Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Roderick Thorp

Born: September 1, 1936
Died: April 28, 1999 (aged 62)
Bio: Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/ crime novels.
Known for:
- Nothing Lasts Forever (1979)
- The Detective (1966)
- Jenny and Barnum (1981)
- River: A Novel of the Green River Killings (1993)
- Rainbow Drive (1986)