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00:19Oh, oh, oh
00:36Morning, Selwyn
00:39There's no hot water
00:41Okay, come and take a look
01:11And the carpet's all wet in here
01:13I think we've sprung a leak
01:24Right
01:26I think the most important thing
01:29Is to not
01:30Panic
01:31We need to think
01:33Logically
01:38Does the engine work?
01:41Engine, brilliant
01:48Humphrey
01:49Are you all right?
01:50Aye
02:08What's that?
02:09I'm not entirely sure
02:11It's dripping oil
02:19Have we got life jackets?
02:21Well, I didn't think we'd need them
02:22You know, being parked up
02:26Wood
02:27We could make a raft
02:32Humphrey
02:32I need two pencils
02:34And a pair of underpants
02:36Oh
02:57Morning
02:58Morning
03:08Dad
03:15Dad
03:17Dad
03:18Dad
03:24Dad
03:25Dad
03:48Get up in the mountains
03:50Get up in the mountains
03:50With the boat climbing on the trees
03:52Oh, through every emotion
03:54When you know that they don't care
03:56Darling, that's when I want to sleep
03:58Oh, I'll go with you
04:00What happened?
04:13We're really worried
04:14Yes
04:15The mooring rope snapped
04:16And the current dragged us out to sea
04:18Copy
04:18Thank heavens for the RNLI
04:20Yes
04:21Oh, I haven't sent the phone
04:23The second you get back
04:27Uh, you all right, sir?
04:30Yes
04:32Oh, it's just a bump
04:35Um, only
04:37You're needed
04:38Esther's gone on ahead
04:39Where?
04:41Kenneth Linder's house
04:47Sir, sir
04:48Oh, yes, I'm so sorry
04:49Yes, sir
04:49There you go
04:50I apologize
04:51Yes, sir
05:01Up here, sir
05:08Are you okay?
05:10How's Martha?
05:12We're both fine
05:13Thank you
05:15Oh, Kenneth
05:17You know I only spoke to him last night
05:19Oh, of course
05:20You went to the book signing
05:27Yes, here we are
05:31I'm still not sure
05:32This qualifies as a date
05:35In my defense
05:36I was coerced
05:36Into your
05:37Mamma Mia karaoke night
05:38Coerced?
05:39Well, maybe not coerced
05:40But if those photos
05:41Ever get into the wrong hands
05:44Here we are
05:46So consider this payback
06:01This week
06:02This week sees the launch
06:03Of the new Kenneth Linder novel
06:06The Final Breath
06:08Now since he's moved to Shipton Abbot
06:10We are brazenly claiming him
06:12As one of our own
06:13So as your new local counsellor
06:15And treasurer of the Devon Literary Group
06:17I would like you all to give a huge welcome
06:19To our guest
06:20Kenneth Linder
06:25His daughter Helen found him in the bath
06:28The electric fan in the water at his feet
06:31It looks like he's been here all night
06:33Looks like the power tripped eventually
06:35But not quick enough to save him
06:38Well, this is something of a conundrum
06:42Why?
06:43Because in his latest novel
06:45Serial killer Jeremy Cook
06:46Is walking to the electric chair
06:48Which is where the last book left him
06:49But
06:50It turns out
06:51He bribed a guard
06:52To short-circuit the prison power
06:54Therefore delaying his execution
06:55Until the next day
06:56But
06:57That night
06:58He murdered the guard that helped him
07:00And stole his uniform to escape
07:02Nice
07:03Then
07:03He found the judge that sentenced him
07:06And like his nine previous victims
07:09Killed him
07:10By dropping an electrical appliance
07:12Into his bath
07:46Thank you
07:47Thank you
07:48Thank you
07:56Oh yes
08:13We've got some outside too
08:20Trampled flowerbed by an open rear door
08:23We did a quick check
08:24And the footprints are probably male
08:27Judging by size and weight
08:29But they're not an obvious match
08:30For any of the footwear found in the house
08:32We've taken moulds
08:33But there's a difference in indent depth
08:36So we're pretty sure whoever made them
08:37Had a distinct limp
08:40Limp
08:41Limp
08:41Yeah
08:41Much less weight put on his left leg
08:44The main road runs across the back of the garden
08:47So someone could have got over the fence
08:48And along this path
08:49Cameras?
08:50Nothing this side
08:51Doorbell camera at the front
08:53We've got him being dropped off last night
08:55By his daughter Helen
08:55And then her coming back this morning
09:00I know you don't I
09:02From the book signing last night
09:04You were with your father
09:06That's right
09:07D.I. Goodman
09:11Humphrey Goodman
09:13Huge fan
09:16This is my wife
09:17My wife
09:18Martha
09:19Hi
09:20So Humphrey
09:22Do you have a favourite case?
