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Sample of authors
MacLean, Alistair
The Scottish author Alistair Stuart MacLean was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, in a Gaelic-speaking family as Alasdair MacGill-Eain (his Gaelic name was anglicised by the British authorities). His father was a Church of Scotland minister. While the author was still a baby, the family moved to a farm near Daviot in the Highlands. After the death of his father, his mother returned to Glasgow with...
Literary figures
Suzie (Susannah) Mountford
Gender: Female
Shortly after becoming a police officer, Susannah ‘Suzie’ Mountford – because of a shortage of staff during the war – had to investigate a murder case. She managed it well, and also became the secret lover of her boss, Chief Inspector Tommy Livermore. She is described by her creator, John Gardner, as tall and slim, with brown hair and green eyes. Her father died in an accident when she was a teena...