by The Purloined Letter Society (International)
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| Author ↑ ↓ | Rating ↑ ↓ | Char. ↑ ↓ | Place ↑ ↓ | Period ↑ ↓ | Additonal Information |
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| Conan Doyle, Arthur |
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PI | England (mainly) | 1880's - 1900's | Only short stories featuring 'Sherlock Holmes' are rated *. |
| Gores, Joe |
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PI | USA (California) | 1950's - | Only novels featuring 'Kearney' are rated * |
| Dine, S S van |
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O | USA (East Coast) | 1920's - 1930's | "Upper-class" settings; convoluted plotting. |
| Grafton, Sue |
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PI | USA (California) | 1980's - | Only novels to "K" are rated * |
| Greenleaf, Stephen |
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PI | USA (San Francisco) | 1970's - | Only the earlier novels featuring 'Tanner' are rated ** |
| Emerson, Earl |
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PI | USA (Seattle) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Black' are rated *. |
| Hammett, Dashiel |
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PI | USA (California) | 1920's - 1940's | |
| Crispin, Edmund |
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O | England | 1930's - 1970's | Style dated but plottng clever and some mildly droll humour |
| Eriksson, Kjell (T) |
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PO | Sweden | 2000's - | Rather like the curate's egg; flawed by excessive, morbid psychological maundering and unlikely physical encounters; mildly pornographic. "Open Grave" is not recommended. |
| Corris, Peter |
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PI | Australia | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Hardy' are rated * |
| Estleman, Loren |
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PI | USA (Detroit) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Walker' are rated *. |
| Barnes, Linda |
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PI | USA | 1970's - | |
| Cody, Liza |
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PI | England (mainly) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Anna Lee' are rated * |
| Hansen, Joseph |
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PI | USA (California) | 1970's - 2000's | Significant element of sexual politics |
| Hare, Cyril |
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O | England | 1930's - 1950's | "Tenant for Death"is not recommended. |
| Campbell, Robert |
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PI/O | USA | 1980's - | Novels set in California are more interesting than others |
| Freeman, Austin |
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O | England | 1920's - 1930's | |
| Haymon, S T |
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PO | England (East Anglia) | 1980's - 1990's | Tedious domestic and sentimental detail |
| Gill, Bartholemew |
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PO | Ireland | 1970's - | The later novels are not recommended. |
| Block, Lawrence |
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PI | USA (East Coast) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Scudder' are rated * |
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