A Vote for Poirot

I loved Howard Rosenberg’s column on “Mystery!” (“The British Have Mystery of Whodunits Solved,” Sept. 29). I have been watching it for years, along with “Masterpiece Theatre.”

I think the “Mystery!” Top 10 should have included the Hercule Poirot series, if for no other reason than its charm.

I read where mystery books outsell almost all other types of genre. Why are U.S. studios ignoring this lucrative market? But please, no more “Murder, She Wrote.” I want more “Prime Suspect.”

JIM WOLFE

Santa Rosa

Great Howard Rosenberg piece save for one glaring editorial error: It’s Rumpole, not Rumple, of the Bailey, although old Horace was, to be sure, often extremely rumpled.

SAMANTHA KIMMEL

North Hollywood