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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?
02:42Maman?
02:45Maman?
02:45That's bizarre.
02:45calculated çıkart.
02:50Y'all Area.
02:52Tee.
02:52The name is for everyone.
02:53Mac andashi.
02:53mainland.
03:11My country is for beginners.
03:14We're done.
03:17Fifteen more minutes.
03:19Right.
03:21Are we going to talk about anything today?
03:31Um...
03:33No.
03:35No, 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.
04:22Look, I'm English, yeah?
04:25That'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.
04:43Paramedics 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 way.
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,
05:14read her column where someone writes in about a friend's betrayal,
05:22and dear Hortense replies with avoiding revenge.
05:27Let sleeping dogs lie.
05:29Sir, if she was retiring, this would be her last column?
05:33Tragic coincidence?
05:34Tragic, 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 Roves.
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.
07:13It's terrible, 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.
07:24So, what's the latest?
07:27Well, we're working on the theory that Miss Leroux was poisoned.
07:30What?
07:31Deliberately.
07:32How could anyone do that to her?
07:35She was truly adored.
07:36So, how did she seem recently?
07:39Anything out of 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.
07:57OK, so, talk me through her morning routine, please.
08:01Well, she was up with a 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, I'm not sure.
08:17Do you know, love?
08:19Dreaming it, Cecil?
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.
08:53Sensible chap.
09:00She really liked purple.
09:10So what's with the egg thing?
09:14Look, 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, overcooked 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.
09:58Whoa!
10:02Seems 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.
10:22So Sophie Martin wanted her friend to know she'd written this letter.
10:27But why?
10:28To send a message?
10:30Or a warning.
10:40Okay, 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.
10:53Thanks.
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?
12:16Other 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.
12:53There 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, as 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.
13:16Well, you know, it's early days.
13:19Madame LaRue was highly regarded.
13:22Only last night, Catherine and I attended her retirement party.
13:25As 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.
13:44Let 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?
13:56A 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?
14:16What 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.
14:33The 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.
14:48And 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!
15:28Solomon.
15:31Shut up!
15:51Working overtime, mate.
15:53Any leads?
15:58Come on.
15:59Go for it.
16:09You should go.
16:13Go for it.
16:17It's the way to add a little bit of the fire.
16:18Go, go, go.
16:21Go, go, go.
16:22Go.
16:23Go, go, go.
16:25Go, go.
16:27Go, go, go.
16:35Morning campers, gather round, I have a breakthrough.
16:44Right, so, this stamp was conveniently hidden beneath this St. Marie stamp.
16:50The original stamp is from France.
16:54Hmm, so 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? Who knows? My stamp man in Kentish Town is on the case.
17:08And three.
17:11You all right, sir?
17:13Yeah, why?
17:14You seem a little energetic.
17:16Oh, that's the coffee. I've had three already. That's my fourth.
17:22Bad night?
17:23Uh, no. I was just up, looking into this. Any update on Sophie's whereabouts?
17:30None on the island, and no mention in the victim's contacts either.
17:34Postmortem's in.
17:36Cortens was poisoned, as we thought. Contact poison.
17:41Cone snail venom, in fact.
17:44Cone snail? That's new.
17:45Yeah, I mean, they live in the shallow waters around here.
17:48I mean, you're warned about them as a kid.
17:49If it's in a corn, leave it alone.
17:52The toxin paralyzes the victim first, then they die a painful death.
17:59Nice.
18:00So, whoever did this wanted Hortense to suffer.
18:03It says here that the poison was only on page 35 of the newspaper, which means we're looking
18:09at 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.
18:20Risky as anything.
18:21It's more than risky. It's almost impossible.
18:23Did Hortense touch anything else?
18:25Lab's still testing. They'll get back to us tomorrow.
18:28In the meantime, Officer Rose and I have been working on something.
18:31Yes, the daughter.
18:33Esme, I mean, totally bankrupted 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 in Barbados.
