In which Charis and Sharon wrap up our discussion (finally!) of HAVE HIS CARCASE. We pick up about halfway through the book with an emotional watershed moment for Peter and Harriet, cover the discovery of the corpse and subsequent hullabaloo, and give away the whodunnit and howdunnit. Also in this episode: some fond ribbing of Theater People, Mrs. Weldon as the series’ Final Girl when it comes to elderly women murdered for their fortunes, our impatience with ciphers, and more!
Shownotes:
- Many thanks to supporters who’ve joined us on Patreon! We’ll be sharing behind-the-scenes content, creating open posts for patrons to chat with us after each episode drops, and if you sign up at the $20/month Dowager Duchess level, Charis will sing every verse of “On Ilkla Moor Baht’at” to you (or the victim of your choosing).
- Sharon is never not bringing up The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and this episode is no exception.
- Sharon also mentions the American competitive cooking show Chopped, in which chefs must create three courses out of secret ingredient boxes.
- The audiobooks that Charis listens to are the ones narrated by Sir Ian Carmichael.
- You’ll also get to hear us look up details of Thomas Beddoes’ Death’s Jest Book in real time in this episode.
- Sharon quotes from Sayers’ letter to her cousin Ivy Shrimpton, collected in The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899 to 1936: “I am struggling wiht another bookâhorribly complicated! But it must be done, under contract, so there’s nothing for it but to wire in and work it out.”
- Charis would like it to be known that all her comments about Theater People come from a fond place, as she herself is also a Theater Person and can do the Alpha Psi Omega secret handshake to prove it!
- Thank you to our patrons who’ve joined the Patreon at the $5 and up/month level as of the date we recorded this episode: Rose O., Jan L., Caisee F., Jessie S., Sarah C., Katherine S., and Kindra C. Your support literally makes this work possible!
