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Portrait of Barbara Nadel Photo: Oscar Elías /Album / TT (2004)

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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...

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John Thorndyke

Gender: Male

A classic in crime literature, regarded as the first ‘scientific’ detective. Dr John Evelyn Thorndyke not only has degrees in Law and Medicine, he is also a forensic technician and pathologist, explains R. Austin Freeman in his books. Thorndyke is tall and strong, he is handsome, has exceptionally good eyesight and hearing, and a clever laboratory assistant called Polton.

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