Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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)