Most recently I enjoyed London Particular/Fog of Doubt by Christianna Brand. She's a little late for Golden Age, but in the same vein. Apart from that I tend to go for Christie. I just finished The Seven Dials Mystery, which was entertaining enough but not outstanding, and realised that the dialogue is a big part of why I enjoy them, and probably explains why I didn't get on so well with Sayers and John Dickson Carr. I just couldn't hear their detectives' voices.
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