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Authors:

BORIS AKOUNINE: Russian author. His character, Erast Fandorin, is very popular in Russia. The action takes place in and around 1870
http:perso.club-internet.fr/yodup/critiques_bouquins/historique/eraste_fandorine.htm

ANDREA CAMILLERI: Italian author that has been translated in French faster than in English. Inspector Montabello is a very dark character that lives in a dark Italy. Really good stuff!!
http://www.mauvaisgenres.com/andrea_camilleri.htm

JOHN DICKSON CARR: Master of both locked room and impossible mysteries:
http://jdcarr.com

AGATHA CHRISTIE: Enough said!!!:
http://www.agathachristie.com

BERNARD CORNWELL: Author covering various parts of British history. Well known for his 22 books series that has been adapted on history television. The Sharpe books are constant bestsellers:
http://www.bernardcornwell.net

COLIN DEXTER: Great 13 books series that was also transposed into a very popular television series. The book series lasted 30 years with Morse being its moody and brooding main character. He dies in the last book, which I haven't read yet:
http://www.mysterylist.com/morse.htm

SUE GRAFTON: Long standing series about a PI living in the Los Angeles area. Her plan is to write 26 books in her series, 1 for each letter in the alphabet. Her first one, A for Alibi, won the Best First Novel Prize:
http://www.suegrafton.com

P.D. JAMES: Considered by many to be the successor of Agatha Christie:
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth193

LAURIE R. KING: Features Sherlock Holmes living in Sussex, enjoying his retirement. Although she marries Holmes, Conan Doyle's creation is treated very well in this best-selling series:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/mudthehut/beekeepr.html

MAURICE LEBLANC: French author from the '20s who wrote about the adventures of Arsene Lupin. Lupin was the French Raffles!!!
http://lupin.cetici.com/leblanc.html

DONA LEON: American writer living in Italy, she's heralded as one the best in Europe.
http://www.groveatlantic.com/leon/leon.htm

HENNING MANKELL: A new discovery for me: this Swedish author has written a series that is set in Sweden. The description of Sweden really makes you believe that you're there.
http://www.inspector-wallander.org

ED MCBAIN: NYPD Blues in books. More than 50 novels about the 87th precinct have been written!! McBain is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America prize winner.
http://www.edmcbain.com

ROBERT B. PARKER: I figured I'd give him a try since he's constantly on the bestselling list. His Spencer's novel are darker and grittier than what I normally read, but the fact that they're written in the first person has some attraction to me.
http://www.linkingpage.com/spenser/

ANNE PERRY: She has 3 series to her credit, 2 of which are taking place in Victorian England while her third one is during WW1. She is well known for her historical accuracy:
http://www.anneperry.net

IAN RANKIN: Author of the Rebus Series, bestselling in Scotland!!
http://www.ianrankin.net

RUTH RENDELL: Some consider her to be the successor to Agatha Christie!!
http://http://www.gusworld.com.au/books/rendell/default.htm

PETER ROBINSON: Canadian author that wrote the best mystery novel in 2001 with In a Dry Season!!
http://www.inspectorbanks.com