18:48Then, plot twist, we find emails from Hortense to the managing director saying Esme was not
18:57fit to work, and 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.
19:46Never 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.
19:55She loved me.
19:57People get away with a lot under that label.
20:01Papillon.
20:02Papillon.
20:03Come away from there.
20:05Pow!
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.
20:16A bit like you, then.
20:17Please stop this.
20:18A bright new future.
20:20Suddenly, snatched.
20:20No, stolen away by your meddling mother.
20:23That'd 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, that's not true.
20:36We'll be in touch.
20:41Never underestimate the quiet ones.
20:49All right, mate.
20:50What have you got?
20:52For real?
21:01Curious and curious, as they say.
21:04Le 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 Martin's 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.
21:52In the trash.
21:53And like my uncle, little Terrence always says, one man's trash is...
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.
22:19But who?
22:21A Rita with a grudge, maybe?
22:22Maybe.
22:24Clearly, whoever it is, was watching the house the other night, while Hortense was getting ready for a big bash.
22:29First thing tomorrow, talk to the neighbours.
22:31Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:33Mm-hmm.
22:34Oh, God.
22:39Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:46Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:51Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:54Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:55Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
23:11You want to give up, don't you?
23:13I'm here when you're ready.
23:15Look, why don't you just ask me something?
23:20Just ask me a question.
23:23Please.
23:25What are your feelings about your brother?
23:29OK, um, something akin to anger, I'd say.
23:38You know, every time I'm near that guy,
23:40something happens that shouldn't.
23:42And sadness.
23:45In fact, I'd say mainly sadness.
23:48I wanted it to work, yeah?
23:51Believe me, I wanted us to work.
23:55But you know what?
23:59We just don't.
24:01I do not trust that guy.
24:04And 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.
24:14Sometimes, if talking's difficult, writing it down can help.
24:18Write him a letter.
24:24Yeah, writing him a letter.
24:26Yeah, could work.
24:32A letter.
24:33It'd be a waste of time.
24:35Why don't you tell him what kind of brother you wanted?
24:39Because it's a fantasy.
24:42He can't be that brother.
24:46So I need to just accept it and move on.
24:51And, sir, how will you do that unless you're honest with him?
24:54And even more so, with yourself.
24:58Catherine, you were at Hortense's party.
25:02Yeah.
25:02Did you know her well?
25:04Not really.
25:05And the family?
25:07Esme.
25:08Anton Busset.
25:09Oh, Anton.
25:11Men like him.
25:13Hungry lions.
25:15Looking at you like your tasty steak at a buffet.
25:18Oh, have you two got history?
25:21He'd like that.
25:23Do you want another drink?
25:24Oh, no, thank you.
25:27I think I'll have an early night.
25:29Perhaps you should, too, sir.
25:31Why's that?
25:33Seeing that you're having trouble sleeping.
25:35Another cold one for me, please, Catherine.
25:54Speak to him, and you take the house over there.
25:57Then we'll get to those letters.
25:58Sound good?
25:59Cool.
26:00See you later, alligator.
26:14Alligator.
26:18Oh, come on, come on, come on.
26:27What are you doing?
26:29Huh?
26:29Nothing.
26:30What's behind your back?
26:31Hi, cupboard.
26:32Don't lie to me.
26:33There's a mirror right behind you.
26:36I just promise you won't laugh, all right?
26:39I promise.
26:41Dear Hortense, there's this girl I like.
26:44If she were a chicken wing, she'd be extra hot.
26:47All summer we've chilled, but now she's gone quiet.
26:50I'm confused.
26:51She keeps watching my stories.
26:53Once she commented with a tomato emoji, what does that mean?
26:58I just want to know where I stand.
27:01You're Sebastian Rose.
27:05You know this is supposed to be a moment.
27:07I know that, no.
27:08Well, did Hortense write back?
27:09She did.
27:10She said something about allowing space for roots to grow or something.
