Sample of authors
Green, A.K.
The American author A.K. (Anna Katharine) Green pioneered the crime writing genre, and many of her novels have been translated to foreign languages. She was also among the first women publish write crime novels and the first to publish large editions. Her debut novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878), is a classic and estimated to be one of the major bestsellers of all time. New editions have...
Literary figures
Burke
Gender: Male
He is a violent and tough ‘private’ crime-fighter (without a licence) in New York. Like his creator, lawyer Andrew Vachss, he combats sex criminals, predominantly paedophiles, Burke – his first name is never mentioned – has himself had a tragic childhood during which he was sexually abused, and has also been in prison. He surrounds himself with an odd ‘family’ consisting of other former prison inm...