kestrell

The Narrative Inquirer wants to know!

Consider the evidence:

Miles and Peter both initially take up investigating murder as a means of mental therapy.

Both Miles and Peter acquired damage due to war: Miles's physical disabilities are due to an attack upon his mother while she was pregnant with Miles, while Peter's damage is psychological and is due to serving in WWI.

Both Miles and Peter are adept at creating and adopting multiple personae, sometimes to the detriment of being able to distinguish their "real" selves.

Both Miles and Peter are children of multi-cultural mothers who made certain that their sons had an appreciation for cultures outside of their own.

Both Miles and Peter have flaky sidekicks: Miles has his cousin Ivan, and Peter has his friend Freddy Arbuthnot, and there are indications that both of these seemingly flighty young gentlemen might be more clever than they let on.

Both Miles and Peter are good at communicating across class, even in the very class-conscious systems into which each is born, and also across gender, nationality, and even species, and both "collect" individuals with a variety of knowledge and expertise.

Both Miles and Peter encourage women to be smart, strong, independent, and professionally successful.

Both Miles and Peter have a difficult time winning the woman they actually want.

I think I and my fellow cub reporter LJ user alexx_kay may have had some additional points, but that is all I can think of for now.