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Death.In.Paradise Season 15 Episode 7 (2026)
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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,
00:18the community initiative wouldn't have happened.
00:22Thanks, greetings.
00:25Fortence, 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, simply.
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.
01:11After 30 years solving this island's problems,
01:15our beloved agony aunt is retiring.
01:19Oh.
01:19And so, please, put your hands together
01:21to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
01:26Oh, yes.
01:28Come on, Gordon.
01:31You have to be.
01:31And 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 imbecile was true to his word.
02:18Morning, Esme.
02:19How was the party?
02:21Good item.
02:22Me at Earth's.
02:24That's weird.
02:27Maman?
02:31Maman?
02:35Maman?
02:37Maman?
02:37Maman?
02:58Maman?
03:14We done.
03:17Fifteen more minutes.
03:20Right.
03:21Are we going to talk about anything today?
03:32Um, no. Thank you, but no.
03:47Yes, Thomas. It's work.
03:57Oh.
03:59So I take it therapy's going well then?
04:04Um, I mean, sitting in front of a total stranger, talking about feelings, it'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? The best thing for me to do is just forget it ever happened.
04:20Sounds healthy.
04:23Look, I'm English. Yeah? That's what we do.
04:30The deceased is Hortense Leroux. She writes an agony aunt column for the local paper.
04:36Agony aunts? That's a blast from the past.
04:40Good morning, boss. Sarge. Her medic say Madame Leroux was poisoned.
04:45Who found her?
04:46Her daughter Esme, who had plans to go on a walk with her mother, and the housekeeper, Kim Woods, who
04:52was just starting her shift.
04:54This way.
04:56So, the victim, she has a few tiny red spots on her finger, which leads me to believe that the
05:05poison came from something she touched.
05:08So, she sat down for breakfast, boiled egg and toast, read her column where someone writes in about a friend's
05:21betrayal, and dear Hortense replies with avoiding revenge.
05:26Let sleeping dogs lie.
05:29Sir, she was retiring. This would be her last column? Tragic coincidence?
05:35Tragic, certainly. Coincidence, not so much.
05:40Does this look discoloured to you?
05:46Do you think the poison is on the paper?
05:49Possibly. Where did this come from?
05:51We'll check with the housekeeper.
06:02Egg and soldiers. In the Breakfast Hall of Fame. That's right up there.
06:07Dipping a piece of buttered toast into a gooey yellow egg.
06:11Heaven.
06:12You're quiet, sir.
06:26This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones. Dipping a soldier into that would be impossible.
06:37Sir, normally when you spot a detail, I think,
06:40Well, Lord, man. We'll 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 Rouse.
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 Leroux 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? Anything 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.
07:58Okay, so, talk me through her morning routine, please.
08:01Well, she was up with the lark, made breakfast.
08:05Boiled egg and soldiers, yeah?
08:07Clayton would deliver the paper.
08:08Then she would like to read her column over breakfast.
08:12And the egg.
08:13How long did she cook it for?
08:16I'm not sure.
08:18Do you know, love?
08:19Dreaming it, Cecil?
08:21She liked it to be perfect.
08:23Yeah.
08:23That's who she was.
08:25Deep breaths, darling.
08:26Deep 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.
08:53I'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.
09:58Whoa!
10:02Seems she kept every single letter as well.
10:05This is the letter she wanted to publish last minute.
10:08Dear 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.
10:27Why?
10:28To send a message?
10:30Or a warning.
10:35Yes, Vector.
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.
10:53Thanks.
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 poison newspaper to Hortense?
11:23Maybe 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 poison 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. 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.
13:26As 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.
13:56Or what?
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, take 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!
15:28Sorry.
15:31Shut up!
15:32No!
15:51Working overtime, mate.
15:53Any leads?
15:59Listen when I'm falling down?
15:59No.
16:03No!
16:08No, no.
16:09No, no, no.
16:09No, no.
16:09No.
16:23No.
16:24No.
