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Lisbeth Salander........Steig Larson (Girl with Dragon Tatoo....etc): She is one of the most original characters, and it makes me sad that Steig passed before we saw all twelve of this series! Lisbeth kicks butt.
Lindsay Boxer.......James Patterson (The Women's Detective Agency series) : I know another girl, but she kicks butt too! Love the spin she has on the cases in this series.
James Frey...........as in the James Frey's A Million Little Pieces: I don't care that his memoir was somewhat, ok maybe a lot, fictional the main character in that book has stuck with me for years.
We need to start a list of the most annoying characters, and I am going to stick Bella Swan on that list!
Dirk Pitt, John Keller and Jack Reacher are good picks. I prefer J. A. Jances Seattle detective J. P. Beaumont to Sheriff Brady. Others that I follow are:
Charlie "Bird" Parker....John Connolly (Every Dead Thing is 1st book)
Bob Lee Swagger....Stephen Hunter
Det. Dave Robicheaux....James Lee Burke
Rand, Matt & Perrin in The Wheel of Time series....Robert Jordan
Noah Bishop & Special Crimes Unit (paranormal)....Kay Hooper
Dexter....Jeff Lindsay
Elvis Cole & Joe Pike....Robert Crais
Silent Joe....T. Jefferson Parker
Jesse Stone....Robert B. Parker
Too many books....so little time!
Darn, you named 90 % of my favorite crime novel writers and characters!
I've read every Dave Robicheaux/James Lee Burke novel written to date, as well as all of the Jesse Stone/Robert B. Parker novels. I'm presently reading John Connolly's The Black Angel, with the Charlie Parker character, first of his novels I've read.
If you like the Burke and Robert Parker styles, you may like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series (if you haven't read them yet!)
My fave is Dr. Alan Gregory from Stephen White's books. Also like Rebecca Bloomfield from the Shopaholic series. When I was younger my favorite series were the different VC Andrews series, and my favorite characters were Heaven Casteel and Troy Tatterton.
Wallander (Henning Mankell)
Bertie Wooster and Jeeves ( PG Wodehouse)
Mma Ramotswe ( Alexander Mc Call Smith)
Mma Makutsi ( A Mc Call Smith)
Bertie ( Scotland street series - Alexander Mc Call Smith)
Sister Fidelma ( Peter Tremayne)
Falco ( Lindsey Davis)
Cato and Macro ( Simon Scarrow)
Hugh Corbett ( Paul Doherty)
Matthew Shardlake ( CJ Sansom)
Thomas Chaloner ( Susanna Gregory)
Brother Athaelstan ( Paul Doherty)
Sir John de Wolfe ( Bernard Knight)
Those I've read from the ones already listed, I agree they are wonderful characters. But I'm surprised no one has mentioned Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Decker from Faye Kellerman's books.
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