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Watching the Detectives

TheCatWoman

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.

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  • Thanks for the title of your post, I’ve now got the Elvis Costello song of the same name playing on repeat in my head. I suppose there could be worse songs.

    I used to enjoy the Jasper Carrot and Robert Powell series , The Detectives.

  • in reply to Roy

    You're welcome, I had it which is why I created this thread, I thought I'd share it!

    Golly Oscar, most of those are golden age detectives although I don't know Fen, or Alleyn. Do you remember the TV series of Lord Peter Wimsey? I think Edward Petherbridge was born to play him. I remember Peter Davison playing Campion in the tv series of that.

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  • in reply to Roy

    You're welcome, I had it which is why I created this thread, I thought I'd share it!

    Golly Oscar, most of those are golden age detectives although I don't know Fen, or Alleyn. Do you remember the TV series of Lord Peter Wimsey? I think Edward Petherbridge was born to play him. I remember Peter Davison playing Campion in the tv series of that.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I am a golden age type person! Yes, Petherbridge playing Wimsey on TV and Ian Carmichael playing him on radio in the early 1970s. Peter Davison was so like my idea of Campion. I have been annoyed since my message, as I forgot Sherlock Holmes which was on radio in the 1950s-60s, I always felt a strong affinity to him.  I was always more wireless/radio than TV or books. Sound is my preferred medium - I find it much more direct and obvious.  I also forgot Morse, and Van Der Valk and from the USA V. I. Warshawski, Perry Mason and Ironside, etc.

    I think my attraction was and is the unique quirkiness of every single detective - Mmm.