Photo: Photo by Chris Capstick/REX (52818b) / TT
Sample of authors
Aird, Catherine
Catherine Aird is the pen name of the British crime writer Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, where she attended school, although she was absent for long periods due to a serious medical condition that affected her kidneys. Her father, a physician, made sure she was given the best medical care, and she later recovered. McIntosh was bed-ridden for much of her...
Literary figures
Nick (Nicholas) Miller
Gender: Male
A police detective with a degree in Law who lives in the centre of London and doesn’t really need to work: he comes from a well-off family and has private means, according to author Harry (actually Henry) Patterson. But Nicholas ‘Nick’ Miller likes his job, even though he must take on difficult cases. He is single, and a tough, somewhat rough-mannered man, an expert at karate and judo, as well as...