39. Dekkaristien kermaa

Aakkostin 128 huomattavaa tai palkintoja voittanutta dekkarikirjailijaa tiiviiksi listaksi käyttäen ykköslähteenäni teosta "100 must-read Crime Novels".

Dekkari-palkinnot (vuoteen 2005 asti):
#E Edgar (Mystery Writers of America) 1954-2005 Best Mystery of the Year
#D Crime Writers' Association 1955-2005 Golden Dagger (Crossed Red Herrings-1959)

Margery Allingham (1904/5-66) GB (Albert Campion) Tiger in the Smoke -52
Eric Ambler (1909-98) GB Mask of Dimitrios -39 #E64 #D59 Arms #D72 Levanter
Charlotte Armstrong #E57 A Dram of Poison
William Bayer #E82 Peregrine
Margot Bennett #D58 Someone from the Past
E.C. Bentley (1875-1956) GB Trent's Last Case -13
Nicholas Blake = Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-72) IR The Beast Must Die -38
Lawrence Block (1938-) US yli 60 kirjaa (Matt Scudder) #E92 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
Rick Boyer #E83 Billingsgate Shoal
Fredric Brown (1906-72) US The Fabulous Clipjoint -47 (23 kirjaa)
James Lee Burke (1936-) US The Neon Rain -87 #E90 Black Cherry Blues #E98 Cimarron #D98
Jan Burke #E00 Bones
James M. Cain (1892-1977) US Double Indemnity -36
Robert Clark #E99 Mr White's Confession
Jon Cleary #E75 Peter's Pence
John Dickson Carr / Carter Dickson (1906-77) US (Dr Gideon Fell) The Hollow Man -35
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) US The Big Sleep -39 (Philip Marlowe) #E55Goodbye
James Hadley Chase = Rene Raymond (1906-85) GB No Orchids -39
Thomas H. Cook #E97 The Chatham School Affair
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) GB The Innocense of Father Brown -11
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) GB Roger Ackroyd -26 (Poirot) A Murder is Announced -50 (Marple)
Wilkie Collins (1824-89) GB The Moonstone -68
Patricia Cornwell (1952-) US (Dr Kay Scarpetta) Post Mortem -91 #D93
Edmund Crispin (1921-78) GB The Moving Toyshop -46 §Oxford
Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957) IR/GB (Joseph French)
Lionel Davidson #D60 The Night of Wenceslas #D66 A Long Way to Shiloh #D78
Colin Dexter (1930-) GB The Dead of Jericho -81 (Morse & Lewis) §Oxford #D89 #D92
Peter Dickinson #D68 Skin Deep #D69 A Pride of Heroes
Michael Dibdin (1947-) GB dead Lagoon -94 (Aurelio Zen) §Venetsia #D88 Ratking
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) GB The Sign of Four -90 (Sherlock Holmes)
Aaron Elkins #E88 Old Bones
Stanley Ellin #E59 The 8th Circle
James Ellroy (1948-) US The Black Dahlia -87
Ben Elton #D96 Popcorn
Ken Follett #E79 The Eye of the Needle
Frederick Forsyth (1938-) #E72 Jackal
Dick Francis (1920-2010) GB Dead Cert -62 #E70 Forfeit #E81+#D79 Whip Hand #E96
Joan Fleming #D62 When I Grow Rich #D70 Young Man
Nicolas Freeling (1927-2003) GB #E67 Rainy Country
Celia Fremlin #E60 The Hours before Darkness
Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) US (Perry Mason) Terrified Typist -56
Brian Garfield #E76 Hopscotch
Michael Gilbert (1912-2006) GB Smallbone Deceased -50
B.M. Gill #D84 The 12th Juror
Joe Gores (1931-) US Gone, No Forwarding -78
Paula Gosling #D85 Monkey Puzzle
Sue Grafton (1940-) US A is for Alibi -86, E, I, O (Kinsey Millhone)
Winston Graham #D55 The Little Walls
Edward Grierson #D56 The Second Man
William Hallahan #E78 Catch Me, Kill Me
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) US The Glass Key -31 Harvest, Dain Curse, Maltese Falcon
Cyril Hare = Alfred Gordon Clark (1900-58) GB When the Wind Blows -49
Adam Hall #E66 The Quiller Memorandum
Thomas Harris (1940-) US Red Dragon -81 (Dr Hannibal Lecter)
Carl Hiaasen (1953-) US Tourist Season -86 §Florida
George V. Higgins (1939-99) US The Friends of Eddie Coyle -72
Patricia Highsmith (1921-95) US The Talented Mr Ripley -55
Reginald Hill (1936-) GB (Andy Dalziel & Peter Pascoe) #D90 Bones and Silence
