Eric Wright is an author who has developed into one of Canada’s greatest mystery writers. Wright portrays Charlie Salter, the detective in his series of novels, as a heroic character. As defined in the dictionary a hero is... “A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person” ( Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary). In many of our novels today heroes are characterized by their romantic appeal, physical strength,and by valor in ba