Sample of authors
Goodis, David
The American author David Goodis is ranked as one of the greatest names in ‘noir’ literature, and some of his novels have been labelled classics. This applies not least to his second novel, Dark Passage (1946), which was successfully filmed in 1947 with Laureen Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in the starring roles. Goodis started his literary career by writing for pulp magazines and paperback pub...
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.