Here are the 100 best hard boiled characters as of early
morning of April 8 We have had 38 voters. This is about
halfway through. If we get as many voters this week it will
take three or four votes for a character to make the list. If
we get a lot more voters, it may take as many as six.
Mark
.
1. Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond Chandler) - 30 2. Sam
Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) - 27 3. The
Continental Op (series, Dashiell Hammett) - 25 4. Lew Archer
(series, Ross Macdonald) - 22 5. Travis McGee (series, John
D. MacDonald) - 21 6. Parker (series, Richard Stark) - 20 7.
Matthew Scudder (series, Lawrence Block) - 19 8. Lou Ford
(KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD TOWN, Jim Thompson) - 17 9T. Matt
Helm (series, Donald Hamilton)- 16 9T. Easy Rawlins (series,
Walter Mosley) - 16 9T. Harry aka Hieronymus Bosch (series,
Michael Connelly) - 16 9T Hoke Moseley (series, Charles
Willeford) - 16 13T. Nick Stefanos (series, George Pelecanos)
- 12 13T. Mike Hammer (series, Mickey Spillane) - 12 15T.
Dave Robicheaux (series, James Lee Burke) - 10 15T. C. W.
Shugrue (series, James Crumley) - 10 15T. Spenser (series,
Robert Parker) - 10 18. John Rebus (series, Ian Rankin) - 9
19. Nameless (series, Bill Pronzini) - 8 19T . Mouse (Easy
Rawlins series, Walter Mosley) - 8 21T. Hap Collins &
Leonard Pine (Hap & Leonard series, Joe R. Lansdale) -
21T . Eddie Coyle (THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, George V.
Higgins) - 7 21T. Peter Bondurant (UNDERWORLD USA trilogy,
James Ellroy) - 7 21T. Dan Turner (Hollywood Detective
series, Robert Leslie Bellem) - 7 25T. Dudley Smith (L.A.
QUARTET series and CLANDESTINE, James Ellroy) - 6 25T. Milo
Milodragovitch (series, James Crumley) - 6 26T. Lloyd Hopkins
(series, James Ellroy) - 6 25T. Dimitri Karras (series,
George Pelecanos) - 6 25T. Frederick J. Frenger, Jr. (MIAMI
BLUES, Charles Willeford) - 6 25T. Brigid O'Shaughnessy (THE
MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) - 6 25T. Hawk (Spenser
series, Robert Parker) - 6 25T. Ned Beaumont (THE GLASS KEY,
Dashiell Hammett) - 6 25T. Arkady Renko (series, Martin Cruz
Smith) - 6 25T. Doc McCoy (GETAWAY, Jim Thompson) - 6 25T.
Amos Walker (series, Loren D. Estleman) - 6 25T. Paul Pine
(Halo series, Howard Browne) - 6 25T. V.I. Warshawski
(series, Sara Paretsky) - 6 25T . Artie Wu & Quincy
Durant (series, Ross Thomas) - 6 39T. Buzz Meeks (BIG
NOWHERE, James Ellroy) - 5 39T. Burke (series, Andrew Vachss)
- 5 39T. Lew Griffin (series, James Sallis) - 5 39T. Chili
Palmer (GET SHORTY and BE COOL, Elmore Leonard) - 5 39T.
James Bond (series, Ian Fleming) - 5 39T. Coffin Ed Johnson
& Gravedigger Jones (series, Chester Himes) - 5 39T. Tom
Ripley (series, Patricia Highsmith) - 5 39T. Jack Reacher
(series, Lee Child) - 5 39T. Hanson (NIGHT DOGS, Kent
Anderson) - 5 39T. Earl Drake (Operation series, Dan J.
Marlowe) - 5 39T. Martin Beck (series, Maj Sjowall and Per
Wahloo) - 5 39T. Lucas Davenport (Prey series, John Sandford)
- 5 51T. Bill Crane (series, Jonothan Latimer) - 5 51T.
Richard Hudson (WOMAN CHASER, Charles Willeford) - 4 51T.
James Figueras( Burnt Orange Heresy, Charles Willeford - 4
51T. Jack Carter (series, Ted Lewis) - 4 51T. Joe Gall
(series, Philip Atlee) - 4 51T. George Smiley (series, John
Le Carre) - 4 51T. Frank Chambers (THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS
TWICE, James M. Cain) - 4 51T. Detective Sergeant Department
of Unexplained Deaths (Factory series, D Raymond) - 4 51T.
