Is there an author like Agatha Christie?

Question: Is there an author like Agatha Christie!?

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There was nobody quite like Agatha Christie!. If you wanted another British mystery author, I would recommend Dorothy L!. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries) and Margery Allingham (Albert Campion mysteries)!. I would also recommend the New Zealand author whose mysteries were set in England: Ngaio Marsh (the Inspector Roderick Alleyn Series)!. Another English author who wrote mysteries set in Medieval England was Ellis Peters!. Her first Brother Cadfael mystery was A Morbid Taste for Bones!. G!.K!. Chesterton's (also English) Father Brown mysteries are also good!.

Though the stories are more hardboiled, if you know what I mean, I would recommend the American author Rex Stout and his Nero Wolfe stories, which are truly excellent!. The first one was Fer-de-Lance!.

Though not on a par with Agatha Christie or the others I've mentioned, I would also recommend some of Mary Higgins Clark's mysteries!. Some of her earlier ones were really good - Weep No More, My Lady or Where are the Children!? or While My Pretty One Sleeps, for instance!.

This site http://auburn-hills!.lib!.mi!.us/Adult/Book!.!.!. gives a list of authors who read somewhat like Agatha Christie!. At least some of them write/wrote novels set in England, however!.

Wikipedia http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Category:Am!.!.!. has a list of American mystery authors you may want to check out!.

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Well, you could try Kathy Reichs or Patricia Cornwell!.!.!. a little more procedural and forensic though!. There is also Lillian Jackson Braun!.!.!.!. she's good!. Or the A is for Alibi series!.!.!. There are a lot of mystery/thriller writers in the USA!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com