Here are the nominated characters. I have included all write
ins, and it has been a renumbered. We have agreed the voting
will end on April 15 so you have time send in your vote if
you haven't done so already. As Bill mentioned you do not
have to vote for 20 characters. That is the maximum you may
choose. Mark
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)/1 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. Calhoun (Dia de los Muertos, Harrington)
38. Carl Bigelow (SAVAGE NIGHT, Jim Thompson) 39 Carlotta
Carslyle (series, Linda Barnes) 40. Carmen Sternwood (THE BIG
SLEEP, Raymond Chandler) 41. Casper Gutman (THE MALTESE
FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) 42. Cathy Dunbar (NOTHING IN HER
WAY, Charles Williams) 43. Charles LeBlanc(TIDEWATER BLOOD,
William Hoffman) 44. Charles Ripley (Lessford Police series,
John Wainwright) 45. Charles Carr (series, Gerald Petievitch)
46. Charlie 'little' Bigga (Savage Night, Jim Thompson) 47.
Charlie Resnick (series, John Harvey) 48. Charlie Arglist
(THE ICE HARVEST, Scott Phillips) 49. Charlie Gants (Gants
& THE SHAMAN TREE, Richard Abshire & William Claire)
50. Chili Palmer (GET SHORTY and BE COOL, Elmore Leonard) 51.
Christie Opara (Opara series, Dorothy Uhnak) 52. Clarice
Starling (series, Thomas Harris) 53. Clete Purcell (Dave
Robicheaux series, James Lee Burke) 54. Cliff Hardy (series,
Peter Corris) 55. Coffin Ed Johnson & Gravedige Jones
r(series, Chester Himes) 56. Cora Papadakis (THE POSTMAN
ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, James M. Cain) 57. Corey Bradford (NIGHT
SQUAD, David Goodis) 58. Dan Brown (POMONA QUEEN, Kem Nunn)
59. Dan Fortune (series,Michael Collins) 60. Dan Kearney (DKA
series, Joe Gores) 61. Dan Roman (series, Edward Mathis) 62.
Dan Turner (Hollywood Detective series, Robert Leslie Bellem)
63. Dashiell Hammett (HAMMETT, Joe Gores) 64. Dave
Brandstetter (series, Joseph Hansen) 65. Dave Robicheaux
(series, James Lee Burke) 66. Delilah West (series, Maxine
O'Callahan) 67. Deputy Detective Carl Houseman (series,
Donald Harstad) 68. Derek Strange (series, George Pelecanos)
69. Desmond Iles (Harpur & Iles series, Bill James 70 Det
Sgt Dep't of Unexplained Deaths (Factory series, Derek
Raymond) 71. Dick Contino (DICK CONTINO'S BLUES, James
Ellroy) 72. Dick Tracy (newspaper strip, Chester Gould) 73.
Dimitri Karras (series, George Pelecanos) 74. Dimitrios
Makropoulos (Coffin for Dimitrios, Eric Ambler) 75. Dix
Handley (THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, W. R. Burnett)74. 76. Dix Steele
(IN A LONELY PLACE, by Dorothy Hughes) 77. Doc Adams (series,
Rick Boyer) 78. Doc McCoy (GETAWAY, Jim Thompson) 79. Doc
Savage (series, house name 'Kenneth Robeson - 'various
authors) 80. Dolan (NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD, Horace McCoy)
81.Donald Robak (series, Joe L. Hensley) 82. Dora Suarez (I
Was Dora Suarez, Derek Raymond) 83. Dudley Smith (L.A.
QUARTET series and CLANDESTINE, James Ellroy) 84. Earl Coppen
( The Animal Factory, Edward Bunker)82. 85. Earl Drake
(Operation series, Dan J. Marlowe) 86. Earl Swagger (series,
Stephen Hunter) 87. Easy Rawlins (series, Walter Mosley)/ 88.
Ed Clive (NO GOOD FROM A CORPSE, Leigh Brackett) 89. Eddie
Coyle (THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, George V. Higgins) 90.
Edmund Exley (L.A. QUARTET series, James Ellroy) 91. Elise
Andrioli (DEATH IN THE WOODS, Brigitte Aubert) 92. Elliot
Steil (Outcast, Jose Lattour 93. Elvis Cole (series, Robert
Crais) 94. Ernest Guelvada (Dark series, Peter Cheyney) 95.
