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Portrait image of Dorothy Uhnak Photo: Colin McConnell /Toronto Star via Getty Images (1978)

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Uhnak, Dorothy

Dorothy Uhnak was an American detective and creator of police procedural fiction. She was born Dorothy Goldstein in the Bronx, New York, where she lived all her life. Her father was a projectionist who occasionally cooperated with the police when they needed to consult a movie expert. His daughter became fascinated with police procedure and soon became a fixture at the local precinct where she...

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Timo Harjunpää

Gender: Male

Clever and honest detective sergeant in the Helsinki police, but not particularly flexible or diplomatic in his manner, which gives him problems with the top brass. He is middle-aged, and has economic problems as well as three children with his wife, Elisa, who is going through a religious revival. Author Matti Joensuu reveals that Timo Harjunpää’s secret, great dream is to open a pet shop.

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