16:35morning campers gather round I have a breakthrough right so this stamp was conveniently hidden
16:48beneath this st. Marie stamp the original stamp is from France
16:55hmm so what does that mean that it was posted from somewhere else first maybe Sophie meant to post it
17:00from somewhere else but didn't for some reason then brought it to st. Marie to post why who knows my
17:05stamp man in Kentish town is on the case you're all right sir yeah why you seem a little energetic
17:16oh
17:16that's the coffee I've had three already that's my fourth bad night uh no I was just up looking into
17:27this any update on Sophie's whereabouts none on the island and no mention in the victims contacts
17:33either postmortems in Hortens was poisoned as we thought contact poison cone snail venom in fact
17:43come snail that's new yeah I mean they live in the shallow waters around here I mean you're
17:48warned about them as a kid if it's in a cone leave it alone the toxin paralyzes the victim first
17:55then
17:55they die a painful death nice so whoever did this wanted or tends to suffer it says here that the
18:05poison was only on page 35 of the newspaper which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler
18:10somehow poison one page in one paper of a pack of six then pray to the gods of vengeance that
18:17that
18:18paper is delivered to its victim risky as anything it's more than risky it's almost impossible did
18:24Hortens touch anything else labs still testing they'll get back to us tomorrow in the meantime officer Rose
18:30and I have been working on something yes uh the daughter Esme totally bankrolled by mommy she's
18:36never had a job she just gets a big juicy allowance every month and I mean she's living her life
18:42well
18:42it seems Esme might have disagreed she'd applied for a job as a publisher's in Barbados then plot twist we
18:50find emails from Hortens to the managing director saying Esme was not fit to work and that she would
18:59sue them if her daughter had a breakdown they took back the job offer pretty quickly after that so mommy
19:06blew her chances of a promising career must have been a blow she was right I I would not cope
19:21real life
19:23and me somehow never work so what made you apply for the job then Anton encouraged me he helps me
19:29with
19:29all sorts of things can't help noticing you're wearing the same clothes as yesterday late night
19:36was it my mom just died I'm allowed to grieve of course you are look what do you want from
19:45me
19:45you're 31 never been anywhere everything you own all paid for by your mother it's unusual some might say
19:53a little controlling she wasn't she loved me people get away with a lot under that label
20:00but be on but be on come away from there
20:07needs to be careful of those cone snails I hear they're deadly my mom was always paranoid he gets
20:13stoned like to keep him close bit like you then please stop this right new future suddenly snatch
20:20no stolen away by your meddling mother that'd have made me angry but that made you angry DS Thomas
20:25definitely maybe the anger got too much maybe one day you just snapped no that's not true
20:36we'll be in touch
20:42never underestimate the quiet ones
20:49all right mate what you got for real
21:01curious and curious as they say the cloche de Saint-Azure pardon my accent was printed in Paris 30 years
21:09ago
21:09does that mean that this letter is also 30 years old who can only assume so but if that's the
21:15case why would Sophie Martin wait to send us now maybe she knew
21:20Hortense is retiring and this was her last chance we'll look for any Sophie Martin's who lived in Paris 30
21:25years ago now keep me posted any news from the lab no poison found on anything else she could have
21:31touched
21:31So this newspaper was definitely the murder weapon it looks like it's something interesting though no finger prints found on
21:40Hortense's glasses wiped clean
21:42hmm what 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 kind of victim spawn in the trash and I'm an uncle little Terence always says one man's
21:57trash is another man's treasure yes we know get on with it officer Rose
22:01sir sorry
22:03hmm
22:04go on
22:05some anonymous text going back three weeks ago you'll get what's coming to you you don't deserve to live and
22:12then just before a retirement party
22:13wear the amethyst earrings they bring out your eyes
22:17someone was out for blood
22:19but who
22:20a reader 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
22:28first thing tomorrow talk to the neighbors maybe they saw someone hanging around
23:01Mm-hm.
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?
