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00:00Commissioner, thanks for coming.
00:03Catherine, what a picture.
00:06Like a young Grace Kelly.
00:08You do exaggerate, Mr. Boussaint.
00:10Merely appreciative of beauty when I see it.
00:13I've been meaning to thank you.
00:15Without your admirable journalism,
00:18a community initiative wouldn't have happened.
00:22Thanks, Peters.
00:24Paul Kentz, our guest of honor.
00:28Simply stunning, like a young Grace Kelly.
00:34It all looks wonderful, Anton.
00:36Only what you deserve for your dedicated service to this island.
00:41One last favor, as you play.
00:43I want to change my final column to this one.
00:46It's already gone to press, I'm afraid.
00:48Oh, don't be afraid. Just make it happen.
00:52Oh, come on, Bernie.
00:54Do 24 years of marriage count for nothing?
00:59Mm-hmm.
01:10After 30 years solving this island's problems,
01:15our beloved agony aunt is retiring.
01:18Oh.
01:19And so, please, put your hands together
01:21to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
01:26Oh, dear.
01:28You have to be.
01:30I thank you to all of you, my esteemed readers,
01:35for entrusting me with this precious task for so many years.
01:41But now I'm looking forward to spending more time
01:44with my daughter, Esme.
01:54Let's see if, for the first time in his life,
02:00that embassy was true to his word.
02:17Good morning, Esme.
02:19How was the party?
02:21Good item.
02:22Me at her.
02:24That's weird.
02:27Maman?
02:31Maman?
02:35Maman?
02:37Maman?
02:37Maman?
02:40Maman?
02:41Maman?
03:14We're done.
03:17Fifteen more minutes.
03:19Right.
03:21Are we going to talk about anything today?
03:32Um...
03:33No.
03:36No, thank you, but...
03:38No.
03:47Yes, Thomas?
03:51It's work.
03:57Oh.
03:59So I take it therapy's going well, then?
04:03Um...
04:04I mean, sitting in front of a total stranger,
04:07talking about feelings,
04:09it's just not for me, you know?
04:11But you were kidnapped by your own brothers or almost killed.
04:16Look, I'm here now, aren't I?
04:18The best thing for me to do is just forget it ever happened.
04:21Sounds healthy.
04:23Look, I'm English. Yeah? That's what we do.
04:30The deceased is Hortense Leroux.
04:33She writes an agony art column for the local paper.
04:36Agony arts?
04:37That's a blast from the past.
04:40Good morning, boss.
04:42Sarge.
04:43Sarge.
04:43Paramedics say Madame Leroux was poisoned.
04:45Who found her?
04:46Her daughter Esme, who had plans to go on a walk with her mother.
04:50And the housekeeper, Kim Woods, who was just starting her shift.
04:54This wee.
04:56So, the victim, she has a few tiny red spots on her finger.
05:03Which leads me to believe that the poison came from something she touched.
05:08So, she sat down for breakfast, boiled egg and toast, read her column where someone writes
05:19in about a friend's betrayal and dear Hortense replies with avoiding revenge.
05:27Let sleeping dogs lie.
05:29So, she was retiring.
05:31This would be her last column?
05:33Tragic coincidence?
05:35Tragic, certainly.
05:37Coincidence, not so much.
05:40Does this look discoloured to you?
05:46You think the poison is on the paper?
05:49Possibly.
05:50Where did this come from?
05:51We'll check with the housekeeper.
06:02Egg and soldiers.
06:04In the Breakfast Hall of Fame.
06:06That's right up there.
06:07Dipping a piece of buttered toast into a gooey yellow egg.
06:11Heaven.
06:12You have a point, sir?
06:26This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones.
06:28Dipping a soldier into that would be impossible.
06:37Sir, normally when you spot a detail, I think,
06:39my lord man, you will definitely come back to this.
06:42But right now, I'm kind of struggling how this could possibly be relevant.
06:49Everything's relevant, Officer Robs.
07:02And the paper was delivered every day?
07:05By a boy called Clayton Powell.
07:07Can you get a hold of him, please?
07:10Esme.
07:14Terrible, terrible news.
07:16Anton Bozet, editor of the San Marie News and Hortense's ex-husband.
07:21D.I. Wilson.
07:22I've heard a lot about you.
07:25So, what's the latest?
07:26Well, we're working on the theory that Miss LaRue was poisoned.
07:30What?
07:31Deliberately.
07:32How could anyone do that to her?
07:35She was truly adored.
