@ossobuco,
Arthur Conan Doyle - foundation reading
Ngaio Marsh - foundation reading
Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - got my interest early and well. I remember mentioning it on abuzz or a2k and Walter telling me how wrong I was.
Dorothy Sayers - foundation reading
P. D. James - foundation reading
Sue Grafton - pabulum, I dare you to read every one
Raymond Chandler - classic, here I bow
Phillip Kerr - not clear if I've read him, will now remember the name
Barbara Nadel - I loved the first one of hers I read and got less enthused with the next, and so on
Jacqueline Winspear - not a name I know
Donna Leon - I've read most of those, am fond, but finally not that engaged, though naturally I like the surroundings
Henning Mankell - yes
Agatha Christie - I'm sure I've read all of them, but it was a long time ago. I think of these as having the pinpoints of excellence re brit mysteries and all of the failures.
Sara Paretsky - eh. Woman romps on rooftops, or whatever. Ok, a good way to spend an hour or two.
China Mieville - don't know
Louise Penny - don't know
Ian Rankin - know well, biased for
Henning Mankell - know well, biased for
Gianrico Carofiglio - the writer is a man that interests me.