27:15And happy?
27:17No.
27:18Because she might be waiting for you, you know.
27:20That tomato emoji couldn't mean this girl's interested.
27:24You can't sit back, you've got to lean in.
27:26Yeah, it may be all right.
27:29The neighbor did tell me something pretty darn spicy.
27:32Yeah?
27:40What are you doing?
27:42A game of probability.
27:44A killer somehow gets a poisoned copy of the St. Marie News
27:48into Clayton's stack of newspapers,
27:49in which there happens to be five other copies of the St. Marie News,
27:53and from which he pulls one copy of the St. Marie News at random
27:56and delivers it to Hortense.
27:58A one in six charts.
28:00One in six charts.
28:02Our only clue is the egg.
28:05Why was it hard-boiled when Hortense likes it to be perfectly dippable?
28:10Sophie Martin is a very popular name.
28:13There were about a hundred Sophie Martins in Paris around that time.
28:18Look, for any connections with St. Marie, yeah,
28:20we have to find this woman.
28:22Will do.
28:27Sorry, it's not you, it's me.
28:30So the beers didn't help then?
28:33Surprisingly, no.
28:38And the letter?
28:41No, it's not a good idea.
28:43And that's an end of it.
28:44Okay?
28:48Sergeant Fletcher?
28:50We know who's been sending those messages.
28:52The neighbour was taking out the bins on the day of the party
28:55when he overheard an argument between Kim and Hortense.
29:00Did he hear what was said?
29:02Certainly 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.
29:20I would never do anything so stupid.
29:23So why would Hortense think it was you?
29:25No clue.
29:26Those texts contain personal details
29:28that 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.
29:37It's a tragedy that she's got.
29:39From what we've heard, she was more dragon than diamond.
29:42She certainly gave her daughter a hard time, didn't she?
29:43Well, she was a might overprotective.
29:46But she cared, which 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.
29:58But then she found you out, didn't she?
30:00You'd have faced criminal charges.
30:02You'd have lost everything.
30:04So I killed her?
30:07You've got this all wrong, officers.
30:09I've been around the block more times than I care for.
30:12Life'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
30:25that 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, free as a bird.
30:41She does have a point.
30:43I 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,
30:54then we're going to have to.
30:56Huh?
30:57Sir, you're sure you can...
31:00keep cool?
31:03as a cucumber.
31:14So, Hortense Leroux didn't mention anything to you
31:17about these text messages?
31:19Ever since the divorce,
31:20we didn't have the same intimacy, you understand.
31:23Please, sit down.
31:25No, I'm all right standing, thank you.
31:27Any hate mail sent to the office?
31:29Complaints?
31:30People calling in to talk to her?
31:32You 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
31:39I don't know who was sending these messages.
31:42And whoever she is won't be easily found.
31:45She?
31:46What?
31:47You just said whoever she is.
31:49I misspoke.
31:50They.
31:51Unusual for a man in your line of work to misspeak.
31:54Unusual for a man in your line of work
31:56to behave like an amateur.
31:58Excuse me?
31:58Let me be crystal clear.
32:00Stop wasting time asking obtuse questions
32:04and go about doing your actual job.
32:07Let me be crystal clear.
32:09These obtuse questions are to find out
32:11who murdered your ex-wife.
32:13Sir?
32:13But the fact that you can't see that
32:14is 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
32:26was something no one should ever have to.
32:29But you can't keep pretending.
32:31Pretending?
32:32Yes.
32:32Pretending like you're okay.
32:34Your judgment is clearly off
32:36because you're not sleeping.
32:38And you're not sleeping
32:38because you have this thing with Solomon
32:40hanging over your head.
32:41What do you suggest?
32:42I don't know.
32:43Write the letter.
32:45Whatever.
32:46Get it off your chest.
32:47We have a murder to solve.
32:49All right.
32:50Fine.
32:51I'll do it.
