Georges Simenon: the Maigret novels
Ed McBain: the novels of the 87th Precinct
Elizabeth George: the Inspector Lynley novels
Colin Dexter: the Morse novels
Margaret Jennings: The Murdoch Mysteries
Reginald Hill: Dalziel and Pascoe books
Ruth Rendell: the Inspector Wexford novels
Dorothy Simpson: the Inspector Thanet novels
Ngaio Marsh: Inspector Alleyn novels
RD Wingfield: the Inspector Jack Frost novels
WJ Burley: the Wycliffe novels
PD James: the Adam Dalgleish novels
Anne Perry: the Inspector Monk novels
Anne Perry: the Thomas Pitt novels
Kathy Reichs: the Temperance Brennan novels
Patricia Cornwell: the Kay Scarpetta novels
Jeff Lindsay: Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Nora Roberts writing as JD Robb: the Lt Eve Dallas novels
Tony Hillerman: Leaphorn & Chee novels (now written by Anne Hillerman)
Aimee & David Thurlo: Ella Clah novels
Peter Robinson: Detective Alan Banks novels
Nevada Barr: the Anna Pigeon novels
Henning Mankell: the Kurt Wallander books
Ian Rankin: the Rebus novels
Louise Penny: the Chief Inspector Gamache novels
Michael Connelly: the Harry Bosch series
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