Ernest Stickney (STICK and SWAG, Elmore Leonard) 96.Ernst
Stavro Blofeld (James Bond series, Ian Fleming) 97. Eva Wylie
(BUCKET NUT, Liza Cody) 98. Eye (EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, Marc
Behm) 99. Fabe Falleti (THE TAKE, Eugene Izzi) 100. Fang
Mulheisen (series, Jon A Jackson) 101 Fast Eddie Felson (THE
HUSTLER and COLOR OF MONEY, Walter Tevis) 102. Fay Anderson
(After Dark My Sweet, Jim Thompson 103. Fearless Fosdick
(comic strip parody, Al Capp) 104. Fireball Roberts (LAST
GOOD KISS, James Crumley) 105. Frank Chambers (THE POSTMAN
ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, James M. Cain) 106. Frank Clemons
(trilogy, Thomas Cook) 107. Frank Mansfield (COCKFIGHTER,
Charles Willeford) 108. Fred Carver (series, John Lutz) 109.
Frederick J. Frenger, Jr. (MIAMI BLUES, Charles Willeford)
110. Gabriel Dupre (series, Peter Bowen) 111. George Gideon
(series, John Creasey as JJ Marric) 112. George Smiley
(series, John Le Carre) 113. Ghost (SHELLA, Andrew Vachss)
114. Gideon Loway (series, John Leslie) 115. Ginny Fistoulari
(series, Reed Stephens) 116. Gordianus the Finder (series,
Steven Saylor) 117. Gottfleisch (recurring character, Russell
James) 118. Hannibal Lecter (series, Thomas Harris) 119.
Hanson (NIGHT DOGS, Kent Anderson) 120. Hap Collins &
Leonard Pine (Hap & Leonard series, Joe R. Lansdale) 121.
Harold Odom (PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN DROWNING, Charles Perry)
122. Harry aka Hieronymus Bosch (series, Michael Connelly)
123. Harry Lime (THE THIRD MAN, Graham Greene) 124. Harry
Morgan (Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not 125. Harry
Stoner (series, Jonathan Valin) 126. Hawk (Spenser series,
Robert Parker) 127. Hector Belascoran Shayne (series, Pablo
Ignacio Taibo) 128. Hoke Moseley (series, Charles Willeford)
129. Honey West ( series, G G Fickling) 130. Inman (Cold
Mountain, Frazier 131. Inspector DeCock(series, Cornelius
Bjaantjer) 132. Isaac Sidel (Isaac Quartet series , Jerome
Charyn) 133. Ivan Monk (series, Gary Phillips) 134. Jack
Carter (series, Ted Lewis) 135. Jack Devlin (series, John
Clarkson) 136. Jack Kyle (series, Richard Abshire) 137. Jack
Liffey (series, John Shannon) 138. Jack Reacher (series, Lee
Child) 139. Jack Ryan (series, Elmore Leonard) 140. Jack Wild
(GARDEN OF SAND AND TATTOO, Earl Thompson) 1410. Jackie Burke
(RUM PUNCH, Elmore Leonard) 142. Jake Asch (series, Arthur
Lyons) 143. James Bond (series, Ian Fleming) 144 James
Figueras( Burnt Orange Heresy, Charles Willeford 145. Jane
Whitefield (series, Tom Perry) 146. Jay Gatsby (THE GREAT
GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald) 147. Jeffry Kittridge (LOVE IS A
RACKET, John Ridley) 148. Jim Sader (SLEEP WITH SLANDER,
Delores Hitchens) 149. Jimmy Blackburn (Blackburn, Denton)
150. Jo Gar (short stories, Raoul Whitfield) 151. Joe Egan
(Afraid to Death, Marc Behm 152. Joe Friday (Dragnet series,
various authors) 153. Joe Gall (series, Philip Atlee) 154.
Joe LaBrava (LABRAVA, Elmore Leonard) 155. Joe Pike (Elvis
Cole series, Robert Crais) 156. Joe Puma (series, William
Campbell Gault) 157. John Francis Cuddy (Cuddy series,
Jeremiah Healy 158. John Marshall Tanner (series, Stephen
Greenleaf) 159. John Rebus (series, Ian Rankin) 160. John
Shaft( series, Ernest Tidyman) 161. Johnny DiPietro
(TRINITIES, Nick Tosche) 162. Johnny Hayden (THE GIRL WITH
THE LONG GREEN HEART, Lawrence Block) 163. Jonathan Hemlock
(EIGER SANCTION and LOO SANCTION, Trevanian) 164. Julie
Killeen (THE BRIDE WORE BLCK, Cornell Woolrich) 165. Keller
(HIT MAN and HIT LIST, Lawrence Block) 166. Kells (FAST ONE,
Paul Cain) 167. Kent Murdock (series, George Harmone Cox)
168. Kinsey Millhone (series, Sue Grafton) 169. Lamar Pye
(DIRTY WHITE BOYS, Steven Hunter) 170. Lamont Cranston (THE
SHADOW, various authors) 171. Lena the waitress (SHOOT THE
PIANO PLAYER, David Goodis) 172. Lenore Thomas, (Box Nine,
Jack O'Connell) 173. Lew Archer (series, Ross Macdonald) 174.
