The Mrs Pollifax series by Dorothy GilmanI love these SO MUCH! Mrs Pollifax is the best, I love everything about her. I love her eye for people and her determination and her kindness and friendliness and I love watching Carstairs and Bishop point her at people and then spend ages panicking over what she's done next. She's not a bit like Miles ( Read more... )

BodyguardI'm up to date again, and I won't give any spoilers here beyond saying that I don't think the thing that happened in episode 4 is going to be reversed later, I think it really happened. No idea who the bad guy is in all of this, and if Line of Duty is anything to go by, it's possible that by the end I still won't be completely sure what ( Read more... )

So I've just inhaled the first three episodes of Bodyguard on catch-up, and I can see why it's getting so much attention. I mean, what's not to like? The abrasive, morally dubious Home Secretary and her troubled, peacemaking bodyguard and their complicated relationship of loyalty and sex. The writers have taken every trope they can find and they're ( Read more... )