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Wheatley, Dennis
The British author and wine merchant Dennis Yeats Wheatley was one of the foremost 20th century authors of thrillers and occult novels. He was born in south London to a family that owned a wine business. He started at Dulwich College, London, in 1908, but he was expelled a year later for his attitude to his teachers and interest in everything that did not have anything to do with his formal...
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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.