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Roderick Thorp, a best-selling author of detective novels probably best known for the books “Die Hard” and “The Detective,” has died.!

Roderick Thorp is known as an Characters, Novel, Actor, Book, and Writer.

Nothing Lasts Forever (Basis for the film Die Hard) Roderick Thorp, High atop a Los Angeles skyscraper, an office Christmas party turns into a.

Roderick Thorp, a best-selling author of detective novels probably best known for the books “Die Hard” and “The Detective,” has died.

A first edition, first printing of 'Nothing Lasts Forever' by Roderick Thorp, published by WW Norton in A very good book a little rubbed to the edges.

He was an actor, known for The Master of Bankdam (), Secret People () and Libel!

Roderick Mayne Thorp Edit Profile

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Roderick Mayne Thorp was an American novelist and writer. He specialized mainly in crime novels.

Background

Roderick Mayne Thorp was born on September 1, 1936, in New York City.

He was the son of Roderick Mayne and Irene Elizabeth (Rehill) Thorp.

Suspected of killing at least 50 young women in the Seattle-Portland area in the s, the Green River Killer has never been caught--until now.

Education

Thorp received a Bachelor of Arts at the City College of New York in 1957.

Career

As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father.

He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.

His film "Die Hard" was relatively faithful to "Nothing Lasts Forever", so it was not made as a sequel to the film version of "The Detective".

Two other Thorp novels, "Rainbow Drive" and "Devlin", were adapted into TV movies.

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