07:37So, how did she seem recently?
07:39Anything out the ordinary?
07:41Well, she had mixed feelings about retiring, naturally.
07:45There was something at the party.
07:48I want to change my final column to this one.
07:52Do you know why?
07:53No.
07:54Can we see the original letter?
07:56They'll be in her study.
07:57Okay, so, talk me through her morning routine, please.
08:01Well, she was up with the lark, made breakfast.
08:05Boiled egg and soldiers, yeah?
08:06Clayton would deliver the paper,
08:08then she would like to read her column over breakfast.
08:12And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
08:15Oh.
08:16I'm not sure.
08:17Do you know, love?
08:19Dreaming it, Sasso?
08:21She liked it to be perfect.
08:23Yeah.
08:24That's who she was.
08:25Deep breaths, darling, deep breaths.
08:28Here you are, Esme.
08:29Look here, Inspector.
08:31Why the focus on eggs?
08:33Can I suggest that you concentrate on what is actually important?
08:37Finding the person who did this.
08:39I'm merely trying to establish the facts, Mr. Bousset.
08:42I mean, as a journalist, it surprises me you don't appreciate that.
08:50I'm sorry, the little man doesn't like strangers.
08:54Sensible chap.
09:01She really liked purple.
09:10So what's with the egg thing?
09:13Look, Hortense was the sort of woman who liked everything just so, right?
09:18Even down to how she set out her breakfast.
09:21People are funny, aren't they?
09:23Yes.
09:24People are.
09:25It's still bothering me why the egg was hard boiled.
09:29Maybe she got distracted.
09:31Overcooked it.
09:32She had an egg timer which she clearly used.
09:35And even if she had overcooked it, she could have made another one.
09:40Now you say it, it is a little odd.
09:43You know, I used to think these letters were fake.
09:46But people actually write in with their problems.
09:49And according to the housekeeper, she replied to every single one.
09:54Felt like it was her duty.
10:01It seems she kept every single letter as well.
10:05This is the letter she wanted to publish last minute.
10:09Dear Hortense, I've suffered a great betrayal by a friend.
10:13Well, that's different.
10:14What is?
10:15Well, all these other letters are signed anonymously.
10:18But this one is signed by Sophie Martin.
10:21So Sophie Martin wanted her friend to know she'd written this letter.
10:27But why?
10:28To send a message?
10:30Or a warning?
10:35Yes, Victor.
10:40OK, so that's Clayton and here's the tea.
10:44He picked up the papers from Mr Purdy's newsagent at 7am.
10:48There are various papers in the stack, the St. Marie News only being one of them.
10:53He then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15am.
11:00And did he actually see her pick it up?
11:02He did, just like always.
11:05And we know she came inside and sat at the dinner table to read the paper.
11:09Do we know how many St. Marie News were in his stack?
11:12He said six.
11:13And none of the other people who get the paper are ill.
11:17But if so, assuming it was a targeted attack, how did he get the one poisoned newspaper to Hortense?
11:24Maybe they intercepted Clayton on the way knowing he'd be coming to Madame LaRue's house first.
11:30Clayton swears he did not meet anyone en route.
11:33The only thing of note, his bike had a bust up with a pothole and all his papers fell out
11:38his back.
11:39But even if the killer had poisoned the first paper in the stack, they're all jumbled up now, right?
11:46Which means they couldn't guarantee that the poisoned paper would get to Madame LaRue.
11:53A one in six chance.
11:56Don't like the sound of those odds, do you?
12:07Hortense LaRue, St. Marie's favourite agony aunt, poisoned apparently by her own column.
12:13So, who would want to murder her?
12:16All that meddling in people's lives would make you some enemies.
12:19I read that she moved from Paris to St. Marie 30 years ago with her baby daughter, Esme.
12:26Anton Bassett, Esme's stepfather.
12:30They met in 1996 when she started her column at the St. Marie News.
12:35Then there's this.
12:37Now why would Hortense be so keen to publish it?
12:40It was posted on St. Marie, so likely the author lives here.
12:44So, our priority, find Sophie Martin.
12:52Copy that, sir.
12:54There were letters at the house. Looks like she kept them all.
12:57Might be worth checking those too?
12:59Yes, where would you put that on the priority list?
13:02I'm thinking maybe three or four.
13:06We've got it, Sarge. Soon as we check through the victim's form.
13:10Can't help feeling Sophie is key to all of this.
13:13Making progress already?
