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Rivers of London questions
Feb. 28th, 2017 07:52 pmI got the first three books for Christmas, devoured them, got the rest of the series, and am on my second read-through. I have some questions.
First, what was Faceless Man #2 doing between the incapacitation of the first one and the Covent Garden riot? Was he just living the life of a posh Londoner doing a bit of magic on the side? Given later events, this seems ASTONISHGINGLY unlikely, but that is all the evidence we have. Was he continuing on with the Strip Club of Doctor Moreau, and if so, why didn't whats-his-face, the burlesque owner who gets killed by the Pale Lady in Moon Over Soho (and the guy who tipped them off about the club's existence), know the club was still in operation?
Second, what does Faceless Man #2 reappearance on the scene of the London Underworld have to do with the Covent Garden Riot? Quite aside from Peter's guess that he's interested in Leslie because of something leftover from her time as Pretty Polly, the burlesque owner pins his reappearance on the scene as connected with the Covent Garden riot. Was he stirring up things, and is that what gave Punch his boost and set him on his way, besides the one-night revival of the play Pyke was in? Or was his reappearance a reaction to that huge event? Did it spur him on, or provide something he needed, or deprive him of something he wanted?
I know there were other questions I was going to put in this post, but I can't remember them.
First, what was Faceless Man #2 doing between the incapacitation of the first one and the Covent Garden riot? Was he just living the life of a posh Londoner doing a bit of magic on the side? Given later events, this seems ASTONISHGINGLY unlikely, but that is all the evidence we have. Was he continuing on with the Strip Club of Doctor Moreau, and if so, why didn't whats-his-face, the burlesque owner who gets killed by the Pale Lady in Moon Over Soho (and the guy who tipped them off about the club's existence), know the club was still in operation?
Second, what does Faceless Man #2 reappearance on the scene of the London Underworld have to do with the Covent Garden Riot? Quite aside from Peter's guess that he's interested in Leslie because of something leftover from her time as Pretty Polly, the burlesque owner pins his reappearance on the scene as connected with the Covent Garden riot. Was he stirring up things, and is that what gave Punch his boost and set him on his way, besides the one-night revival of the play Pyke was in? Or was his reappearance a reaction to that huge event? Did it spur him on, or provide something he needed, or deprive him of something he wanted?
I know there were other questions I was going to put in this post, but I can't remember them.