32:58So what are we going to do
32:59about Mr. Vercet?
33:01He obviously suspects
33:02who's sending those texts.
33:05Well,
33:06we need a tactical rethink.
33:13I have an idea.
33:23Who knew St. Marie was so high-tech?
33:26Found it in the back of the evidence store.
33:29Don't think it's been used for a while.
33:31You surprised me.
33:33It's from 1986.
33:35Can't beat quality.
33:37Thanks for doing this,
33:38Miss Bordet.
33:39A pleasure.
33:40I feel like
33:41one of Charlie's angels.
33:43Now, remember,
33:44you're there to find out
33:45who Anton thinks
33:46is behind the text messages.
33:48But don't go straight in for the kill.
33:49Act natural.
33:50Re-in-check is your code word
33:52if anything goes wrong.
33:54It won't.
33:55Trust me.
34:04We're good?
34:10The golden goose has landed.
34:17Anton!
34:19How lovely to see you.
34:20Likewise.
34:22I was surprised when you called me.
34:25Pleasantly surprised, of course.
34:28Thought a drink would help
34:29take your mind off things.
34:31Much appreciated.
34:35That clown inspector
34:37was at the office today.
34:39Poking his nose
34:40in where it's not wanted.
34:42Oh, like a dog without a bone.
34:45What is she after?
34:46So sweet.
34:47She knows what she's doing.
34:48Oh, did the police
34:50have a theory today?
34:51Oh, they were bothered
34:53about what these nasty messages
34:55Hortense was receiving.
34:59You seem like a woman
35:01of good sense and judgment.
35:03I like to think so.
35:05This stays between us.
35:07A few years ago,
35:08Hortense told me something.
35:11Esme isn't her child.
35:13She took her from Paris
35:14when she was a baby.
35:15This is big!
35:16Sadly, the mother
35:17wasn'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
35:25sounded like she was
35:26too out of it to notice.
35:28Hortense couldn't have children.
35:30But the authorities,
35:32did they not realize?
35:34She came here,
35:35forged her papers.
35:37She was Esme's mother
35:38in 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.
35:48So, you suspect
35:49it's Esme's birth mother
35:51sending those messages?
35:54Who else?
35:58Enough doom and gloom.
36:00Would you do me
36:01the honor of a dance?
36:02Oh, well, um...
36:04It 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
36:25rain check?
36:37Sorry, Matt.
36:38Yeah, I tried.
36:39This won't be the last
36:41to hear of me.
36:42I'll be calling
36:43your commissioner.
36:44Qu'est-ce que c'est passé?
36:46I was saying the code well.
36:47It was a technical age.
36:49I am so sorry.
36:52We can now assume
36:54that the friend's betrayal
36:55written about in Sophie Martin's letter
36:57is referring to Hortense
36:59stealing Sophie's baby
37:0030 years ago.
37:02Which means
37:02Sophie
37:03is Esme's real mother
37:05and finally explains
37:06why Hortense
37:07was so desperate
37:08to publish the letter.
37:09She knew
37:10it was Sophie
37:11coming for her.
37:12Her response?
37:13Back off.
37:14Esme's mine.
37:15But why wait
37:1630 years
37:17to send this?
37:18Don't know yet
37:19but we will.
37:20And
37:21if Miss Martin
37:22is also behind
37:23the text messages
37:24as Anton suspects
37:25you'll get what's coming to you.
37:27You don't deserve to live.
37:28She's here on this island
37:29with one hell of a motive.
37:38But we're...
37:44I hope we don't mind, Angel.
37:46Oh no, not at all.
37:48Such a great loss.
37:50If you ever need
37:51someone to talk to
37:53I'm here.
37:55You're kind.
38:15Solomon,
38:17I've been thinking
38:18about what to say
38:19for a while
38:20but I haven't managed
38:21to find the right words.
