I arrived at my list by process of elimination. I had no idea
how it would turn out until I was done. Getting down from 40
to 20 was very hard. I think if we decided to vote for
characters who we believed were most influential, my list
would have been very different.
23. Bob Lee Swagger (series, Steven Hunter)
27. Bridgett Logan (series, Greg Rucka)
39. Casper Gutman (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell
Hammett)
77. Easy Rawlins (series, Walter Mosley)
80. Edmund Exley (L.A. QUARTET series, James Ellroy)
105. Hannibal Lecter (series, Thomas Harris)
109. Harry aka Hieronymus Bosch (series, Michael
Connelly)
113. Hoke Moseley (series, Charles Willeford)
114. Honey West ( series, G G Fickling)
127. James Bond (series, Ian Fleming)
128. Jane Whitfield (series, Tom Perry)
170. Matt Helm (series, Donald Hamilton)
171. Matthew Scudder (series, Lawrence Block)
192. Mouse (Easy Rawlins series, Walter Mosley)
199. Nick & Nora Charles (THE THIN MAN, Dashiell
Hammett)
212. Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond Chandler)
235. Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett)
241. Skink a.k.a. The Governor (recurring character, Carl
Hiassen)
262. Travis McGee (series, John D. MacDonald)
267. Walter Huff (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, James M Cain)
John Lau
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