Authors

Alexander McCall Smith / The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, 44 Scotland Street series / B (hit and miss)

Charles Dickens / A (but long-winded)

Charles Cumming / The Trinity Six / A

CS Lewis / Dawn Treador / B (unusual)

David McCullough / 1776, John Adams / A

Dashiell Hammett

Elizabeth George / Lynley series/ A- (but long-winded)

Elmore Leonard

French / In the Woods / B

Harlan Coben

Henning Mankell / A

Ian McEwan / The Innocent / B

James Lee Burke / Robicheaux series / A

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James Patterson /B

Jo Nesbo / The Snowman, The Leopard /A

John Grisham / A

John Sandford / Prey & Flowers series / A-

Ken Follett / Fall of Giants / A+ (long / mature)

Larssen / The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo / A+

Martha Grimes / Jury series / B

MC Beaton / McBeth series / B-

McCormick

Michael Robotham / A (Shatter / B+)

Minette Walters / Fox Evil / A

​Norman Maclean / A river runs through it / A+

Patricia Cornwell / C

Paulo Coelho / The Alchemist / A (Temptation / B)

Peter Robinson / Banks series / A-

Phillip Kerr

Raymond Chandler / Old time private detective stuff / A

Rex Stout / Nero Wolfe series / B

Robert Parker / The only western writer here / B+

Ruth Rendell/ Inspector Wexford / A (The rotweiler / B-)

Sarah Gruen

Simon Brett / Sicken & So Die, Pargetor’s Plot / C

Ted Bell / B (Alexander Hawke thrillers)

Thomas Holland / KIA / C

Tom Clancy / A

Narrators

Eric Conger

Paul Hecht

Robin Sachs

Simon Prebble