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Fleming, Ian

Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of the most famous fictional spies of the 20th century known from a great number of books, films, radio plays etc., only a small number of which were in fact written by Fleming. Some were a great deal better, but none has had the same impact.
Fleming came from a wealthy and p...

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Kate Burrows

Gender: Female

Skilled and hard-skinned police detective in Grantley, Yorkshire. Kate Burrows is respected by her colleagues, but has problems when she falls in love with gangster Patrick Kelly and they move in together. She is pretty, with brown hair, brown eyes and a slim body with long legs. Author Martina Cole lets her grow old in the books: in the last one, she has retired but is still used by her former...

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