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Grafton, Sue
Sue Taylor Grafton was an American author of detective novels born in Louisville, Kentucky. Her father, Cornelius Warren Grafton, was a lawyer and author, and her mother a high school chemistry teacher. C.W. Grafton was the author of four novels, three detective stories and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1950), a courtroom novel and minor classic.
Both Grafton’s parents developed a drinking p...
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Max Darling
Gender: Male
He is well-off, handsome and is a good friend of the antiquarian bookseller Annie Laurance, the main character in a row of whodunnits by Carolyn Hart. When Annie is suspected of murder, he helps her, their friendship develops into love and results in a happy marriage. Darling, who has studied Law, starts his own firm as a ‘confidential agent’ – a sort of private detective without a licence.