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Richard Hannay is the protagonist in five adventure novels by Scottish author John Buchan. The character is a fictional secret agent who was based in part on Edmund Ironside, an Edinburgh spy during the Second Boer War. Hannay was born in Scotland around 1877 and grew up around his father’s German business partners and thus […]
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist of adventure novels and an author of many non-fiction books. Buchan served as the 15th Governor General of Canada. His most famous novel was The Thirty-Nine Steps, which was adapted into the Alfred Hitchcock film The 39 Steps. Buchan would feature that novel’s protagonist, Richard […]
Lew Archer is the central character in a series of hardboiled mystery novels by American-Canadian author Ross Macdonald. Archer is a private detective who works out of Southern California in the 1950’s. His characteristics initially started out very similar to that of Philip Marlowe, although he would diverge later on. The novels The Moving Target […]
Ross Macdonald was the pen name of American-Canadian author Kenneth Millar (1915-1983). During his career, Macdonald wrote crime fiction/mystery novels, largely featuring P.I. Lew Archer that were set in Southern California. Along with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, he is considered to be one of the masters of hardboiled mysteries. His plots were complex, usually […]
Crossfire is a series of erotica novels by American author Sylvia Day. The central characters in the series are Gideon Cross and Eva Tramell, whose emotional and romantic journey you are taken on through the course of this trilogy. The series has 4 million copies in print in the English language.
The Renegade Angels is a series of paranormal romance novels and novellas by American author Sylvia Day. The series is very dark and sexy where angels, vampires and lycans are all fighting for the balance of power.
Marked is an urban fantasy/paranormal romance series by American novelist S.J. Day (Sylvia Day). The series is a departure from Sylvia Day’s erotic romance novels, hence why she uses the S.J. pen name. The series follows Evangeline Hollis, who after spending a night with a bad boy changed her into a totally different girl.
The Georgian series is an erotic historical romance series by American novelist Sylvia Day. The series is set in England during the Regency period.
Sylvia Day is an American author of romance (erotic, paranormal, historical and contemporary) and fantasy novels. She also uses the pen names of S.J. Day and Livia Dare. She is best known for her Crossfire series, but has several other series, including Renegade Angels, Georgian and Marked. Before becoming an author, Sylvia worked as a […]
Joe Sixsmith is the central character in a series of crime fiction novels by English author Reginald Hill. Sixsmith was a lathe operator who is now a private investigator. The series is set in Luton, England.