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Hard-boiled detective
Hard-boiled detective is a type of character that appears in crime and mystery fiction, but occasionally in other genres as well. Generally, but not always, a private investigator with a great deal of cyncism and world-weariness, he investigates crimes for money. For all of his cyncism, the hard-boiled detective is generally quite ethical.
Notable examples include:
- The Continental Op - created by Dashiell Hammett
- Sam Spade - also created by Hammett
- Philip Marlowe created by Raymond Chandler
- Lew Archer created by Ross MacDonald
- Travis McGee created by John D. MacDonald
- Spenser created by Robert Parker
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