After weeding out the characters I have not read (I have a
lot of reading to do!) I was able to cut it down to under
100. From there I got it to 40 without too much trouble but
the last 20 was tough. For whatever reason I ended up with
about 15 must haves and then another 15 that were all great
and hard to pare down.
Anyway, here are my picks:
35. C. W. Shugrue (series, James Crumley) 48. Clete Purcell
(Dave Robicheaux series, James Lee Burke) 60. Dave Robicheaux
(series, James Lee Burke) 62. Deputy Detective Carl Houseman
(series, Donald Harstad) 67. Dimitri Karras (series, George
Pelecanos) 70. Doc McCoy (GETAWAY, Jim Thompson) 82. Elvis
Cole (series, Robert Crais) 107. Hap Collins & Leonard
Pine (Hap & Leonard series, Joe R. Lansdale) 109. Harry
aka Hieronymus Bosch (series, Michael Connelly) 122. Jack
Reacher (series, Lee Child) 144. Jonathan Hemlock (EIGER
SANCTION and LOO SANCTION, Trevanian) 146. Keller (HIT MAN
and HIT LIST, Lawrence Block) 157. Lou Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME
and WILD TOWN, Jim Thompson) 158. Lucas Davenport (Prey
series, John Sandford) 171. Matthew Scudder (series, Lawrence
Block) 184. Milo Milodragovitch (series, James Crumley) 202.
Nick Stefanos (series, George Pelecanos) 227. Richard Bone
(CUTTER AND BONE, Newton Thornburg) 253. The Continental Op
(series, Dashiell Hammett) 272. Wyatt (series, Garry
Disher)
Honorable Mention: 4. Alexander Cutter (CUTTER AND BONE,
Newton Thornburg) I really liked this character (and book)
but I couldn't cut anyone from above to include him!
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