Collaborative Misfires
There are some teams that should never be: pairs of people who are destined to drive each other crazy. Which two detectives should never work together and why? Nero Wolfe and Kinsey Milhone? (He doesn’t think much of women and she would hate his blustery ways as well as his misogyny.) Lord Peter Wimsey and John Rebus? Sam Spade and Miss Marple? Does it have to be a hard-boiled detective teamed with a traditional/cozy one, or are there other disastrous pairings that you can think of?
I think I’d nominate Amanda Cross’s Kate Fansler and Reginald Hill’s Andy Dalziel as an awful mismatch. Though neither is really hard-boiled, I’m sure Kate would abhor Andy’s coarse mannerisms, and he would find her way of talking (in semi-colons) incredibly off-putting – much worse than Ellie Pascoe – and her associates much too ‘poncey.’ 
