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Grafton, Sue
Sue Taylor Grafton was an American author of detective novels born in Louisville, Kentucky. Her father, Cornelius Warren Grafton, was a lawyer and author, and her mother a high school chemistry teacher. C.W. Grafton was the author of four novels, three detective stories and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1950), a courtroom novel and minor classic.
Both Grafton’s parents developed a drinking p...
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Alan Grant
Gender: Male
Alan Grant is a Scottish detective inspector employed by Scotland Yard, although he would not really have to work for a living as he has inherited a small fortune from a relative. He solves crime in a string of whodunits by Josephine Tey. With his nondescript personality he blends in everywhere. He is a skilled, although rather one-dimensional, detective.