RARA-AVIS: Best 100 Hard Boiled Master Voting List

From: M Blumenthal ( blumenidiot@21stcentury.net)
Date: 05 Apr 2002


I have added the write ins and renumbered. the characters to include them as of April 5

1. Aaron Gunner (series, Gar Anthony Haywood) 2. Abraham Trahearne (THE LAST GOOD KISS, James Crumley) 3. Alan Grofield (Parker & Grofield series, Richard Stark)/2 4. Alexander Cutter (CUTTER AND BONE, Newton Thornburg) 5. Alicia (ADIOS MUCHACHOS, Daniel Chavarria) 6. Amos Walker (series, Loren D. Estleman) 7. Angela Gennaro (series, Dennis Lehane) 8. Anita Blake (series, Laurell Hamilton) 9. Anna Lee (series, Liza Cody)/ 10. Arkady Renko (series, Martin Cruz Smith) 11. Arnie Kendall (Leo Haggerty series, Benjamin M. Schutz) 12. Artie Wu & Quincy Durant (series, Ross Thomas) 13. Atticus Kodiak (series, Greg Rucka) 14. Augustus Mandrell (series, Frank McAuliffe) 15. Auric Goldfinger (GOLDFINGER & James Bond series, Ian Fleming) 16. Batman (comics/novels series, various authors) 17. Ben Perkins (series, Rob Kantner) 18. Benny Cooperman (series, Howard Engel) 19. Bernie Ohls (THE BIG SLEEP, Chandler) 20. Bernie Gunther (series, Philip Kerr) 21. Bill Crane (series, Jonothan Latimer) 22. Blackbird Armand Degas (KILLSHOT, Elmore Leonard) 23. Bob Hightower (GOD IS A BULLET, Boston Teran) 24. Bob Lee Swagger (series, Steven Hunter) 25. Bobby Peru (WILD AT HEART, Barry Gifford) 26. Brady (THE HACKMAN BLUES, Ken Bruen) 27. Brice (EVERBODY SMOKES IN HELL , John Ridley) 28. Bridgett Logan (series, Greg Rucka) 29. Brigid O'Shaughnessy (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) 30. Brock "the Rock" Callahan (series, William Campbell Gault) 31. Bubba Rogowski (series, Dennis Lehane) 32.Bumper Morgan (THE BLUE KNIGHT, Joseph Wambaugh) 33. Burke (series, Andrew Vachss) 34.Burke Devore (THE AX, Donald Westlake) 35. Buzz Meeks (BIG NOWHERE, James Ellroy) 36. C. W. Shugrue (series, James Crumley) 37. Carl Bigelow (SAVAGE NIGHT, Jim Thompson) 38 Carlotta Carslyle (series, Linda Barnes) 39. Carmen Sternwood (THE BIG SLEEP, Raymond Chandler) 40. Casper Gutman (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) 41. Cathy Dunbar (NOTHING IN HER WAY, Charles Williams) 42. Charles LeBlanc(TIDEWATER BLOOD, William Hoffman) 43. Charles Ripley (Lessford Police series, John Wainwright) 44. Charles Carr (series, Gerald Petievitch) 45. Charlie 'little' Bigga (Savage Night, Jim Thompson) 46. Charlie Resnick (series, John Harvey) 47. Charlie Arglist (THE ICE HARVEST, Scott Phillips) 48. Charlie Gants (Gants & THE SHAMAN TREE, Richard Abshire & William Claire) 49. Chili Palmer (GET SHORTY and BE COOL, Elmore Leonard) 50. Christie Opara (Opara series, Dorothy Uhnak) 51. Clarice Starling (series, Thomas Harris) 52. Clete Purcell (Dave Robicheaux series, James Lee Burke) 53. Cliff Hardy (series, Peter Corris) 54. Coffin Ed Johnson & Gravedige Jones r(series, Chester Himes) 55. Cora Papadakis (THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, James M. Cain) 56. Corey Bradford (NIGHT SQUAD, David Goodis) 57. Dan Brown (POMONA QUEEN, Kem Nunn) 58. Dan Fortune (series,Michael Collins) 59. Dan