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Sample of authors
Bernuth, Christa
The German journalist and crime author Christa von Bernuth was born in Munich where she still lives. After attending boarding school in Bavaria she travelled the world and took odd jobs. She became a journalist, and in 1990 she began to work for various newspapers and magazines, including Elle and Der Spiegel. She wrote about relationships, celebrities, career opportunities, travel and...
Literary figures
Max Van Larsen
Gender: Male
A depressed, middle-aged detective with a guilty conscience who works in the New York police section for missing persons. Max Van Larsen’s wife and 13-year-old son have died in a traffic accident, and he discovers that he has not known them well enough to be able to mourn them. He is, however, consoled when he meets the cheerful author Sylvia Plotkin, and together they solve the weird cases in t...