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| Author ↑ ↓ | Rating ↑ ↓ | Char. ↑ ↓ | Place ↑ ↓ | Period ↑ ↓ | Additonal Information |
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| Straley, John |
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PI | Alaska | 1990'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 * |
| Corris, Peter |
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PI | Australia | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Hardy' are rated * |
| Maloney, Shane |
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O | Australia (Victoria) | 1990's - | Mildly pornographic."Something Fishy" is not recommended. |
| 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. |
| 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 **. |
| Garcia-Roza, Luiz (T) |
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PO | Brazil | 2000's - | Above average in most criteria but marred by pornographic sadism. |
| Engel, Howard |
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PI | Canada | 1980's - | Authentic-feeling anglo-jewish milieu. |
| Wright, Eric |
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PO | Canada (Toronto) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Salter' or 'Picket' are rated ** |
| Gulick, Robert van |
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O | China | 1200's (?) | Set in medieval China. Investigator is a magistrate. |
| Hammer, Lotte & Soren |
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PO | Denmark | 2000' - | As much "thrillers" as crime fiction. |
| Rankin, Ian |
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PO | Edinburgh | 1980's - | Marred by unlikely physical heroics. |
| Brady, John |
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PO | Eireland/Austria | 1980's - | Only the early novels featuring "Minogue" are rated ***. Novels featuring "Kimmel" are rated **. |
| James, P D |
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PO | England | 1960's - | Only earlier novels are rated *. Clever plotting but snobbish, mannered style. |
| Maitland, Barry |
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PO | England | 1990's - | Only novels featuring 'Brock and Kolla' or Belltree are recommended. 'Silvermeadow' is not recommended. |
| Crispin, Edmund |
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O | England | 1930's - 1970's | Style dated but plottng clever and some mildly droll humour |
| Lovesey, Peter |
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PO | England | 1980's - | Only the novels featuring 'Diamond' are rated **. Flawed by implausible elements in otherwise conventional storylines. "The Stone Wife" is not recommended. |
| Hilton, John Buxton |
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PO | England | 1870's - 1970's | Historical novels are more interesting than the contemporary ones. |
| Hare, Cyril |
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O | England | 1930's - 1950's | "Tenant for Death"is not recommended. |
| Freeman, Austin |
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O | England | 1920's - 1930's |
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