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Portrait image of Caroline Graham Photo: Björn Gustafsson / Forflex (2008)

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Graham, Caroline

The withdrawn British novelist and playwright Caroline Graham is best known for her seven police novels about Detective Inspector Tom Barnaby who operates in the fictional region of Midsomer in central England. The popular television series Midsomer Murders that has aired since 1997 are based on her books.
Caroline Graham was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Her mother died when Caroline was six...

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Arthur Crook

Gender: Male

An unpolished and vulgar lawyer – whose judicial methods are questionable – but also a clever crime investigator, in books by Anthony Gilbert (pseud. f. Lucy Beatrice Malleson). Arthur Crook, fat and one hundred percent cockney, is sometimes compared with a frog, appearance-wise, even though he has red hair, a red face and never wears anything but cheap brown suits. He enjoys drinking beer and doe...

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