small talk

These three detectives met over a cup of coffee to exchange notes and catch up on crime times. Can someone set the scene, put in some dialogues ...?

Name: Hercule Poirot
Author: Agatha Christie
The man Agatha Christie made famous, was born in 1916 as a not so young, astute and arrogant detective in her first novel: The Mysterious Affair at Styles. He was a retired private detective who had very strong views on everything, especially murderers. He took great pride in his grey cells and was extremely dismissive of the rest of the world.
Hastings, his friend and trusted sidekick described him thus. "He was hardly more than five feet four inches but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible; I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound." He never rushed about looking for clues and interviewing people. His style was slow, measured and very precise. He lived through 33 novels and 65 short stories and was deeply mourned when he died.

Name: Miss Marple
Author: Agatha Christie
Miss Marple was born an old woman. She lived a life that seemed very dull and uninteresting from the outside but it was a world that was full of intrigue, mystery and murder. She was British and between 65 and 70 years old when she solved her first case.
Tall and thin with a pink wrinkled face, she always piled up her snowy white hair on the top of her head like a bun. She spoke in a slow and meandering fashion and she was always knitting. She never stood out in a crowd. Many dismissed her as a dithering old maid at first meeting but realised soon enough that she was a sharp observer of all things around her and of human nature. Miss Marple was quite clear that there is evil all around us and did not think well of those who thought old women should stay at home.

Name: Sherlock Holmes
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes has been described as cold, conceited and astute. Some find his mannerisms effective and some others find it affected. At first glance, he appears a bit frightening but as you get to know him better, his habits may seem strange but they don’t alarm any more. His methods are difficult to understand.
He is addicted to music and plays the violin at odd hours. He practices shooting with his revolver indoors. He wears a deerstalker hat, a pipe and convex lenses – everything makes him a character that is larger than life. His sidekick, Dr Watson, is kinder and gentler and very loyal.
It is believed that the inspiration for Holmes came from Doyle’s former teacher at the University of Edinburgh, Dr. Joseph Bell, who had a hobby of deducing peoples’ character, by minor details of their appearance. Doyle also was known for his atmosphere of mystery in his novels: foggy November nights, dim gaslights and hansom cabs

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