Quote of the day
How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
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)