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Wheatley, Dennis
The British author and wine merchant Dennis Yeats Wheatley was one of the foremost 20th century authors of thrillers and occult novels. He was born in south London to a family that owned a wine business. He started at Dulwich College, London, in 1908, but he was expelled a year later for his attitude to his teachers and interest in everything that did not have anything to do with his formal...
Literary figures
Hilda Adams
Gender: Female
She is a young, attractive and also well-educated and experienced nurse, and her friend Detective Inspector Patton calls her ‘Miss Pinkerton’. Hilda Adams looks after wealthy patients in their homes, and she gets an infallible feeling when something is wrong – and thanks to her own investigations she can give the police decisive clues. Mary Roberts Rinehart has written two novels about her.