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Robert William Arthur Cook (12 June 1931 – 30 July 1994), better known since the 1980s by his pen name Derek Raymond, was an English crime writer, credited with being a founder of British noir.Cook published He Died With His Eyes Open (1984) under the pen name of Derek Raymond. He adopted his new pseudonym because he did not want to be confused with the other Robin Cook, best-selling author of Coma, “nor with the bloody shadow minister for health, come to that”. In France, his books kept being published under his real name, generating some confusion with the American novelist.The book inaugurated the Factory series, nominal police procedurals narrated by the unnamed protagonist, a sergeant at London Metropolitan Police’s Department of Unexplained Deaths, also known as A14. A14 handles the crummy lowlife murders, in contrast with attention-grabbing homicides handled by the prestigious Serious Crimes Division, better known as Scotland Yard. It is “by far the most unpopular and shunned branch of the service” (He Died With His Eyes Open, p. 6). As befits his lowly professional standing and departmental affiliation, the detective is surly, sarcastic, and insubordinate. His first case in

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Author

Derek Raymond

Published

2011

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Mystery, Fiction

Rating

3.79 / 5 (88 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14