Pierre Ayraud (right) with Pierre Boileau Photo: Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match via Getty Images (1977)
Sample of authors
Ayraud, Pierre
Pierre Ayraud, who published his books under the pseudonym Thomas Narcejac, and Pierre Boileau are two of the best known names in French crime writing. Together, they wrote a large number of detective novels signed Boileau-Narcejac, and they were prominent figures on the late 20th century literary scene. Ayraud was also a great connoisseur of crime writing, and he wrote several famous...
Literary figures
Continental Op
Gender: Male
His name is never mentioned, but he is employed at the major private detective agency The Continental Agency’s offices in San Francisco and he solves crime all over the United States. Little is known about him apart from the fact that he is a good investigator, that he is unmarried and the he describes himself as “fat and forty”. He is the principal character in a string of short stories by Dashi...