I like crime fiction. I like female crime writers (but not exclusively) Who have I missed?

Another vote for Kate Atkinson

What about Martina Cole, I love hers, although some make difficult reading

J D Robb - the 'in death' series - great crime scenes with a fantasy element (set in the future - some good sex scenes too )

Also John Connelly for very dark crime.

Grafton just seems to old fashioned now, and Cornwell is just bloody annoying

so agree about Cornwell, loved the first few, rest have gone right off the boil.

I liked Case Histories - Kate Atkinson, have just picked One Good Turn up from a charity shop.

what about Minette Walters?

second BArbara Vine

think the Jonathon Kellerman has gone off the boil a bit recently too

Stella Duffy. Lightweight but fun.

PD James.

Peter Temple- Good aussie author.

Gary Disher - Another good aussie author.

Diamond Dove by Adrian Hyland. Very good and unusual -set in Aboriginal community.

Ken Bruen - dark but very well written Irish PI novels.

MsG - do you mean Michele Giuttari - A Florentine Death and Death in Tuscany?

I'd add Carol O'Connell, and if you like Nicci French try Nicci Gerrard, which is her solo work, not so much crime, but really good. Elizabet George? But she is an acquired taste .

What about RJ Ellory - he wrote A Quiet Beliefg in Angels which was great. Am reading A simple Act of Violence now by the same author and it had me at hello as they say.

Some writers I enjoy are Lee Child, Michael Connolly, Karen Campbell, Linda Fairstein. Sue Grafton novels really irritate me but they're a very fast read. Jeffrey Deaver and Jeff Lindsay are great. Sorry, mostly men!

Apart from lots of the ones mentioned, I also like Jilliane Hoffman, although found her latest not as exciting as the previous ones. Natsuo Kirino is gripping but VERY gruesome. I read a good crime book set in Florence but can't remember the title or author! It's got an orange cover, if that helps...

I enjoyed a Greg Iles book too - I think it was called 24 Hours - quite a page-turner...

Donna Leon
Denise Mina
Jess Walter

Great thread. Lots of writers I haven't heard of and am looking forward to trying.

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles writes the Bill Slider detective novels, and I like her stuff. She also writes the historical fiction The Morland Dynasty, which starts in the middle ages. Talented woman.

I love this genre so think I will add to the list!!

Vena Cork - Thorn, Art of Dying, Green Eye (need to read in order!)

Laura Wilson - Don't know why she is not more widely read

Laura Lippman Although the Tess Monaghan books are good the books outside that series are even better, What the Dead Know, Every Secret Thing, The Power of Three

Tana French - In The Woods, and The Likeness.
Wonderful

Gillian Flynn - Sharp Objects was an amazing debut, she has another book out this year

Gillian White - Superb writer, Copycat and The Witches Cradle are favourites of mine

Carol Goodman - Gripping stories, ful of myth and legend, unputdownable.

Sophie Hannah - Love her work

Sarah Rayne - Real page turners, some of hers have a touch of the supernatural about them

Catriona Mcpherson - Great 'by accident' detective and great humour in these books

Obviously anything by Ruth Rendell, Barbara Vine or Val Mcdermid

New Nicci French 5th March - £7.79. Although I agree with a previous poster, theirs are a bit hit and miss lately.

Ooh, 5th Feb! £8.57.

I think Sophie Hannah is getting better and better, actually - i enjoyed her last one the most. Can't wait for the next one - reminds me, should go and see if I can pre-order it off Amazon, it's Feb I think.

I have just discovered Natasha Cooper at my local library. Not a police based crime writer. her heroin is a female barrister. But v v good. A surpise as I'd never heard of her before but would def recommend.

I've also recently discovered Sophie Hannah who I agree is fab- bit like a good Nicci French (some of theirs have been a bit hit and miss)

Also Elizabeth Corley- she's my new fave....

Agree totally about Cornwell being bonkers and Lucy being irritating in the extreme....Cathy Reich far more believable.

i love sophie hannah. crime thriller

I really like the Lindsey Davies ones, if you don't mind your detectives historical. (I really didn't get the fuss over Mo Hayder either - thought she was quite rubbish). What about PD James and Ruth Rendell - both without measure.

mary higgins clark is great

I have read All the rebus books
All the Karin Slaughter ones
Some Val McDermid
Some Harlen Coben
and I have read quite a few Patricia Cornwell books but that bloody Scarpetta woman annoys me. The killer always has a grudge or dislike of her, or her bloody neice. She annoys me in away that Amanda Burtons character did in the first few series of Silent Witness - always thinking she was in the right and never caring about rules and regs at all. -Rant over now.

I started reading a Kate Atkinson, called One Good Turn, my mum gave it to me, because it's set in Edinburgh and she know I like Rebus, but I couldn't get into it at all, so gave up.

Second Barbara Vine - it's Ruth Rendell under a pseudonym but no annoying Inspector Wexford. very psychological - great stories.

Love the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich. Already mentioned. Very light and funny, partic. Grandma Mazur!

Patricia Highsmith = the Ripley stories. Again very psychological.