John D. McDonald
Probably my favorite writer.
(Travis McGee strongly agrees.)
if we're talking about detective stories, my absolute favorites have always been the grandaddy of them all...Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal
Sherlock Holmes. Mrs. Cut just finished reading a compendium of all the Holmes stories and novels she found in a bargain bin for five bucks, hardcover. I can't wait to get home on leave to read it myself.
I've got a weakness for those old, Victorian-era tales.