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5 Greatest Crime Fiction Authors of the 20th Century
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These are the crime authors that have ever lived. If you like a good detective story, you should check these guys out.
| 1. | Dashiell Hammett - One of the first and still the best. The Maltese Falcon is one of the greatest books of any kind written in the English language. |
| 2. | Raymond Chandler - When you hear the word "detective," Philip Marlowe is the man you should be thinking of. |
| 3. | James Ellroy - If you saw the movie for L.A. Confidential and thought the plot was complex, it's not half as detailed as the one in the book. |
| 4. | Ross MacDonald - Lew Archer, MacDonald's detective, showed time and time again the genre could transcend ins normal boundaries. The emotional and psychological effects of Archer's cases make these books true literature. |
| 5. | Mickey Spillane - Say what you want about his books and his creation, Mike Hammer, that it's too violent or too sexy, but he's sold more books than just about anybody, so there's got to be something to it. |
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