Kearney (DKA series, Joe Gores) 60. Dan Roman (series, Edward Mathis) 61. Dan Turner (Hollywood Detective series, Robert Leslie Bellem) 62. Dashiell Hammett (HAMMETT, Joe Gores) 63. Dave Brandstetter (series, Joseph Hansen) 64. Dave Robicheaux (series, James Lee Burke) 65. Delilah West (series, Maxine O'Callahan) 66. Deputy Detective Carl Houseman (series, Donald Harstad) 67. Derek Strange (series, George Pelecanos)/ 68. Det Sgt Dep't of Unexplained Deaths (Factory series, Derek Raymond) 69. Dick Contino (DICK CONTINO'S BLUES, James Ellroy) 70. Dick Tracy (newspaper strip, Chester Gould) 71. Dimitri Karras (series, George Pelecanos) 72. Dimitrios Makropoulos (Coffin for Dimitrios, Eric Ambler) 73. Dix Handley (THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, W. R. Burnett) 74. Dix Steele (IN A LONELY PLACE, by Dorothy Hughes) 75. Doc McCoy (GETAWAY, Jim Thompson) 76. Doc Savage (series, house name 'Kenneth Robeson - 'various authors) 77. Dolan (NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD, Horace McCoy) 78.Donald Robak (series, Joe L. Hensley) 79. Dora Suarez (I Was Dora Suarez, Derek Raymond) 80. Dudley Smith (L.A. QUARTET series and CLANDESTINE, James Ellroy) 81. Earl Coppen ( The Animal Factory, Edward Bunker)82. 82. Earl Drake (Operation series, Dan J. Marlowe) 83. Earl Swagger (series, Stephen Hunter) 84. Easy Rawlins (series, Walter Mosley) 85. Ed Clive (NO GOOD FROM A CORPSE, Leigh Brackett) 86. Eddie Coyle (THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, George V. Higgins) 87. Edmund Exley (L.A. QUARTET series, James Ellroy) 88. Elise Andrioli (DEATH IN THE WOODS, Brigitte Aubert) 89. Elliot Steil (Outcast, Jose Lattour 90. Elvis Cole (series, Robert Crais) 91. Ernest Guelvada (Dark series, Peter Cheyney) 92. Ernest Stickney (STICK and SWAG, Elmore Leonard) 93.Ernst Stavro Blofeld (James Bond series, Ian Fleming) 94. Eva Wylie (BUCKET NUT, Liza Cody) 95. Eye (EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, Marc Behm) 96. Fabe Falleti (THE TAKE, Eugene Izzi) 97. Fast Eddie Felson (THE HUSTLER and COLOR OF MONEY, Walter Tevis) 98. Fay Anderson (After Dark My Sweet, Jim Thompson 99. Fearless Fosdick (comic strip parody, Al Capp) 100. Fireball Roberts (LAST GOOD KISS, James Crumley) 101. Frank Chambers (THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, James M. Cain) 102. Frank Clemons (trilogy, Thomas Cook) 103. Frank Mansfield (COCKFIGHTER, Charles Willeford) 104. Fred Carver (series, John Lutz) 105. Frederick J. Frenger, Jr. (MIAMI BLUES, Charles Willeford) 106. George Gideon (series, John Creasey as JJ Marric) 107. George Smiley (series, John Le Carre) 108. Ghost (SHELLA, Andrew Vachss) 109. Gideon Loway (series, John Leslie) 110. Ginny Fistoulari (series, Reed Stephens) 111. Gordianus the Finder (series, Steven Saylor) 112. Gottfleisch (recurring character, Russell James) 113. Hannibal Lecter (series, Thomas Harris) 114. Hanson (NIGHT DOGS, Kent Anderson) 115. Hap Collins & Leonard Pine (Hap & Leonard series, Joe R. Lansdale) 116. Harold Odom (PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN DROWNING, Charles Perry) 117. Harry aka Hieronymus Bosch (series, Michael Connelly) 118. Harry Lime (THE THIRD MAN, Graham Greene) 119. Harry Morgan (Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not 120. Harry Stoner (series, Jonathan Valin) 121. Hawk (Spenser series, Robert Parker) 122. Hector Belascoran Shayne (series, Pablo Ignacio Taibo) 123. Hoke Moseley (series, Charles Willeford)
