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After a career spent working as a chief financial officer and controller, Boston College graduate Robert Ainsworth ’75 decided to write mysteries. He created the character of Harry Bartlett, a financial executive turned fraud detective. Bartlett has appeared in four … Continue reading →

Late Boston College alumnus and Professor of English John McAleer ’45 created the literary characters Henry von Stray, a London private detective, and his collaborator, Professor John Dilpate, during the 1930s—a period known as Golden Age of detective fiction. A … Continue reading →