by The Purloined Letter Society (International)
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Pears, Iain | 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 | PO | USA | 1970's - | Set mainly on Navajo reservations.Extensive native american cultural and religious background, Marred by unlikely physical heriocs. | |
Greenwood, John | 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) | PO | Sweden | 2000's - | Rather like the curate's egg; flawed by excessive, morbid psychological maundering and unlikely physical encounters; mildly pornographic. | |
Disher, Garry | PO | South-Eastern Australia | 1990's - | Only novels featuring 'Challis' are rated **. "Whispering Death" is not recommended. | |
Dibdin, Michael | PO | Italy | 1980's - | Only some novels featuring 'Zen' are rated **. . | |
Dexter, Colin | PO | England (Oxford) | 1970's - 2000's | ||
Haymon, S T | PO | England (East Anglia) | 1980's - 1990's | Tedious domestic and sentimental detail | |
Gill, Bartholemew | PO | Ireland | 1970's - | The later novels are not recommended. | |
Freeling, Nicholas | PO | Netherlands & France | 1960's - 1990's | Only novels featuring 'van der Valk', 'Arlette' and 'Castaing' are rated *** | |
Hill, Reginald | 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 | PO | USA (Pennsylvania) | 1960's - | "Bottom Liner Blues" is not rated ***. | |
Sten, Viveca | PO | Sweden | 2000's - | ||
Hilton, John Buxton | PO | England | 1870's - 1970's | Historical novels are more interesting than the contemporary ones. | |
Garcia-Roza, Luiz (T) | PO | Brazil | 2000's - | Above average in most criteria but marred by pornographic sadism. | |
Himes, Chester | PO | USA (Harlem) | 1940's - 1960's | ||
Camilleri, Andrea (T) | PO | Sicily | 1990's - | 'August Heat' & 'A Beam of Light' are not rated ***. | |
Burns, Rex | PO | USA (Denver and rural Colorado) | 1970's - | ||
Burke, James Lee | PO | USA (Louisiana) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Robicheaux' are rated **.'Swan Peak' is rated *. | |
Brady, John | PO | Eireland/Austria | 1980's - | Only the early novels featuring "Minogue" are rated ***. Novels featuring "Kimmel" are rated **. |
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