Case Sensitive: How the
Other Half Lives is a two-part series based on a book by Sophie Hannah that I
haven’t read. Nor did I see the first Case Sensitive series, which hit the
screens last year – somehow, I missed it completely. But I rather enjoyed the
first part of this story, although I suspect the novel has many more layers of
complexity.
Charlie and Simon,
Hannah’s series cops, are played by Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd, who don’t
correspond with my mental impression of the characters. All the same, Olivia
Williams did impress me; she is a very good actor. Boyd’s role was
subordinate, and it’s too soon for me to judge his performance.
The story concerns a
very attractive acquaintance of Charlie’s, played by Eva Birthistle, who leaves
her husband for an enigmatic piano tuner called Aiden. He confides that he once
hurt a woman, but annoyingly refuses to divulge more. Even more infuriatingly, he then complains that his
lover should “trust” him, though one is tempted to respond that trust is a two-way thing.
When the woman’s
husband is found murdered, Aiden is the obvious suspect, but by the end of this
episode, she was in the frame. I expect more twists, and I shall certainly be
tuning in to find out what happens. I’m a fan of Hannah’s work and I hope that
the two programmes, taken together, do justice to a writer who combines
psychological insight with a flair for plot.
1 comment:
I have just watched Case Sensitive 'The Other Half Lives' and it bears so little resemblance to the book I was wondering if I had in fact read it at all! It's only the names in the story I found familiar.
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