Andrew Taylor deliberately made his killer female to counter society's preconceptions of beautiful women being all sweetness and light. One example, where Rosie storms out after she mistakenly believes that David accused her of stealing stepmother Vanessa's (Niamh Cusack) ring, demonstrates a psychopath's impulsiveness. It had psychologists detailing scenes in the serial which exemplified the motivations of psychopathic killers. Fallen Angel - Behind the Scenes on ITV3 provided further enlightenment. I've already put Andrew Taylor's novels in my Amazon wish list. Fallen Angel is a provocative and intelligent tale of the need for love and the consequences of keeping secrets. Although long dead, his story casts a long shadow over all the characters with disastrous consequences. Running through the core of all three episodes is a subplot about an allegedly murderous clergyman from the 1920's, Francis Ulgreave, who practised child sacrifice. The complex story arc neatly ties the complex relationships between Rosie, her clergyman father David (Charles Dance), family friend Wendy (Clare Holman) and adversary Michael (Oliver Dimsdale). There are no obvious quick fixes pinning down a single reason for Rosie's behaviour.
We uncover her motives and influences that made her what she is - more a whydunit than a whodunit. I like the innovative "rewind" format used to trace the life of serial killer Rosie (Emilia Fox) back to 19. It's not your conventional murder mystery we are so used to seeing. I enjoyed Fallen Angel on ITV1 this week.
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