Lew Griffin (series, James Sallis) 175. Lionel Essrog
(MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, Jonathan Lethem) 176. Lloyd Hopkins
(series, James Ellroy) 177. Lorenzo Council (FREEDOMLAND,
Richard Price) 178. Lou Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD TOWN,
Jim Thompson)/ 179. Lucas Davenport (Prey series, John
Sandford) 180. Lucifer Dye (THE FOOLS IN TOWN ARE ON OUR
SIDE, Ross Thomas) 181. M (James Bond series, Ian Fleming)
182. Mac [Matt Helm's Boss] (series, Donald Hamilton) 183.
Mac (series, Thomas Dewey) 184. Madox (HELL HATH NO FURY
a.k.a. THE HOT SPOT, Charles Williams) 185. Maigret (series,
Georges Simenon) 186. Marcus Clay (series, George Pelecanos)
187. Mario Balzic (series, K.C. Constantine) 188. Marion
"Doc" Ford (series, Randy Wayne White) 189. Martin Beck
(series, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo) 190. Martin Plunkett
(KILLER ON THE ROAD, Ellroy) 191. Matt Helm (series, Donald
Hamilton) 192. Matthew Scudder (series, Lawrence Block) 193.
Maureen/Mo (CUTTER AND BONE, Newton Thornburg) 194. Max Cady
(THE EXECUTIONERS, John D. MacDonald) 195. Max Dembo (NO
BEAST SO FIERCE, Edward Bunker) 196. Max Kearny series, Ron
Goulart) 197. Max Latin (short stories, Norbert Davis) 198.
Maximum Bob Gibbs (MAXIMUM BOB, Elmore Leonard) 199. Merci
Rayburn (BLUE HOUR, RED LIGHT and BLACK WATER, T. Jeff
Parker) 200. Michael Schaefer (SLEEPING DOGS and THE BUTCHER
BOY, Thomas Perrry) 201. Mick Ballou (series, Lawrence Block)
202. Mike Hammer (series, Mickey Spillane) 203. Mike
Shayne(series, "Brett Halliday" Dresser, many others) 204.
Miles Jacoby (series , Robert J. Randisi) 205. Milo
Milodragovitch (series, James Crumley) 206. Mitch Roberts
(series, Gaylord Dold) 207. Mitch Taylor
(Taylor/Freeman/Decker series, Lawrence Treat) 208. Mitch
Tobin (series, Donald Westlake writing as Tucker Coe) 209.
Moneypenny (James Bond series, Ian Fleming) 210. Mongo
(MONGO'S BACK IN TOWN, E. Richard Johnson)/1 211. Morgan Hunt
(series, Geoffrey Norman) 212. Moses Wine (series, Roger L.
Simon) 213. Mouse (Easy Rawlins series, Walter Mosley) 214.
Ms. Tree (comics series, Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty)
215. Munch Mancini (series, Barbara Seranella) 216. Nameless
(series, Bill Pronzini) 217. Nate Heller (series, Max Alan
Collins 218. Ned Beaumont (THE GLASS KEY, Dashiell Hammett)
219. Neil Fargo (Interface + short stories, Joe Gores) 220.
Nestor Burma (series, [DEATH OF A MARSEILLES MAN - English] L
o Malet)/1 221. Nick Corey (POP 1280 - Jim Thompson) 222.
Nick Gardner ( Shooters, Terrill Lankford) 223. Nick Sharman
(series, Mark Timlin) 224. Nick Stefanos (series, George
Pelecanos) 225. Nick & Nora Charles (THE THIN MAN,
Dashiell Hammett) 226. Nina Zero (series, Robert Eversz) 227.
Op with No Name (SOLOMON'S VINEYARD, Latimer) 228. Parker
(series, Richard Stark) 229. Patrick Kenzie (series, Dennis
Lehane) 230. Paul Kavanagh (SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS, Lawrence
Block as Paul Kavanagh) 231. Paul Pine (Halo series, Howard
Browne) 232. Perdita Durango & Romeo Dolorosa (PERDITA
DURANGO, Barry Gifford) 233. Perry Mason (series, Erle
Stanley Gardner) 234. Peter Bondurant (UNDERWORLD USA
trilogy, James Ellroy) 235. Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond
Chandler) 236. Philip St. Ives (series, Ross Thomas as Oliver
Bleeck) 237. Phyllis Nirdlinger (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, James M
Cain) 238. Pierre Ange a.k.a. Pete Sawyer (Stone Angel
series, Marvin Albert) 239. Pinky (BRIGHTON ROCK, Graham
Greene) 240. Preacher (series, Ted Thackrey, Jr.) 241.
