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02 Nov 2018, 6:43 pm

In your opinion, who do you think are the greatest mystery writers?


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02 Nov 2018, 8:21 pm

The classics. Doyle, Christie, and so forth.

Most of the rest in the last 50 years are derivative, pervy, or both.



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02 Nov 2018, 11:43 pm

The ones in the last 50 years.


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03 Nov 2018, 3:42 am

Raymond Chandler



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03 Nov 2018, 1:20 pm

Dashiell Hammett


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03 Nov 2018, 11:37 pm

If the mystery genre includes crime fiction, then James Ellroy.


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05 Nov 2018, 6:45 pm

Michael Connolly and James Patterson


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05 Nov 2018, 7:17 pm

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
Michael Connolly and James Patterson


How many chapters is too much?


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