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Portrait of Martina Cole Photo: Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage (2013)

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Cole, Martina

Martina Cole is one best-selling British authors of the 21st century; according to the mass media, only Harry Potter’s creator J.K. Rowling has achieved greater economic success. If Cole is popular with readers, the opposite applies to the critics: on the whole, bloggers are the only commentators who give her positive reviews, and even though she has been nominated for several literary prizes, s...

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Twinks (Honoria) Lyminster

Gender: Female

Judging from author Simon Brett’s description of Lady Honoria ‘Twinks’ Lyminster, she is one of the most beautiful amateur detectives in crime fiction. She has white-blonde hair, a perfect figure – slim, but she is nevertheless physically strong – a resounding voice and a provocative laugh. All men immediately fall in love with her which allows her to solve a number of farcical cases that are set...

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