Private Ray Elwood (BUFFALO SOLDIERS, Robert O'Connor) 242. Q
(James Bond series, Ian Fleming) 243. Quiller (series, Adam
Hall) 244. Race Williams/Terry Mack (series, Carrol John
Daly) 245. Ralph Cotter (Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Horace McCoy
246. Raven (THIS GUN FOR SALE, Graham Greene) 247. Ray Hicks
(DOG SOLDIERS, Robert Stone) 248. Ray, Bob, Eddie, Della
(Robbers, Cristopher Cook 249. Raymond Cruz (CITY PRIMEVAL:
HIGH NOON IN DETROIT, Elmore Leonard) 250. Reid Bennett
(series, Ted Wood) 251. Repairman Jack (series, F. Paul
Wilson) 252. Richard Bone (CUTTER AND BONE, Newton Thornburg)
253. Richard Hudson (WOMAN CHASER, Charles Willeford) 254.
Richard Wentworth a.k.a. The Spider (pulp series, various
authors) 255. Rick Bocca (AFTERBURN, Collin Harrison) 256.
Rico Cesare Bandello (LITTLE CAESAR, W. R. Burnett) 257. Roy
Dillon (THE GRIFTERS, Jim Thompson) 258. Roy Martin (THE NAME
OF THE GAME IS DEATH, Dan Marlowe) 259. Sailor (RIDE THE PINK
HORSE, Dorothy Hughes) 260 Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON,
Dashiell Hammett) 261. Samantha Dolan (LA REQUIEM, Robert
Crais) 262. Satan Hall (series, Carroll John Daly 263. Shan
Tao Yun (SKULL MANTRA and WATER TOUCHING STONE, Eliot
Pattison) 264. Sharon McCone (series, Marcia Muller) 265.
Shell Scott (series, Richard S. Prather) 266. Sid Halley
(trilogy, Dick Francis) 267. Sid Huygens (LA Quartet series,
James Ellroy 268. Skink a.k.a. The Governor (recurring
character, Carl Hiassen) 269. Skinny (series, James Colbert)
270. Slim Callaghan (Dark series, Peter Cheyney) 271. Slot
Machine Kelly (short stories, Dennis Lynds) 272. Smilla
Jaspersen (SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW , Peter H eg) 273. Socrates
Fortlow (series, Walter Mosley) 274. Spenser (series, Robert
Parker 275. Stan Carlisle (NIGHTMARE ALLEY, William Lindsay
Gresham) 276. Stanley Moodrow (series, Stephen Solomita
a.k.a. David Cray) 277. Steve Carella (87th Precinct series,
Evan "Ed" McBain) 278. Terrell McCaleb (BLOODWORK & A
DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT, Mike Connelly) 279. Terry Quinn
(series, George Pelecanos) 280. Terry Lux, (LA Quartet seris,
James Ellroy 281. The Continental Op (series, Dashiell
Hammett) 282. The Judge (Blood Meridian, Corrmac McCarthy
283. Thomas Kyd (KYD FOR HIRE and GOODNIGHT AND GOODBYE,
Timothy Harris) 284. Thorn (series, James W. Hall) 285. Toby
Peters (series, Stuart Kaminsky) 286. Tom Bethany(series,
Jerome Doolittle) 287. Tom Buchanon (The Great Gatsby, F
Scott Fitzgerald) 288. Tom O'Toole (EVERYBODY WINS, Arthur
Miller) 289. Tom Ripley (series, Patricia Highsmith) 290.
Tony Rome (MIAMI MAYHEM, Marvin H. Albert) 291. Travis McGee
(series, John D. MacDonald) 292. Tres Navarre (series, Rick
Riordan) 293. V (V FOR VENDETTA, Alan Moore) 294. V.I.
Warshawski (series, Sara Paretsky) 295. Virginia (BLACK WINGS
HAS MY ANGEL, Elliot Chaze) 296. Walter Huff (DOUBLE
INDEMNITY, James M Cain) 297. Walter Stackhouse (THE
BLUNDERER, Patricia Highsmith) 298. Ward Littell(Underworld,
USA, James Ellroy 299. Wes Farrell (series, Robert Skinner)
300. Wil Hardesty (series, Richard Barre) 301. Will Graham
(RED DRAGON, Thomas Harris) 302. Wyatt (series, Garry
Disher)
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