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Post, Melville Davisson

Melville Davisson Post was an American lawyer, politician, author and remembered as the first great American crime writer to appear after Edgar Allan Poe. Post may even be unique in the sense that he through his books were able to influence the law as he devised plots that exposed weaknesses in current legislation, which led to discussions that in turn resulted in amendments.
Post came from a...

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Lee Ofsted

Gender: Female

Her parents only had a low income, and Lee Ofsted joined the army at an early age. She subsequently became a golf professional, with varied success. When a murder takes place during a golf tournament, she acts the amateur detective helping police officer Graham Sheldon – who later leaves the police force and becomes her lover. She has continued to solve murders in golf settings in books by Aaron a...

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