How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“passionate, whole-hearted, tropical, ill-balanced” [THOR] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  </div> <div>Maria Gibson (nee Pinto) was a troubled woman. What could have driven her to her final acts? Is she a victim? A villain? A sympathetic character? </div> <div> </div> <div>If anything she was less two-dimensional than she is typically assumed to be. Could her demise have indeed been a murder rather than a suicide? It's just a Trifle.</div> <div> <div> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div> </div> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Have you left us a rating and review on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?mt=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Podcasts</a> yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. <br style= "background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <h3><strong>Links / Notes</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;">This episode: <a href= "https://ihose.co/trifles245" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">ihose.co/trifles245</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;">Inspired by Bob Byrnes' <em><a href= "http://www.solarpons.com/BakerStreetEssays_3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Baker Street Essays, Vol. II, Issue 1</a></em></li> <li style="text-align: left;">Find us on <a href= "facebook.com/ihearofsherlock">Facebook</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://instagram.com/ihearofsherlock">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/ihearofsherlock">YouTube</a></li> <li>Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com</li> <li>Support us on <a href= "https://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock">Patreon</a></li> </ul> <div> </div> <h3><strong>Sponsor</strong></h3> <div> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ihose.co/BSJ" target="_blank" r