13:15Oh, Commissioner. Well, you know, it's early days.
13:19Madame LaRue was highly regarded.
13:22Only last night Catherine and I attended her retirement party.
13:26As such, the island will be watching our investigation keenly.
13:31Ah. Excellent.
13:33I'm assuming you've met Anton Bousset.
13:36We've had the pleasure.
13:38He won't miss an opportunity to put pressure on us.
13:43Or rather, me.
13:45Let me know when you're ready to talk.
13:49So, let's keep things as professional as we can.
13:53Of course.
13:55D.I. Wilson, a word.
14:04How are the counselling sessions going?
14:07Oh, erm...
14:09Extremely useful.
14:10Yeah, we're really getting to the...
14:12the heart of the matter.
14:14Is that so?
14:15Hmm.
14:16What I've heard is directly to the contrary.
14:20You haven't said a word.
14:22I thought that was confidential.
14:25Inspector.
14:26Take it seriously.
14:28Look, I'm just not into the whole going over the past stuff.
14:32The effects of trauma don't just magically go away.
14:37You've got to work through it.
14:40I know.
14:41Because I did.
14:46You had therapy.
14:47And like you, I had dogs.
14:51Men of my age, we tend to crack on with things too.
14:57Give in to it, Inspector.
15:00You may be surprised.
15:03Okay.
15:05But I assure you, I am completely, totally, 100% fine.
15:23We've got a situation.
15:25Oh!
15:28Sorry.
15:51Working overtime, mate.
15:53Any leads?
15:58Come on.
16:18Come on.
16:35Morning, campers.
16:36Gather round.
16:38I have a breakthrough.
16:44Right.
16:45So.
16:46This stamp was conveniently hidden beneath this St. Marie stamp.
16:50The original stamp is from France.
16:54Hmm.
16:55So what does that mean?
16:56That it was posted from somewhere else first?
16:59Maybe Sophie meant to post it from somewhere else, but didn't for some reason.
17:02Then brought it to St. Marie to post.
17:04Why?
17:04Who knows?
17:05My stamp man in Kentish town is on the case.
17:07And he's going to...
17:07And...
17:08Marie.
17:11You all right, sir?
17:13Yeah.
17:13Why?
17:14You seem a little...
17:16Oh.
17:17That's the coffee.
17:19I've had three already.
17:20That's my fourth.
17:22Bad night?
17:24No.
17:25I was just up, looking into this.
17:28Any update on Sophie's whereabouts?
17:30None on the island and no mention in the victim's contacts either.
17:33Post-mortem's in.
17:36Cortens was poisoned, as we thought.
17:40Contact poison.
17:41Cone snail venom, in fact.
17:44Cone snail.
17:44That's new.
17:45Yeah, I mean, they live in the shallow waters around here.
17:48I mean, you're worried about them as a kid.
17:50If it's in a cone, leave it alone.
17:52Cone.
17:52The toxin paralyzes the victim first, then they die a painful death.
17:59Nice.
18:00So whoever did this wanted or tends to suffer.
18:04It says here that the poison was only on page 35 of the newspaper.
18:08Which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler.
18:11Somehow poison one page in one paper of a pack of six.
18:15Then pray to the gods of vengeance that that paper is delivered to its victim.
18:19Risky as anything.
18:21It's more than risky.
18:22It's almost impossible.
18:23Did Hortense touch anything else?
18:25Lab's still testing.
18:27They'll get back to us tomorrow.
18:28In the meantime, Officer Rose and I have been working on something.
18:31Yes, the data.
18:33Esme, eh?
18:34Totally bankrupt by her mummy.
18:36She's never had a job.
18:37She just gets her big juicy allowance every month and, I mean, she's living her life.
18:42Well, it seems Esme might have disagreed.
18:44She'd applied for a job at a publisher's inn Barbados.
18:48Then, plot twist, we find emails from Hortense to the managing director saying Esme was not fit to work.
18:58And that she would sue them if her daughter had a breakdown.
19:02They took back the job offer pretty quickly after that.
19:05So mummy blew her chances of a promising career.
19:17Must have been a blow.
19:19She was right. I wouldn't have coped.
19:22Real life and me somehow never work, so...
19:25What made you apply for the job then?
19:27Anton encouraged me.
19:28He helps me with all sorts of things.
19:32Can't help noticing you're wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
19:36Late night, was it?
19:37My mum just died.
19:39I'm allowed to grieve.
19:41Of course you are.
19:43Look, what do you want from me?
