A mix of Golden Age and contemporary mystery writers in no particular order, except for Margery Allingham. She’s first because you have to read her. My introduction to her writing was Tiger in the Smoke.

Margery Allingham

Ngaio Marsh

Dorothy Sayers

Georgette Heyer

Edmund Crispin

Cyril Hare

Gladys Mitchell

Josephine Tey

Marion Babson

Carolyn Hart

J S Borthwick

Margaret Maron