@Ajisai, my gosh the way Raymond Chandler has with words. He is so good at the way he describes characters. I've been looking through the book "The World Of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words" and here are a few descriptions that stood out for me:
'Her eyes held a warm bitterness like poisoned honey'
'Her eyes were pools of darkness, much emptier than darkness'
'hair like a brush fire at night' describes one female character . . . .and in reference to another character which I think is her sister Chandler writes this about her hair color: 'the color of a brush fire seen through a cloud of dust
@Pete: Which Patricia Wentworth books have you been reading? Which one are you currently reading? Many years ago I tried to read her books and I wasn't all that into them--I was young at the time so that probably played a part. But I plan on getting into her books again. Which one would you recommend?
Some of my favorites are :The listening eye, The case of William Smith, Anna where are you and The clock strikes twelve. But you might want to read them in the order of writing - it appears in the wikipedia article mentioned in Pete's comment above. All but one of them are available online legally here: http://www.fadedpage.com/sc/wentworth.php as well as other mysteries by Patricia Wentworth.
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I think she is a good writer of Christie type mysteries.
More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Wentworth
http://www.fadedpage.com/sc/wentworth.php
as well as other mysteries by Patricia Wentworth.