19:45You're 31, never been anywhere, everything you own, all paid for by your mother.
19:50It's unusual.
19:51Some might say a little controlling.
19:54She wasn't. She loved me.
19:57People get away with a lot under that label.
20:01Papillon.
20:02Papillon.
20:03Come away from there.
20:07Needs to be careful of those cone snails.
20:09I hear they're deadly.
20:11My mum was always paranoid to get stoned.
20:14Like to keep them close.
20:16Bit like you then.
20:17Please stop this.
20:18A bright new future. Suddenly, snatched. No.
20:21Stolen away by your meddling mother.
20:23That would have made me angry.
20:24Would that have made you angry, DS Thomas?
20:25Definitely.
20:26Maybe the anger got too much.
20:27Maybe one day you just snapped.
20:29No.
20:30That's not true.
20:36We'll be in touch.
20:42Never underestimate the quiet ones.
20:49All right, mate.
20:50What have you got?
20:52For real?
21:01Curiouser and curiouser, as they say.
21:03Le Cloche de Saint-Azure, pardon my accent, was printed in Paris 30 years ago.
21:09Does that mean that this letter is also 30 years old?
21:13We can only assume so.
21:14But if that's the case, why would Sophie Martin wait to send this now?
21:18Maybe she knew Hortense was retiring and this was her last chance?
21:23We'll look for any Sophie Martins who lived in Paris 30 years ago.
21:26Yeah, keep me posted.
21:27Any news from the lad?
21:29No poison found on anything else she could have touched.
21:32So this newspaper was definitely the murder weapon?
21:34It looks like it.
21:36Something interesting though.
21:38No fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses.
21:41Wipes clean.
21:42Hmm.
21:43What would that be?
21:46Right, until we know who Sophie Martin is, let's look for anyone with a motive, yeah?
21:50I found something on the victim's phone, in the trash.
21:54And like my uncle, little Terence always says, one man's trash is a...
21:57Is another man's treasure, yes we know.
21:59Get on with it, Officer Rose.
22:01Sir!
22:01Sorry.
22:04Go on.
22:05Some anonymous text going back three weeks ago.
22:08You'll get what's coming to you.
22:10You don't deserve to live.
22:12And then just before a retirement party, wear the amethyst earrings.
22:16They bring out your eyes.
22:18Someone was out for blood.
22:20But who?
22:21A reader with a grudge, maybe?
22:23Maybe.
22:24Clearly whoever it is, was watching the house the other night, while Hortense was getting ready for her big bash.
22:29First thing tomorrow, talk to the neighbours.
22:31Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:34Oh, God.
22:42And the Taeils lost their hair all day.
22:46That's when you swept them down.
22:50There was a family when he was in pizza.
22:57And finally there was big mol nausea when he finally started dating.
23:03But the father fined in to pinch so he was smaller before realized that he knew his wrong man is
23:05too.
23:11you want to give up don't you i'm here when you're ready
23:15look why don't you just ask me something just ask me a question please
23:25what are your feelings about your brother
23:29okay um something akin to anger i'd say you know every time i'm near that guy something happens
23:41it shouldn't and and sadness in fact i'd say mainly sadness i wanted it to work yeah believe me i
23:52i
23:52wanted us to work but you know what
23:59we just don't i do not trust that guy and if you can't trust family then who can you trust
24:07would it be more helpful to talk to him about what happened
24:11i don't know where i'd even start sometimes if talking's difficult writing it down can help
24:18write him a letter
24:24yeah writing him a letter yeah could work
24:32a letter it'd be a waste of time why don't you tell him what kind of brother
24:37you wanted because it's a fantasy he can't be that brother
24:45so i need to just accept it and move on
24:51and sir how will you do that unless you're honest with him and even more so with yourself
24:59katherine you're at sir hortense's party
25:01yeah did you know well
25:03not really and and the family that's me and tumble sets
25:09oh
25:09i'm told
25:12men like him hungry lions looking at you like your tasty steak at a buffet
25:18oh have you two got history
25:21he'd like that
25:22do you want another drink
25:24oh no thank you
25:26think i'll have an early night
25:28perhaps you should too sir
25:31why's that
25:33seeing that you're having trouble sleeping
25:35another cold one for me please katherine
25:54i speak to him
25:55and you take the house over there
25:57then we'll get to those letters sound good
25:59cool
26:00see you later alligator
26:18come on come on come on
26:27what are you doing
26:28huh nothing
26:29what's behind your back
26:31hi cupboard
26:32don't lie to me there's a mirror right behind you
26:36i just promise you won't laugh all right
