Daniel (Daniil) Kluger, russian: Даниэль (Даниил) Мусеевич Клугер (born October 8, 1951) is an Israeli writer in science fiction and detective genres. He writes in Russian language. Born in the former

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). Graduated from Simferopol State University as physicist. Began to publish his works in the 1970s. Author of books The Cruel Sun («Жестокое солнце», изд."Таврия", 1989), The Silent Guest («Молчаливый гость», «Текст», 1991), The Trap for the Sleuth («Западня для сыщика», «Искатель», 1998), Those Who Crossed the River («Перешедшие реку», ХАМА, 2000), several detective novels - Death in Caesarea (« Смерть в Кесарии»), Unpredicted Murder («Непредсказанное убийство») etc., as well as an essay on history of classical detective stories - The Baskerville Mystery («Баскервильская мистерия», «Текст», 2005). His last work,

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's Last Act («Последний выход Шейлока», 2005) is a detective story that takes place in a Jewish ghetto during the World War II, where heroes, witnesses and the murderer end their lives in

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Bibliography

# The Cruel Sun (Simpheropol: Tavria Publishers, 1989) # The Silent Guest (Moscow: Text, 1991) # The Trap for the Sleuth (Moscow: Iskatel, 1998) # To Cross the River (Jerusalem: CHAMA, 2000) # Death in Caesarea (Moscow: Vagrius, 2001) # The Deadly Masquerade (Moscow: Vagrius, 2001) # A Millennium on Loan (co-authored with Alexander Rybalka; Moscow: Armada-Press, 2001) # Escape from the Art School (Moscow: Veche, 2002) # Magical Affairs (Moscow: AST-Astrel, 2003) # Satan's Harbor (Kiev: "U kamina", 2004) # The Baskerville Mystery (Moscow: Text, 2005) # Shylock's Last Act (Moscow: Text, 2006) # Liszt's Twentieth Rhapsody, co-authored with Vitali Babenko under the joint pen name Vitali Danilin (Moscow: Club 36.6, 2006) # Lilac's Fourth Victim, co-authored with Vitali Babenko under the joint pen name Vitali Danilin (Moscow: Club 36.6, 2007). # Mystery of Captain Nemo (Lomonosov, 2010) # Flying In the Dark Chambers, Coming In the Night ("Milky Way", Jerusalem, 2013)

External links

* http://www.israbard.net/israbard/personview.php?person_id=1051283268 Biography in Russian * http://www.notes.co.il/eshed/37695.asp Interview in Hebrew {{DEFAULTSORT:Kluger, Daniel Jewish Israeli writers 1951 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli novelists Israeli crime fiction writers Israeli science fiction writers Soviet Jews Russian-language writers Ukrainian Jews Ukrainian emigrants to Israel Detective fiction writers Crime fiction writers Mystery writers Israeli male writers