The Pacific plate moves northwestward relative to the North American plate, which causes earthquakes along the fault.ities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco are located along the San Andreas fault line. This marks the plate marg â¦ in between the Pacific plate and the North American Plate.
The greatest spy novels ever written. From Fleming and le CarrÃ© to Graham Greene, novelist Alan Judd picks his favourite fictional spies. Ian Fleming's first Bond novel, Casino Royale, tapped into the global yearning for glamorous adventure Photo: Everett Collection/REX.
Legendary detective novelist and occasional screenwriter. Created Philip Marlowe. Died midway through writing his last Philip Marlowe novel, Poodle Springs, in 1959. More than three decades later, it was completed by Chandler admirer Robert B. Parker (author of the Spenser novels), and became a best-seller. Encouraged Ian Fleming to continue writing his James Bond novels in the mid 1950s by writing a few words of recommendation to Fleming's American publishers.