26:39i promise
26:41dear hortense
26:42there's this girl i like
26:44if she were a chicken wing
26:45she'd be extra hot
26:47all summer we've chilled
26:48but now she's gone quiet
26:50i'm confused
26:51she keeps watching my stories
26:53once she commented with a tomato emoji
26:56what does that mean
26:57i just want to know where i stand
27:01you're sebastian rose
27:04you know this is supposed to be another mess
27:07i know that no
27:07well did hortense write back
27:09she did
27:10she said something about
27:11allowing space for roots
27:13to grow or something
27:14and happy
27:16no
27:18because she might be waiting for you
27:19you know
27:20that tomato emoji
27:22couldn't mean this girl's interested
27:23you can't sit back you got to lean in
27:26yeah
27:27you know maybe all right
27:29the neighbor did tell me something pretty darn spicy
27:31yeah
27:40what are you doing
27:41a game of probability
27:44a killer
27:45somehow gets a poisoned copy of the saint marie news
27:48into clayton's stack of newspapers
27:49in which there happens to be
27:51five other copies of the saint marie news
27:53and from which he pulls one copy of the saint marie news
27:56at random and delivers it to hortense
27:58a one in six charts
28:02our only clue
28:04is the egg
28:05why was it hard boiled when hortense likes it to be
28:08perfectly dippable
28:09sophie martin
28:11is a very popular name
28:13there were about a hundred sophie martins in paris around that time
28:17look for any connections with saint marie
28:20yeah
28:20we have to find this woman
28:22will do
28:27sorry it's not you
28:28it's me
28:30so the beers didn't help then
28:33surprisingly no
28:36and
28:38a little
28:41no it's not a good idea
28:42and that's an end of it
28:47okay
28:48sergeant fletcher
28:49we know who's been sending those messages
28:52the neighbor was taking out the bins on the day of the party when he overheard an argument
28:57between kim and hortense
28:59did he hear what was said
29:01certainly did
29:03it's you isn't it
29:05you have been sending these foul messages
29:07who else would know those things
29:09and guess what
29:11hortense said she'd report her to the police the next day
29:15i would never do anything so stupid
29:23so why would hortense think it was you
29:25no clue
29:26those texts contain personal details that only someone close to her would know
29:30so how long have you worked with miss larue
29:32oh about six months or so
29:34was she a good boss
29:35madame was a diamond
29:36it's a tragedy that she's got
29:38from what we've heard
29:39she was more dragon than diamond
29:41she certainly gave her daughter a hard time didn't she
29:43well she was a mite overprotective
29:46but she cared
29:47which is more than most
29:48if she was like that with her own flesh and blood
29:50it's not a stretch to imagine she'd do the same to you
29:53perhaps you decided to get your own back
29:56frighten her
29:57but then she found you out didn't she
30:00you'd have faced criminal charges
30:02you'd have lost everything
30:03so i killed her
30:07you've got this all wrong officers
30:09i've been around the block more times than i care for life's good here better than i hoped
30:14why would i risk losing that
30:19you know what i said to her
30:21go ahead report me
30:23any decent investigation team would discover that i didn't send those texts
30:27convenient
30:28what is
30:29well she never got the chance did she
30:31and now here you are
30:32free as a bird
30:41she does have a point
30:42i don't see what she gains from scaring hortense
30:46well who else
30:49well i'm not overly thrilled about talking to anton busset
30:52but if it was an angry reader who sent those texts then
30:54we're gonna have to
30:57sir you're sure you can
31:00keep cool
31:02as a cucumber
31:14so hortense larue didn't mention anything to you about these text messages
31:18ever since the divorce we didn't have the same intimacy you understand
31:23please sit down
31:25no i'm all right standing thank you
31:26any hate mail sent to the office
31:29complaints people calling in to talk to her
31:31you don't give up do you
31:33oh this is deceptively heavy
31:35is this real gold
31:36can you put that down
31:38i've already said i don't know who was sending these messages
32:10and whoever she is won't be easily found
32:12murdered your ex-wife
32:13sir
32:13but the fact that you can't see that is because your head is so far up your own
32:19well that escalated
32:21look
32:23i get it
32:24sir what you went through
32:25was something
32:26no one should ever have to
32:29but you can't keep pretending
32:31pretending
32:31yes pretending like you're okay
32:34i am
32:34your judgment is clearly off because you're not sleeping and you're not sleeping because you have
32:39this thing with solomon hanging over your head