 124. Honey West ( series, G G Fickling) 125. Inman (Cold Mountain, Frazier 126. Inspector DeCock(series, Cornelius Bjaantjer) 127. Isaac Sidel (Isaac Quartet series , Jerome Charyn) 128. Ivan Monk (series, Gary Phillips) 129. Jack Carter (series, Ted Lewis) 130. Jack Devlin (series, John Clarkson) 131. Jack Kyle (series, Richard Abshire) 132. Jack Liffey (series, John Shannon) 133. Jack Reacher (series, Lee Child) 134. Jack Ryan (series, Elmore Leonard) 135. Jack Wild (GARDEN OF SAND AND TATTOO, Earl Thompson) 136. Jackie Burke (RUM PUNCH, Elmore Leonard) 137. Jake Asch (series, Arthur Lyons) 138. James Bond (series, Ian Fleming) 139. James Figueras( Burnt Orange Heresy, Charles Willeford 140. Jane Whitefield (series, Tom Perry) 141. Jay Gatsby (THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald) 142. Jeffry Kittridge (LOVE IS A RACKET, John Ridley) 143. Jim Sader (SLEEP WITH SLANDER, Delores Hitchens) 144. Jimmy Blackburn (Blackburn, Denton) 145. Jo Gar (short stories, Raoul Whitfield) 146. Joe Egan (Afraid to Death, Marc Behm 147. Joe Friday (Dragnet series, various authors) 148. Joe Gall (series, Philip Atlee) 149. Joe LaBrava (LABRAVA, Elmore Leonard) 150. Joe Pike (Elvis Cole series, Robert Crais) 151. Joe Puma (series, William Campbell Gault)
 152. John Francis Cuddy (Cuddy series, Jeremiah Healy 153. John Marshall Tanner (series, Stephen Greenleaf) 154. John Rebus (series, Ian Rankin) 155. John Shaft( series, Ernest Tidyman) 156. Johnny DiPietro (TRINITIES, Nick Tosche) 157. Johnny Hayden (THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART, Lawrence Block) 158. Jonathan Hemlock (EIGER SANCTION and LOO SANCTION, Trevanian) 159. Julie Killeen (THE BRIDE WORE BLCK, Cornell Woolrich) 160. Keller (HIT MAN and HIT LIST, Lawrence Block) 161. Kells (FAST ONE, Paul Cain) 162. Kinsey Millhone (series, Sue Grafton) 163. Lamar Pye (DIRTY WHITE BOYS, Steven Hunter) 164. Lamont Cranston (THE SHADOW, various authors) 165. Lena the waitress (SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER, David Goodis) 166. Lenore Thomas, (Box Nine, Jack O'Connell) 167. Lew Archer (series, Ross Macdonald) 168. Lew Griffin (series, James Sallis) 169. Lionel Essrog (MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, Jonathan Lethem) 170. Lloyd Hopkins (series, James Ellroy) 171. Lorenzo Council (FREEDOMLAND, Richard Price) 172. Lou Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD TOWN, Jim Thompson)/ 173. Lucas Davenport (Prey series, John Sandford) 174. Lucifer Dye (THE FOOLS IN TOWN ARE ON OUR SIDE, Ross Thomas) 175. M (James Bond series, Ian Fleming) 176. Mac [Matt Helm's Boss] (series, Donald Hamilton) 177. Mac (series, Thomas Dewey) 178. Madox (HELL HATH NO FURY a.k.a. THE HOT SPOT, Charles Williams) 