by The Purloined Letter Society (International)
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| Lovesey, Peter |
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PO | England | 1980's - | Only the novels featuring 'Diamond' are rated **. Flawed by implausible elements in otherwise conventional storylines. "The Stone Wife" is not recommended. |
| Lutz, John |
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PI | USA (Florida) | 1980's - | |
| Lyons, Arthur |
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PI | USA (California) | 1980's - | 'At the hands of another' is not rated *. |
| Macdonald, Ross |
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PI | USA (California) | 1940's - 1970's | |
| Maitland, Barry |
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PO | England | 1990's - | Only novels featuring 'Brock and Kolla' or Belltree are recommended. 'Silvermeadow' is not recommended. |
| Maloney, Shane |
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O | Australia (Victoria) | 1990's - | Mildly pornographic."Something Fishy" is not recommended. |
| Mankell, Henning (T) |
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PO | Sweden | 1990's - | Only novels featuring 'Wallander' are recommended. There is a significant element of fantasy in many of these novels: they are more akin to "thrillers". |
| Marshall, William |
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PO | Hongkong & Manilla | 1970's - | Unconventional humour; eccentric writing style. |
| Mayor, Archer |
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PO | USA (Vermont) | 1980's - | |
| McBain, Ed |
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PO | USA (New York & Florida) | 1960's - | Pseudonym of Evan Hunter, also writer of general novels. Only earlier novels (to 1970?) are rated *. |
| McClure, James |
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PO | South Africa | 1970's - | Features a 'partnership' between an Africaaner and a Bantu investigator. |
| McDonald, John D |
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PI | USA | 1950's - 1980's | |
| McGilloway, Brian |
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PO | Ireland | 2000's - | |
| Montalban, Manuel V (T) |
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PI | Spain | 1970's - | Somewhat pretentious "literary" style. Spanish cuisine a feature. Mildly pornographic. "The man of my life" is not recommended. |
| Mosley, Walter |
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O | USA (California) | 1980's - | Only the novels featuring 'Easy Rawlins' are rated *. Main theme is that racial prejudice justifies criminality; one of main characters is a violent criminal - not for everyone! |
| Nabb, Magdalen |
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PO | Italy (Florence) | 1980's - | Style a little precious; excellent in other respects.'Property of Blood' is rated * |
| Nadel, Barbara |
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PO | Turkey | 1990's - | Only novels set in Turkey are rated *. Marred by pornographic titillation and sentimantality. |
| Nesser, Hakan (T) |
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PO | Sweden | 1990's - | Only novels featuring "Van Veeteren" are crime fiction and are rated **. Plottting and characterisation are excellent; marred by psycholical maundering. |
| Paretsky, Sara |
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PI | USA (Chicago) | 1980's - | Some novels end in violent fantasies. |
| Parker, Robert B |
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PI | USA (Boston) | 1960's - | Only novels featuring 'Spenser' are rated * |
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