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Sample of authors
Hammett, Dashiell
American detective writer, born in St. Mary's County in Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore where his family moved when he was seven years old. Dashiell Hammett dropped out of school when thirteen and got on with odd jobs before ending up a private detective at Pinkertons. He worked as a detective primarily in San Francisco and then used his experiences in his novels. During the First World War,...
Literary figures
Philip St. Ives
Gender: Male
As a journalist, he had a lot of shady contacts, which he makes use of when as a private detective he serves as a courier between crime victims and criminals when it comes to, for example, returning stolen goods. Philip St. Ives is single, divorced with a son. He is on the side of the villains as long as they don’t try to cheat him – which they often try to do according to author Oliver Bleeck (ps...