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Sample of authors
Persson, Leif G.W.
Leif Gustav Willy Persson is a Swedish author and criminologist who previously worked for the Swedish Police and the Ministry of Justice. Persson was appointed Professor of Criminology at the Swedish National Police Academy in 1991, a post he threatened to resign from in 2008. He was persuaded to continue working until 2012 when he retired at the age of 67. Persson has also participated in the...
Literary figures
Jack (Flashgun) Casey
Gender: Male
Protagonist in a suite of hard-boiled detective stories by George Harmon Coxe. The tall, heavily built and dark-haired Jack Casey - called "Flashgun" or just "Flash" - is a skilled but temperamental press photographer who is struggling with an injured knee. He ages somewhat in the books - is between 30 and 45 years old - and is skilled when it comes to solving cases with the help of, among other...