B. M. Gill (Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction)
Principal Series
The Tom Maybridge series, 1980-1985.
Principal Series Characters
Detective Chief Inspector Tom Maybridge is married to Meg, an English expert in Restoration prose. They have one grown son, whose name is not given. Maybridge is described as “a benign-looking middle-aged man, short-legged and big-paunched … more impressive when seated.” He wears gold-rimmed glasses and has a steady, piercing gaze that he uses to unnerve suspects during interrogation. A gentle, caring man, he appears cold and impersonal, but in reality he gets too emotionally...
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