Here is my list.
> Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond Chandler)
> Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell
Hammett)
> The Continental Op (series, Dashiell
Hammett)
> Lew Archer (series, Ross Macdonald)
> Parker (series, Richard Stark)
> Matthew Scudder (series, Lawrence Block)
> Lou Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD TOWN, Jim
Thompson)
> Hap Collins & Leonard Pine (Hap & Leonard
series, Joe R. Lansdale)
> Eddie Coyle (THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, George V.
Higgins)
> Frederick J. Frenger, Jr. (MIAMI BLUES, Charles
Willeford)
> Ned Beaumont (THE GLASS KEY, Dashiell
Hammett)
> Coffin Ed Johnson & Gravedigger Jones (series,
Chester Himes)
> Earl Drake (Operation series, Dan J.
Marlowe)
> Bill Crane (series, Jonathan Latimer)
> Frank Chambers (THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE,
James M. Cain)
> Harry Lime (THE THIRD MAN, Graham Greene)
> Fast Eddie Felson (THE HUSTLER and COLOR OF MONEY,
Walter Tevis)
> Keller (HIT MAN and HIT LIST, Lawrence
Block)
> Nick Corey (POP 1280 - Jim Thompson)
> Kells (FAST ONE, Paul Cain)
Tapani Bagge a lurker from Finland
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