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Portrait of Ellis Peters Photo: Philip Dunn/REX / TT (1995)

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Peters, Ellis

Because readers know the British author Edith Mary Pargeter both by her own and her pen name Ellis Peters, some of her novels have been published with both names, equal in size, on the cover. This has caused some confusion in library catalogues and bibliographies.
Edith Pargeter was born in the village of Horsehay, Shropshire, near the England/Wales border, and she lived there practically all...

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Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg

Gender: Male

Adamsberg is a Paris detective inspector. His pace is slow, he is contemplative, he is well acquainted with the human character, he relies on his intuition, and he solves every case he is confronted with. These are generally full of mysteries, but Adamsberg’s unorthodox methods and competent colleagues are a great help to him. Adamsberg is the creation of Fred Vargas, pseudonym for the French a...

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