Romantic/Crime Fiction Writers

[Delica]

Who are the best please? 5 names would suffice. Thank you.

Crime -
Margery Allingham
Ngaio Marsh
Agatha christie

Romantic -
Georgette Heyer

they are ones i read over and over but there are lots of more modern ones.

Thank you Alixand

mark billingham
tess gerritson

British Crime mark billingham, ian rankin, val mcdermid.
Dont really know much about the romance front tbh, but the book the story of lucys love life in ten chapters is a nice read (sorry cant remeber the author!) Celia Ahern ok and katie fford.

Too many good authors to mention (smile)

Crime: Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Jonathan Kellerman.

No idea about romance.

Once again, thank you all

Alixand - Georgette Heyer wrote some great crime novels too - same sort of period and style as Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh and Agatha Christie

Another recommendation for Georgette Heyer for the romance. Not read any of her crime novels though.

try jd robb...crime mixed with romance and also set in the future....sounds naff but lovely Friday night, glass of red read.
Also crime/thriller...Lee Child,,(unput down able), Peter James ( need to check that name)

Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels. Light and fluffy but good fun.

JD Robb (aka Nora Roberts) - Eve Dallas novels, futuristic (but not sci-fi) cop novels.

These are crime AND romance - will have a think for some others.

Lee Child, Linda Fairstein, Margery Allingham, PD James (erudite crime), Dorothy Sayers, Donna Leon, Elizabeth George for crime. I also love Cynthia Harrod-Eagles for crime. She has written a brilliant series about a DI called Bill Slider who works out of Shepherds Bush nick. Very witty, lots of word play, deft plotting and human interest.

Georgette Heyer for romance; brilliant! My mum has bought me her crime novels for Christmas, so am looking forward to them. I also like Lindsay Davis 'The Course of Honour' as a romance (albeit a Roman one), and the Diana Galbadon series is historical romance.