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Sample of authors
Raymond, Derek
English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a by-no-means small part of them criminal. This is also reflected in his books: he is known as a pioneer in the crime-literature sub-genre called ‘British noir’, and which is usually set in environments and among people at the bottom of society. The books have been criticised f...
Literary figures
Lew Fonesca
Gender: Male
Middle-aged, thin and bald gentleman who worked in a lawyer’s office in Chicago until his wife was killed by a motorist who absconded from the scene. Lew Fonesca took his car and drove until it gave up. Now he works as a freelance legal assistant and process server in Sarasota, Florida. He also a sad and unwilling detective when somebody asks for help, says author Stuart M. Kaminsky.