Oxfam Whodunnit quiz

[pdm1]

Answers are all one word, the name , whether surname or first name, of either the author or of a character in book,TV series or film of the crime or similar genre. First letters of the answer are given.

Any help with these three would be appreciated

1 ) Is that a stocking I hear ? L---- ( 5)

2 ) His fights were in Brooklyn not in East London ! M------ (7)

3) Get your bearing on this . W--- (4 )

[sandyRoe]

1 is there a detective, Lisle?

[sandyRoe]

There is. A character created by Janet Laurence who first appeared in A deepe coffyn (1989)

[boxtops]

I wondered that, sandy

[boxtops]

3 West?

[mazie]

Marlowe (phillip) ?

[slaney]

2. Marlowe - maybe Stephen detective writer born Brooklyn - not Christopher Marlowe who died in a fight in East London.