09:24Oh yes
09:24The first of the bathtub trilogy
09:25Death by Design
09:26The bottle top MacGuffin
09:28Genius
09:29Oh
09:31Thank you
09:33Wait
09:35You're not
09:36Detective Humphrey Goodman
09:39Yes
09:40I do know that
09:41Well
09:42I'm something of a fan of yours too
09:45I read the newspaper report
09:47About the case you sold
09:48The four chap murdered by his partner
09:50Made it look like a car crash
09:52Brilliant
09:55Thank you
10:01Well a pleasure to meet you Humphrey
10:03And you Mark
10:05Thank you
10:07This must be difficult for you
10:09Is the family we can call?
10:10No
10:11It's just me and dad
10:14Are you up to a few questions Helen?
10:17I'll try
10:18When was the last time you saw your father?
10:21Before this morning?
10:22Last night
10:23I dropped him home after the book signing
10:35Promise me you'll have an early night
10:38Oh
10:38A nightcap first I think
10:40One
10:41At least
10:44Love you
10:46Love you too
10:53And
10:54How did he seem
10:55Himself
10:57Quiet
10:59But I know he was tired
11:00Can I ask
11:01Was your dad a particularly tidy man?
11:04Tidy
11:05God no
11:06He was bloody minded
11:09Intelligent
11:09Playful
11:11And a rather wonderful father
11:14But tidy
11:15No
11:20There's something else you need to know
11:24He was dying
11:26He had end stage amyloidosis
11:28An abnormal build up of proteins
11:31Stops his organs working properly
11:33Said he refused to die until he'd finished his damn book
11:37But
11:38He'd been going downhill pretty rapidly these past few weeks
11:42We knew it wouldn't be long
11:45But this
11:48Do you think he took his own life?
11:51Do you?
11:54I know he was in a lot of pain
11:56But he refused the palliative care he was offered
12:06People are coming in
12:07Are you sure you're up to this dad?
12:14Stop farting
12:15I'm strong as an ox
12:22We need to take care of your dad
12:24So
12:25You might be better at home
12:28They'll take him to the chapel of rest
12:29And I promise
12:30I'll call and let you know when he's there
12:33Thank you
12:40Do you think that's it?
12:42He did this himself?
12:43There was a towel
12:45Neatly folded
12:46By the side of the bath
12:47Dressing gown and slippers ready
12:48So why go to all that trouble
12:51If you know you'll never be getting out of the bath?
12:53Exactly
12:53So it has to be an accident?
12:55Possibly
12:57Wait
12:59You're thinking it's murder?
13:00We should consider it
13:02Why?
13:02Because the victim wrote murder mystery novels?
13:05No, Sergeant
13:06Because there are some things that don't make sense
13:07Such as?
13:08Well, it's rather neat, don't you think?
13:10Too neat, perhaps
13:11For a man not known for his tidiness
13:13That's it
13:14It was too neat
13:16So what if someone put those things in place
13:18To make it look like an accident?
13:21And what about the fact
13:22That he died in exactly the way described in his own book?
13:25Can we really accept
13:27That's just a coincidence?
13:30No
13:31So if we can rule out suicide
13:33Accident and coincidence
13:35Which we can
13:36Because there's no such thing
13:37Then what happened to Kenneth Linder
13:39Must be by design
13:42Let's confirm course of death
13:44Let forensics finish up
13:46And I want an electrical report
13:48Why didn't the power trip out immediately?
13:50Oh, and
13:51Have his clothes checked too
13:53See if this belongs to any of them
13:55Please
13:57Okay
13:57Thank you
13:59And we should talk to his agent
14:01Yes
14:21P.M.
14:35Pothole Pete
14:36Was on the RNLI boat
14:37He said
14:39If they overslept
14:40They could have ended up in Guernsey
14:43P.M.
14:44Pothole Pete
14:44Oh
14:45They call him that
14:46Because people try to avoid him
14:48He goes on a bit
14:51Ship the nabbit
14:53No, that's not here
14:55The press office is at the hub, darling
14:57Do you need the number?
15:00No problem
15:01Bye
15:02Okay
15:03I've got a criminal damage
15:05And also
15:06An assault
15:07On a shopkeeper
15:09In town
15:09I'll be a couple hours
15:11Okay
15:15Ship the nabbit
15:16As his agent
15:17You knew he was ill
15:18Of course
15:19But it wasn't public knowledge
15:21It's the way Kenny wanted it
15:23He's a very
15:25He was a very proud man
15:27He didn't want people fawning over him
15:30I, um
15:31I saw you at the book signing last night
15:33How did he seem to you?