23:29Okay, um...
23:33Something akin to anger, I'd say.
23:38You know, every time I'm near that guy,
23:40something happens that shouldn't.
23:43And 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.
24:19Write 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?
25:06Esme and Tom Busset.
25:09Oh, Anton.
25:12Men like him.
25:13Hungry lions.
25:15Looking at you like your tasty steak at a buffet.
25:19Oh, have you two got history?
25:21Eat like that.
25:23Do you want another drink?
25:25Oh, 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.
25:54I'll speak 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.
26:15Alligator.
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.
26:37Just 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 meaningless.
27:07I know that.
27:07No.
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?
27:16No.
27:18Because she might be waiting for you, you know?
27:20That tomato emoji couldn't mean this girl's interested.
27:23You can't sit back, you've got to lean in.
27:26Yeah.
27:27You know, maybe all right.
27:29The neighbor did tell me something pretty darn spicy.
27:32Yeah?
27:33Mm.
27:40What are you doing?
27:42A game of probability.
27:45Acula 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
27:56at random and delivers it to Hortense.
27:58A one 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 little?
28:41No, it's not a good idea.
28:42And 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.
28:59Did 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 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.
29:37It'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?
29:44Well, she was a mite 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.
29:57Frighten 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 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, 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, then we're going to have to.
30:57Sir, you're sure you can keep cool?
31:03As a cucumber.
31:14So, Hall 10s Leroux didn't mention anything to you about these text messages?
31:19Ever since the divorce, we didn't have the same intimacy, you understand.
31:24Please, 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?
31:31Well, you don't give up, do you?
31:33Oh, she 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.
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 to behave like an amateur.
31:58Excuse me?
31:59Let me be crystal clear.
32:00Stop wasting time asking obtuse questions.
32:04And go about doing your actual job.
32:08Let me be crystal clear.
32:09These obtuse questions are to find out who murdered 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, I get it.
32:24Sir, what you went through was something no-one should ever have to.
32:29Well, you can't keep pretending.
32:31Pretending?
32:32Yes.
32:32Pretending like you're okay.
32:34I am okay.
32:34And your judgement is clearly off because you're not sleeping.
32:38And you're not sleeping because you have this thing with Solomon hanging over your head.
32:41What do you suggest?
32:42I don't know.
32:44Write 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 about Mr. Busset?
33:01He obviously suspects who's sending those texts.
33:06Well, we 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, Miss Bourdais.
33:39A pleasure.
33:40I feel like one of Charlie's angels.
33:43Now, remember, you're there to find out who Anton thinks is behind the text messages.
33:48But don't go straight in for the kill.
33:50Act natural.
33:50Rain check is your code word if 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 was at the office today.
34:39Poking his nose in where it's not wanted.
34:42Oh, like a dog without a bone.
34:45What does she have to say?
34:46Shh, wait.
34:47She knows what she's doing.
34:49Did the police have a theory today?
34:51Oh, they were bothered about with these nasty messages Hortense was receiving.
35:00You seem like a woman of good sense and judgment.
35:03I like to think so.
35:05This stays between us.
35:07A few years ago, Hortense told me something.
35:11Esme isn't her child.
35:13She took her from Paris when she was a baby.
35:15This is big.
35:16Sadly, the mother wasn't able to take care of her.
35:19A drug addict.
35:21I'm assuming she agreed to this.
35:24The 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.
35:37She was Esme's mother in all but flesh and blood.
35:41And Esme has no idea?
35:43No.
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?
35:54Who else?
35:58Enough doom and gloom.
36:00Would you do me the honor of a dance?
36:02So, 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 rain check?
36:37Sorry, Matty.
36:38I tried.
36:39This won't be the last to hear of me.
36:42I'll be calling your commissioner.
36:44Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé?
36:46I was saying the code were.
36:47It was a technical hitch.
36:49I am so sorry.
