by The Purloined Letter Society (International)
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| Author ↑ ↓ | Rating ↑ ↓ | Char. ↑ ↓ | Place ↑ ↓ | Period ↑ ↓ | Additonal Information |
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| Gulick, Robert van |
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O | China | 1200's (?) | Set in medieval China. Investigator is a magistrate. |
| Hilton, John Buxton |
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PO | England | 1870's - 1970's | Historical novels are more interesting than the contemporary ones. |
| Conan Doyle, Arthur |
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PI | England (mainly) | 1880's - 1900's | Only short stories featuring 'Sherlock Holmes' are rated *. |
| Chesterton, G K |
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O | UK & Europe | 1910's - 1920's | Only stories featuring 'Father Brown' are rated ** |
| Sayers, Dorothy |
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O | UK | 1910's - 1940's | Only "Nine Tailors" and "Gaudy Night" are rated **. All others are rated *. |
| Dine, S S van |
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O | USA (East Coast) | 1920's - 1930's | "Upper-class" settings; convoluted plotting. |
| Freeman, Austin |
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O | England | 1920's - 1930's | |
| Hammett, Dashiel |
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PI | USA (California) | 1920's - 1940's | |
| 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 * |
| Queen, Ellery |
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O | USA (East Coast) | 1920's - 1960's | Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. Only novels published prior to WWII are rated * |
| Kerr, Philip |
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PI | Germany and Argentina. | 1930's - 1940's | Only the novels featuring 'Gunther' are rated ** |
| Chandler, Raymond |
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PI | USA (California) | 1930's - 1950's | |
| Hare, Cyril |
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O | England | 1930's - 1950's | "Tenant for Death"is not recommended. |
| Innes, Michael |
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PO | England | 1930's - 1960's? | Clever plotting; socially and intellectually snobbish |
| Crispin, Edmund |
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O | England | 1930's - 1970's | Style dated but plottng clever and some mildly droll humour |
| Simenon, Georges (T) |
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PO | France (mainly) | 1930's - 1970's | Only novels featuring 'Maigret' are of interest as crime fiction. Novels set in the US are not rated ***. |
| Himes, Chester |
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PO | USA (Harlem) | 1940's - 1960's | |
| Macdonald, Ross |
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PI | USA (California) | 1940's - 1970's | |
| Waugh, Hillary |
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PO | USA (Connecticutt) | 1940's - 1970's | Only novels featuring 'Fellows' are rated **; others are rated *. |
| Gores, Joe |
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PI | USA (California) | 1950's - | Only novels featuring 'Kearney' are rated * |
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