Lewis seems to me to have a joy of writing the seventies; he embraces it in a way that something like Grantchester for example doesn't do with the sixties. There's so much to enjoy here in the detail (a taxi fare is seventy-five pence), the music, the costumes; even though I didn't grasp the minutiae of the plot details. The scene of Strange picking up Joan for the ball is incredibly sweet.
That Morse is still grasping the clues through a fog of alcohol is impressive indeed.
A scherzo is a light and playful piece of music.
'The Dirty Squad'... indeed. Corruption in London resurfaces.
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