36:52We can now assume that the friend's betrayal written about in Sophie Martin's letter is referring to Hortense stealing Sophie's
37:00baby 30 years ago.
37:01Which means Sophie is Esme's real mother and finally explains why Hortense was so desperate to publish the letter.
37:09She knew it was Sophie coming for her.
37:12Her response?
37:13Back off.
37:14Esme's mine.
37:15Well, why wait 30 years to send this?
37:18Don't know yet.
37:19But we will.
37:20And if Miss Martin is also behind the text messages, as 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 with one hell of a motive.
37:32But we're.
37:44Oh, we don't mind, Angel.
37:45Oh, no, not at all.
37:48Such a great loss.
37:50If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here.
37:55You're kind.
38:16Solomon, I've been thinking about what to say for a while, but I haven't managed to find the right words.
38:22Cross the street, across the way it flows, just like a mirror, it seems to show, heaven, I'm afraid.
38:38Yes, c'est beaucoup.
38:41Morning.
38:43Morning, sir.
38:44That was the Paris police.
38:46My thinking was, addicts are more likely to have criminal charges.
38:50And there are three Sophie Martons on file.
38:55Two for possession, one for aggravated robbery.
38:57I've asked them to send over the records.
38:59Good work.
39:01What's that, sir?
39:03Oh, um, this is it.
39:06My letter to Solomon.
39:08I've got it off my chest.
39:10Did it help?
39:14Uh, yeah, it did, actually.
39:17You know what I realised?
39:19I want...
39:20No.
39:21I need my space from it.
39:25I'm so sorry, sir.
39:27No, no, no, it's all good.
39:28It's for the best.
39:28I just needed a little time to accept it, that's all.
39:35Where is everyone?
39:37Following a lead.
39:39If Sophie Martin was outside Madame Rourou's house that night, it's possible she followed her to the party.
39:45So we went through the photos online and look at this one.
39:55Yes, she does look about the right age that Sophie will be.
39:58An uninvited guest.
40:00The waiter said she got into a green VW camper van and luckily, Matty knows the one garage that fixes
40:07them.
40:15So someone matching her description came into the garage last week, goes by the name of Calypso.
40:21Said she normally parks up by Coral Beach.
40:24We need to get there pronto.
40:25You already here, sir?
40:27You got an eyeball.
40:32I hear you good?
40:33You think that I'm that shy girl's mother?
40:37You're mad.
40:38I don't even know this woman you're talking about.
40:42Then why did you sneak into the party that night?
40:45Just passing.
40:47Felt thirsty.
40:48It's not a crime.
40:49No, the stalking is.
40:52See, our theory is you are Sophie Martin.
40:55You assumed a new identity to come to St. Marie and enact revenge on Hortense Leroux.
41:01Starting with those threatening text messages.
41:04Uh-uh.
41:04I just like to stay off-grid, that's all.
41:07We should be free to roam, as the birds do.
41:11You know we can trace the sim to the shop you bought it in.
41:13Check their CCTV.
41:17Okay, here's the truth.
41:20That woman you're talking about, Sophie Martin, that ain't me.
41:25But those texts, I sent them.
41:31Not for the reason you think, though.
41:33Why then?
41:35Two months ago, I sent dear Hortense a letter.
41:40Hortense told me to cut the mother out of my life.
41:44Toxic mothers shouldn't be allowed to act that way, she said.
41:48A bit hypocritical coming from her.
41:50I did what she said.
41:52Know what?
41:54My mother died, alone in her bed.
41:58If I hadn't listened to that loud-mouthed woman, I would have been there.
42:01That must have made you angry.
42:03Not enough to kill her.
42:05I wanted to scare her.
42:07Make her suffer.
42:09The same way I've been suffering.
42:11Walking about this Hortense.
42:13Perfect life.
42:14Little care for the people whose life she ruins.
42:24Miss Jones, with no disrespect, but it kind of seems like you're more angry at yourself.
42:33Look, I'm no expert, but it doesn't help to hold on to things.
