Chandler Hammett Ross Macdonald Richard Stark Charles
Willeford John D MacDonald (for Travis McGee; don't know how
I'd take it now, but it was just the right series at just the
right time) James Sallis Ted Lewis Derek Raymond David Goodis
Ken Bruen Chester Himes JP Manchette Jack O'Connell John
Evans (Howard Browne) Jim Thompson (though I need to read
more) James Crumley (for Last God Kiss and Dancing Bear) Ian
Rankin Michael Connelly Lawrence Block Elmore Leonard
(another I no longer read, but his classics, wow) Joe Gores
Benjamin M Schutz Joe Lansdale (for Hap and Leonard, need to
read more of his standalones) Wade Miller
Bubbling under:
Russell James, John Milne, Don Winslow, Leo Malet, Charlie
Huston, along with lis members: Guthrie, Zeltserman,
Swierczynski, Starr and Lankford
Need to read more of:
Donald Goines, Day Keene, Gil Brewer, Donald Hamilton, Claude
Izzo, Charles and Charlie Williams, Thomas Cook, Simenon's
standalones, Kents Harrington and Anderson (haven't read at
all, but need to)
Mark
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