3/10
An Unhappy Happy Is A Dangerous Thing
6 April 2023
It starts off with a grisly murder of a moneylender. Fergus wants Harry to investigate.

Happy the Loan Shark has an interest in the murder. The dead man was his biological son but no one knew about it. Fergus benefits with having his father's debts wiped off.

Harry reluctantly agrees and in the crime scene, she notices links with Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' with some remarks left behind.

The killer models himself from a character from that novel. His next target is a disabled young man.

It is just a prelude to play some cat and mouse games with Harry herself.

The first problem I found was a murder scene with no police present. I am not sure how the Garda could be bypassed given the nature of the crime.

Then Harry discusses the case out in the open with the killer present and he can hear everything.

There is no mystery as the audience knows who the killer is. So it is a case of which member of Harry's family will end up in peril?

I felt the story tried to be more like the BBC series Luther than a crime mystery.
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