'Bookish' Gets a Bit More Foxed as the Case Comes Together
The second half of 'Bookish's first case keeps its plates spinning with confidence.
Book did in the war, whatever is happening with Jack, Bookish has a lot going on as it launches into the second half of its first case, "Slightly Foxed." The main case is that of the Death of Mr. Harkup, the chemist, whose death looks like suicide but is not; Harkup's charwoman, Mrs. Dredge, was the current main suspect by the end of the first half. Of course, now Book has to prove it, so "Slightly Foxed" Part 2 opens with the arrival of Mickey, the man whom Harkup's daughter, Merula, married despite her father's disapproval. Book has hired the man to come "fix his wife's car," which Trottie is a little surprised by, since she apparently doesn't actually own one.
(Book tells her to use the ones belonging to their neighbors, the Wellbeloveds, whom we met last week in passing. We're pretty sure the Wellbeloveds were not consulted beforehand.)
The case would perhaps seem a little this in terms of plot, a Miss Scarlet-style super-lightweight mystery that won't distract from everything else the show is giving us, which includes London history lessons, LGBTQ+ history lessons, and a delightful little found family being built. But there's more, and not just the Part 1 ending that suggests the new hire, Jack, is not just a newly released former prisoner. The plague pit skeletons that Baseheart found, which initially seemed like relics from a much older London that had accidentally surfaced in the Blitz, included at least one that was much fresher than the rest of the 14th-century victims.
