I’ve read far more detective novels by English writers than Americans (though read a lot of Ed McBain).
Real favourites are Peter Lovesey, Reginald Hill, and Dick Francis. The first two..apart from typically producing fast moving, convincing plots inject a lot of humour into their stories. Dick Francis often writes stories based in the world of horse racing, which he (of course) knows intimately, and he uses that inside knowledge to great effect.