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| Pears, Iain |
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PO/O | Italy (mainly) | 1980's - | Fine Arts' theme. Only novels featuring 'di Stefano'. and 'Argyll' are rated *.'The Bernini Bust' is not rated * |
| Persson, Lief G W (T) |
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PO | Sweden | 2000's - | Espoinage element. Droll, politically-incorrect humour. Mildly pornographic. |
| Pronzini, Bill |
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PI | USA (California) | 1970's - | |
| Queen, Ellery |
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O | USA (East Coast) | 1920's - 1960's | Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. Only novels published prior to WWII are rated * |
| Radley, Sheila |
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PO | England (East Anglia) | 1970's - 1990's | Only novels featuring 'Quantrill' are rated *. "Cross my heart and hope to die" is not recommended. |
| Rankin, Ian |
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PO | Edinburgh | 1980's - | Marred by unlikely physical heroics. |
| Rendell, Ruth |
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PO | England (Southern) | 1960's - | Only the earlier novels featuring 'Wexford' are rated **. The more recent novels are flawed by domestic sentimentality. |
| Robinson, Peter |
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PO | England | 1990' - | Only novels featuring "Banks" are rated *. "Friend of the Devil", "Bad Boy" and "Children of the Revolution" are not recommended. Flawed by unlikely physical heroics. |
| Satterthwait, Walter |
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PI | USA | 1990's - | 'Wilde West' excluded from rating. |
| Sayers, Dorothy |
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O | UK | 1910's - 1940's | Only "Nine Tailors" and "Gaudy Night" are rated **. All others are rated *. |
| Sigurdardottir, Yrsa (T) |
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O | Iceland & Greenland | 2000's - | Only novels featuring Thora Gudmundsdottir are of interest as crime fiction or are rated *. "The Legacy" is not recommended. |
| 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 ***. |
| Simon, Roger |
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PI | USA (mainly) | 1980's - | Only novels featuring 'Moses Wine' are rated *. |
| Sjowal, Maj (T) |
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PO | Sweden (mainly) | 1960's - 1970's | Co-written with Per Wahloo (husband). |
| Smith, Alexander McCall |
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PI | Botswana and Scotland | 1990's - | Woman private detective: homespun philosophy and morality. Only novels set in Botswana are rated **. |
| Smith, Martin Cruz |
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PO | Russia and Americas | 1970's - | As much 'thrillers'as crime fiction. Only novels featuring 'Renko' are rated **. |
| Staalesen, Gunnar (T) |
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PI | Norway | 1980's - | Some novels tend to be dissertations on sociology and morality as much as crime fiction; mildly pornographic; improbable physical heroics. "Fallen Angels" is not recommmended |
| Sten, Viveca |
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PO | Sweden | 2000's - | |
| Straley, John |
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PI | Alaska | 1990's - | |
| Temple, Peter |
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O | Australia (Victoria) | 1990's - | Only 'The Iron Rose' and 'Broken Shore' warrant an ** rating so far; other novels are rated *. Novels featuring 'Irish' are more 'thriller' than crime fiction. |
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