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Barnard, Robert
Robert Barnard was an English crime writer and scholar of international fame. He was born in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. In 1956, he went up to Oxford to read literature, possibly encouraged by his father who wrote unremarkable romances and young adult books. After graduating in 1959, Barnard taught at university in Australia 1961–1966. He married Louise Tabor there in 1963. They were making p...
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André Brunel
Gender: Male
Wealthy French private detective, living in a country mansion which is managed by his butler Prosper. André Brunel is about 35 years old, of average height, with neatly barbered hair which has started to go grey on his forehead, and has a rather square-set pale face. He is primarily interested in cases which seem to be inexplicable or supernatural and he solves them through logical deduction in ...