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Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American author. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, today part of Pittsburgh. Her father, Tomas Roberts, was an inventor and sewing machine salesman who committed suicide in 1895, and as a result the family endured long periods of financial distress. Rinehart attended Allegheny High School, graduating in 1893. She trained as a nurse at the Homeopathic Hospital...

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Alex McKnight

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When working as a policeman in Detroit he was shot and he still has a bullet in his body so he has to live a quiet life. He has inherited a holiday camp in the small town of Paradise in Michigan and sometimes reluctantly acts as a private detective in Steve Hamilton’s novels. Alex McKnight is of middle age, his hair is going grey and he lives alone. He is divorced, and his brief relationship w...

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