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It is 145 years today since Freeman Wills Crofts was born.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young. Because his mother then married an archdeacon, Croft was brought up in a deeply religious home. He studied engineering, and at the age of seventeen he became an apprentice at the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway where he stayed until 1929 when he left for health...
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Hancock, Anne Mette
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After having worked as a journalist and press & publicity manager, Danish Anne Mette Hancock made her international...
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Crais, Robert
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Robert Crais is an American author born in Independence, Louisiana, and brought up on the banks of the Mississippi River in...
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Pollock, Donald Ray
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Herbert, James
1943 - 2013
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