Tony Hillerman (1925-) US A Thief of Time -88 (Navajo tribal policemen) #E74 Dance Hall
Chester Himes (1909-84) US A Rage in Harlem -57
Jeffrey Hudson #E69 A Case of Need
Fergus Hume (1859-1932) GB/AU The Mystery of a Hansom Cab -86
John Hutton #D83 Accidental Crimes
Francis Iles = Anthony Berkeley Cox (1896-1971) GB The Poisoned Chocolates Case
Arnaldur Indridason #D05 Silence of the Grave
Michael Innes = J.I.M. Stewart (1906-94) Hamlet, Revenge! -37(John Appleby) farssi
P.D. James (1920-) GB (Adam Dalgliesh)
Charlotte Jay #E54 Beat Not the Bones
Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-) US yli 50 kirjaa (Toby Peters) #E89 A Cold Red Sunrise
HRF Keating #D64 The Perfect Murder #D80 Maharajah
Mary Kelly #D61 The Spoilt Kill
Warren Kiefer #E73 The Lingala Code
Ed Lacy #E58 Room to Swing
Joe R. Lansdale (1951-) US The Bottoms -00 -#E01
Emma Lathen #D67 Murder Against the Grain
John Le Carre = David Cornwell (1931-) GB #E65 The Spy from the Cold -#D63 #D77
Dennis Lehane (1966-) US Mystic River -01
Donna Leon (1942-) US §Venetsia (Commissario Brunetti)
Elmore Leonard (1925-) US La Brava -83 -#E84
Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) FR Chambre Jaune -07 (Rouletabille)
Jonathan Lethem #D00 Motherless Brooklyn
Robert Littell #D73 Lewinter
Peter Lovesey #D82 The False Inspector Dew
Ed McBain / Evan Hunter = Salvatore Albert Lombino (1926-2005) US
John D. MacDonald (1916-86) US The Deep Blue Goodbye -64 kirj. 78 kirjaa (McGee)
Ross Macdonald = Kenneth Millar (1915-83) US (Lew Archer) Moving Target -49 #D65 Dollar
Arthur Maling #E80 The Rheingold Route
Michael Malone (1942-) US Uncivil Seasons -83
Henning Mankell (1948-) SW #D01Sidetracked
Margaret Maron #E93 Bootlegger's Daughter
J.J. Marric #E62 Gideon's Fire
Ngaio Marsh (1899-1982) NZ (Roderick Alleyn) Off with his Head -57
James McClure #D71 The Steam Pig
Val McDermid #D95 The Mermaids Singing
Nicholas Meyer #D75 The 7% Solution
Margaret Millar (1915-94) CAN/US Beast in View -55 #E56!
Gladys Mitchell (1901-83) Come away, Death -37
Sara Paretsky (1947-) US Indemnity onlty -82 (V.I. Warshawski) #D04 Blacklist
Robert B. Parker (1932-2010) US (Spenser) #E77 Promised Land
T. Jefferson Parker #E02 Silent Joe #E05 California Girl
Elizabeth Peters (1927-) US (Amelia Peabody)
Ellis Peters = Edith Pargeter (1913-95) GB (Brother Cadfael) #E63 Joyful Woman
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) US (Auguste Dubin)
Anthony Price #D74 Other Paths of Glory
Ian Rankin (1960-) GB (John Rebus) #E04 Resurrection Men #D97 Black And Blue
Ruth Rendell / Barbara Vine (1930-) GB (Wexford) #E87 #D76 #D86 #D87 #D91
Peter Robinson (1950-) GB In a Dry Season -99 (Alan Banks)
S.J. Rozan #E03 Winter and Night
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) GB The Nine Tailors -34 (Lord Peter Wimsey)
Steven Saylor (1956-) US Roman Blood -91 §Ancient Rome
Georges Simenon (1903-89) BELG Maigret sets a Trap -65 n. 350 kirjaa
Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö SW #E71 Naurava poliisi
Julie Smith #E91 New Orleans Mourning
Martin Cruz Smith #D81Gorky Park
Jose Carlos Somoza #D02 The Athenian Murder
Mickey Spillane (1918-2006) US Kiss me, deadly -52 (Mike Hammer)
Rex Stout (1886-1975) US (Nero Wolfe) yli 40 kirjaa
Julian Symons (1912-94) GB #E61 Progress of a Crime #D57 Colour
Josephine Tey = Elizabeth Macintosh (1896-1952) GB The Franchise Affair -48
Ross Thomas (1926-95) US #E85 Briarpatch
Jim Thompson (1906-77) US The Killer inside me -52
Mary Willis Walker #E95 The Red Scream
Minette Walters (1949-) GB Ice House -92 #E94 Sculptress #D94 Scold's Bridle #D03
Joseph Wambaugh (1937-) US The Choirboys -75 LAPD
Donald E. Westlake / Richard Stark / Tucker Coe (1933-) US #E68 God Save the Mark
Robert Wilson #D99 A Small Death in Lisbon
Cornell Woolrich (1903-68) US The Bride Wore Black -40
L.R. Wright #E86 The Suspect

