Barbara Nadel ?-   Barbara Nadel was born in London. She trained as an actress, but now works as a mental health advocate for the mentally disordered in a psychiatric hospital. She is the creator of: 1. 'Çetin Ikmen', an Inspector in Istanbul. 2. 'Francis Hancock', an undertaker in London in the 1940s.

Titles and year of publication:
 

‘Çetin Ikmen’ Novels
1) Belshazzar's Daughter	1999
2) A Chemical Prison (US Title: The Ottoman Cage)	2000
3) Arabesk	2001
4) Deep Waters	2002
5) Harem	2003
6) Petrified	2004
7) Deadly Web (Silver Dagger Award)	2005
8) Dance with Death	2006
9) A Passion for Killing	2007
10) Pretty Dead Things	2007
11) River of the Dead	2009
12) Death by Design	2010
13) A Noble Killing	2011
14) Dead of Night	2012
'Francis Hancock' Novels
1) Last Rights	2005
2) After the Mourning	2006
3) Ashes to Ashes	2008
4) Sure and Certain Death	2009
Other Novels
1) A Private Business	2012