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It is 145 years today since Freeman Wills Crofts was born.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young. Because his mother then married an archdeacon, Croft was brought up in a deeply religious home. He studied engineering, and at the age of seventeen he became an apprentice at the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway where he stayed until 1929 when he left for health...
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Tursten, Helene
1954 -
Helene Tursten was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is also the setting she has chosen for Detective Inspector Irene Huss....
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Norman, Diana
1933 - 2011
The British author and journalist Diana Norman has become known for her historical novels, some of which were published...
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Brooks, Kevin
1959 -
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and has studied Philosophy and Psychology at Aston University in Birmingham and in London....
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Rimington, Stella
1935 -
Dame Stella Rimington is a British author of spy novels. She is a former intelligence officer, she was the first female...
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