15:36Oh, gee
15:37You were wonderful
15:39Calm
15:41Considering this was his last roll of the dice
15:43Why do you say that?
15:46His last book was a decade ago
15:48And
15:49That did appallingly
15:52Obviously he couldn't get a publishing deal
15:54So
15:55Started borrowing against the house
15:57So that he could write this one
15:59He was in financial difficulty
16:01This book was his last chance
16:03Of avoiding bankruptcy
16:05He kept his money problems
16:07From Helen, of course
16:09He didn't want her to worry about that
16:11On top of everything else
16:12They seemed very close
16:13They lost Helen's mum
16:15When she was seven
16:17So
16:17It's only ever really been the two of them
16:20Everything Kenny ever did
16:22He did for her
16:23But Mr. Linda confided in you
16:25About his financial difficulty
16:27I'm his agent
16:29Goes with the territory
16:31Can I ask?
16:40Do the initials PM
16:43Mean anything to you?
16:45No, should they?
16:47No
16:50Look, there was another man
16:52At the book signing last night
16:54He didn't look like a fan
16:56But I saw you speaking to him
16:57That would be Ken's publisher
17:00Anthony Westley
17:02Nice to see you pushed the boat out, Anthony
17:06I think your client's Oxford Street soirees
17:09Were over a long time ago
17:11Don't you?
17:13He's made you a lot of money
17:14He's made us all a lot of money
17:15A dear heart
17:16But I'm slightly surprised
17:18That as a literary agent
17:19You don't understand
17:19The use of the past
17:21Tense
17:23Your loyalty is staggering
17:25Jump off your high horse, will you?
17:27He's washed up
17:28We're both just hovering
17:30Waiting for him to die
17:32So we can revive his bank catalogue
17:36Not the nicest man
17:38His time was over
17:41Metaphorically speaking
17:43People are just not buying
17:44His books anymore
17:45And yet you still publish
17:46This latest novel
17:47True, but on very
17:49Very different terms
17:50No advance
17:51And on the condition
17:52That he brought back
17:53The Bathtub Murder trilogy
17:55They were his most successful books
17:57So I thought
17:57They will guarantee
17:59Our best chance of a return
18:01But with no advance
18:02Would that mean
18:03That he was writing for free
18:04Essentially?
18:05Yes, but
18:06He would get the lion's share
18:08If the book sold well
18:10But you don't expect it to?
18:13No
18:15So a much fresher deal
18:17For you than him
18:18Then
18:19What can I say
18:20Business
18:22Is business
18:23Plus I tend to come out
18:25In a rash
18:26When I lose money
18:31Do you know how Mr. Linder died?
18:35He was electrocuted
18:37In his bath
18:39Exactly the same way
18:40As the first murder
18:41In his new book
18:43To be honest
18:44I haven't read it
18:45But it does sound
18:46A tad ironic
18:47You haven't read a book
18:48You've just published?
18:50I have
18:50People
18:53Do the initials
18:54P.M.
18:55Mean anything to you?
18:58No, I don't
19:00No, I don't think they do
19:01If it is murder
19:02Can we make him
19:03A suspect, please?
19:05I'm not sure that's quite
19:06How it works, Sergeant
19:07Pity
19:10This P.M. thing
19:11Could it be something else
19:13Rather than initials?
19:15Such as?
19:16I don't know
19:17Afternoon?
19:19No, P.M. only really works
19:20As a suffix, doesn't it?
19:22And why have it in your hand
19:24Unless you're trying
19:24To tell us something?
19:27The name of his killer?
19:29Why not?
19:30We don't believe
19:31It was an accident
19:32Agreed
19:33Why take your own life
19:34If you're dying?
19:35Life insurance
19:37His daughter would benefit
19:39But you get that
19:40When he died anyway
19:42If the prognosis was right
19:43He may have only had
19:44Weeks left
19:45A day's perhaps
19:46Which brings us right back
19:48To the question
19:48Who could possibly benefit
19:50From the death
19:51Of a dying man
19:52On the verge of bankruptcy?
20:11They threw this
20:14But you didn't see anyone?
20:16Nothing
20:16Just a bang
20:17And the whole window kicked in
20:19Lucky no one was hurt
20:20And this was what time?
20:21Nine, yeah
20:22Just after we opened
20:31Financials are on your desk
20:33Makes for pretty grim reading
20:34What?
20:36And he had no life insurance
20:37Canceled his policy
20:38Two years ago
20:39And never renewed
20:40And the phone's been
20:42Ringing off the hook
20:44Journalists all wanting to know
20:45How Kenneth Linder died
20:46And if it's true
20:47He was in the bath
20:48I didn't think we'd released anything yet
20:50No, we haven't
20:51Well, I passed them all on
20:52To the Hub's press office
20:54Well done, Margot
20:55Was there anything on
20:56Kenneth Linder's social media?
