Crime fiction By jona108h Jan 1, 1794 Wiliam Godwin's "Caleb Wiliams" (1794) Period: Jan 1, 1809 to Jan 1, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) Period: Jan 1, 1812 to Jan 1, 1870 Charles Dickens Period: Jan 1, 1824 to Jan 1, 1889 Wilkie Collins Jan 1, 1841 "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" Jan 1, 1853 Inspector Bucket in Bleak House Period: Jan 1, 1859 to Jan 1, 1930 Arthur Conan Doyle "Sherlock Holmes" Jan 1, 1868 "The Moonstone" Period: Jan 1, 1888 to Jan 1, 1959 Raymond Chandler Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Jan 1, 1976 Agatha Chrisie Period: Jan 1, 1893 to Jan 1, 1982 Dorothy L. Sayers Period: Jan 1, 1894 to Jan 1, 1959 Daniel Hammett Period: Jan 1, 1895 to Jan 1, 1982 Ngaio Marsh Period: Jan 1, 1904 to Jan 1, 1966 Margery Allingham Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1930 Golden age of crime fiction Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933 The lawlessness of Prohibition America Jan 1, 1984 Jørgen Holmgaard og Bo Tao Michaëlis: Lystmord (Medusa) Jan 1, 1987 Paul Auster's "City of Glass" Jan 1, 1992 Julian Symons: Bloody Murder (Papermac)