Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)

Andy Dalziel is loud, blunt and proudly politically incorrect; Peter Pascoe is university educated and far more sensitive. Put them on the same cases in a Yorkshire town and you get exactly the snob-and-slob friction the setup promises, with the twist that each keeps turning out sharper than the other expected. The cases are solid British murder mysteries. Pick it for a partnership where the insults are half the affection.