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Kaikkia salanimiä en ole muistanut ulkoa ja jotkut nimet olen sotkenut helposti toisiinsa,
kuten James Ellroy vastaan Elmore Leonard...
P.D. Jamesin sankari Adam Dalgliesh vastaan Reginald Hillin sankari Andy Dalziel...

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Vanhimmat "satavuotiaat" mestarit vielä ikäjärjestyksessä (34):

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) US (Auguste Dubin)
Wilkie Collins (1824-89) GB The Moonstone -68
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) GB The Sign of Four -90 (Sherlock Holmes)
Fergus Hume (1859-1932) GB/AU The Mystery of a Hansom Cab -86
Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) FR Chambre Jaune -07 (Rouletabille)
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) GB The Innocense of Father Brown -11
E.C. Bentley (1875-1956) GB Trent's Last Case -13
Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957) IR/GB (Joseph French)
Rex Stout (1886-1975) US (Nero Wolfe) yli 40 kirjaa
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) US The Big Sleep -39 (Philip Marlowe) #E55Goodbye
Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) US (Perry Mason) Terrified Typist -56
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) GB Roger Ackroyd -26 (Poirot) A Murder is Announced -50 (Marple)
James M. Cain (1892-1977) US Double Indemnity -36
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) GB The Nine Tailors -34 (Lord Peter Wimsey)
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) US The Glass Key -31 Harvest, Dain Curse, Maltese Falcon
Francis Iles = Anthony Berkeley Cox (1896-1971) GB The Poisoned Chocolates Case
Josephine Tey = Elizabeth Macintosh (1896-1952) GB The Franchise Affair -48
Ngaio Marsh (1899-1982) NZ (Roderick Alleyn) Off with his Head -57
Cyril Hare = Alfred Gordon Clark (1900-58) GB When the Wind Blows -49
Gladys Mitchell (1901-83) Come away, Death -37
Georges Simenon (1903-89) BELG Maigret sets a Trap -65 n. 350 kirjaa
Nicholas Blake = Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-72) IR The Beast Must Die -38
Margery Allingham (1904/5-66) GB (Albert Campion) Tiger in the Smoke -52
Fredric Brown (1906-72) US The Fabulous Clipjoint -47 (23 kirjaa)
John Dickson Carr / Carter Dickson (1906-77) US (Dr Gideon Fell) The Hollow Man -35
James Hadley Chase = Rene Raymond (1906-85) GB No Orchids -39
Michael Innes = J.I.M. Stewart (1906-94) Hamlet, Revenge! -37(John Appleby) farssi
Jim Thompson (1906-77) US The Killer inside me -52
Eric Ambler (1909-98) GB Mask of Dimitrios -39 #E64 #D59 Arms #D72 Levanter
Chester Himes (1909-84) US A Rage in Harlem -57
Michael Gilbert (1912-2006) GB Smallbone Deceased -50
Julian Symons (1912-94) GB #E61 Progress of a Crime #D57 Colour
Ross Macdonald = Kenneth Millar (1915-83) US (Lew Archer) Moving Target -49 #D65 Dollar
Margaret Millar (1915-94) CAN/US (Kenneth Millarin puoliso) Beast in View -55 #E56!