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Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee--Tony Hillerman Navajo Rez mysteries
Dave Robicheaux--James Lee Burke
Jack Reacher-
Rancid Crabtree, Retch Sweeny, Strange (a dog)--any Patrick McManus story and/or book character.
Andy *****rd--Elmer Kelton's Texas Rangers' series
Gus McCrae and W.F. Call--McMurtry's Lonesome Dove
John Gault.
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin - Patrick O'Brian
Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee - Tony Hillerman
Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan - Lois McMaster Bujold
Ista dy Chalion - also Bujold
Walt Longmire - Craig Johnson
Vetinari (and DEATH of course)- Terry Pratchett
I don't know why the CD censor thingy **** out Andy P i c k a rd of Elmer Kelton's Texas Ranger series in my post a couple above this one--but it did. I must have misspelled it...
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!
Lisbeth Salander - great choice! Liked her a lot. Very tragic.
(Even though I don't find Bella Swan annoying, just boring)
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Sookie Stackhouse & Lafayette-charlaine harris
Jeminia J-Jane Green
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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!
I liked Rand in the Wheel of Time series best but I've only read the first book so far. Two more volumes are waiting patiently for their turn on my shelf.
I also like Dexter by Jeff Lindsey even though I must admit the series is much better than the book and that doesn't happen very often! Maybe it's because Michael C. Hall is so hot?!?!
Edward Cullen - Stephenie Meyer (Sorry, but I love this guy. Not to be compaired to movie character, though.) Claire Beauchamp - Diana Gabaldon Alexander Barrington - Paullina Simon's The Bronze Horseman series Logan 9-Fingers - Joe Abercrombie Kay Scarpetta - Patricia Cornwell Sookie Stackhouse + Eric - Charlaine Harris
And I guess I would find some more if I browsed through my books...
Oh yeah, I nearly forgot Wallander!
Love Sookie Stackhouse, and when I'm in an airhead frame of mind...Rupert Campbell-Black from the Jilly Coopers "Polo" series. English horsey jiggery-pokery. Requires few brain cells.
Perhaps somewhat of an 'anti-hero' in todays' PC age, but I really like Henry Chinaski (Charles Bukowski). Calls it how he sees it, takes no prisoners.
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