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Mystery Monday #2 : 5 Great Crime Authors

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In which I run through five of my favourite mystery authors and give suggestions of where to start with reading their works. The works covered include Police Procedurals, Private Eye Detective Stories, and my favourite Golden Age Gentleman Sleuth. #withcaptions

The second half of this video is here: http://youtu.be/R1he6PL_fWE

Dorothy L. Sayers: Lord Peter Wimsey series, recommended starting place either ‘Murder Must Advertise’ or ‘Strong Poison’
Elizabeth George : Thomas Lynley series, starting with ‘A Great Deliverance’
Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series, starting with ‘Knots and Crosses’
: Malcolm Fox series (overlapping), starting with ‘The Complaints’
Raymond Chandler : Phillip Marlowe series, starting with ‘The Big Sleep’
Sara Paretsky : V. I. Warshawski series, starting with ‘Indemnity Only’