Best of British Detective Stories

These are the mystery authors you might try when you have exhausted Agatha Christie. They are all writers who specialize in the more or less traditional English detective story.

• Gilbert Adair
• Paul Adam
• Jane Adams
• Catherine Aird
• Marian Babson
• Jo Bannister
• Robert Barnard
• M.C. Beaton
• Pauline Bell
• Stephen Booth
• Simon Brett
• W J Burley
• Gwendoline Butler
• Kate Charles
• Ann Cleeves
• Natasha Cooper
• Vena Cork
• Deborah Crombie
• Clare Curzon
• Colin Dexter
• Marjorie Eccles
• Martin Edwards
• Ruth Dudley Edwards
• Anthony Eglin
• Anthea Fraser
• Frances Fyfield
• Elizabeth George
• Caroline Graham
• Ann Granger
• Lesley Grant-Adamson
• Christine Green
• J M Gregson
• Patricia Hall
• Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
• Roy Hart
• John Harvey
• Peter Helton
• Reginald Hill
• Hazel Holt
• Graham Ison
• P. D. James
• Jim Kelly
• Alanna Knight
• John Lawton
• Roy Lewis
• Val McDermid
• Jill McGown
• Priscilla Masters
• Barry Maitland
• Janet Neel
• Frank Palmer
• Iain Pears
• Andrew Puckett
• Ann Purser
• Nicholas Rhea
• David Roberts
• Peter Robinson
• Betty Rowlands
• Stella Shepherd
• Carol Smith
• Veronica Stallwood
• Andrew Taylor
• Scarlett Thomas
• June Thomson
• M J Trow
• Peter Turnbull
• Jacqueline Winspear