Sample of authors
Green, A.K.
The American author A.K. (Anna Katharine) Green pioneered the crime writing genre, and many of her novels have been translated to foreign languages. She was also among the first women publish write crime novels and the first to publish large editions. Her debut novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878), is a classic and estimated to be one of the major bestsellers of all time. New editions have...
Literary figures
Joseph Rouletabille
Gender: Male
He is 18 years old when he solves an ‘impossible crime’ in Gaston Leroux’s classic first detective story. He is actually called Joseph Joséphine, and his father is a master criminal. Joseph Rouletabille is a journalist, but also an amateur detective and even a secret agent in one novel. He is small in stature, but quick-witted and energetic. His marriage with the beautiful Ivana Vilitchkov has an...