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Winslow, Don
Don Winslow is an American novelist and former private investigator. He was born in New York. His father was a US Navy officer and his mother was a librarian. Their children were brought up in a family of story-tellers and were encouraged to read, and as a young boy Winslow was involved in amateur dramatics. His sister, Kristine Rolofson is a prolific author of romantic fiction.
Winslow was...
Literary figures
Piet van der Valk
Gender: Male
An independent, eccentric and short-tempered detective superintendent with the police in Amsterdam, the main character in a suite of police novels by Englishman Nicolas Freeling. Piet van der Valk is arrogant, but also critical of society and empathetic. He is married to Arlette with whom he has two sons and an adopted daughter. He is killed during an investigation, and his wife takes over the...