32:41what do you suggest
32:42i don't know write the letter whatever get it off your chest we have a murder to solve
32:49right all right fine i'll do it thank you
32:58so what are we going to do about mr verset he obviously suspects who's sending those texts
33:06well we need a tactical rethink
33:12i have an idea
33:23who knew saint marie was so high tech
33:26found it in the back of the evidence store don't think it's been used for a while
33:30you surprise me
33:33it's from 1986
33:35can't beat quality
33:36thanks for doing this miss baudet
33:38a pleasure
33:39i feel like one of charlie's angels
33:43now remember you're there to find out who anton thinks is behind the text messages
33:47but don't go straight in for the kill act natural
33:50reincheck is your code word if anything goes wrong
33:53it won't
33:54trust me
34:04we're good
34:10the golden goose has landed
34:23you're good
34:39you're good
34:42you're good
34:43like a dog without a bow
34:44what is she after so sweet
34:46she knows what she's doing
34:48did the police have a theory today
34:51all they were bothered about for these nasty messages hortense was receiving
34:57thank you
34:59you seem like a woman of good sense and judgment
35:02i like to think so
35:04this stays between us
35:06a few years ago hortense told me something
35:10esme isn't her child
35:12she took her from paris
35:14when she was a baby
35:15this is big
35:16sadly the mother wasn't able to take care of her
35:19a drug addict
35:20i'm assuming she agreed to this
35:23the way hortense told it sounded like she was too out of it to notice
35:28hortense couldn't have children
35:30but the authorities did they not realize
35:34she came here forged her papers
35:36she was esme's mother in all but flesh and blood
35:41and esme has no idea
35:42no
35:43and i wanted to stay that way
35:45this would break her
35:47so you suspect it's esme's birth mother sending those messages
35:53who else
35:58enough doom and gloom
36:00would you do me the honor of a dance
36:02oh well um
36:03it might be better
36:05if i rain check
36:07no reason
36:09i doubt that very much
36:10come on
36:11sorry anton
36:12i must rain check
36:17we've lost her
36:18sergeant fletcher
36:23why do you keep saying rain check
36:27check
36:27check
36:37sorry mattie i tried
36:39this won't be the last to hear of me
36:42i'll be calling your commissioner
36:44what's going on
36:45what's going on
36:46i was saying the code well
36:47it was a technical age i am so sorry
36:52we can now assume that the friends betrayal written about in Sophie Martin's letter is
36:57referring to Hortense stealing Sophie's baby 30 years ago which means Sophie is Esme's real
37:05mother and finally explains why Hortense was so desperate to publish the letter she knew it was
37:10Sophie coming for her her response back off Esme's mine but why wait 30 years to send this don't know
37:18yet but we will and if Miss Martin is also behind the text messages as Anton suspects you'll get what's
37:26coming to you you don't deserve to live she's here on this island with one hell of a motive but
37:32we're
37:44I hope we don't mind Angel oh no not at all such a great loss if you ever need someone
37:52to talk to
37:53I'm here you're kind
38:16Solomon I've been thinking about what to say for a while
38:20but I haven't managed to find the right words
38:41yes sir that was the Paris police my thinking was addicts are more likely to have criminal charges
38:50and there are three Sophie Martons on file two for possession one for aggravated robbery I've asked
38:58them to send over the records good work what's that sir oh um this is it my letter to Solomon
39:07I've got
39:19no I need my space from it I'm so sorry sir no no no it's all good it's for the
39:28best I just needed a little time to accept you that's all
39:35where's everyone following a lead if Sophie Martin was outside madame Roo's house that night it's possible she followed her
39:44to the party so we went through the photos online and look at this one
39:55yes she does look about the right age that Sophie will be an uninvited guest the waiter said she got
40:02into a green VW camper van and luckily Matty knows the one garage that fixes them
40:11yeah talk with the devil we think we found Sophie so someone matching her description came into the garage last
40:19week goes by the name of Calypso
40:21she said she normally parks up by Coral Beach we need to get there pronto you're already here sir you
40:27got an eyeball
40:32I hearing you good you think that I'm that shy girl's mother you're mad I don't even know this woman
40:39you're talking about
40:42then why did you sneak into the party that night just passing felt thirsty it's not a crime
40:49no the stalking is see our theory is you are Sophie Martin you assumed a new identity to come to
40:57St.
