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Authors

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers
― Jacques Barzun

Some of the best crime fiction novelists you could ever hope to read.

A

  • A., Laura
  • Alsterdal, Tove
  • Anderson (Translator), Alison

B

  • Bartlett, Graham
  • Block, Lawrence
  • Bruce (Translator), Anne
  • Burke, James Lee

C

  • Caistor (Translator), Nick
  • Cavanagh, Steve
  • Cayre, Hannelore
  • Chandler, Raymond
  • Chesterton, G.K.
  • Christie, Agatha
  • Clark Wessel (Translator), Elizabeth
  • Cole, Martina
  • Copeland (Translator), Rebecca
  • Cribb (Translator), Victoria
  • Critchley, T.A.
  • Crosland (Translator), Margaret
  • Cruz Smith, Martin
  • Curtis (Translator), Howard

D

  • DeAndrea, William L.
  • Delargy (Translator), Marlaine
  • Dell’Edera, Werther
  • Dicker, Joël
  • Dickson Carr, John
  • Dickson (Translator), Kari
  • Drvenkar, Zoran

E

  • Enger, Thomas

G

  • Gabriel (Translator), Philip
  • Galbraith, Robert
  • Gores, Joe
  • Griffiths, Elly
  • Grisham, John

H

  • Harvey, Jack
  • Heal Kawai (Translator), Louise
  • Hellström, Börge
  • Herron, Mick
  • Highsmith, Patricia
  • Hopkinson (Translator), Amanda

I

  • Indriðason, Arnaldur

J

  • James, P.D.
  • James, Peter
  • Jysch (Artist), Arne

K

  • Kerr, Philip
  • Kirino, Natsuo
  • Kutscher, Volker

L

  • Leather, Stephen
  • Lemaitre, Pierre
  • Leon, Donna
  • Lier, Jørn
  • Lloyd-Davies (Translator), Jonathan
  • Lovesey, Peter
  • Lövestam, Sara

M

  • MacLean, S.G.
  • Mankell, Henning
  • Manotti, Dominique
  • May, Peter
  • McCabe, Cameron
  • McDermid, Val
  • McNab, Andy
  • Menzies (Translator), Alice

N

  • Nunnally (Translator), Tiina

P

  • Perrone, Roberto
  • Peters, Ellis
  • Petrie (Translator), John
  • Powell (Translator), Elfreda
  • Price, Anthony

R

  • Rankin, Ian
  • Rendell, Ruth
  • Reynolds (Translator), Sian
  • Roslund, Anders
  • Rowling, J.K.

S

  • Schwartz (Translator), Ros
  • Scudder (Translator), Bernard
  • Segerberg (Translator), Ebba
  • Sellar (Translator), Niall
  • Simenon, Georges
  • Slim, Iceberg
  • Smee (Translator), Stephanie
  • Snyder (Translator), Stephen
  • Stark, Richard
  • Sylvain, Dominique

T

  • Taylor (Translator), Sam
  • Theorin, Johan
  • Thomas, Ross
  • Thompson (Translator), Laurie

V

  • Valente (Translator), Alex
  • Vargas, Fred
  • Vine, Barbara

W

  • Westlake, Donald E.
  • Whitaker, Chris
  • Whiteside (Translator), Shaun
  • Willeford, Charles
  • Wynne (Translator), Frank

Y

  • Yokoyama, Hideo
  • Yuzuki, Yûko
the best crime fiction novelists
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Roberto Perrone

Roberto Perrone

J.K. Rowling / Robert Galbraith

Robert Galbraith

Volker Kutscher

Volker Kutscher

Roslund and Hellström

Roslund and Hellström

Peter May

Peter May

Val McDermid

Val McDermid

Arnaldur Indriðason

Arnaldur Indriðason

Donald E Westlake

Donald E Westlake

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon

Chris Whitaker

Chris Whitaker

Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters

S.G. MacLean

S G MacLean

Zoran Drvenkar

Zoran Drvenkar

Hannelore Cayre

Hannelore Cayre

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

John Dickson Carr

John Dickson Carr

Joe Gores

Joe Gores

Joël Dicker

Joël Dicker

Johan Theorin

Johan Theorin

Steve Cavanagh

Steve Cavanagh

Dominique Manotti

Dominique Manotti

Charles Willeford

Charles Willeford

Cameron McCabe

Cameron McCabe

Ross Thomas

Ross Thomas

Pierre Lemaitre

Pierre Lemaitre

Donna Leon

Donna Leon

Martin Cruz Smith

Martin Cruz Smith

Fred Vargas

Fred Vargas

Hideo Yokoyama

Hideo Yokoyama

Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler

Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith

Stephen Leather

Stephen Leather

Elly Griffiths

Elly Griffiths

Iceberg Slim

Iceberg Slim

Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block

Mick Herron

Mick Herron

Philip Kerr

Philip Kerr

Martina Cole

Martina Cole

Anthony Price

Anthony Price

Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell

Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin

Dominique Sylvain

Dominique Sylvain

Peter James

Peter James

Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey

Tove Alsterdal

Tove Alsterdal

William L DeAndrea

William L. DeAndrea

Natsuo Kirino

Natsuo Kirino

John Grisham

John Grisham

Jørn Lier Horst

Jørn Lier Horst

G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton

P.D. James

P.D. James

Ruth Rendell

Rith Rendell

Sara Lövestam

Sara Lövestam

Andy McNab

Andy McNab

James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke

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