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Sample of authors
Nadel, Barbara
Barbara Nadel is a British author of detective stories. She has offered little information about her personal details. Barbara Nadel is probably not her real name, and she has so far not made her year of birth public. The only information she has revealed is that she was born and raised in the East End of London. She has a degree in psychology, and she has taught the subject. She has also worked...
Literary figures
Burke
Gender: Male
He is a violent and tough ‘private’ crime-fighter (without a licence) in New York. Like his creator, lawyer Andrew Vachss, he combats sex criminals, predominantly paedophiles, Burke – his first name is never mentioned – has himself had a tragic childhood during which he was sexually abused, and has also been in prison. He surrounds himself with an odd ‘family’ consisting of other former prison inm...