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Originally Posted by stonetools
Agatha Christie herself said she was basing her Hercules Poirot character -the private detective with the quirky methods, the great deductive powers , and the loyal sidekick- on Sherlock Holmes .
What's interesting is that if you take one road from Holmes and Watson, you end up with Poirot and Hastings.
IF you take another road, you end up with Easy Rawlins and Mouse-and Spenser and Hawk!
You take still another road , you end up with the "scientific method" and the police procedural
Finally , if you start from the Sherlock Holmes of "His Last Bow" you end up with the spy thriller.
In the mystery genre, all roads lead back to 221B Baker Street!  |
But Edgar Alan Poe blazed the trail that became the road that led to 221B baker street.