40:58Maria and enact revenge on Hortense Leroux starting with Phil's threatening text messages
41:03ah I just like to stay off grid that's all we should be free to roam as the birds do
41:10you know we can trace
41:12the sim to the shop you bought it in check their CCTV okay here's the truth that woman you're talking
41:21about Sophie Martin that ain't me but those texts I sent them not for the reason you think though why
41:34then two months ago I sent dear Hortense a letter Hortense told me to cut the mother out of my
41:42life
41:44toxic mothers shouldn't be allowed to act that way she said a hypocritical coming from her I did what
41:51she said know what my mother died alone in her bed if I hadn't listened to that loudmouth woman I
42:01would
42:01have been there that must have made you angry not enough to kill her I wanted to scare her make
42:08her suffer the same way I've been suffering walking about this perfect life little care for the people
42:15whose life she ruins miss Jones but no disrespect but it kind of seems like you're more angry at
42:31yourself look I'm no expert but it doesn't help to hold on to things
42:53so we still haven't a scooby how the killer pulled off this murder a stack of six papers and he
42:59managed to
42:59poison one and have it delivered practically straight into Hortense Leroux's hands and let's not forget
43:04about the egg what happened that morning to make her ruin a perfectly good breakfast sir hold that thought
43:11I'm late I'll be back
43:23how do you feel
43:26um better definitely better I mean everything here is just um you know gone all I need to do now
43:37is post it
43:38well done thank you now can we talk a little more about your life here
43:44oh how long have you got about half an hour no I meant
43:57she timed it why did she take it out and the egg how long did she cook it for dreaming
44:05it social he
44:06then cycled straight here delivered the newspaper to Madame Leroux at 7 15 a.m. sorry the little man
44:12doesn't like strangers there were no fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses I want to scare her I
44:19wanted to suffer the same way I've been suffering of course that's the reason why why what the egg
44:26was hard-boiled I can see everything clearly now thanks for your patience I know who the killer is and
44:37how they did it those photos from the Paris police have they come through Justin right we need a search
44:43warrant and then we can have a little family reunion
44:53agony arts are known for giving advice to help solve difficult problems however I doubt they've
45:00ever been asked to advise on a problem as difficult as this one Hortense Leroux was poisoned effectively
45:07by her own column but we had no idea how the killer managed to poison the newspaper and get it
45:13delivered
45:14straight to her when the paper boy took one at random from his stack but with the help of a
45:22hard-boiled egg not this again we finally cracked it you Kim it was you who murdered Hortense me
45:34no I told you I was telling the truth as Miss Leroux's housekeeper you knew her morning routine that
45:41she liked to read her column whilst having a breakfast you also knew that Clayton drops the
45:48paper on the porch at 7 15 a.m. and Papillon barks to alert Hortense as he always does when
45:55someone's at
45:56the door so earlier that morning you went to another newsagent and bought a copy of the St. Marie news
46:04let's call this paper a you then lace the problem page with cone snail poison something you knew about
46:12from Hortense's fear of her dog getting stung by one mama was always baron I'd get stung then you
46:18dropped paper a onto the porch sometime before Clayton usually arrived Hortense must have been in the
46:26middle of preparing her breakfast Papillon parked as normal so she went outside to collect the
46:32newspaper she thought had just been delivered she went back into the kitchen eager to see for a
46:42request to change her final column had been carried out in doing so she came into contact with the poison
46:48and subsequently died a painful death by all accounts you then came into the house through the back and put
47:01on Hortense's purple gown a wig matching her hair with a purple headband and finally the item that was
47:09unmistakably Hortense her statement purple glasses as usual at 7 15 Clayton delivered the newspaper
47:19paper B and Papillon barked Kim now dressed as Hortense opened the door and waved to him as Clayton
47:28cycled away he wouldn't have known that it was in fact you waving at him and not Hortense you then
47:34came
47:35back into the kitchen and returned Miss LaRue's glasses wiping away any prints first now we come
47:43to the egg and your ultimate downfall you see in your haste to stage the scene before Esme arrived you
47:51almost forgot Miss LaRue's egg was still boiling away on the stove you needed everything to look
47:57exactly as it should to fit the timeline of Hortense making breakfast then reading her column so you
