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Reichs, Kathy

Kathleen Joan Reichs, better known as Kathy Reichs, is a prominent anthropologist and professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte. She is guest lecturer at several other universities, she is consulted by the United Nations and she is also the author of a series of international bestsellers about the forensic scientist and anthropologist...

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John Thorndyke

Gender: Male

A classic in crime literature, regarded as the first ‘scientific’ detective. Dr John Evelyn Thorndyke not only has degrees in Law and Medicine, he is also a forensic technician and pathologist, explains R. Austin Freeman in his books. Thorndyke is tall and strong, he is handsome, has exceptionally good eyesight and hearing, and a clever laboratory assistant called Polton.

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