20:58That was easy
20:59He's on my Facebook friends
21:01You knew him?
21:02Well, back in the day
21:04When he was an angry young writer
21:06And I was a redcoat
21:07Of Pert and Sands
21:09What?
21:10You were a redcoat?
21:11Well, only for eight months
21:13I got sacked
21:14Why?
21:16They said I rigged
21:17The over-70s fancy dress competition
21:19Just because Grandad won
21:22And Kenneth Linder?
21:24Oh, we met
21:25At a Mary Hopkin concert
21:28Turned into a weekend
21:29Of debauchery in Norwich
21:30We mostly lost touch after that
21:33Although people do say
21:35He based one of his characters on me
21:37Oh, which one?
21:39Melody Alcott
21:41She was the waitress
21:42In the first bathtub murders
21:43Yes, she was, yes
21:44I mean, she was the killer's ex-girlfriend
21:47She was the one who helped
21:48Unlock the whole case
21:49She was the one who eventually
21:50Led Horace Bishop
21:51To Jeremy Cook
21:52In the third book
21:54And that was you?
21:56Supposedly
21:56But I never saw it myself
21:58She was a bit
22:01Strange
22:03Can you give me a description
22:05Of the man who hit you, Mr Bevin?
22:07He was a lot taller than me, like
22:08He had on a tracksuit
22:10One of them with a hood
22:12Did you see his face?
22:13No
22:14He had a scarf over his face
22:16I came out
22:17On my way to the bank
22:18I only took three steps
22:20He stood right in front of me
22:21Just like you are now
22:22And he hit me
22:23With a rolled-up newspaper
22:25So he just came up to you
22:27And hit you on the head
22:28With a rolled-up newspaper?
22:29I'm telling you, Kelly
22:30This area's gone to the dogs
22:32What's that?
22:32Yesterday, similar thing happened
22:34A man came up to me
22:35Tried to punch me in the face
22:38A different man?
22:39Yeah
22:40Dressed the same, like
22:41He was taller than me, too
22:43And he tried to punch you?
22:44Yeah
22:44But he missed
22:45Then he started crying
22:47And ran off
22:50Crying?
22:50It's these kids, Kelly
22:51They're all sniffing glue
22:53And smoking something
22:55Day before
22:57One of them stole my dog poo
22:59Dog poo?
23:01Honey Butcher, my dog
23:03Got into the shop from upstairs
23:05Left a little present, see?
23:07So I bagged it up
23:08Went outside to the bin
23:09And this lunatic
23:11Ran up
23:12Snatched it and ran off
23:14Wait
23:15Can you describe him?
23:16He's a border terrier
23:18No, no, no
23:18The man who stole your poo
23:20Oh, dressed the same like
23:21A tracksuit
23:22And face covered
23:23And was he taller than you?
23:25What do you mean?
23:27You said the others were
23:29I'm just trying to get a description
23:31Oh
23:32Well, yeah
23:33Now you mentioned it, Kelly
23:34Kelby
23:35And he was wearing a tracksuit
23:37With his backside hanging out
23:40That's kids for you these days, though, isn't it?
23:42I know you've got all these
23:43Face recognition cameras these days
23:45You'd be better off with arse recognition
23:49Okay
23:50Um
23:51Well
23:52Leave it with me, Mr Bevan
23:54I'll talk to the other shopkeepers
23:56See if anyone's seen anything
23:58But I'll be in touch
23:59Right, okay, Kelly
24:02Hey, Kelly
24:03Bloody good, I didn't
24:05That's what they need
24:08Stop calling me, Kelly
24:10Hello, boy
24:11See anything happen down there at the box
24:13No
24:15Silver
24:17Thank you
24:22Hello
24:27That was the boat, Howard
24:29The Lily Bond
24:30The Lily Bond might be out of the water for months
24:31It needs a
24:33Complete overhaul
24:34I can't say I'm surprised
24:36It had bits falling off
24:37When I was staying on it
24:39Well, you know you're always welcome at mine
24:41Humphrey will be mortified
24:42Thanks very much
24:44No, not about staying with you
24:45About the boat
24:46Really loves that boat, doesn't he?
24:48Yeah, but
24:49It's only ever supposed to be a stopgap
24:51Until we found somewhere more permanent
24:52So
24:54Maybe it's time we did just that
24:57Find a house
24:59Good for you, Morty
25:02Won't be easy
25:04There's always loads of places up for sale
25:05No, I don't mean finding a house
25:08I mean telling Humphrey
25:25So you've heard them
25:26Heard what?
