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“Any faithful account of police investigations, in even the most spectacular homicide case would be abysmally dull. I should have thought you'd seen enough of the game to realize that. The files are a plethora of drab details, most of them entirely irrelevant. Your crime novelist gets over all that by writing grandly about routine work and then seleting the essentials. Quite rightly. He'd be the world's worst bore if he did otherwise.”

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Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio Marsh

Ngaio Marsh, a renowned British detective fiction writer, was born on April 23, 1895, in New Zealand, and passed away on February 18, 1982. Her works are known for their intricate plots and complex character development, having a profound impact on the development of detective fiction. more

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