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Sample of authors
Fowles, John
John Robert Fowles was born in a middle-class family in the Essex town of Leigh-on-Sea. His father, Robert Fowles, dreamt of a career in the legal profession, but when the First World War broke out he was instead forced to take over the family's tobacco business. His mother, Gladys May, was a housewife. Fowles grew up in the security of a terraced housing estate, but later in life he confessed...
Literary figures
Annie Laurance (Darling)
Gender: Female
When she is suspected of murder, Annie Laurance – who runs a mystery book store in a fictional town in South Carolina – needs to prove her innocence. She continues to solve crime in a string of cosy whodunits by Carolyn Hart. She is assisted by her boyfriend, the private detective Max Darling, whom she marries in the fourth book and changes her surname to Darling.