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