25:27About Archie
25:29What about him?
25:30I heard he was dating
25:33Good for him
25:33Don't you want to know who it is?
25:35No
25:40Who?
25:42No idea
25:43But very pretty by all accounts
25:45They were seen coming out of Kitty J's arm in arm
25:50Hi Nick
25:52Okay, thank you
25:54The button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe
25:58Right
25:58And the RCD switch was disabled
26:01Which meant the power didn't cut off instantly
26:04So
26:04If it was murder
26:06Then it was premeditated
26:08What were those initials you found?
26:11PM
26:11Why?
26:12I might have something
26:14On Kenneth Linder's page
26:15Someone's posted a death threat
26:17Saying he's a fraud
26:19That he's sold out doing a new book
26:21That he's ruined the trilogy by having a force book
26:24Some of the messages are pretty vile
26:26But the last one
26:27Look
26:28Be careful you don't end up like one of your own victims
26:32That fits, doesn't it?
26:33A deranged fan?
26:35Who better to copy a murder from the book?
26:37Paul Mecker
26:37M-E-C-A
26:38Paul Mecker
26:39So what do we know about him?
26:41Nothing
26:41Just a name
26:42Not much history
26:43Looks like the account's only been open a few weeks
26:45I can put in a request for some more information
26:48But you know what these social media companies are like?
26:51I wouldn't hold your breath
26:52Okay
26:53If he's a fan
26:54Then maybe he was at the book signing last night
26:56And if he's not local
26:57Then he must have stayed somewhere
26:59So let's check local hotels
27:00Guest houses
27:01All of that
27:02Right
27:08Ship an arbor
27:12Psst
27:12You're wanted
27:14What?
27:16And the help
27:17They'll just have to wait
27:18Okay
27:19I need to speak to Alan and Linda first
27:22Sergeant
27:27I can't ever remember a dad mentioning a Paul Mecker
27:31It seems he disapproved of the new book
27:33Accusing your dad of selling out
27:35Oh
27:36We had lots of that
27:38The thing is
27:39Dad didn't necessarily disagree with him either
27:42But going back to the bathtub murders
27:44Was the only way he could get published
27:46I think he needed the money
27:49Oh
27:50He never said anything
27:51But he hated Anthony Wesley
27:54I know he'd never have gone back there unless he had to
28:00Sorry, excuse me
28:04Hello?
28:14D.I. Goodman, I presume
28:17James Smith
28:19Please
28:32Sorry
28:33I was expecting Chief Superintendent Woods
28:37No longer with us, I'm afraid
28:39Oh
28:40Oh
28:41Not deceased
28:42In Dartmouth
28:43Though some might argue they're much the same thing
28:48Yeah, but I digress
28:49Look, there's been a small restructure
28:53Not trying to boil the ocean
28:55Just a realignment
28:57Bringing all the remaining substations under our control
29:00Our
29:01Administrative planning
29:02Which in turn reports to the local police and crime panel
29:05In your case that would be shipped to Abbott, of course
29:09Non-invasive
29:10Just building a loop
29:12Everyone's in it and we all open our kimono
29:16Kimono?
29:16Share what we have
29:18Get all our ducks in a row
29:20That's how we move the needle
29:22You follow?
29:23Yes
29:24No
29:24Not really
29:25The first carriage on the train to Efficiency Harbour
29:30Is streamlining
29:31Trimming the fat
29:33Cutbacks
29:34Well
29:36Unclogging the pipes
29:37There's only four of us
29:38Which is rather the point
29:40In what way?
29:42There should only be three
29:44Your staff to square footage ratio is
29:48Off message
29:50Oh, but it's not all bad news
29:53The decision about who to lose
29:56All yours
30:03Hey Sam
30:03It's Martha Goodman
30:07There's one of your properties
30:08I'd like to see if it's still available
30:11On Polkett Hill?
30:13Cheer up
30:14It might never happen
30:15That's the point
30:17What?
30:18Everyone seems to have things going on
30:20Martha's looking to buy a new house
30:21Anne's just been made a new councillor
30:23Going off on fancy lunches all the time
30:25Archie's dating again
30:27And here's me
30:28Exactly the same as I was
30:30Last week
30:31Last month
30:32Pretty much the whole of last year
30:34Literally
30:35Nothing is happening in my life right now
30:38One morning
30:39I'm just going to wake up
30:40And find out I'm old
30:42Still on my own
30:43And still living in Shipton Abbot
30:47Can't think of anything worse
30:48I know, right?
30:51So who's Archie dating then?
