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Moyes, Patricia
Patricia Moyes was born Patricia Pakenham-Walsh in Dublin, Ireland. She was educated at Overstone School in Northampton 1934–39 and served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) during the Second World War, achieving the rank of flight officer. After the war she was hired by Peter Ustinov as an assistant after which she was assistant editor of English Vogue between 1953 and 1958. She spent a la...
Literary figures
Miles Bredon
Gender: Male
A well-built, absentminded and somewhat lethargic private detective – in school, however, he was a promising runner – who has just one employer: an insurance company. Miles Bredon’s task is to investigate fraud, including life insurance cases. He is married to Angela, a quick-thinking conversation partner, who according to author Ronald A. Knox is ‘a little bit smarter’ than her husband. They have...