The action came in thick and fast in this one, or maybe the dialogue rather than action. So much in one ep, makes you wonder why they were so lax in the first two eps. Strike (Tom Burke) arrives at Chiswell's and asks how Robin (Holliday Grainger) got in. Telling her to search the library where Chiswell's DB was found whilst he calls the police. Apparently Chiswell died not from the overdose of crushed sleeping pills in his drink, but being suffocated. Main suspect being Kinvara (Sophie Winkleman) as she also left a note telling him she was leaving. Obviously he wouldn't kill himself over this. So Izzy (Christina Cole) asks for their help for the same reasons, but he wouldn't kill himself at all. So where was his suicide note and why would he use plastic on himself. In this day and age of too much plastic in use, sorry! Izzy believes it was Kinvara who is now back at their home. So they drive down to the house, they meet the rest of the family. With Raff (Adam Long) calling Robin by her name now.
There's a sister, Fizzy (NB this was not The Tweenies with Fizz, ha - oh wait someone must've been obsessed with champers/wine as the blanc de blanc refers to a chardonnay as Strike later tells Robin) Izzy, Fizzy (Natalie Walter) really no originality! Ha. And a brother in law, Torquil (Nicholas Burns). No love lost between each other in this family then as they all hate each other and also Kinvara. Maybe not so much hate as loathe. They all swear they were home or have alibis. Kinvara taking a train from Paddington which is confirmed by the police, as are their alibis too. Though Kinvara could have an accomplice and the family providing alibis for each other doesn't mean anything. Strike finds out there's only one key and she has hers, the other person with a key was the Polish maid but Kinvara doesn't know her name, only that she had c's and z's in the name. Oh wow not big on the hired help then was she. Why didn't they ask for a description at least, colour etc even if it wouldn't have been PC in this day and age.
Apparently the bones Robin dug up belonged to a pony as Izzy tells them, that Freddie shot for target practice. Raff is out of the will which he puts down to Kinvara and she wants everyone out since this is her home still. Raff calling Robin 'Venetia' when she leaves. They find Billy is out of danger but they can't see him as Jimmy (Nick Blood) has said next of kin only, he being the only relative. Strike wants Billy protected as he's a witness in a murder case. He also recalls Flick (Saffron Coomber) knows Polish and could've been the maid. Cue Robin going undercover again in a magic potion shop; in disguise with a wig and heavy make up. You wouldn't recognize her except for her pout! Flick invites her to a party and Jimmy shows up so Robin hides her phone in the storeroom and records them.
At the party she manages to search the bathroom and find a note hidden in the sanitary product, right so there's no room to hide anything in. Ha. She takes a pic whilst Jimmy has a mate check her out as she calls herself Becca Cunliffe. Being Matt's name. When they found out who she really is she's already left and called for backup. But she didn't run fast enough. As Jimmy et al give chase, he runs into a policecar. They visit the hotel where Robin went for her anniversary and lo and behold, beyond dumb coincidence she's able to be at a place where Kinvara also frequented. She was having an affair and they suspect with Jimmy so she probably poisoned the orange juice as Chiswell was a creature of habit and then got Jimmy to finish him off.
Also finding out that the message on the text with the initials CBB belong to a Christopher something or another (tell I was bored by the pieces fitting together so conveniently already) and that Aamir Malik (Danny Ashok) was sent by Winn to find info on Christopher's computer. He doesn't want Della (Anna Cannings) to get into trouble and admits he didn't find anything but got a black eye. Strike's convo with Della reveals she's divorcing Winn.
On top of this we have Lorelei (Natalie Gumede) telling Strike to show some respect and not be a coward by breaking up in person with her. Robin jabs her foot on a stud earring belonging to Sarah and lo and behold - again - she finds it in the shagpile (aptly named) in the bedroom, with that thick rug makes you wonder how far up that earring was sticking, ha. She confronts Matt who says he was breaking up with her, he's been lying and he wants her. Yawn! She leaves and enters a taxi with a sinister taxi driver. Hell Sherlock season 1!! A Study In Pink! Cue Robin being abducted or something, of course. Man this book didn't have to be so long!! Robin finally growing some balls as she tells Flick earlier on and leaving Matt. Though hopefully them being single now won't mean they run into each other's arms! She admits to Matt if she hadn't been raped she wouldn't have been with him. He was just there at the right time. So using each other. Though Matt as his last name suggests is such a Cuntliffe! She should've found someone else for comfort.
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