Read what you love. Don't bother with the rest.
Suzanne Arruda
Nancy Atherton
Stephanie Barron
M.C. Beaton
K.K. Beck
C.C. Benison
Michael Bond
Rhys Bowen
Alan Bradley
Frances Brody
David Casarett
Raymond Chandler
Agatha Christie
Amanda Cross
Diane M. Davidson
Conan Doyle
Alice Duncan
Carola Dunn
Fletcher & Bain
Nicolas Freeling
Anne George
Dorothy Gilman
Alison Gordon
Kerry Greenwood
Oakley Hall
Tarquin Hall
Dashiell Hammett
Steve Higgs
Hazel Holt
Dorothy Howell
M.M. Kaye
H.R.F. Keating
Vaseem Khan
Laurie R. King
R. & F. Lockridge