We here at Hogpro have been enjoying following the Twitter accounts of all the Cormoran Strike characters that have popped up recently, and speculating who might be the mastermind and whether the tweets are providing clues to The Ink Black Heart. Being a bit of a competitor, when I lucked into this post a mere hour after it went up, I couldn’t resist responding.
I was ****ing in the meadow when I heard the Banshee keening:
Little birds were in the nest, lambs were on the lea,
Upon the brow o’ the Fairy-hill a round gold moon was leaning—
She parted from the esker as the Banshee ***ned for me.
(The Warnings)— thedeadbeats (@thedeadbeats74) August 15, 2022
All entries the Pete Gillespie who will make the final decision.
— thedeadbeats (@thedeadbeats74) August 15, 2022
All it took was a quick google and I had the answer.
Good work, Doc! Peter will be in touch shortly. He's just darning his Wonder Bag.
— thedeadbeats (@thedeadbeats74) August 16, 2022
Now, this is clearly a potentially mixed blessing. Given the very real possibility that Peter Gillespie killed Leda, I certainly hope all contact remains distant. However, if I do hear from him, I could try to clear up a major mystery by making some discreet inquiries about how much money is in Strike’s child support account.
And, if a Deadbeats 50th anniversary souvenir travel mug does indeed arrive in the mail, I can display it with my prize Ravenclaw water bottle.
Another arrival in the Twitter fest was the account of Robin’s furry roommate, one Wolfgang Priestwood. So far, he hasn’t said much other than, “Woof!” but he had an interesting response to Peter.
Grrrrrrrrr…
— Wolfgang Priestwood (@TheWolfgangDog) August 16, 2022
This does not bode well for Gillespie, Esquire’s innocence.
My final thought: If you look at the entire poem, it certainly seems fitting for a spooky cemetery. Reminds me a bit of The Hunger Games’ “Hanging Tree” song.
The author, Alice Furlong is a Irish poet and activist in an ultra-nationalist group. She and Polworth ought to get along.
Happy Tweeting, everyone.
Update:
That depends. 1) Can you account for your whereabouts for, say, roughly the month of December 1994? and 2) have you ever been taught how to give an IV injection?
— Doc Thelma (@lmf3b) August 17, 2022
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