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Sample of authors
Deitmer, Sabine
The German author of crime novels Sabine Deitmar was born in Jena, Thüringen, and grew up in Düsseldorf. Deitmer became interested in crime fiction at an early age, and wrote her literature MA thesis on the work of Agatha Christie. After working as a teacher and translator in the UK, southern Germany and Berlin, she moved to the Ruhr district in the 1970s where she became a high school teacher. D...
Literary figures
John Putnam Thatcher
Gender: Male
As the senior vice president for the third largest bank in the world – and in effect the man who runs the bank’s business – John Putnam Thatcher is an international power factor. He is also a clever amateur detective who solves many of the crimes he comes across in his work. He is a dignified, very polite gentleman in his sixties, according to his creator Emma Lathen (pseudonym for Mary J. Latsi...