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Rimington, Stella

Dame Stella Rimington is a British author of spy novels. She is a former intelligence officer, she was the first female Director General of the British intelligence service MI5 and also the first director general who made her name publicly known. Stella Rimington was born Stella Whitehouse in South London. She moved with her family to Essex in 1939 to get away from the danger of living in...

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Charles Honeybath

Gender: Male

He has a rather expressionless appearance, but is well established as an artist. Above all, Charles Honeybath is known as a portrait painter. Unfortunately, now and then he happens to stumble across bodies, which leads to him unwillingly having to act the amateur detective. He lives in London, and on one occasion works together with his creator Michael Innes’ most famous problem-solver, D...

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