Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes

Lord Peter would intimidate me, I think, even though I know he'd get to the bottom of the problem. Sherlock Holmes, neh-- I couldn't take the drama. And I couldn't afford Nero Wolfe. Miss Marple would drive me batshit insane, so what good would it do to have my first problem solved only to have to pay the therapy bills. Maybe if I was in trouble I'd want someone like Rumpole, or Lovejoy. Nice, salt-of-the-earth types, but brilliant.