Pierre Ayraud (right) with Pierre Boileau Photo: Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match via Getty Images (1977)
Sample of authors
Ayraud, Pierre
Pierre Ayraud, who published his books under the pseudonym Thomas Narcejac, and Pierre Boileau are two of the best known names in French crime writing. Together, they wrote a large number of detective novels signed Boileau-Narcejac, and they were prominent figures on the late 20th century literary scene. Ayraud was also a great connoisseur of crime writing, and he wrote several famous...
Literary figures
Dagobert Trostler
Gender: Male
A rich, and in posh circles highly regarded amateur criminologist and music-lover in the Vienna of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, often called Detective Dagobert in the short stories that author Balduin Groller (pseudonym for Adalbert Goldscheider) wrote about him. Dagobert Trostler is a trim middle-aged bon viveur and bachelor with a dark beard and hair (although thin on top), glowing dark eyes...