38:26It flows
38:29Just like a mirror
38:32It seems to show
38:35Heaven, I'm afraid
38:38Yes, I see beaucoup.
38:41Morning.
38:42Morning, sir.
38:44That was the Paris police.
38:46My thinking was
38:47addicts are more likely
38:49to have criminal charges
38:50and
38:51there are three
38:53Sophie Martons on file.
38:55Two for possession,
38:55one for aggravated robbery.
38:57I've asked them
38:58to send over the records.
38:59Good work.
39:01What's that, sir?
39:03Oh, um
39:05this is it.
39:06My letter to Solomon.
39:08I've got it off my chest.
39:10Did it help?
39:13Er
39:14yeah, it did actually.
39:16You know what I realised?
39:18I want
39:19no
39:21I need
39:22my space from it.
39:25I'm so sorry, sir.
39:27No, no, no
39:27it's all good
39:28it's for the best.
39:29I just needed
39:30a little time to
39:31accept you
39:32that's all.
39:35Where is everyone?
39:37Following a lead.
39:38If Sophie Marton
39:40was outside
39:41Madame Rourou's house
39:41that night
39:42it's possible
39:43she followed her
39:44to the party.
39:45So we
39:46went through
39:47the photos online
39:48and
39:49look at this one.
39:55Yes, she does
39:56look about
39:56the right age
39:57that Sophie will be.
39:58An uninvited guest.
40:00The waiter
40:01said she got
40:02into a green
40:03VW camper van
40:04and luckily
40:05Matty knows
40:06the one garage
40:07that fixes them.
40:11Yeah
40:12talk with the devil.
40:13We think
40:14we found Sophie.
40:15So someone
40:16matching her description
40:17came into the garage
40:18last week
40:19goes by the name
40:20of Calypso.
40:21Said she normally
40:22parks up by
40:22Coral Beach.
40:24We need to get there
40:24pronto.
40:25You already here, sir?
40:27You got an eyeball.
40:32Are you hearing you good?
40:34You think that
40:34I'm that shy girl's mother?
40:37You're mad.
40:38I don't even know
40:39this woman you're
40:39talking about.
40:42Then why did you
40:43sneak into the party
40:44that night?
40:45Just passing.
40:47Felt thirsty.
40:48It's not a crime.
40:50No.
40:50A stalkiness.
40:52See, our theory
40:53is you are
40:54Sophie Marton.
40:55You assumed
40:56a new identity
40:56to come to
40:57Saint-Marie
40:58and enact revenge
40:59on Hortense Leroux
41:00starting with
41:02Phil's threatening
41:02text messages.
41:04I just like
41:06to stay off-grid.
41:07That's all.
41:07We should be free
41:09to roam
41:09as the birds do.
41:11You know we can
41:11trace the sim
41:12to the shop
41:13you brought it in.
41:13Check their CCTV.
41:17Okay.
41:18Here's the truth.
41:20That woman
41:21you're talking about
41:22Sophie Marton
41:23that ain't me
41:25but
41:26those texts
41:30I sent him.
41:31Not for the reason
41:32you think though.
41:33Why then?
41:35Two months ago
41:36I sent
41:37dear Hortense
41:38a letter.
41:40Hortense told me
41:41to cut the mother
41:42out of my life.
41:44Toxic mothers
41:45shouldn't be allowed
41:46to act that way
41:47she said.
41:48A bit hypocritical
41:49coming from her.
41:50I did what she said.
41:52Know what?
41:54My mother died
41:56alone in her bed.
41:58If I hadn't listened
41:59to that loud-mouthed woman
42:00I would have been there.
42:02That must have
42:02made you angry.
42:03Not enough to kill her.
42:05I wanted to scare her.
42:07Make her suffer.
42:08the same way
42:09I've been suffering.
42:11Walking about this
42:12earth with a perfect life.
42:14Little care for the people
42:15whose life she ruins.
