Crime fiction writers; detective, spy and mystery fiction; a guide to websites
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The American Crime Writers League
Author directories
An alphabetical list of crime writers.
A list of crime writers, from Wikipedia.
The world’s Best Detective, Crime, and Murder Mystery Books
Famous crime and detective novel writers from 1841 onwards.
Crime Fiction Dossier, a weblog.
Crime Fiction. From The Tangled Web, UK.
Euro Crime. British and European crime fiction.
Sarah Ward: Top 10 Scandinavian Crime Novels in Translation
Swedish crime fiction writers. Wikipedia entries.
Authors
Amber, Eric
Eric Ambler. Wikipedia
Thomas Jones on thriller writer Eric Ambler. The Guardian
Billingham, Mark
Chandler, Raymond
Chandler, Raymond. Raymond Chandler website.
Raymond Chandler
Wikipedia entry.
Chase, James Hadley
Chesterton, G. K.
Works by G. K. Chesterton
Project Gutenberg
G. K. Chesterton
The Internet Archive
Christie, Agatha
Agatha Christie, the official website.
Agatha Christie, Wikipedia entry.
Classic Crime Fiction,
a resource for collectors & readers alike.
Hercule Poirot; Agatha Christie
Coban, Harlon
Harlon Coban, the official website.
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur
Arthur Conan Doyle, Wikipedia entry.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Texts and biography, from Online Literature.
Arthur Conan Doyle Online Exhibition
The Arthur Conan Doyle Society
The Sherlock Holmes Museum
Archival material relating to Arthur Conan Doyle
Works by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes on the Web
The Sherlock Holmes Museum
Cross, Neil
Neil Cross, the official website.
Diblin, Michael
Dibdin, Michael. Michael Dibdin, Wikipedia entry.
Fleming, Ian
Ian Fleming website.
Ian Fleming. Wikipedia
Ian Fleming – the real James Bond. The Telegraph
Ian Fleming. The Guardian
Forsyth. Frederick
Frederick Forsyth. Wikipedia
Frederick Forsyth: I was an MI6 agent. The Guardian
Hammett, Daniel
Dashiell Hammett
Wikipedia
James, P. D.
P.D. James. The Official Website
P. D. James. Wikipedia entry.
P D James. The Guardian
Larsson, Stieg
Stieg Larsson
Stieg Larsson, Wikipedia entry.
Le Carré, John
John le Carré: The author’s official website
John le Carré. Wikipedia
Leon, Donna
Donna Leon website.
Donna Leon U.K. website.
Donna Leon, Wikipedia entry.
Marsh, Ngaio
Ngaio Marsh, Wikipedia entry.
Dame Ngaio Marsh’s Home
Novels. A web list of crime novels from Wikipedia.
Maugham, Somerset
Ashenden: Or the British Agent. Wikipedia
Ashenden, or the British Agent by W Somerset Maugham. The Telegraph
Rankin, Ian
Ian Rankin official website.
Ian Rankin Wikipedia entry.
Rendell, Ruth
Ruth Rendell. Wikipedia entry.
Ruth Rendell, an information site.
Sayers, Dorothy
The Dorothy L. Sayers Society
Archival material relating to Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Sayers. Works by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Internet Archive
Dorothy Sayers, Wikipedia entry.
Reviews, events, articles
Crime Magazine
The True Crime Library is a complete resource for news, stories and magazines about non fictional crimes.
Venetian Vase
A crime fiction blog edited and maintained primarily by Steven and Chris Routledge.
Crime Writers’ Association of Great Britain
Detective fiction
Detective fiction, Wikipedia entry.
Famous fictional detectives.
Wikipedia list entries.
Female detective characters.
Wikipedia list entries.
Festivals
Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, U.K.
CRIMEFEST/The International Crime Fiction Convention in Bristol, U.K.
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Italian Mysteries.com
The Definitive Website for English-language Mystery Novels Set in Italy. This site provides information on about 500 English-language books set in Italy, most of which are mystery or suspense novels.
Lists of crime writers
List of crime writers in alphabetical order.
Wikipedia entries.
50 crime writers to read before you die.
The Daily Telegraph presents a list of of its favourite crime writers of all time.
The 10 best modern European crime writers.
The Guardian
Scandinavian crime fiction
Scandinavian Crime Fiction Authors
Norwegian crime writers, Wikipedia entries.
John Crace on the unstoppable rise of the Scandinavian detective .
An article from The Guardian.
The best crime writers from Scandinavia.
The Library Thing
Those bloody Scandinavians.
An article from The Economist
Jo Nesbø, The Official Website
Jo Nesbø, Wikipedia entry.
Camilla Läckberg’s top 10 Swedish crime novels.
Scandinavian Crime Fiction, a blog.
Swedish crime fiction writers.
A list from Wikipedia.
Spy writers
The 20 best spy novels of all time. The Telegraph
Who are the master spy novelists? The Guardian
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Tangled Web UK
Search author profiles/reviews/interviews
Wikipedia entry on crime fiction.
Writers lists
Writers, an alphabetical list of crime writers.
A list of crime writers, from Wikipedia.