Pierre Ayraud (right) with Pierre Boileau Photo: Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match via Getty Images (1977)
Sample of authors
Ayraud, Pierre
Pierre Ayraud, who published his books under the pseudonym Thomas Narcejac, and Pierre Boileau are two of the best known names in French crime writing. Together, they wrote a large number of detective novels signed Boileau-Narcejac, and they were prominent figures on the late 20th century literary scene. Ayraud was also a great connoisseur of crime writing, and he wrote several famous...
Literary figures
George Felse
Gender: Male
A central character in the Felse detective family, created by Ellis Peters (pseudonym for Edith Pargeter). George Felse is a hard-working and honest middle-aged police detective in the fictive town Comerford in Shropshire in England. But in many of the cases he solves, important (sometimes even major) roles are played by his wife – called Bunty and previously a famous concert singer – and his tee...