42:24Miss Jones
42:25with no disrespect
42:27but
42:28it kind of seems like
42:29you're more
42:30angry at yourself.
42:33Look,
42:34I'm no expert
42:35but
42:36it doesn't help
42:37to
42:38hold on to things.
42:53So we're still
42:54having a scooby
42:55how the killer
42:56pulled off this murder.
42:57A stack of six papers
42:58and he managed
42:59to poison one
43:00and have it delivered
43:01practically straight
43:02into Hortense Leroux's hands.
43:03And let's not forget
43:04about the egg.
43:05What happened that morning
43:07to make her ruin
43:07a perfectly good breakfast?
43:09Sir.
43:10Hold that thought.
43:11I'm late.
43:15I'll be back.
43:23How do you feel?
43:25Um,
43:26better.
43:28Definitely
43:29better.
43:30I mean
43:31everything here
43:31is just
43:34you know
43:35gone.
43:36All I need to do
43:37now is post it.
43:38Well done.
43:41Now,
43:42can we talk
43:43a little more
43:43about your life here?
43:45Oh,
43:46how long have you got?
43:47About half an hour.
43:49No,
43:49I meant...
43:57She timed it?
43:59Why did she take it out?
44:02And the egg,
44:03how long did she cook it for?
44:04Dreaming it,
44:05social?
44:05He then cycled
44:06straight here,
44:07delivered the newspaper
44:08to Madame Leroux
44:09at 7.15am.
44:11I'm sorry,
44:12the little man
44:12doesn't like strangers.
44:14There were no
44:14fingerprints found
44:15on Hortense's glasses.
44:17I wanted to scare her.
44:19I wanted her to suffer
44:20the same way
44:20I'd been suffering.
44:21Of course.
44:23But that's the reason why.
44:24Why what?
44:25The egg was hard-boiled.
44:27I can see everything
44:28clearly now.
44:33Thanks for your patience.
44:36I know who the killer is.
44:37I know how they did it.
44:38Those photos
44:39from the Paris police,
44:40have they come through?
44:41Just in.
44:42Right,
44:42we need a search warrant.
44:44And then we can have
44:44a little family reunion.
44:53Agony Arts
44:54are known for giving advice
44:55to help solve
44:57difficult problems.
44:58However,
44:59I doubt they've ever
45:00been asked to advise
45:01on a problem
45:01as difficult as this one.
45:04Hortense's Leroux
45:04was poisoned,
45:06effectively by her own column.
45:08But we had no idea
45:10how the killer managed
45:11to poison the newspaper
45:12and get it delivered
45:14straight to her,
45:15when the paper boy
45:16took one at random
45:18from his stack.
45:20But,
45:20with the help
45:21of a hard-boiled egg...
45:23Not this again.
45:25...we finally cracked it.
45:29You, Kim.
45:30It was you
45:31who murdered Hortense.
45:33Me?
45:34No.
45:35I told you,
45:36I was telling the truth.
45:37As Miss Leroux's housekeeper,
45:39you knew her morning routine,
45:41that she liked to read her column
45:43whilst having her breakfast.
45:45You also knew
45:46that Clayton drops the paper
45:48on the porch
45:49at 7.15am
45:50and Papillon
45:52barks to alert Hortense,
45:54as he always does
45:55when someone's at the door.
45:57So, earlier that morning,
45:58you went to another newsagent
46:00and bought a copy
46:02of the St. Marie News.
46:04Let's call this
46:05Paper A.
46:06You then laced the problem page
46:08with cone snail poison.
46:10Something you knew about
46:12from Hortense's fear
46:13of her dog
46:13getting stung by one.
46:15My mum was always
46:16baron I'd get stung.
46:17Then you dropped Paper A
46:19onto the porch
46:20some time before
46:21Clayton usually arrived.
46:24Hortense must have been
46:25in the middle
46:26of preparing her breakfast.
