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Portrait image of Åke Edwardson Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2014)

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Edwardson, Åke

Swedish author and journalist, born in Tranås and raised in Vrigstad and Sävsjö. Åke Edwardson studied history of literature and journalism at Växjö, Göteborg and Lund with a break in 1981–1982 when he served with UN forces in the Middle East. He graduated in 1987 and then worked for the regional dailies Smålänningen and Göteborgs-Posten until he became a freelance writer in 1992, specialising in...

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John Mallett

Gender: Male

It is not clear whether he really is called John: but author Cyril Hare (pseudonym for Gordon Clark) has privately indicated that such is the case. Mallett is a detective inspector at Scotland Yard. He is a widower, tall and well-built, with a mild-red face. He sees lunch as the most important event of the day, but nevertheless manages to solve a number of troublesome murder cases, more often...

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