RARA-AVIS: The 10 Best Hard Boiled Characters - update

From: M Blumenthal ( blumenidiot@21stcentury.net)
Date: 08 Apr 2002


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
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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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