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8) Hello,
glad I've found your homepage. Could you tell me the most important British crime authors and their most successful books? I need this information for a summary. Are there any special places in Britain for crime fiction?
Thanks a lot.
Kami ;)
Admin
02-17-2003, 11:33 AM
Perhaps Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
didiervg
02-17-2003, 04:55 PM
Although I haven't read all of his books I think Ian Dibdin should perhaps be on your list too.
Thanks for your answers. I'll try some biography about these authors.
Cheers
Kami :D
Zooey
02-21-2003, 05:50 AM
Agatha Christie would count, right? She's one of my favorite authors!
Blackadder
04-06-2003, 03:31 AM
Here's a few:
P.D. James--Adam Dalgleish series.
Dorothy L. Sayers--Lord Peter Wimsey series.
Colin Dexter--Inspector Morse series.
Ngaio Marsh (though she's technically from New Zealand...It's a former colony)--Inspector Alleyn series.
John le Carre and Ian Fleming for mystery/spy thrillers. John le Carre is more critically acclaimed though.
Ellis Peters--Brother Cadfael series.
John Mortimer--Rumpole of the Bailey series.
M.C. Beaton--Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin series(es).
That's all I can think of...after this you tend to get into other genres like spy novels and stuff.
Thanks, for your help, Blackadder.... there are a few others I haven't added to my list. 8)
Do you like crimes?
Kami 8)
Admin
04-06-2003, 11:06 AM
Didn't G.K. Chesterton write crime novels? Or atleast mysteries? I'm pretty sure they were mysteries if not directly crime related.
He wrote Poems, Essays, Non-Fiction and Fiction, e.g.
"The Man Who Knew Too Much".
8) Kami
Admin
04-06-2003, 03:07 PM
Ya... and all the Father Brown stories... I'm pretty sure those are detective novels even though Father Brown is not a detective.
.............no, he isn't at all........... :D
What's your favourite author?
Kami
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