Crime Fiction Ratings

by The Purloined Letter Society (International)

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Ratings:

1 star Of some literary quality
2 star Of substantial literary quality
3 star Exceptional

Keys:

(T) Translated from language other than English
PI Private investigator
PO Police officer(s)
O Other

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Author   Rating   Char.   Place   Period   Additonal Information
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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