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Durbridge, Francis
The British crime writer Francis Durbridge was born in Hull in Yorkshire. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School in Bradford, and then at the University of Birmingham where he studied English and Economics and gained a degree in 1933. That same year he succeeded in selling his first radio playscript. He worked for a while at a stockbroking firm but subsequently devoted all his time to...
Literary figures
Frieda Klein
Gender: Female
She is a psychotherapist and curious, which is why she can’t refrain form delving deep into the problems of her patients – as well as her own problems. Freida Klein is in her twenties and lives in London. She suffers from insomnia and explores the darker sides of the city at night. In several books by Nicci French (pseudonym for Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) she cooperates with police detective M...