It's the birthday of the American author who's been called "a master of the English mystery": Elizabeth George(books by this author), born in Warren, Ohio (1949).

The London Times recently ranked George with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie on its all-time best "masters of crime" list. She's the author of the Inspector Lynley series, about a Scotland Yard detective and his crime-solving partner. The series includes the titles Payment in Blood (1989), Well-Schooled in Murder(1990), In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner (1999), and A Traitor to Memory (2001). Her newest book, Believing the Lie (2012), just came out last month.