Pierre Ayraud (right) with Pierre Boileau Photo: Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match via Getty Images (1977)
Sample of authors
Ayraud, Pierre
Pierre Ayraud, who published his books under the pseudonym Thomas Narcejac, and Pierre Boileau are two of the best known names in French crime writing. Together, they wrote a large number of detective novels signed Boileau-Narcejac, and they were prominent figures on the late 20th century literary scene. Ayraud was also a great connoisseur of crime writing, and he wrote several famous...
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...