Below are my favorite 20. While doing this exercise I was
struck by how many series characters I included. I'm looking
forward to using others' lists as tools for jumping into
series I may have missed so far.
Dudley Smith (L.A. QUARTET series and CLANDESTINE, James
Ellroy) Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond Chandler) Spenser
(series, Robert Parker) Nick Stefanos (series, George
Pelecanos) Harry Bosch (series, Michael Connelly) Peter
Bondurant (UNDERWORLD USA trilogy, James Ellroy) Matthew
Scudder (series, Lawrence Block Patrick Kenzie (series,
Dennis Lehane) Lloyd Hopkins (series, James Ellroy) C. W.
Shugrue (series, James Crumley) Hawk (Spenser series, Robert
Parker Lionel Essrog (MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, Jonathan Lethem)
Frank Clemons (trilogy, Thomas Cook) Frederick J. Frenger,
Jr. (MIAMI BLUES, Charles Willeford) Ernest Stickney (STICK
and SWAG, Elmore Leonard) Lou Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD
TOWN, Jim Thompson) Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell
Hammett) Travis McGee (series, John D. MacDonald) Easy
Rawlins (series, Walter Mosley) Amos Walker (series, Loren D.
Estleman)
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