46:28Papillon
46:29barked as normal,
46:30so she went outside
46:32to collect the newspaper
46:33she thought
46:34had just been delivered.
46:39She went back
46:40into the kitchen,
46:40eager to see
46:41if her request
46:42to change her final column
46:44had been carried out.
46:45In doing so,
46:46she came into contact
46:47with the poison
46:48and subsequently died.
46:51A painful death
46:52by all accounts.
46:56You then came
46:57into the house
46:57through the back
47:00and put on Hortense's
47:02purple gown,
47:03a wig matching her hair
47:04with a purple headband.
47:05And finally,
47:07the item that was
47:09unmistakably Hortense,
47:11her statement,
47:13purple glasses.
47:15As usual,
47:16at 7.15,
47:17Clayton delivered
47:18the newspaper,
47:19Paper B,
47:21and Papillon barked.
47:23Kim,
47:23now dressed as Hortense,
47:25opened the door
47:26and waved to him.
47:27As Clayton cycled away,
47:29he wouldn't have known
47:30that it was in fact
47:31you waving at him
47:32and not Hortense.
47:33You then came back
47:35into the kitchen
47:36and returned
47:37Miss LaRue's glasses,
47:38wiping away
47:39any prints first.
47:42Now,
47:42we come to the egg
47:44and your ultimate downfall.
47:46You see,
47:47in your haste
47:48to stage the scene
47:49before Esme arrived,
47:51you almost forgot
47:52Miss LaRue's egg
47:52was still boiling away
47:53on the stove.
47:54You needed everything
47:56to look exactly
47:57as it should,
47:58to fit the timeline
47:59of Hortense
48:00making breakfast,
48:01then reading her column.
48:03So,
48:04you hurriedly took
48:05the now hard-boiled egg
48:07out of the pan
48:08and clumsily
48:09put it in the egg cup.
48:10Then you left the house
48:12through the back,
48:13the same way you came,
48:15got into your car
48:16that was parked
48:17around the corner
48:17and drove around the front
48:19to time perfectly
48:20with Esme's arrival.
48:24You later
48:26disposed of
48:27paper B
48:28and the wig
48:30at your home.
48:31We found these
48:32in the bin
48:33on your street.
48:34An audacious
48:36yet brilliant plan.
48:38But
48:38why go to such lengths?
48:43Kim Woods
48:44isn't your real name,
48:46is it?
48:47You are,
48:48in fact,
48:49Sophie Martin.
48:5230 years ago,
48:54Sophie Martin
48:55moved to Paris
48:56from the UK
48:57with her boyfriend
48:59who was escaping
49:00some trouble
49:00back home.
49:01She was living
49:02in a commune
49:03in Montmartre
49:04and it's there
49:05she met Hortense,
49:07an ambitious writer.
49:09Sophie
49:12was a drug addict
49:14with a newborn baby.
49:18You were doing
49:19your best,
49:19no doubt,
49:20but from what we
49:21now know
49:22about Miss LaRue,
49:23she had a
49:24saviour complex.
49:25Through our
49:26undercover investigation,
49:28we discovered
49:29her secret.
49:31Hortense
49:31stole your baby
49:33in the night
49:34and went
49:35as far away
49:36as she could
49:38to St. Marie.
49:41That baby
49:42was you,
49:43Esme.
49:45You're my mother.
49:49Hortense
49:49was my friend
49:51and she offered
49:53to look after you
49:54and yes,
49:56I was struggling
49:57but I loved you
49:58so much
50:00and then one morning
50:02I woke up
50:02and you was gone
50:03and I didn't sleep today
50:05searching for you.
50:08but then you found out
50:09Hortense was here,
50:10didn't you?
50:12Through her column.
50:14So all those years ago
50:16you wrote this letter
50:18to dear Hortense.
50:20The same letter
50:22Hortense wanted to publish
50:23at the very last minute
50:26for her final issue.
50:28I wanted her to know
50:30I was coming for her.
