She has also written the Hakim and Arnold and the Ten Bells Street series, the latter under the pen name Mary Collins.
[3] Her father had lived through World War II and witnessed the carpet bombing during The Blitz in the early 1940s.
Disused railway buildings, derelict houses, abandoned sheds" and even "on what we called 'bomb sites', massive craters in the ground where bombs had fallen.
She has also worked with sexually abused teenagers and taught psychology in schools and colleges, and was the patron of The Acorn Group in Shrewsbury,[6][7] a charity (now apparently closed following a cut in funding[8][9]) caring for those in emotional and mental distress.
Nadel next signed a three-book contract with Hodder Headline,[10] with her debut novel Belshazzar's Daughter being published that year.
The two main characters develop flaws as the series progresses, as Nadel explains, "People do get angry, have affairs, experience envy and have less than satisfactory relationships with their families in real life.
[13] The series follows private investigator Lee Arnold and his British Bangladeshi assistant Mumtaz Hakim.
In June 2020, it was announced that Miramax TV and ViacomCBS International Studios would produce a television adaptation of the Çetin İkmen novels entitled The Turkish Detective.
Acclaimed Turkish actor Haluk Bilginer stars as İkmen, alongside Ethan Kai as Mehmet Süleyman, and Yasemin Allen as Ayşe Farsakoğlu.