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Portrait image of Jane Harper Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2017)

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Harper, Jane

Jane Harper was born in Manchester, England. When she was eight years old she moved with her family to Australia. For six years, she lived in Boronia, Victoria, and during this period she became an Australian citizen. She returned to the UK aged 14 with her family and lived for a while in Hampshire before taking a degree in literature and history at the University of Kent. She then embarked on a...

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Nameless

Gender: Male

Nobody, except possibly author Bill Pronzini, knows what the Nameless Detective is actually called – although on one occasion he is referred to as Bill. Little is said about the man himself, but Nameless (as he is called) is a middle-aged, former agent in military intelligence and police officer, who is a partner in a private detective agency. He has an on-and-off romance with Kerry, whom he e...

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