Voting ends today. Here are the the top twenty. I will post
the full best 100 list tomorow. Mark
51 Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond Chandler) 47. Sam Spade
(THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett) 41. The Continental Op
(series, Dashiell Hammett) 34. Lew Archer (series, Ross
Macdonald) 31. Parker (series, Richard Stark) 30. Matthew
Scudder (series, Lawrence Block) 30. Travis McGee (series,
John D. MacDonald) 28. Harry aka Hieronymus Bosch (series,
Michael Connelly) 27 Easy Rawlins (series, Walter Mosley) 24
Hoke Moseley (series, Charles Willeford) 22. Lou Ford (KILLER
INSIDE ME and WILD TOWN, Jim Thompson) 18. Matt Helm (series,
Donald Hamilton) 16. Mike Hammer (series, Mickey Spillane)
16. Coffin Ed Johnson & Gravedigger Jones (series,
Chester Himes) 16. C. W. Shugrue (series, James Crumley) 15.
Dave Robicheaux (series, James Lee Burke) 15. Nick Stefanos
(series, George Pelecanos) 15 . Mouse (Easy Rawlins series,
Walter Mosley) 15. John Rebus (series, Ian Rankin) 15 Hap
Collins & Leonard Pine (Hap & Leonard series, Joe R.
Lansdale)
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