by The Purloined Letter Society (International)
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Dine, S S van | O | USA (East Coast) | 1920's - 1930's | "Upper-class" settings; convoluted plotting. | |
Disher, Garry | PO | South-Eastern Australia | 1990's - | Only novels featuring 'Challis' are rated **. "Whispering Death" is not recommended. | |
Ebersohn, Wessel | O | Southern Africa | 1970's - | Only novels in which Yudel Gordon is the 'principal' character are recommended | |
Edwardson, Ake (T) | PO | Sweden (Gothenberg) | 1990's - | Flawed by excess of morbid psychology and largely irrelevant padding. "Death Angels" is not recommended | |
Emerson, Earl | PI | USA (Seattle) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Black' are rated *. | |
Engel, Howard | PI | Canada | 1980's - | Authentic-feeling anglo-jewish milieu. | |
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. | |
Estleman, Loren | PI | USA (Detroit) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Walker' are rated *. | |
Forrest, Katherine V | PO | USA ( Los Angeles) | 1990's - | ||
Fowler, Christopher | PO | England | 1990's - | Eccentric, intellectual, British style,droll humour; only novels featuring 'Bryant' and 'May' are rated **. "Seventy-Seven Clocks" is not recommended | |
Freeling, Nicholas | PO | Netherlands & France | 1960's - 1990's | Only novels featuring 'van der Valk', 'Arlette' and 'Castaing' are rated *** | |
Freeman, Austin | O | England | 1920's - 1930's | ||
Garcia-Roza, Luiz (T) | PO | Brazil | 2000's - | Above average in most criteria but marred by pornographic sadism. | |
Gill, Bartholemew | PO | Ireland | 1970's - | The later novels are not recommended. | |
Gores, Joe | PI | USA (California) | 1950's - | Only novels featuring 'Kearney' are rated * | |
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 ** | |
Greenwood, John | PO | UK (Yorkshire) | 1960's - 1980's | Pseudonym of J B Hilton. 'Tongue in cheek' style Only novels featuring 'Mosley' are rated ** | |
Gulick, Robert van | O | China | 1200's (?) | Set in medieval China. Investigator is a magistrate. | |
Hammer, Lotte & Soren | PO | Denmark | 2000' - | As much "thrillers" as crime fiction. |
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