Hercule Poirot has slammed the increasing use of forensic policing techniques by Britain’s rural police forces investigating killings in English country houses. The celebrated Belgian detective claims continued advances in DNA evidence, fingerprinting, and CCTV capabilities are threatening the livelihood of a dying breed of eccentric amateurs working with no obvious qualifications or jurisdiction, while also ending upper class killing sprees before there’s a chance for anything really interesting to happen.
‘Eh bien, mes amis, there is no longer the time to use the little grey cells to sift through the red herrings and trap a murderer weeks later after they lurk around in the background with no obvious motive and a firm alibi,’ he lamented, ‘It is a tragedy that more and more Poirot, finding himself in need of mental stimulation, is having to resort to ze sudoku.’
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/09/27/technology-taking-the-fun-out-of-country-house-murders-says-hercule-poirot/
