Sample of authors
Rosenhayn, Paul
German journalist and internationally acclaimed author of detective stories, best known for his more than forty screenplays
Paul Rosenhayn was born in Hamburg. His father was a captain in the merchant navy, and the family often moved. He attended school in England for several years and completed his education in Germany. He enrolled at law school, but after the first semester he decided he...
Literary figures
Patrick Grant
Gender: Male
Professor Patrick Grant – whose surname comes from the whisky brand, his creator Margaret Yorke has revealed – lectures in Art History in Oxford. He is somewhat absentminded, often quotes Shakespeare, but for a principal protagonist in crime novels he is really an unusually bland figure without any special characteristics. He is, however, a clever amateur detective who solves cases in five who...