Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other, by Catriona

 Name crime-fictionclassics/authors you think everybody should read.

I will, I will. But first I'm going to name six crime-fiction authors I've never read. It's good for the soul. Ahem. I have never read a single word of:

Edgar Alan Poe (unless we read a short story at school and I've forotten)Dashiel HammettWilkie CollinsPatricia HighsmithGeorges SimenonRex Stout (in fact, for a long time I wasn't sure if he was the author or the character)

Right then. I think - although given what I've just reve...