[Fedora]

I like Stout and Christie. Haven't read the others, though I'd probably be inclined towards the 40s-50s stuff, as I like Dashiell Hammett and film noir of the 1940s. In the spy/suspense genre I like Sax Rohmer, Ian Fleming, Frederick Forsythe, Thomas Harris, and Robert Ludlum, of what I've read so far. I like your method of reading one or two hard books and then some easy ones--sounds like a good idea, I will try that :)

[RosieCotton]

Heh...I was gonna mention Dashiell Hammett, but I couldn't remember how to spell his name and I was too lazy to look it up.

I'm still exploring the suspense genre...never used to read those. And I always get to the bookstore or library and don't know which names to trust. I've been collecting author names from Hobbit Holers, though!