Who are your favourite TV and literary detectives, hard and soft boiled?
Mine are Miss Marple, the Joan Hickson ones for TV, definately soft boiled and Catherine Cawood, from Happy Valley, for hard boiled.
Marcus Didious Falco, from the books by Lindsey Davis for soft boiled literary and DCl Jack Logan, for hard boiled, there are some of the most autistic coppers I've ever read, they're brilliant.
I'd also have to add Inspector Gamache, by Louise Penny for being so generally wonderful.