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Sample of authors
Goddard, Robert
Robert Goddard is a popular, much-translated and lauded British thriller writer with an unusual and highly personal style. His novels are multifaceted, but they mainly concern historical descriptions – or stories about events with roots way back in time – with intricate plots on many layers. They are usually based on psychological tension, but quite often have elements of, for example, a who...
Literary figures
Martin Hewitt
Gender: Male
Private detective and former legal clerk in London around the end of the 19th century. In contrast to the contemporary Sherlock Holmes, Martin Hewitt is ordinary, jovial and social. He has a round, friendly face and behaves like a gentleman towards ladies – although he doesn’t have any closer lady friends. He is a skilled problem-solver and the main character in four books by Arthur Morrison, who...