Photo: Thomas Lekfeldt (2019) / Ritzau Scanpix / TT
Sample of authors
Hancock, Anne Mette
After having worked as a journalist and press & publicity manager, Danish Anne Mette Hancock made her international breakthrough as an author with her first crime novel, The Corpse Flower (2017, Ligblomsten). She was born and grew up in the small town of Gråsten in Jylland, Denmark, just north of the border with Germany, but when she was 19 she moved to the USA where she studied History and ...
Literary figures
Edward X. Delaney
Gender: Male
When his wife becomes terminally ill, he retires from the New York police. After her death, he consoles himself with giant sandwiches, which author Lawrence Sanders lets him create – and eat! – together with a new wife, Monica. Former detective Edward X. Delaney continues to solve murder cases as a hobby. He is a large and heavy man with grey hair cut very short, and he is ruthless when necessary.