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Hellström, Börge

Börge Hellström was a former criminal turned author. After a tough childhood he became an alcoholic and a drug addict, and eventually he ended up in prison. But against all odds he managed to leave his old life behind after twenty-four years and founded the organization Criminals Return Into Society (CRIS). He was a trained therapist and worked with young people involved in crime and addiction. B...

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Flavia de Luce

Gender: Female

In the 1950s, the motherless Flavia de Luce was not highly regarded by her father and sisters. She was indeed a rather ordinary and everyday 11-12-year-old (with dental braces), but mature for her age, and determined too, with a mind of her own and smart, and she busied herself with nasty-smelling chemistry experiments. Besides, she solved murders – for which the police resented her – in the boo...

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