Our best crime fiction authors in 2008

Yesterday I listed our top 21 books selected by 40 crime fiction readers.
38 authors figured on our Tops list 3 times or more.
When you look at the choices this way, a different view emerges, that of authors we liked best in 2008.
The list below shows how many times an author was chosen in individual people's top 10 books.
This is a list to take to the library or the bookshop.

12 - Stieg Larsson - THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
7 - Chris Grabenstein - HELL HOLE, MAD MOUSE, THE CROSSROADS, TILT A WHIRL, WHACK A MOLE
7 - Craig Johnson - DEATH WITHOUT COMPANY, KINDNESS GOES UNPUNISHED, THE COLD DISH
7 - Michael Robotham - SHATTER
6 - Adrian McKinty - DEAD I WELL MAY BE, HIDDEN RIVER, THE BLOOMSDAY DEAD, THE DEAD YARD
6 - Kate Atkinson - WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
6 - Tana French - IN THE WOODS, THE LIKENESS
5 - Agatha Christie - CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS, FIVE LITTLE PIGS, NEMESIS, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY
5 - Arnaldur Indridason - ARCTIC CHILL, THE DRAINING LAKE
5 - Jo Nesbo - NEMESIS, THE DEVIL’S STAR, THE REDBREAST
5 - Leah Giarratano - VODKA DOESN'T FREEZE, VOODOO DOLL
5 - P D James - AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN, DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS, THE PRIVATE PATIENT
5 - P.D. Martin - BODY COUNT, FAN MAIL, THE MURDERERS' CLUB
4- Deanna Raybourn - SILENT IN THE GRAVE, SILENT IN THE SANCTUARY
4 - Denise Mina - A SLIP OF THE KNIFE, THE DEAD HOUR
4 - John McFetridge - DIRTY SWEET, EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
4 - Ken Bruen - AMERICAN SKIN, CROSS, ONCE WERE COPS, PRIEST
4 - Laura Lippman Count - EVERY SECRET THING, WHAT THE DEAD KNOW
4 - Linwood Barclay - NO TIME FOR GOODBYE
4 - Michael Connelly - ECHO PARK,THE BRASS VERDICT
4 - Reginald Hill - A CURE FOR ALL DISEASES, DEADHEADS, THE DEATH OF DALZIEL
4 - Sean Chercover - BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD; TRIGGER CITY
3 - Adrian Hyland - DIAMOND DOVE
3 - Ann Cleeves - WHITE NIGHTS
3 - Christa Faust - HOODTOWN, MONEY SHOT
3 - Deborah Crombie Count - DREAMING OF THE BONES, WATER LIKE A STONE
3 - Declan Burke Count - EIGHTBALL BOOGIE,THE BIG O
3 - Donna Leon Count - THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS
3 - Fred Vargas Count - SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR, THIS NIGHT'S FOUL WORK, WASH THIS BLOOD CLEAN FROM MY HAND
3 - Georges Simenon - LOCK 14, MONSIEUR MONDE VANISHES, THE WIDOW
3 - Karin Fossum - BLACK SECONDS
3 - Katherine Howell - FRANTIC,THE DARKEST HOUR
3 - Megan Abbott Count - BURY ME DEEP, QUEENPIN
3 - Peter Lovesey - BERTIE AND THE SEVEN BODIES, THE HEADHUNTERS
3 - Peter Temple - BAD DEBTS, THE BROKEN SHORE
3 - Susan Hill - THE PURE IN HEART, THE RISK OF DARKNESS, VOWS OF SILENCE
3 - Tom Rob Smith - CHILD 44