Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)