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Keating, H.R.F.

Henry Raymond Fitzwalter "Harry" Keating is a British author born at St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. He was educated in the Merchant Taylor’s school in London between 1940 and 1944 and served in the military until 1948 when he entered Trinity College, Dublin, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1952. Keating then worked at various newspapers, mainly in London. He started to work for The Times in 1...

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Max Darling

Gender: Male

He is well-off, handsome and is a good friend of the antiquarian bookseller Annie Laurance, the main character in a row of whodunnits by Carolyn Hart. When Annie is suspected of murder, he helps her, their friendship develops into love and results in a happy marriage. Darling, who has studied Law, starts his own firm as a ‘confidential agent’ – a sort of private detective without a licence.

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