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Ludlum, Robert

The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...

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Nameless

Gender: Male

Nobody, except possibly author Bill Pronzini, knows what the Nameless Detective is actually called – although on one occasion he is referred to as Bill. Little is said about the man himself, but Nameless (as he is called) is a middle-aged, former agent in military intelligence and police officer, who is a partner in a private detective agency. He has an on-and-off romance with Kerry, whom he e...

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