50:31Then you were
50:32arrested?
50:33The guy I was going
50:34out with at the time,
50:35he told the police
50:36that I was involved
50:37in an armed robbery
50:39and someone got
50:40really badly hurt
50:41and it was all lies.
50:43I had nothing
50:44to do with it,
50:45he was not a good man
50:46and I didn't get
50:47a chance to send
50:48the letter.
50:50They put me away
50:51for years.
50:53Time after time
50:54my parole was refused
50:56and I lost all hope
50:57until one day
50:59I finally got myself
51:00together,
51:01got myself clean.
51:03That day came
51:05and I knew
51:06what I had to do.
51:08I had to find you
51:10and hurt Hortense
51:11for what she'd done.
51:13I came to St. Marie,
51:16first place I went
51:17was a newsagent
51:17and I saw the ad
51:19for her housekeeper.
51:20It felt like fate.
51:22Come in.
51:24You bided your time
51:26working out
51:27the perfect murder plan
51:28and when Hortense
51:30received your letter
51:31she must have known
51:33you were gunning for her.
51:35You read her response.
51:37She didn't regret it.
51:40Not one bit.
51:44Esme,
51:45I don't expect you
51:46to forgive me
51:46but I would really
51:48like you to understand
51:49that what she did
51:51destroyed me.
51:54Killing her
51:55was the only way
51:56I could ever
51:57have a relationship
51:58with you.
51:59Officer Rose?
52:03Sophie Martin,
52:05I'm arresting you
52:06for the murder of
52:07Hortense, LaRue.
52:08You don't need
52:09to say anything
52:09but it may harm
52:10your defense
52:11if you do not
52:11mention when questioned
52:12something which
52:13you later rely on
52:14in court.
52:15I think you do see
52:16maybe giving evidence.
52:18so my whole life
52:20has been alive.
52:23Hortense's love
52:24for you,
52:26that was real.
52:29I think you do see
52:30what you do.
52:31I think you do see
52:31what you do.
52:33I think you do see
52:33what you do.
52:37I think you do see
52:38what you do.
52:40I think you do see
52:43I think you do see
52:43I think you do see
52:45what you do.
52:45I think you do see
52:46what you do.
52:46I think you do see
52:47what you do.
52:47I think you do see
52:48I think you do see
52:49what you do.
52:49I think you do see
52:50what you do.
52:50I think you do see
52:50what you do see
52:51what you do.
52:52I think you do see
52:54what you do.
53:28Hey.
53:33Can I help you?
53:36Mervyn, yeah?
53:38Yeah?
53:40Didn't you hear me knock?
53:42No, I was sleeping, actually. Deeply.
53:45You're older than I imagined.
53:48Er, sorry, who are you?
53:50Just one second. Come on! Just give me a tap, man!
53:58Finally! Stupid boy's been holding out.
54:01And all he's got is a pair of sixes.
54:04Amateur.
54:06Is that a gamble, Merv?
54:08I don't think you should be playing there.
54:09Don't sweat it. It's cool.
54:13Dad said you were a goody-goody,
54:15but 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,
54:22and what you're doing on my property,
54:24or I'm arresting you for trespass.
54:26And you being a detective?
54:28It's me, Eloise, your niece.
54:33Sorry, what?
54:34Your niece, Eloise, did Dad not mention me to you?
54:40No, no-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.
54:55So, what would you prefer when I call you?
54:59Uncle Mervyn?
55:01Uncle Merv?
55:03Just Merv?
55:08What's for breakfast?
55:16Hey, 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 now.
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 you're going on a monster hunt!
55:46The Lusker?
55:48Matty!
55:53Cracking cold cases.
55:55They were the very best.
55:57Remember Waking the Dead?
55:58Press red to watch the classic series on iPlayer.
56:01This and everything across the BBC is made possible
56:04because we're funded by you.
56:06So, thank you.
56:16Lord you guys.
56:17He
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