In which Charis and Sharon discuss the second half of THE FIVE RED HERRINGS. We’re joined once again by our friend Angela Hines, who represents the pro-timetables point of view.
We reveal the Thing That Was Missing, briefly round up all the suspects, and re-visit our discussion of the Farren marriage as part of Sayers’ continuing theme of equality and inequality in relationships. We also discuss why Peter seems to get along well with artists, what Charis and Sharon find lacking (fraught emotions!), and what Angela finds in abundance (complex puzzle solving!) before revealing the whodunnit and outlining the final confrontation of the book.
This episode covers the second half of the novel and gives away both the vital clue and the whodunnit.
Download the episode 15 transcript.
Shownotes:
“…and in the future Bob Ross is gonna show everyone how to do it.” Bob Ross, host of the PBS show The Joy of Painting, frequently demonstrated techniques using a palette knife.
The Charlie Day meme references an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and features the character in front of a ‘conspiracy theory wall’ of images and text linked with string.
“You think a depressed person could make this?” is a quote from Parks & Recreation, Season 4, Episode 11: ‘The Comeback Kid’.