42:53So we're still having a scooby, how the killer pulled off this murder.
42:57A stack of six papers, and he managed to poison one,
43:00and have it delivered practically straight into Hortense LaRue's hands.
43:03And let's not forget about the egg.
43:05What happened that morning to make her ruin a perfectly good breakfast?
43:09Sir...
43:10Hold that thought.
43:11I'm late.
43:15I'll be back.
43:23How do you feel?
43:26Better.
43:28Definitely better.
43:30I mean, everything here is just...
43:35You know, gone.
43:36All I need to do now is post it.
43:39Well done.
43:41Now, can we talk a little more about your life here?
43:45How long have you got?
43:47About half an hour.
43:49No, I meant...
43:57She timed it.
43:59Why didn't she take it out?
44:02And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
44:04Three minutes, social.
44:06He then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15am.
44:11Sorry, the little man doesn't like strangers.
44:14There were no fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses.
44:17I wanted to scare her.
44:19I wanted her to suffer the same way I'd been suffering.
44:21Of course.
44:23That's the reason why.
44:25Why what?
44:25The egg was hard-boiled.
44:27I can see everything clearly now.
44:33Thanks for your patience.
44:36I know who the killer is.
44:37I know how they did it.
44:39Those photos are in the Paris police.
44:40Have they come through?
44:41Just in.
44:42Right, we need a search warrant.
44:44And then we can have a little family reunion.
44:53Agony Arps are known for giving advice to help solve difficult problems.
44:58However, I doubt they've ever been asked to advise on a problem as difficult as this one.
45:04Hortense LaRue was poisoned.
45:06Effectively by her own column.
45:08But we had no idea how the killer managed to poison the newspaper and get it delivered straight to her.
45:15When the paper boy took one at random from his stack.
45:20But, with the help of a hard-boiled egg...
45:23Not this again.
45:25...we finally cracked it.
45:29You, Kim.
45:30It was you who murdered Hortense.
45:33Me?
45:34No, I told you.
45:36I was telling the truth.
45:37As Miss LaRue's housekeeper, you knew her morning routine.
45:41That she liked to read her column whilst having her breakfast.
45:45You also knew that Clayton drops the paper on the porch at 7.15am.
45:51And Papillon barks to alert Hortense, as he always does when someone's at the door.
45:57So, earlier that morning, you went to another newsagent.
46:00And bought a copy of the St. Marie News.
46:04Let's call this Paper A.
46:06You then laced the problem page with cone snail poison.
46:10Something you knew about from Hortense's fear of her dog getting stung by one.
46:15My mum was always paranoid he gets stung.
46:17Then you dropped Paper A onto the porch sometime before Clayton usually arrived.
46:24Hortense must have been in the middle of preparing her breakfast.
46:28Papillon barked as normal.
46:30So, she went outside to collect the newspaper she thought had just been delivered.
46:39She went back into the kitchen, eager to see if her request to change her final column had been carried
46:44out.
46:45In doing so, she came into contact with the poison and subsequently died.
46:51A painful death by all accounts.
46:56You then came into the house, through the back, and put on Hortense's purple gown, a wig matching her hair
47:04with a purple headband.
47:05And finally, the item that was unmistakably Hortense, her statement, purple glasses.
47:14As usual, at 7.15, Clayton delivered the newspaper, Paper B, and Papillon barked.
47:23Kim, now dressed as Hortense, opened the door and waved to him.
47:27As Clayton cycled away, he wouldn't have known that it was in fact you waving at him and not Hortense.
47:34You then came back into the kitchen and returned Miss LaRue's glasses, wiping away any prints first.
47:42Now, we come to the egg, and your ultimate downfall.
47:46You see, in your haste to stage the scene before Esme arrived, you almost forgot Miss LaRue's egg was still
47:53boiling away on the stove.
47:54You needed everything to look exactly as it should, to fit the timeline of Hortense making breakfast, then reading her
48:02column.