179. Maigret (series, Georges Simenon) 180. Marcus Clay (series, George Pelecanos) 181. Mario Balzic (series, K.C. Constantine) 182. Marion "Doc" Ford (series, Randy Wayne White) 183. Martin Beck (series, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo) 184. Martin Plunkett (KILLER ON THE ROAD, Ellroy) 185. Matt Helm (series, Donald Hamilton) 186. Matthew Scudder (series, Lawrence Block) 187. Maureen/Mo (CUTTER AND BONE, Newton Thornburg) 188. Max Cady (THE EXECUTIONERS, John D. MacDonald) 189. Max Dembo (NO BEAST SO FIERCE, Edward Bunker) 190. Max Kearny series, Ron Goulart) 191. Max Latin (short stories, Norbert Davis) 192. Maximum Bob Gibbs (MAXIMUM BOB, Elmore Leonard) 193. Merci Rayburn (BLUE HOUR, RED LIGHT and BLACK WATER, T. Jeff Parker) 194. Michael Schaefer (SLEEPING DOGS and THE BUTCHER BOY, Thomas Perrry) 195. Mick Ballou (series, Lawrence Block) 196. Mike Hammer (series, Mickey Spillane) 197. Mike Shayne(series, "Brett Halliday" Dresser, many others) 198. Miles Jacoby (series , Robert J. Randisi) 199. Milo Milodragovitch (series, James Crumley) 200. Mitch Roberts (series, Gaylord Dold) 201. Mitch Taylor (Taylor/Freeman/Decker series, Lawrence Treat) 202. Mitch Tobin (series, Donald Westlake writing as Tucker Coe) 203. Moneypenny (James Bond series, Ian Fleming) 204. Mongo (MONGO'S BACK IN TOWN, E. Richard Johnson)/1 205. Morgan Hunt (series, Geoffrey Norman) 206. Moses Wine (series, Roger L. Simon)
 207. Mouse (Easy Rawlins series, Walter Mosley) 208. Ms. Tree (comics series, Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty) 209. Munch Mancini (series, Barbara Seranella) 210. Nameless (series, Bill Pronzini) 211. Nate Heller (series, Max Alan Collins 212. Ned Beaumont (THE GLASS KEY, Dashiell Hammett) 213. Neil Fargo (Interface + short stories, Joe Gores) 214. Nestor Burma (series, [DEATH OF A MARSEILLES MAN - English] L o Malet)/1 215. Nick Corey (POP 1280 - Jim Thompson) 216. Nick Gardner ( Shooters, Terrill Lankford) 217. Nick Sharman (series, Mark Timlin) 218. Nick Stefanos (series, George Pelecanos) 219. Nick & Nora Charles (THE THIN MAN, Dashiell Hammett) 220. Nina Zero (series, Robert Eversz) 2221. Op with No Name (SOLOMON'S VINEYARD, Latimer) 222. Parker (series, Richard Stark) 223. Patrick Kenzie (series, Dennis Lehane) 224. Paul Kavanagh (SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS, Lawrence Block as Paul Kavanagh) 225. Paul Pine (Halo series, Howard Browne) 226. Perdita Durango & Romeo Dolorosa (PERDITA DURANGO, Barry Gifford) 227. Perry Mason (series, Erle Stanley Gardner) 228. Peter Bondurant (UNDERWORLD USA trilogy, James Ellroy) 229. Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond Chandler) 230. Philip St. Ives (series, Ross Thomas as Oliver Bleeck) 231. Phyllis Nirdlinger (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, James M Cain) 232. Pierre Ange a.k.a. Pete Sawyer (Stone Angel series, Marvin Albert) 233. Pinky (BRIGHTON ROCK, Graham Greene) 234. Preacher (series, Ted Thackrey, Jr.) 235. Private Ray Elwood (BUFFALO SOLDIERS, Robert O'Connor) 236. Q (James Bond series, Ian Fleming) 237. Quiller (series, Adam Hall) 