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Sample of authors
Rönkä, Matti
The Finnish journalist and novelist Matti Rönkä was born and raised in Kuusjärvi – today part of Outokumpu– near the Russian border in northern Karelia. He later moved to Helsinki where he attended the Helsingin Sanomat school for journalism. In 1989, he was awarded a degree in social studies at the University of Helsinki. In 1990, he was employed at the state television company YLE where he worke...
Literary figures
Jack Tallon
Gender: Male
Police officer Jack Tallon is utterly bored by Pasadena, where he works, and gratefully accepts the offer of the job of police chief in little Whitewater. The very bigoted small-town population are wary of a stranger, and his is suspected – among other things – of rape. In three books by John Ball, Jack Tallon struggles not only to solve crimes, but also to deal with the suspicious attitude of the...