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Originally Posted by DMB
I sort of expected that Christie would figure a lot in this thread, but I have always found her books tedious because of the cardboard characters. I prefer crime fiction that includes characters that are interesting in themselves and not just their situations.
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That's one reason that I prefer Dorothy L. Sayers; her characters feel like "real people", rather than Agatha Christie's 2-dimensional ones.
Has anyone read Ngaio Marsh? I haven't read any of her books. How does she compare with Sayers and Christie?