Suggest some good, well written detective fiction for me?

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I fancied some detective fiction - nothing too high brow, i want easy to read and gripping, preferably not american.

I just read something by Peter James, really disappointing - it was just crap, predictable, mysoginistic and unrealistic. So that would be a good guide for what i don't like............

DoctorGilbertson - ha, well spotted! I'm not from Argentina but I have an ex who is and I spent a little bit of time there.

Ah, very good - I lived there for a while

Oh, fab! Whereabouts were you? (I understand if you prefer not to say)

Has anyone read any Dorothy Simpson? Inspector Thanet, set in Kent, I think- if you like PD Jamesish very English style then you might like this series. Surprised she is not more popular.