RARA-AVIS: Best 100 Hard Boiled Characters update 4/10

From: M Blumenthal ( blumenidiot@21stcentury.net)
Date: 10 Apr 2002


1 Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond Chandler)- 41 2. Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) - 37 3. The Continental Op (series, Dashiell Hammett) - 34 4. Lew Archer (series, Ross Macdonald) - 29 5. Parker (series, Richard Stark) - 26 6. Travis McGee (series, John D. MacDonald) - 25 7. Matthew Scudder (series, Lawrence Block) - 24 8 Easy Rawlins (series, Walter Mosley) - 23 9 Hoke Moseley (series, Charles Willeford) - 22 10. Lou Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD TOWN, Jim Thompson) - 21 11. Harry aka Hieronymus Bosch (series, Michael Connelly) - 20 12. Matt Helm (series, Donald Hamilton) - 16 13. Mike Hammer (series, Mickey Spillane) - 15 14. C. W. Shugrue (series, James Crumley) - 13 15T. Dave Robicheaux (series, James Lee Burke) - 12 15T. Mouse (Easy Rawlins series, Walter Mosley) - 12 15T Nick Stefanos (series, George Pelecanos) - 12 18T Hap Collins & Leonard Pine (Hap & Leonard series, Joe R. Lansdale) - 11 18T John Rebus (series, Ian Rankin) - 11 18T Spenser (series, Robert Parker) - 11 21T. Nameless (series, Bill Pronzini) - 10 21T. Dudley Smith (L.A. QUARTET series and CLANDESTINE, James Ellroy) - 10 21T. Coffin Ed Johnson & Gravedigger Jones (series, Chester Himes) - 10 21T . Eddie Coyle (THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, George V. Higgins) - 10 21T. Ned Beaumont (THE GLASS KEY, Dashiell Hammett) - 10 21T. Brigid O'Shaughnessy (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) - 10 27T. Dimitri Karras (series, George Pelecanos) - 9 27T. Paul Pine (Halo series, Howard Browne) - 9 29T. Amos Walker (series, Loren D. Estleman) - 8 29T. V.I. Warshawski (series, Sara Paretsky) - 8 29T. Tom Ripley (series, Patricia Highsmith) - 8 29T . Artie Wu & Quincy Durant (series, Ross Thomas) -8 33T. Peter Bondurant (UNDERWORLD USA trilogy, James Ellroy) - 7 33T. Dan Turner (Hollywood Detective series, Robert Leslie Bellem) - 7 33T. Hanson (NIGHT DOGS, Kent Anderson) - 7 33T. Burke (series, Andrew Vachss) - 7 33T. Frederick J. Frenger, Jr. (MIAMI BLUES, Charles Willeford) - 7 33T. Milo Milodragovitch (series, James Crumley) - 33T. Arkady Renko (series, Martin Cruz Smith) - 7 33T. Hawk (Spenser series, Robert Parker) - 7 41T. Earl Drake (Operation series, Dan J. Marlowe) - 6 41T Frank Chambers (THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, James M. Cain) - 6 41T. Bill Crane (series, Jonothan Latimer) - 6 41T Jack Reacher (series, Lee Child) - 6 41T Lucas Davenport (Prey series, John Sandford) - 6 41T Martin Beck (series, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo) - 6 41T Lloyd Hopkins (series, James Ellroy) - 6 41T. Harry Lime (THE THIRD MAN, Graham Greene) - 6 41T. Doc McCoy (GETAWAY, Jim Thompson) - 6 41T. James Bond (series, Ian Fleming) - 6 41T. Dan Kearny (DKA series, Joe Gores) - 6 41T. Buzz Meeks (BIG NOWHERE, James Ellroy) - 6 63T. Chili Palmer (GET SHORTY and BE COOL, Elmore Leonard) - 5 63T. Lew Griffin (series, James Sallis) - 5 63T. Elvis Cole (series, Robert Crais) - 5 63T. Max Latin (short stories, Norbert Davis) - 5 63T. Batman (comics/novels series, various authors) 5 63T. Hannibal Lecter (series, Thomas Harris) - 5 63T. James Figueras( Burnt Orange Heresy, Charles Willeford) - 5 63T. Nick Corey (POP 1280 - Jim Thompson) 5 63T. George Smiley (series, John Le Carre) - 5 63T. Casper Gutman (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) - 5 63T. Richard Bone (CUTTER AND BONE, Newton Thornburg) - 5 74. Detective Sergeant Department of Unexplained Deaths (Factory series, D Raymond) - 74T Skink a.k.a. The Governor (recurring character, Carl Hiassen) - 4 74T Walter Huff (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, James M Cain) - 4 74T Kinsey Millhone (series, Sue Grafton) - 4 74T Richard Hudson (WOMAN CHASER, Charles Willeford) - 4 74T Roy Dillon (THE GRIFTERS, Jim Thompson) - 4 74T Joe Gall (series, Philip Atlee) - 4 74T Jack Carter (series, Ted Lewis) - 4 74T Race Williams/Terry Mack (series, Carroll John Daly) - 4 74T Kells (FAST ONE, Paul Cain) - 4 74T Keller (HIT MAN and HIT LIST, Lawrence Block) - 4 74T Mike Shayne(series, "Brett Halliday" Dresser, many others) - 4 74T Fast Eddie Felson (THE HUSTLER and COLOR OF MONEY, Walter Tevis) - 4 74T Bernie Gunther(series, Philip Kerr) - 4 74T Clete Purcell (Dave Robicheaux series, James Lee Burke) - 4 74T Jonathan Hemlock (EIGER SANCTION and LOO SANCTION, Trevanian) - 4 74T Nick & Nora Charles (THE THIN MAN, Dashiell Hammett) - 4 74T John Shaft( series, Ernest Tidyman) - 4 74T Shell Scott (series, Richard S. Prather) -4 74T Mario Balzic (series, K.C. Constantine) - 4 74T Bob Lee Swagger (series, Steven Hunter) - 4 95T Jane Whitefield (series, Tom Perry) - 3 95T Marcus Clay (series, George Pelecanos) - 3 95T Joe Pike (Elvis Cole series, Robert Crais) - 3 95T Neil Fargo (Interface + short stories, Joe Gores) - 3 95T Steve Carella (87th Precinct series, Evan "Ed" McBain) - 3 95T Dave Brandstetter (series, Joseph Hansen) - 3 95T Perry Mason (series, Erle Stanley Gardner) - 3 95T Quiller (series, Adam Hall) - 3 95T Fang Mulheisen (series, Jon A. Jackson) - 3 95T John Francis Cuddy (Cuddy series, Jeremiah Healy) - 3 95T Frank Clemons (trilogy, Thomas Cook) - 3 95T Harry Stoner (series, Jonathan Valin) - 3 95T John Marshall Tanner (series, Stephen Greenleaf) - 3 95T Lionel Essrog (MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, Jonathan Lethem) - 3 95T Sharon McCone (series, Marcia Muller) - 3 95T Joe Friday (Dragnet series, various authors) - 3 95T Patrick Kenzie (series, Dennis Lehane) - 3 95T Lenore Thomas, (Box Nine, Jack O'Connell) - 3 95T Charlie Arglist (THE ICE HARVEST, Scott Phillips) - 3 95T Ed and Am Hunter (Fredric Brown) - 3 95T Socrates Fortlow (series, Walter Mosley) - 3 95T Mike Dolan (NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD, Horace McCoy) - 3 95T. Maigret (series, Georges Simenon) - 3 95T Alexander Cutter (CUTTER AND BONE, Newton Thornburg) - 3 95T Derek Strange (series, George Pelecanos) -3

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