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| Wright, Eric |
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PO | Canada (Toronto) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Salter' or 'Picket' are rated ** |
| Wingfield, R D |
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PO | England | 1980's - | Droll English humour |
| Williams, Timothy |
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PO | Italy | 1980's - | "The Second day of the Renaissance" is not of the same quality as the other Trotti novels. The Gaudalope series are rated only **. |
| Wetering, Willem van der |
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PO | Netherlands (mainly) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Gripstra' and 'de Gier', set in Holland, are rated *** |
| Waugh, Hillary |
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PO | USA (Connecticutt) | 1940's - 1970's | Only novels featuring 'Fellows' are rated **; others are rated *. |
| Watson, Colin |
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PO | England (East Anglia) | 1960's - 1980's | Verging on satire; "Öne Man's Meat" is not rated **. |
| Wahloo, Per (T) |
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PO | Sweden (mainly) | 1960's - 1970's | Co-written with Maj Sjowall. Only novels featuring 'Martin Beck' are rated ***. |
| Vichi, Marco (T) |
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PO | Italy (Florence) | 1960 's | Marred by some sexual tittilation. "Ghosts of the Past" is excessively sentimental. |
| Vargas, Fred (T) |
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PO | France | 2000's - | There is no concensus about this writer; some members would award her ***. The validity of the element of fantasy in the novels is the matter of contention. |
| Varesi, Valerio (T) |
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PO | Northern Italy | 2000's - | Political themes; some pretentious philosophising. "Gold, Frankincense and Dust" is not of ** quality. |
| Upfield, Arthur |
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PO | Australia | 1920's - 1950's | Writing style naive; characterisations sentimental, ingenuous. Only novels set in the outback and involving tribal aborigines are rated * |
| Tursten, Helene (T) |
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PO | Sweden | 2000's - | Female investigator; morbid themes; marred by unlikely physical encounters. Only novels featuring Irene Huss are rated ** |
| Trocheck, Kathy Hogan |
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PI | USA (Atlanta) | 1990's - | Only novels featuring 'Garrity' are rated *. "Strange Brew" is not recommended. |
| Thomson, June |
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PO | England | 1980's - | |
| Temple, Peter |
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O | Australia (Victoria) | 1990's - | Only 'The Iron Rose' and 'Broken Shore' warrant an ** rating so far; other novels are rated *. Novels featuring 'Irish' are more 'thriller' than crime fiction. |
| Straley, John |
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PI | Alaska | 1990's - | |
| Sten, Viveca |
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PO | Sweden | 2000's - | |
| Staalesen, Gunnar (T) |
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PI | Norway | 1980's - | Some novels tend to be dissertations on sociology and morality as much as crime fiction; mildly pornographic; improbable physical heroics. "Fallen Angels" is not recommmended |
| Smith, Martin Cruz |
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PO | Russia and Americas | 1970's - | As much 'thrillers'as crime fiction. Only novels featuring 'Renko' are rated **. |
| Smith, Alexander McCall |
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PI | Botswana and Scotland | 1990's - | Woman private detective: homespun philosophy and morality. Only novels set in Botswana are rated **. |
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