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Aird, Catherine

Catherine Aird is the pen name of the British crime writer Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, where she attended school, although she was absent for long periods due to a serious medical condition that affected her kidneys. Her father, a physician, made sure she was given the best medical care, and she later recovered. McIntosh was bed-ridden for much of her...

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Hamilton Cleek

Gender: Male

Since his childhood, he has been a thief, feared for his skill and his ability to disguise himself as quick as a flash so that he is totally unrecognisable. After he is 30, however, he adopts a new role and becomes a master detective, often engaged by Scotland Yard, author Thomas W. Hanshew tells us. Hamilton Cleek is tall, always elegantly dressed, has a narrow nose, looks aristocratic and...

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