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| Author ↑ ↓ | Rating ↑ ↓ | Char. ↑ ↓ | Place ↑ ↓ | Period ↑ ↓ | Additonal Information |
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| Gulick, Robert van |
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O | China | 1200's (?) | Set in medieval China. Investigator is a magistrate. |
| Wetering, Willem van der |
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PO | Netherlands (mainly) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Gripstra' and 'de Gier', set in Holland, are rated *** |
| Freeling, Nicholas |
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PO | Netherlands & France | 1960's - 1990's | Only novels featuring 'van der Valk', 'Arlette' and 'Castaing' are rated *** |
| Williams, Timothy |
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PO | Italy | 1980's - | "The Second day of the Renaissance" is not of the same quality as the other Trotti novels. The Gaudalope series are rated only **. |
| Persson, Lief G W (T) |
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PO | Sweden | 2000's - | Espoinage element. Droll, politically-incorrect humour. Mildly pornographic. |
| Dexter, Colin |
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PO | England (Oxford) | 1970's - 2000's | |
| Wahloo, Per (T) |
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PO | Sweden (mainly) | 1960's - 1970's | Co-written with Maj Sjowall. Only novels featuring 'Martin Beck' are rated ***. |
| Cotterill, Colin |
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O | Laos | 2000's - | Only early novels featuring Dr Siri are rated ***; |
| Sjowal, Maj (T) |
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PO | Sweden (mainly) | 1960's - 1970's | Co-written with Per Wahloo (husband). |
| Constantine, K C |
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PO | USA (Pennsylvania) | 1960's - | "Bottom Liner Blues" is not rated ***. |
| Leon, Donna |
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PO | Italy (Venice) | 1990's - | |
| Simenon, Georges (T) |
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PO | France (mainly) | 1930's - 1970's | Only novels featuring 'Maigret' are of interest as crime fiction. Novels set in the US are not rated ***. |
| McClure, James |
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PO | South Africa | 1970's - | Features a 'partnership' between an Africaaner and a Bantu investigator. |
| Camilleri, Andrea (T) |
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PO | Sicily | 1990's - | 'August Heat' & 'A Beam of Light' are not rated ***. |
| Brady, John |
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PO | Eireland/Austria | 1980's - | Only the early novels featuring "Minogue" are rated ***. Novels featuring "Kimmel" are rated **. |
| Himes, Chester |
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PO | USA (Harlem) | 1940's - 1960's | |
| Chesterton, G K |
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O | UK & Europe | 1910's - 1920's | Only stories featuring 'Father Brown' are rated ** |
| Chandler, Raymond |
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PI | USA (California) | 1930's - 1950's | |
| Burns, Rex |
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PO | USA (Denver and rural Colorado) | 1970's - | |
| Burke, James Lee |
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PO | USA (Louisiana) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Robicheaux' are rated **.'Swan Peak' is rated *. |
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