My favourites:
Robert B Parker (Spenser series & Jesse Stone Series)
Andrew Bergman (jack Levine mysteries, 3 in all ranging from the 70's to present day)
Richard Stark (The Parker series)
Anything and everything by Elmore Leonard
Leigh Brackett (famous for her sci-fi, but wrote some amazing standalone crime books in the 1940's)
James M Cain (my all time favourite crime writer, especially the Postman Always Rings Twice)
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