Batman (comics/novels series, various authors) - 4 51T.
Walter Huff (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, James M Cain) - 4 51T. Elvis
Cole (series, Robert Crais) - 4 5T. Hannibal Lecter (series,
Thomas Harris) - 4 51T. Kinsey Millhone (series, Sue Grafton)
- 4 51T. Dan Kearny (DKA series, Joe Gores) - 4 65T. Neil
Fargo (Interface + short stories, Joe Gores) - 3 65T. Skink
a.k.a. The Governor (recurring character, Carl Hiassen) - 3
65T. Harry Lime (THE THIRD MAN, Graham Greene) - 3 65T. Dave
Brandstetter (series, Joseph Hansen) - 3 65T. Fast Eddie
Felson (THE HUSTLER and COLOR OF MONEY, Walter Tevis) - 3
65T. Clete Purcell (Dave Robicheaux series, James Lee Burke)
- 3 65T. Richard Bone (CUTTER AND BONE, Newton Thornburg) - 3
65T. Joe Friday (Dragnet series, various authors) - 3 65T.
Shell Scott (series, Richard S. Prather) - 3 65T. John
Francis Cuddy (Cuddy series, Jeremiah Healy) - 3 65T. Roy
Dillon (THE GRIFTERS, Jim Thompson) - 3 65T. Mike
Shayne(series, "Brett Halliday" Dresser, many others) - 3
65T. Perry Mason (series, Erle Stanley Gardner) - 3 65T.
Steve Carella (87th Precinct series, Evan "Ed" McBain) - 3
65T. Keller (HIT MAN and HIT LIST, Lawrence Block) - 3 65T.
Joe Pike (Elvis Cole series, Robert Crais) - 3 65T. Max Latin
(short stories, Norbert Davis) - 3 65T. Jonathan Hemlock
(EIGER SANCTION and LOO SANCTION, Trevanian) - 3 65T. Marcus
Clay (series, George Pelecanos) - 3 65T. Jane Whitefield
(series, Tom Perry) - 3 85T. Maigret (series, Georges
Simenon) - 2 85T. Casper Gutman (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell
Hammett) - 2 85T. Charlie Resnick (series, John Harvey) - 2
85T. Jack Wild (GARDEN OF SAND AND TATTOO, Earl Thompson) - 2
85T . Martin Plunkett (KILLER ON THE ROAD, Ellroy) - 2 75T.
Race Williams/Terry Mack (series, Carroll John Daly) - 2 85T.
Wyatt (series, Garry Disher) - 2 85T. Bob Lee Swagger
(series, Steven Hunter) - 2 85T. Frank Clemons (trilogy,
Thomas Cook) - 2 85T. Bubba Rogowski (series, Dennis Lehane)
85T. Nick Corey (POP 1280 - Jim Thompson) - 2 85T. Edmund
Exley (L.A. QUARTET series, James Ellroy) - 2 85T. Lionel
Essrog (MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, Jonathan Lethem) - 2 85T. Harry
Stoner (series, Jonathan Valin) - 2 85T Bernie
Gunther(series, Philip Kerr) - 2 85T. Alan Grofield (Parker
& Grofield series, Richard Stark) - 2 85T. Kells (FAST
ONE, Paul Cain) - 2 85T. Patrick Kenzie (series, Dennis
Lehane) - 2 85T. Thorn (series, James W. Hall) - 2 85T. John
Shaft( series, Ernest Tidyman) - 2 85T. Sharon McCone
(series, Marcia Muller) - 2 85T. Dick Tracy (newspaper strip,
Chester Gould) - 2 85T. Deputy Detective Carl Houseman
(series, Donald Harstad) - 2 85T. Mario Balzic (series, K.C.
Constantine) - 2 85T. Marion "Doc" Ford (series, Randy Wayne
White) - 2 85T. Quiller (series, Adam Hall) - 2 85T. Derek
Strange (series, George Pelecanos) - 2 85T. Dimitrios
Makropoulos (Coffin for Dimitrios, Eric Ambler) - 2 85T.
Michael Schaefer (SLEEPING DOGS & THE BUTCHER BOY, Thomas
Perrry) - 2
Mark
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