i'm taking credit for being the first to choose the fun and
and wacky serial killer, jimmy blackburn. here's my list, in
no order:
9. Arkady Renko (series, Martin Cruz Smith) 23. Bob Lee
Swagger (series, Steven Hunter) 32. Burke (series, Andrew
Vachss) 60. Dave Robicheaux (series, James Lee Burke) 70. Doc
McCoy (GETAWAY, Jim Thompson) 105. Hannibal Lecter (series,
Thomas Harris) 109. Harry Bosch (series, Michael Connelly)
144. Jonathan Hemlock (SANCTION novels, Trevanian) 202. Nick
Stefanos (series, George Pelecanos) 211. Peter Bondurant
(UNDERWORLD USA trilogy, James Ellroy) 212. Philip Marlowe
(series, Raymond Chandler) 234. Sam Spade (THE MALTESE
FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) 261. Travis McGee (series, John D.
MacDonald) 124. Jack Wild (GARDEN OF SAND, Earl
Thompson)
write-ins to finish the list:
harry morgan (to have and have not, hemingway) the
judge (blood meridian, cormac mccarthy) anita blake (series,
laurell hamilton) inman (cold mountain, frazier) jimmy
blackburn (blackburn, denton) nick gardner (shooters, terrill
lankford)
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