30:52Not that I'm bothered
30:53Just interested
30:55No idea
30:57Supposed to be really pretty though
31:01Tributes are pouring in
31:02Following the death of renowned author
31:04Kenneth Linder
31:05Who was found dead in his home
31:06And shipped in Abbott this morning
31:08It comes in the week
31:09He launched his latest novel
31:10The Final Breath
31:16No one seems to have seen anything
31:18If it's the town centre
31:19The CCTV should have picked them up
31:21Hi sir
31:23So the name Mecca
31:25I ran a quick trace
31:27We have 34 families with that last name in Devon and Cornwall
31:30But with nothing to cross-check it with
31:33It's tough to narrow down
31:34Right
31:36So what do we know about him?
31:38He's a Kenneth Linder fan
31:40He's got a limp
31:42And he's got a button missing
31:44Not much
31:45All right
31:47See if there's a Kenneth Linder fan club
31:49Or a book reading group
31:51They'll have a list of members
31:52Why didn't I think of that?
31:53Yes
31:53And maybe we could take a punt on the limp too
31:56Check for local hospital admissions in the last six months
31:58Injuries to his left
31:59Left leg
32:00I'm on it
32:01Yes
32:03So
32:04The Hub
32:05Anything to report?
32:08Yes
32:09Yes
32:10Seems we're under new management everyone
32:12The chief super's moved on
32:14We're now being overseen
32:16By the planning team
32:18And the local police and crime panel
32:21So where's Charlie Woods gone?
32:24Dartmouth I think he said
32:25Oh no
32:26She was lovely
32:27I really liked her
32:28Yeah
32:29She was definitely one of the better ones
32:31Is that it though?
32:32Now Charlie's gone
32:33No new directives or anything?
32:36Uh
32:36No
32:38No
32:42No
32:43No
32:43No
32:44No
32:44No
32:59No
33:00No
33:00No
33:02No
33:02No
33:02No
33:03No
33:04No
33:05No
33:06No
33:06No
33:17lab have confirmed kenneth linder as death by electrocution although they have listed his
33:24amyloidosis as a secondary cause his body was so weak he was unlikely to survive the initial shock
33:30this is madness what's that kelby the local bookmaker david bevan assaulted three times
33:37in three days got the town center cctv footage but not one of them makes any sense look here this
33:45is
33:46the first one his dog makes a mess in his shop he bagged it up and was taking it to
33:51an outside bin
33:52then someone snatches it off that's weird then the next one same time next day near enough
34:00a different bloke runs up and tries to punch him misses and then mr bevan said that he started
34:06crying and then ran off and then this morning a third bloke came out of nowhere whacks him on the
34:14head with a rolled up newspaper for no reason and then just runs off as well it's all very odd
34:19just kids messing about i think i found your poor mecca
34:27yeah he arrived two nights ago i said he was here on business kept himself to himself
34:36thank you
34:39would you know him if you swim again in doubt it don't pay much attention to overnighters
34:47can i ask how he paid uh cash cash
34:53is anyone else stayed in this room no
34:57uh the cleaner's supposed to check for things like this
35:01uh did he give any personal details when he checked in address phone number
35:05he filled a registration card out can we see it it's downstairs in the office
35:10yes
35:11do you have any security cameras
35:18we have a doorbell camera
35:20excellent
35:21hmm can't see him arriving
35:24oh but he might have come in through the side door
35:27let's look at when he left
35:29okay
35:30thanks margo
35:32address and phone number are false
35:35there he is
35:37he's got a limp
35:43that's him
35:50come on
35:51you should have gone an hour ago
35:52nearly done
35:53boy your age should be rushing home getting ready to go out
35:57haven't you got a date or anything
35:59nah i've given up on all them dating apps
36:03last one i met up with must have used a photo that was older than me
36:07oh
36:08she keeps sending me photos of her
36:13lasagna
36:16well
36:18don't be long
36:19i won't
36:32hi
36:34hi
36:35hi
36:39bad day
36:42not as bad as selwyn
36:43look he's homeless
36:45oh your author's been all over the news
36:48saying it was murder
36:49i think so yeah
36:51any idea who it was
36:52well we've got a good suspect
36:55a disgruntled fan who's sending threatening messages and we can place them at the seams so
37:00i'm sorry
37:01i know you liked him
37:03i did yeah
37:05but it's not that
37:10i got called into the hub
37:12oh
37:13you've been told off again
37:14not this time
37:18they're saying i've got to lose someone
37:21at the station
37:22what
37:23yeah
37:24apparently there should only be three of us at the station
37:26so i need to lose one of either esther
37:28kelby
37:30or margot
37:32that's awful
37:34what will you do
37:35i have no idea
37:41so
37:42i've got something that might cheer you up
37:45or
37:46make you feel ten times worse
37:49right
