It might change if I did it again tomorrow, but here are my
votes today, before I change my mind again:
1. Batman (comics/novels, various authors) 2. Matt Scudder
(series, Lawrence Block) 3. Lew Archer (series, Ross
Macdonald) 4. Parker (series, Richard Stark) 5. Nick Stefanos
(series, George Pelecanos) 6. Harry Stoner (series, Jonathan
Valin) 7. John Rebus (series, Ian Rankin) 8. Earl Drake
(series, Dan J. Marlowe) 9. Thorn (series, James W. Hall) 10.
Travis McGee (series, John D. McDonald) 11. Harry, aka
Hieronymous, Bosch (series, Michael Connelly) 12. Hap Collins
& Leonard Pine (series, Joe R. Lansdale) 13. Joe Gall
(series, Philip Atlee) 14. Easy Rawlins (series, Walter
Moseley) 15. Dudley Smith (LA Quartet, James Ellroy) 16. Dave
Robicheaux (series, James Lee Burke) 17. Gordianus the Finder
(series, Steven Saylor) 18. Nameless (series, Bill Pronzini)
19. Matt Helm (series, Donald Hamilton) 20. Lloyd Hopkins
(series, James Ellroy)
Craig Larson Trinidad, CO
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