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| Pears, Iain |
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PO/O | Italy (mainly) | 1980's - | Fine Arts' theme. Only novels featuring 'di Stefano'. and 'Argyll' are rated *.'The Bernini Bust' is not rated * |
| Hillerman, Tony |
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PO | USA | 1970's - | Set mainly on Navajo reservations.Extensive native american cultural and religious background, Marred by unlikely physical heriocs. |
| Greenwood, John |
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PO | UK (Yorkshire) | 1960's - 1980's | Pseudonym of J B Hilton. 'Tongue in cheek' style Only novels featuring 'Mosley' are rated ** |
| Eriksson, Kjell (T) |
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PO | Sweden | 2000's - | Rather like the curate's egg; flawed by excessive, morbid psychological maundering and unlikely physical encounters; mildly pornographic. |
| Disher, Garry |
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PO | South-Eastern Australia | 1990's - | Only novels featuring 'Challis' are rated **. "Whispering Death" is not recommended. |
| Dibdin, Michael |
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PO | Italy | 1980's - | Only some novels featuring 'Zen' are rated **. . |
| Dexter, Colin |
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PO | England (Oxford) | 1970's - 2000's | |
| Haymon, S T |
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PO | England (East Anglia) | 1980's - 1990's | Tedious domestic and sentimental detail |
| Gill, Bartholemew |
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PO | Ireland | 1970's - | The later novels are not recommended. |
| Freeling, Nicholas |
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PO | Netherlands & France | 1960's - 1990's | Only novels featuring 'van der Valk', 'Arlette' and 'Castaing' are rated *** |
| Hill, Reginald |
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PO | England (Yorkshire) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Pascoe and Dalziel' are recommended. Quality uneven, some early novels warrant *** but most recent novels have not maintained standard."Child's Play" is not recommended. |
| Constantine, K C |
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PO | USA (Pennsylvania) | 1960's - | "Bottom Liner Blues" is not rated ***. |
| Dahl, Arne |
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PO | Sweden | 1990's - | |
| Hilton, John Buxton |
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PO | England | 1870's - 1970's | Historical novels are more interesting than the contemporary ones. |
| Garcia-Roza, Luiz (T) |
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PO | Brazil | 2000's - | Above average in most criteria but marred by pornographic sadism. |
| Himes, Chester |
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PO | USA (Harlem) | 1940's - 1960's | |
| Camilleri, Andrea (T) |
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PO | Sicily | 1990's - | 'August Heat' & 'A Beam of Light' are not rated ***. |
| Burns, Rex |
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PO | USA (Denver and rural Colorado) | 1970's - | |
| Burke, James Lee |
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PO | USA (Louisiana) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Robicheaux' are rated **.'Swan Peak' is rated *. |
| Brady, John |
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PO | Eireland/Austria | 1980's - | Only the early novels featuring "Minogue" are rated ***. Novels featuring "Kimmel" are rated **. |
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