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Sample of authors
Villar, Domingo
Domingo Villar was a Spanish novelist born in Vigo, Galicia, but later he resided in Madrid. He was for many years host for a radio show about food. When he was not writing novels he published short stories in magazines and produced screenplays for film and television. Villar died at only 51 years old due to a stroke.
Domingo Villar published his first novel, Water-Blue Eyes, in 2006. He wrote...
Literary figures
Hilda Adams
Gender: Female
She is a young, attractive and also well-educated and experienced nurse, and her friend Detective Inspector Patton calls her ‘Miss Pinkerton’. Hilda Adams looks after wealthy patients in their homes, and she gets an infallible feeling when something is wrong – and thanks to her own investigations she can give the police decisive clues. Mary Roberts Rinehart has written two novels about her.