238. Race Williams/Terry Mack (series, John Carroll Daly) 239. Raven (THIS GUN FOR SALE, Graham Greene) 240. Ray Hicks (DOG SOLDIERS, Robert Stone) 241. Ray, Bob, Eddie, Della (Robbers, Cristopher Cook 242. Raymond Cruz (CITY PRIMEVAL: HIGH NOON IN DETROIT, Elmore Leonard) 243. Reid Bennett (series, Ted Wood) 244. Repairman Jack (series, F. Paul Wilson) 245. Richard Bone (CUTTER AND BONE, Newton Thornburg) 246. Richard Hudson (WOMAN CHASER, Charles Willeford) 247. Richard Wentworth a.k.a. The Spider (pulp series, various authors) Rick Bocca (AFTERBURN, Collin Harrison) 248. Rico Cesare Bandello (LITTLE CAESAR, W. R. Burnett) 249. Roy Dillon (THE GRIFTERS, Jim Thompson) 250. Roy Martin (THE NAME OF THE GAME IS DEATH, Dan Marlowe) 251. Sailor (RIDE THE PINK HORSE, Dorothy Hughes) 252 Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) 253. Samantha Dolan (LA REQUIEM, Robert Crais) 254. Satan Hall (series, John Carroll Daly 255. Shan Tao Yun (SKULL MANTRA and WATER TOUCHING STONE, Eliot Pattison) 256. Sharon McCone (series, Marcia Muller) 257. Shell Scott (series, Richard S. Prather) 258. Sid Halley (trilogy, Dick Francis) 259. Sid Huygens (LA Quartet series, James Ellroy 260. Skink a.k.a. The Governor (recurring character, Carl Hiassen) 261. Skinny (series, James Colbert) 262. Slim Callaghan (Dark series, Peter Cheyney) 263. Slot Machine Kelly (short stories, Dennis Lynds) 264. Smilla Jaspersen (SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW , Peter H eg) 265. Socrates Fortlow (series, Walter Mosley) 266. Spenser (series, Robert Parker 267. Stan Carlisle (NIGHTMARE ALLEY, William Lindsay Gresham) 268. Stanley Moodrow (series, Stephen Solomita a.k.a. David Cray) 269. Steve Carella (87th Precinct series, Evan "Ed" McBain) 270. Terrell McCaleb (BLOODWORK & A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT, Mike Connelly) 271. Terry Quinn (series, George Pelecanos) 272. Terry Lux, (LA Quartet seris, James Ellroy 273. The Continental Op (series, Dashiell Hammett) 274. The Judge (Blood Meridian, Corrmac McCarthy 275. Thomas Kyd (KYD FOR HIRE and GOODNIGHT AND GOODBYE, Timothy Harris) 276. Thorn (series, James W. Hall) 277. Toby Peters (series, Stuart Kaminsky) 278. Tom Bethany(series, Jerome Doolittle) 279. Tom Buchanon (The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald) 280. Tom O'Toole (EVERYBODY WINS, Arthur Miller) 281. Tom Ripley (series, Patricia Highsmith) 282. Tony Rome (MIAMI MAYHEM, Marvin H. Albert) 283. Travis McGee (series, John D. MacDonald) 284. Tres Navarre (series, Rick Riordan) 285. V (V FOR VENDETTA, Alan Moore) 286. V.I. Warshawski (series, Sara Paretsky) 287. Virginia (BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL, Elliot Chaze) 288. Walter Huff (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, James M Cain) 289. Walter Stackhouse (THE BLUNDERER, Patricia Highsmith) 290. Ward Littell(Underworld, USA, James Ellroy 291. Wes Farrell (series, Robert Skinner) 292. Wil Hardesty (series, Richard Barre) 293. Will Graham (RED DRAGON, Thomas Harris) 294. Wyatt (series, Garry Disher)

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