I am currently reading Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay one of the British Library Crime Classics series. Set in the 1930s it is very dated obviously but on the other hand I do not find Agatha Christie dated. At least there is no swearing cos sometimes as think modern authors overdo and no am not a prude.
To name but a few: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. G.K.Chesterton. Agatha Christie. Dorothy L.Sayers. John Dickson Carr. Edmund Crispin. Raymond Chandler. Dashiell Hammett. Georges Simenon. Ellery Queen. Leslie Charteris. Margery Allingham. Dick Francis.
You can’t beat a good Agatha Christie. My mum has copies of every book she wrote and they are well read. My favourites are Crooked House, They Came to Baghdad and Sleeping Murder.
My all time favourite author is Mary Higgins Clark who is now in her nineties but still releases a couple of books every year. Her books all can be read as stand alone. If you’ve never read any of her work I recommend you start with “Stillwatch”, “Where Are The Children?” or “Loves Music, Loves To Dance” Trust me, you will be hooked.
I used to love John Wainwright (not travel writer), with Ripley, Collins, Lyle, Rucker etc. You got to know the team over the books. Wainwright knew his stuff and told a good yarn and was an ex policeman. All out of print now I think. Shame, I would read them again.
Agatha christies and colin dexters could read them over and over again
I am currently reading Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay one of the British Library Crime Classics series. Set in the 1930s it is very dated obviously but on the other hand I do not find Agatha Christie dated. At least there is no swearing cos sometimes as think modern authors overdo and no am not a prude.
R.D Wingfield ,Frost
Simenon’s Maigret novels. He manages to pack in all human weakness and tragedy in around 150 pages.
Love an Agatha Christie
@Susan so do I, just finished Sparking Cyanide…. again.
Sherlock Holmes has always been my favorite.
Ellis Peters brother cadfael
@Valerie yes I enjoyed those. Wasn’t much of a fan of Derek Jacob’s in the TV adaption
Glynn Carr. Sir Abercrombie Lucre a mountaineering detective. These are out of print now but I can still get them from Amazon.
Agatha Christie & every year I reread ‘The Lodger’ by Marie Belloc Lowndes ?
Agatha Christie
Conan Doyle, Christie, Simenon and others.
John Creasey, Inspector West. Am listening to it on Radio 4 extra, next episode tomorrow at 8.00pm.
Ellery Queen
P D James
The Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö Inspector Beck series, set in 1960’s Sweden…
James McClure – Kramer/Zondi novels
Martha Grimes, Dick Francis, and PD James.
To name but a few: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. G.K.Chesterton. Agatha Christie. Dorothy L.Sayers. John Dickson Carr. Edmund Crispin. Raymond Chandler. Dashiell Hammett. Georges Simenon. Ellery Queen. Leslie Charteris. Margery Allingham. Dick Francis.
@Karl all the above plus Josephine Tey
@Barbara Absolutely!
87th precinct series, Ed Mc Bain xx
@Angela love Ed McBain, I’ve had a crush on Steve Carella since I was 15.
Do James Bond books count?
Yes, I’d say so. Political crime?
Inspector Coffin by Gwendoline Butler
Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall
Edgar allen poe ?
Holmes of course, Poirot, Marples, Lord Peter, Cadfael…
Plus the noirs – Chandler et al
Look out for a series called British Library Crime Classics. This was a brilliant one published in 1940.
Thanks @Rachel. Those oldies are often the best. Certainly put to bed the myth that yesteryear was a much simpler, more innocent time.
PD James, Agatha Christie, GM Malliet
Ellis Peter’s Brother Cadfael Mysteries
Robert Barnard, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Josephine Tey, John Dickson Carr, Agatha Christie, Dick Francis, Georgette Heyer wrote some too…
Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle books, you know what I’m talking about. ??️♂️?
Poe and Christie x
I adore Agatha Christie.
The Raffles stories.
Are they the gentleman thief stories.
@Tom Yes, wonderful atmosphere.
You can’t beat a good Agatha Christie. My mum has copies of every book she wrote and they are well read. My favourites are Crooked House, They Came to Baghdad and
Sleeping Murder.
My all time favourite author is Mary Higgins Clark who is now in her nineties but still releases a couple of books every year. Her books all can be read as stand alone. If you’ve never read any of her work I recommend you start with “Stillwatch”, “Where Are The Children?”
or “Loves Music, Loves To Dance” Trust me, you will be hooked.
I used to love John Wainwright (not travel writer), with Ripley, Collins, Lyle, Rucker etc. You got to know the team over the books. Wainwright knew his stuff and told a good yarn and was an ex policeman. All out of print now I think. Shame, I would read them again.
John Dickson Carr the best for locked room mysteries!
Agatha Christie looks like a winner at the moment
Martha Grimes, Reginald Hill, Colin Dexter, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and the Cracker stories x