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Runcie, James

James Robert Runcie is an author, documentary film maker, television producer and playwright. He was born in Cambridge and is the son of Robert Runcie, former Bishop of St. Albans as well as a former Archbishop of Canterbury. The family moved to Oxford in 1960 where Runcie attended the Dragon School and between 1972 and 1977 – when the family lived in St. Albans – Marlborough College. Runcie wen...

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Twinks (Honoria) Lyminster

Gender: Female

Judging from author Simon Brett’s description of Lady Honoria ‘Twinks’ Lyminster, she is one of the most beautiful amateur detectives in crime fiction. She has white-blonde hair, a perfect figure – slim, but she is nevertheless physically strong – a resounding voice and a provocative laugh. All men immediately fall in love with her which allows her to solve a number of farcical cases that are set...

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