37:50if it's bad timing
37:51and you don't want to talk about it
37:53then just say so
37:54it's bad time
37:57but
37:58the lily bond will be out of the water for weeks
38:01maybe months
38:03and
38:04although we can stay at months again
38:07i was thinking that maybe
38:09it was time to move on
38:11and went back to our original plan when we first moved down
38:14and
38:20or taos
38:23are you serious
38:25look
38:40hello peter where have you been
38:42oh arthur's still not bare that leg
38:46hello lovey
38:47see you friday
38:48ha
38:58you're in early
38:59what's up with you
39:00won't you bed
39:01no so i had a brain wave
39:04oh
39:05i was sitting in the bath
39:07listening to billy eilish
39:09and i realized
39:10that all those things that happened to mr bevan
39:13outside the bookmakers
39:15all happened at the same time
39:17uh between five to nine
39:19and ten past nine
39:20three days in a row
39:22so what if they're there again today
39:24i can get there first
39:25and wait for them to show up
39:27so
39:29what's billy eilish got to do with it
39:31oh nothing
39:32i just like her
39:50the fan club hasn't got a poor mecca listed
39:54i'm still waiting on hospital reports
39:56okay
39:58that's sad
39:59what is
40:00it's an interview with kenneth linder
40:02they asked him where the title of his book came from
40:05when his wife was dying
40:06she made him promise to look after their daughter helen
40:09he said to her that he would
40:11to his final breath
40:14i think he kept his promise
40:16they were very close
40:17yes
40:18i only wish we had more answers for her
40:24right
40:26let's run through what we've got
40:27again
40:37oi
40:38stop
40:48go get him kelly
40:54go get him
41:08go get him
41:11But no one
41:13I left my baby and it feels so bad
41:16And I guess my race is fun
41:19She's the best girl that I ever had
41:22I fall to the law and I'm a fucking old one
41:25I fall to the law and I'm a
41:42It's a super, super top
41:43I fall to the law and I'm a fucking old one
42:01I fall to the law and I'm a fucking old one
42:04I fall to the law and I'm a fucking old one
42:16you lived here as a teenager didn't you yes i did didn't you find it weird seeing the same
42:22people every day and them always looking the same kelby hello um can i use your bathroom please
42:40kelby kelby mom's washing my uniform i was chasing one of the kids that assaulted mr bevan
42:46caught one of them and he dubbed the other two in they're in the hole about the moon being questioned
42:51well done kelby yes indeed well well done kelby so what was it all about okay so mr bevan keeps
42:59the cash from the tills and the slot machines in a safe overnight then banks at the same time every
43:05morning they obviously found out about it and decided to rob him but they weren't very bright
43:15the first one thought mr bevan was on his way to bank his takings but he wasn't he was disposing
43:21the
43:21bag of dope poop the next day they had a different plan the second one was going to throw pepper
43:30into
43:31mr bevan's face and steal the bag of money but he didn't account for the window
43:43the third one had another plan he had put a big chisel in a rolled up newspaper caution but he
43:49hadn't wrapped it tightly enough so when he pulled his arm back
44:02so that's what happened to the barbers window and lucky it did it could have killed someone
44:10oh what have you done i turned my ankle when i was getting pulled out of the mud
44:22esther have we got the doorbell footage of paul mecca uh yes hang on oh they're talking about us
44:29shifton abbot police have no comment on the theories that the author was murdered in the same way as the
44:34victims in his latest thriller the new book is flying off the shelves with fans saying his death is
44:39something he could have written himself yes it could oh that's exactly what it is
44:58the final breath
45:02why pull that gun
45:06who is he
45:21oh that's very clever do you know what happened
45:25i think i do
45:30so was it murder
45:33not exactly
45:34he took his own life strictly speaking
45:38both
45:40the button the memo pad the footprints in the garden the mysterious paul mecca the jacket he just
45:47happened to leave behind all very convenient and easy to find all ultimately leading nowhere
45:55why because they weren't clues at all
45:59they were simply the the the pen strokes
46:02of a master storyteller
46:04kenneth linders books
46:06were no longer attracting the following they once did
46:09and
46:11facing financial ruin
46:13he was then
46:15very literally
46:16dealt
46:18a killer
46:19blow
46:20he was dying
46:22but his thoughts were not for himself
46:24they were for his daughter helen
46:26having kept his financial woes from her
46:29he knew that when he was gone
46:31she'd be left with nothing
46:32so i think
46:33when he was told he was dying
46:35he concocted a plan
46:37first
46:38he had to get a publishing deal
