The fictional detectives at one of London’s best known addresses have often overshadowed its real occupants.
Inspector Lestrade of the Yard was one of Sherlock Holmes’s most frequent visitors at 221b Baker St. while many novelists and screenwriters have adopted Yard detectives as the heroes and heroines of their stories
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp might not have been the brightest of chaps but he was crucial to the solving of many a Hercule Poirot case. P.D. James’s creation, Commander Adam Dalgliesh, remains calm and collected despite the pressure of numerous unsolved mysteries, while Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is a