She described her work as "the literary equivalent of a hyperactive, ginger-haired tap-dancing 10-year-old".

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The man was white, between 40 and 50 years old, 5ft 8ins to 5ft 9ins, of slim build with blonde or reddish short cropped hair and a wispy ginger beard.

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