46:39he did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy
46:44the
46:44bathtub
46:45murders
46:46but
46:47more importantly
46:48i think he's the one who suggested he write it without an advance
46:52instead
46:52taking the lion's share of profits from book sales
46:58but why would he do that if he was broke
47:01because
47:02he intended to make sure the book was a runaway success
47:07and i think he did so
47:08by murdering himself
47:11knowing he only had weeks
47:12perhaps days left to live
47:14kenneth linder said goodbye to his daughter
47:17but as he wasn't insured
47:18he knew he had to find a way to secure her future
47:21promise you'll have an early night
47:23a nightcap first i think
47:26one
47:27at least
47:28i love you
47:30love you too
47:31to fulfill the promise he made to her mother
47:35all those years ago
47:38i doubt that any right-minded person would consider such a thing
47:41but once he made his plan
47:43his course was set
47:44first thing he did was plant his clues
47:47first the footprint
47:48adding a limp for dramatic effect
47:51then
47:52the mysterious note
48:00and the button
48:07and then
48:08with everything in place
48:11he carried out his plan
48:17a few days before
48:19he booked into sandals guesthouse
48:21in the name of the character he created
48:23making sure that he left the jacket with a missing button behind
48:26and to get caught on the door bell camera
48:30allowing us to see the supposed limp
48:32he'd orchestrated in the flower bed
48:34to confirm his identity
48:37i also think he sent himself
48:39the death threats
48:40the account
48:41used by paul mecca
48:42it had only been operating a few weeks
48:43so he did it all himself
48:47yes calmy
48:49i think he did
48:50as news spread
48:52of the fictional matter that became real life
48:54he ensured that his new book
48:56became a bestseller
48:59remember the words
49:01that he spoke to his dying wife
49:02all those years ago
49:03when she begged him
49:04to look after their daughter
49:05that he'd look after her
49:07until his
49:09final breath
49:11that's exactly what he did
49:14so what gave him away
49:15but who's paul mecca
49:17why okay
49:18two things
49:18were his undoing
49:20footprint casts
49:22from the garden
49:24show that the weak leg
49:25was on the left
49:26yet
49:28walking away from the guesthouse
49:30the limp
49:31was clearly
49:32on his right leg
49:34and the other thing
49:35or this hubris
49:36yeah
49:53it's an anagram
49:55paul mecca
49:57mea
49:58culper
49:59culper
50:00latin
50:01an admission of guilt
50:03quite literally
50:04it was me
50:06who did it
50:18thank you for taking the time
50:20to stop by
50:21we thought you'd want to know
50:23though i doubt it's much comfort
50:26no
50:26none at all
50:27to be honest
50:29the truth is
50:30i'd swap every penny
50:31of the fortune
50:32he worked so hard
50:33to leave me for
50:35one more day with him
50:46yeah
50:46yeah
50:47lots of you know
50:48like filing and stuff
50:49here we go
50:50i don't think i forgot anything
50:51oh dear god
50:53want to kill me
50:54want some good news
50:55yes
50:56always
50:56kenneth linda's publisher
50:58anthony westley
51:00just got sacked
51:01why
51:03for signing a contract
51:04that gives most of the money
51:05from the booksellers
51:06to the linda estate
51:07yes the book is bigger than ever
51:09it's a bestseller
51:10losing all that money
51:11you must have a nasty rash
51:15well i think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that our daughter lost her father
51:20but uh
51:21well done everyone
51:22and well done you
51:24to our amazing inspector
51:27martha
51:27who saved him from a watery grave
51:30our brilliant kelby
51:31who cracked his own case
51:33and waded through mud
51:34to bring his prisoner in
51:35and margot
51:36who is the font of all knowledge
51:38and esther
51:39the voice of reason
51:40and the glue that holds us all together
51:42and not forgetting
51:44our new counsellor
51:45oh
51:47cheers
51:47cheers
51:56okay
51:56so the pictures i showed you
51:58are a bit old
52:00and no one's lived here for a while
52:02really
52:02close your eyes
52:09oh god
52:11i can't see anything
52:13this way
52:15there's a step
52:17okay
52:17yep
52:19do you have a key
52:20don't need one
52:21there's no point for
52:23up
52:24up
52:24up
52:24no
52:27oh
52:27god
52:28no i'm sorry
52:30oh i'm sorry
52:32oh what's that smell
52:34let's not ask
52:36right
52:36ask
52:38okay
52:38okay
52:41are you ready
52:42i'm not sure
52:45open your eyes
52:49i have two questions
52:50one
52:51are you sure we're in the right house
52:52and two
52:53if we are
52:54what on earth possessed you
52:56i'm glad you asked
53:05isn't it amazing
53:10i'm not sure we're in the right house
53:18i'm not sure we're in the right house
53:22i'm not sure we're in the right house
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