I’ve read them all, (but only once) and I don’t remember that. But I’ll accept your word.
IIRC, it’s from The Crossing.
He reveals it to Terry McCaleb in a very tense scene in A Darkness More than Night.
Lew Archer always struck me as melancholy.
Robert B Parker died in 2010, but seven new Spenser novels have been published.
Just sayin’.
My vote as well. The first two books aren’t all that great, but set the stage for the rest of the series which is terrific and IMO must be read in chronological order.
For what it’s worth, I’ve read that in Norway his first name is pronounced either “Harry” like we say it, or rhyming with “sorry”; “Hole” is a common surname and is pronounced “HO-leh.”
Rust Cohle. ‘True Detective’, season one. Tortured soul.
I never read the books, but I started to watch the movie version of The Snowman and you’re right. That was a miserable experience.
Came in to post this.
Seconded.
Sarah Linden on the U.S. series The Killing
Detective John Munch, originally on the Baltimore PD and of “Homicide Life on the Street”, who later transferred to New York to be on “Law & Order: SVU”, and of numerous cameos on other shows, is a pretty tortured soul.
Inspector Cramer because, face it, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin were total dicks.
Rigby Reardon became pretty miserable whenever he heard the phrase “cleaning woman”.
“River” & “Luther” … & both “Wallanders” …
Life in the closet must be a helluva burden!
I’ll second Bosch. Here is a list of scenes in which he smiled a genuine, happy smile.
*Bosch nodded, even though he knew MikeF couldn’t see him. *
Mac doesn’t count. Don’t confuse the actor with the role. 
Stuart McMillan was definitely not closeted. While nothing absolutely proves it, he had a string of girlfriends before he got married, he was the “most eligible bachelor” in the society columns, he was crazy about Sally, absolutely adored her, he had one or two kids with her, plus he had a string of girlfriends after Sally died. Just because he lived in SF doesn’t make him gay. 
Hell, Mac was so not miserable he didn’t even wait one episode after Sally and his son(s) died before banging some new hot chick (Jessica Walter).
Three pages in and nobody has mentioned Taggart?
Sally DIED? 
Yep. Killed in a plane crash. Along with the never seen nor mentioned son(s) (Susan St James was pregnant twice during the show run but they only officially mentioned that the McMillans had one kid. Which they never mentioned again. Not even a passing reference to a baby sitter. Strangest thing.)
Mildred went off to run a diner on the east coast and her sister became Mac’s new housekeeper and chief kibitzer. Sgt Enright got replaced by Sgt DiMaggio (no relation). The show ran for six episodes as “McMillan” (sans wife). While not bad, it wasn’t the same.
I don’t think it would be… It was their “witty repartee” that was the show, wasn’t it? (I don’t remember an awful lot, I was a kid, but I did see it on tv)