amateur detective.

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