48:04hurriedly took the now hard-boiled egg out of the pan and clumsily put it in the egg cup then
48:11you
48:11left the house through the back the same way you came got into your car that was parked around the
48:17corner and drove around the front to time perfectly with Esme's arrival you later disposed of paper B and
48:29the wig at your home we found these in the bin on your street an audacious yet brilliant plan but
48:38why go
48:40to such lengths Kim woods isn't your real name is it you are in fact Sophie Martin 30 years ago
48:53Sophie
48:54Martin moved to Paris from the UK with her boyfriend who was escaping some trouble back home she was living
49:02in a commune in Montmartre and it's there she met Hortense an ambitious writer Sophie was a drug addict
49:14with a newborn baby you were doing your best no doubt but from what we now know about Miss LaRue
49:23she had a saviour
49:25complex through our undercover investigation we discovered her secret Horton stole your baby in the
49:33night and went as far away as she could to St Marie that baby was you Esme you're my mother
49:47Hortense was my friend she
49:53offered to look after you and yes I was struggling but I loved you so much and then one morning
50:02I woke up and you was gone
50:03and I didn't sleep today searching for you but then you found out Hortense was here didn't you through her
50:13column so all those years ago you wrote this letter to dear Hortense the same letter Hortense wanted to publish
50:23at the very
50:25last minute for her final issue I wanted her to know I was coming for her then you were arrested
50:33the guy I was going out with at the time he told the police that I was involved in an
50:38armed robbery and someone got really badly hurt and it was all lies I had nothing to do with it
50:45he was not a good man and I didn't get
50:47chance to send the chance to send the letter it put me away for years time after time my parole
50:54was refused
50:56and I lost all hope until one day I finally got myself together got myself clean that day came and
51:06I knew what I had to do
51:08I had to find you and hurt Hortense for what she'd done I came to St. Marie first place I
51:17went was a newsagent and I saw the ad for her housekeeper it felt like fate
51:21come in
51:24you bided your time working out the perfect murder plan when Hortense received your letter she must have known you
51:33were gunning for her
51:34you read her response she didn't regret it no one bit
51:44Esme I don't expect you to forgive me but I would really like you to understand that what she did
51:51destroyed me
51:54killing her was the only way I could ever have a relationship with you
51:59Officer Rose
52:03Officer Martin
52:05I'm arresting you for the murder of Hortense Leroux
52:08you don't need to say anything
52:09but it may harm your defense if you do not mention when questioned
52:12something which you later rely on in court
52:15I think you do see it may be given evidence
52:18so my whole life been alive
52:23Hortense's love for you
52:26that was real
52:27I feel
52:27why
52:55love for you
52:56we will
52:57death
53:28Hey.
53:33Can I help you?
53:36Mervyn, yeah?
53:38Yeah?
53:40Didn't you hear me, Nack?
53:42No, I was sleeping, actually.
53:44Deeply.
53:45You're older than I imagined.
53:48Er, sorry, who are you?
53:50Just one second.
53:52Come on!
53:53Just give it up, man!
53:57Man, finally!
53:59Stupid boy's been holding out, and all he's got is a pair of sixes.
54:04Amateur.
54:06Is that a gambling, Nath?
54:08I don't think you should be playing there.
54:09Don't sweat it.
54:11It's cool.
54:13Dad said you were a goody-goody, but I guess that comes with a jab, right?
54:17Okay, stop, yeah?
54:19Now, you tell me right now who you are, who your dad is, and what you're doing on my property,
54:24or I'm arresting you for trespass.
54:26And you being the detective?
54:28It's me, Eloise, your niece.
54:33Sorry, what?
54:34Your niece?
54:35Eloise?
54:37Did Dad not mention me to you?
54:40No, he...
54:41No one mentioned you.
54:46Well, I'm sure he was going to.
54:49He's a busy guy, you know.
54:51Lot on his plate.
54:56So, what would you prefer when I call you?
54:59Uncle Marvin?
55:01Uncle Merv?
55:03Just Merv?
55:09What's for breakfast?
55:17Hey, don't touch anything.
55:20This is the closest I've come to actually seeing it.
55:23The Lusker.
55:23Sorry, what?
55:24It's a sea monster.
55:25Some people are saying that's what killed him.
55:27I would like to do my bit to try and solve this case more.
55:31We need to work out a plan, Uncle Merv,
55:33to find evidence that proves he's innocent.
55:35I should just tell her the truth.
55:37Giles was convinced the Lusker took their son.
55:40That's why he stayed on here.
55:41To try and prove the Lusker exists.
55:44I can't believe we're going on a monster hunt.
55:47The Lusker?
55:49Matty!
55:53Cracking cold cases, they were the very best.
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