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