by The Purloined Letter Society (International)
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| Author ↑ ↓ | Rating ↑ ↓ | Char. ↑ ↓ | Place ↑ ↓ | Period ↑ ↓ | Additonal Information |
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| Hammer, Lotte & Soren |
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PO | Denmark | 2000' - | As much "thrillers" as crime fiction. |
| Hammett, Dashiel |
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PI | USA (California) | 1920's - 1940's | |
| 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. |
| Haymon, S T |
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PO | England (East Anglia) | 1980's - 1990's | Tedious domestic and sentimental detail |
| Hill, Reginald |
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PO | England (Yorkshire) | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Pascoe and Dalziel' are recommended. Quality uneven, some early novels warrant *** but most recent novels have not maintained standard."Child's Play" is not recommended. |
| Hillerman, Tony |
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PO | USA | 1970's - | Set mainly on Navajo reservations.Extensive native american cultural and religious background, Marred by unlikely physical heriocs. |
| Hilton, John Buxton |
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PO | England | 1870's - 1970's | Historical novels are more interesting than the contemporary ones. |
| Himes, Chester |
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PO | USA (Harlem) | 1940's - 1960's | |
| Horst, Jorn Lier |
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PO | Norway | 2000 's - | Secondary investigator is daughter journalist |
| Hurley, Graham |
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PO | UK (Portsmouth) | 1990's - | Stories told substantially from viewpoint of criminals. Well done but not for some tastes. |
| Indridason, Arnaldur (T) |
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PO | Iceland | 2000's - | The quality varies considerably; the best are worthy of **. "Operation Napoleon" is not crime fiction. |
| Innes, Michael |
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PO | England | 1930's - 1960's? | Clever plotting; socially and intellectually snobbish |
| Irvine, Robert |
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PI | USA (Utah) | 1980's - | Misogynistic bias?; or telling it like it really is? |
| James, P D |
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PO | England | 1960's - | Only earlier novels are rated *. Clever plotting but snobbish, mannered style. |
| Kaminsky, Stuart M |
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PO | Russia | 1970's - | Only novels featuring 'Rostnikov' are rated ** |
| Keating, H R F |
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PO | India and England | 1960's - | Only novels featuring 'Ghote' are rated * |
| Kerr, Philip |
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PI | Germany and Argentina. | 1930's - 1940's | Only the novels featuring 'Gunther' are rated ** |
| Lathen, Emma |
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O | USA | 1960's - | |
| Leon, Donna |
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PO | Italy (Venice) | 1990's - |
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