48:03So, you hurriedly took the now hard-boiled egg out of the pan and clumsily put it in the egg
48:10cup.
48:11Then you left the house, through the back, the same way you came, got into your car that was parked
48:17around the corner,
48:18and drove around the front to time perfectly with Esme's arrival.
48:24You later disposed of paper B and the wig at your home.
48:31We found these in the bin on your street.
48:34An audacious, yet brilliant plan.
48:38But, why go to such lengths?
48:43Kim Woods isn't your real name, is it?
48:47You are, in fact, Sophie Martin.
48:52Thirty years ago, Sophie Martin moved to Paris from the UK with her boyfriend who was escaping some trouble back
49:00home.
49:01She was living in a commune in Montmartre, and it's there she met Hortense, an ambitious writer.
49:09Sophie, Sophie, was a drug addict with a newborn baby.
49:18You were doing your best, no doubt, but from what we now know about Miss LaRue, she had a saviour
49:25complex.
49:25Through our undercover investigation, we discovered her secret.
49:31Hortense stole your baby in the night and went as far away as she could.
49:38To St. Marie.
49:41That baby was you, Esme.
49:45You're my mother.
49:49Hortense was my friend.
49:52And she offered to look after you.
49:55And yes, I was struggling, but I loved you so much.
50:00And then one morning I woke up and you was gone, and I didn't sleep today searching for you.
50:08But then you found out Hortense was here, didn't you?
50:12Through her column.
50:14So all those years ago, you wrote this letter to dear Hortense.
50:20The same letter Hortense wanted to publish at the very last minute for her final issue.
50:28I wanted her to know I was coming for her.
50:31Then 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.
50:41And it was all lies.
50:42I had nothing to do with it.
50:45He was not a good man.
50:47And I didn't get a chance to send the letter.
50:50It put me away for years.
50:53Time after time, my parole was refused.
50:56And I lost all hope.
50:58Until one day, I finally got myself together.
51:01Got myself clean.
51:03That day came.
51:05And I knew what I had to do.
51:08I had to find you.
51:10And you hurt Hortense for what she'd done.
51:13I came to St. Marie.
51:16First place I went was a newsagent, and I saw the ad for her housekeeper.
51:20It felt like fate.
51:22Come in.
51:24You bided your time.
51:26Working out the perfect murder plan.
51:28And when Hortense received your letter, she must have known you were gunning for her.
51:35You read her response.
51:37She didn't regret it.
51:40Nor one bit.
51:44Esme, I don't expect you to forgive me.
51:47But I would really like you to understand that when she did, destroyed me.
51:54Killing her was the only way I could ever have a relationship with you.
52:00Officer Rose?
52:03So, for Martin, I'm arresting you for the murder of Hortense, LaRue.
52:08You don't need to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned,
52:13something which you're later relying on costs.
52:15You think you do say it may be given in evidence.
52:18So my whole life has been alive.
52:23Hortense's love for you, that was real.
52:27Hortense's love for you, that was real.
53:05Hortense's love for you, that was real.
53:28Hey.
53:32Can 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.
53:48Sorry, who are you?
53:50Just one second.
53:52Come on.
53:53Just give it up, man.
53:57Finally.
53:59Stupid boy's been holding out.
54:01And all he's got is a pair of sixes.
54:04Amateur.
54:06Is that a gamble, Nath?
54:08I don't think you should be playing, then.
54:09Don't sweat it.
54:11It's cool.
54:13Dad said you were a goody-goody.
54:15But I guess that comes with a jab, right?
54:17OK, stop.
54:18Yeah?
54:19OK, now you tell me right now who you are, who your dad is, and what you're doing on my
54:23property, or 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?
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.
54:55So, what would you prefer when I call you?
54:59Uncle Marvin?
55:01Uncle Merv?
55:03Just Merv?
55:08What's for breakfast?
55:17Hey, don't touch anything.
55:20This is the closest I've come to actually seeing it.
55:23The last...
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