by The Purloined Letter Society (International)
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Mayor, Archer | PO | USA (Vermont) | 1980's - | ||
Irvine, Robert | PI | USA (Utah) | 1980's - | Misogynistic bias?; or telling it like it really is? | |
Emerson, Earl | PI | USA (Seattle) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Black' are rated *. | |
Greenleaf, Stephen | PI | USA (San Francisco) | 1970's - | Only the earlier novels featuring 'Tanner' are rated ** | |
Constantine, K C | PO | USA (Pennsylvania) | 1960's - | "Bottom Liner Blues" is not rated ***. | |
McBain, Ed | PO | USA (New York & Florida) | 1960's - | Pseudonym of Evan Hunter, also writer of general novels. Only earlier novels (to 1970?) are rated *. | |
Simon, Roger | PI | USA (mainly) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Moses Wine' are rated *. | |
Burke, James Lee | PO | USA (Louisiana) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Robicheaux' are rated **.'Swan Peak' is rated *. | |
Lewin, Michael Z | PI | USA (Indianapolis) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Albert Samson' are rated **, others * | |
Himes, Chester | PO | USA (Harlem) | 1940's - 1960's | ||
Lutz, John | PI | USA (Florida) | 1980's - | ||
Block, Lawrence | PI | USA (East Coast) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Scudder' are rated * | |
Dine, S S van | O | USA (East Coast) | 1920's - 1930's | "Upper-class" settings; convoluted plotting. | |
Queen, Ellery | O | USA (East Coast) | 1920's - 1960's | Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. Only novels published prior to WWII are rated * | |
Estleman, Loren | PI | USA (Detroit) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Walker' are rated *. | |
Burns, Rex | PO | USA (Denver and rural Colorado) | 1970's - | ||
Waugh, Hillary | PO | USA (Connecticutt) | 1940's - 1970's | Only novels featuring 'Fellows' are rated **; others are rated *. | |
Paretsky, Sara | PI | USA (Chicago) | 1980's - | Some novels end in violent fantasies. | |
Gores, Joe | PI | USA (California) | 1950's - | Only novels featuring 'Kearney' are rated * | |
Chandler, Raymond | PI | USA (California) | 1930's - 1950's |
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