In alphabetical order:
Artie Wu and Quincy Durant (series, Ross Thomas) Batman CW
Shugrue (Last Good Kiss and others, Crumley) Coffin Ed &
Gravedigger Jones (series, Chester Himes) Det Sgt Dept
Unexplained Deaths (Factory series, Derek Raymond) Earl Drake
(series, Dan J Marlowe) Ghost (Shella, Andrew Vachss) Hap
Collins & Leonard Pine (series, Lansdale) Hoke Mosley
(series, Willeford) Jack Carter (series, Ted Lewis) Lew
Archer (series, Ross Macdonald) Lew Griffin (series, James
Sallis) Mario Blazic (series, KC Constantine) Parker (series,
Richard Stark, AKA Westlake) Paul Kanavagh (Such Men Are
Dangerous, Paul Kavanagh, AKA Block) Paul Pine (series, John
Evans, AKA Howard Browne) Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond
Chandler) Sam Spade (Maltese Falcon, Hammett) The Continental
Op (stories, Hammett) Travis McGee (series, John D
MacDonald)
The two it hurt the most to cut: Nick Stefanos and John
Rebus
A number of crooks here, which didn't really surprise me.
Given that PIs are my first love, I was a bit surprised how
few recent ones I included. As much as I love Samson,
Perkins, Smith, Hardy, Fortune, Kearney, Brandstetter,
Stoner, Asch, Cuddy, Tanner, Chin, Scudder, Milodragovitch,
Nameless, Warshawski and others, I couldn't find anyone to
bump to make room for any of them.
Also, given what I said about looking forward to an
idiosyncratic list, it seems a bit odd I have so many "big
names" on mine.
Finally, as many have already said, Take it now, before I
start fiddling with it some more.
Mark
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