British crime authors

[Kami]

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]

Perhaps Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

[didiervg]

Although I haven't read all of his books I think Ian Dibdin should perhaps be on your list too.

[Kami]

Thanks for your answers. I'll try some biography about these authors.

Cheers
Kami

[Zooey]

Agatha Christie would count, right? She's one of my favorite authors!

[Blackadder]

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.

[Kami]

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]

Didn't G.K. Chesterton write crime novels? Or atleast mysteries? I'm pretty sure they were mysteries if not directly crime related.

[Kami]

He wrote Poems, Essays, Non-Fiction and Fiction, e.g.
"The Man Who Knew Too Much".

8) Kami

[Admin]

Ya... and all the Father Brown stories... I'm pretty sure those are detective novels even though Father Brown is not a detective.

[Kami]

.............no, he isn't at all...........

What's your favourite author?

Kami