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The Greatest Detective Author of All Time
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Ruth Callderford
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May-30-2005 14:35
Who would you nominate as the Greatest Detective Author of All Time? Sir Author Conan Doyle? Raymond Chandler? Agatha Christie? Please nominate your favorite in this thread.
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Ruth Callderford
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May-30-2005 14:38
Personally, I enjoy Sir Author Conany Doyle (Sherlock Holmes and Watson mysteries) and Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries). I nominate these two authors as a tie (I cannot decide at all! . . .)
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Ruth Callderford
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May-30-2005 14:40
***TYPOS*** Silly me, I spelled ARTHUR like AUTHOR! What am I thinking these days??? I'm young, but I think my brain is getting worn out. Please do not comment on the typo of Arthur and Author. I do not like comments like this.
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John Hale
Yarn Weaver
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May-30-2005 15:04
Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Denny O'Neil, and all others who have contributed to the legacy of the Dark Night Detective.
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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May-30-2005 16:42
Blaise Joshua.
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Daniella Jewel
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May-30-2005 16:45
Definitely love the Poirot mysteries- so probably Agatha Christie!
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Lady Grey
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May-30-2005 16:48
Martin Scott (Thraxas)
Isaac Asimov, (Black Widowers series and The Union Club mysteries)
Simon R Green (Guards Against ... series)
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Blaise Joshua
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May-31-2005 01:44
Hmmm ... cheers Jstkdn. Your plethora of compliments is making me somewhat suspicious at the moment : o )
Well, I have no idea who the greatest detective author of all time is, but I know one person it's not: Patricia Cornwell. I read Postmortem and Body of Evidence for the first time a few months ago and, despite the accolade, I was spectacularly underwhelmed.
It's not an original recommendation, but of course I would probably be putting my votes on Sir Conan Doyle and Raymond Chandler.
Let's not forget Edgar Allan Poe either, credited as being the father of the modern detective mystery.
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Lady Grey
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May-31-2005 02:20
Or Wilkie Collins who wrote one of the first. (The Moonstone)
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Ms Cevasco
Well-Connected
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May-31-2005 03:09
Blaise, I have to say that Patricia C grows for every book you read. But, if your not into italian women who cut dead people up I can understand that..=) But I wouldn't exactly call her a detective author..
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Blaise Joshua
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May-31-2005 07:23
That's true Ms C: Scarpetta isn't actually a detective so perhaps the link is a bit tenuous. However, it follows the genre pattern but in a more procedural way. I thought the two books were well written, just not especially interesting.
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