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Beyond Paradise S04E01 (2026)
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00:12Oh, 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
01:25Right
01:26I think the most important thing
01:29Is to not
01:30Panic
01:31Need to think logically
01:38Does the engine work?
01:41Engine, brilliant
01:48Humphrey, are you alright?
01:51Bye
02:08What's that?
02:10I'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?
02:33I need two pencils
02:34And a pair of underpantages
02:57Morning
02:58Morning
03:08Dad
03:15Dad
03:17Dad
03:18Dad
03:25Dad
03:25Dad
03:43If you get out on the ocean
03:45If you sail out on the sea
03:47If you get up in the mountains
03:50If you go climbing on the trees
03:52Or through every emotion
03:54When you know that they don't care
03:56Darling, that's when I'm with you
03:58Oh, I'll go with you
04:12What happened?
04:14We're really worried
04:14Yes, the mooring rope snapped
04:16And the current dragged us out to sea
04:18Copy
04:19Thank heavens for the RNLI
04:20Yes
04:21Oh, Anne said to phone her
04:23The second you get back
04:27Uh, you alright, sir?
04:30Yes
04:32Oh, yeah, it's, uh, it's, uh, just a bump
04:35Um, I, only, you're needed
04:38Esther's gone on ahead
04:40Where?
04:41Kenneth Linder's house
04:47Sir, sir
04:48Oh, yes, I'm so sorry
04:49Yes, sir
04:49Yes, sir
04:50Do apologize
04:51Listen to her
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
05:21He went to the book signing
05:27Yes, here we are
05:31I'm still not sure this qualifies as a date
05:35In my defense, I was coerced into your Mamma Mia karaoke night
05:38Coerced?
05:39Well, maybe not coerced
05:40But if those photos ever get into the wrong hands
05:44Well, here we are
05:46So consider this payback
06:01This week sees the launch of the new Kenneth Linder novel
06:06The Final Breath
06:08Now, since he's moved to Shipton Abbot
06:10We are brazenly claiming him as one of our own
06:13So, as your new local counsellor and treasurer of the Devon Literary Group
06:17I would like you all to give a huge welcome to our guest, Kenneth 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
06:34Looks like the power tripped eventually
06:36But not quick enough to save him
06:39Well, this is something of a conundrum
06:42Why?
06:43Because in his latest novel
06:45Serial killer Jeremy Cook is walking to the electric chair
06:48Which is where the last book left him
06:49But it turns out he bribed a guard to short-circuit the prison power
06:54Therefore delaying his execution until the next day
06:56But that night he murdered the guard that helped him
07:00And stole his uniform to escape
07:02Nice
07:03Then he 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
07:18Suck Te 정부's Hebrew
07:21Suck Tears
07:24Suck Tears
07:30Suck
07:32Moo
07:34Suck
07:35послед
07:35Suck
07:35Suck
07:35Suck
07:47Thank you, sergeant.
07:50Thank you, sergeant.
08:13We've got some outside too.
08:20Trampled flowerbed by an open rear door.
08:23We did a quick check, and the footprints are probably male, judging by size and weight,
08:29but they're not an obvious match for any of the footwear found in the house.
08:32We've taken moulds, but there's a difference in indent depth, so we're pretty sure whoever
08:37made them had a distinct limp.
08:40Limp?
08:41Yeah.
08:42Much less weight put on his left leg.
08:44The main road runs across the back of the garden, so someone could have got over the fence and
08:48along this path.
08:49Cameras?
08:50Nothing this side, doorbell camera at the front.
08:53We've got him being dropped off last night by his daughter, Helen, and then her coming
08:57back this morning.
09:00I know you, don't I?
09:02From the book signing last night, you were with your father?
09:06That's right.
09:07D.I. Goodman.
09:11Humphrey Goodman, a huge fan.
09:16This is my fianc...
09:17My wife, Martha.
09:19Hi.
09:20So, Humphrey, do you have a favourite case?
09:23Oh, yes.
09:24The first of the Bastard Trilogy, Death by Design.
09:27The Bottletop McGuffin.
09:28Genius.
09:29Oh.
09:33Wait.
09:35You're what?
09:36Detective Humphrey Goodman.
09:39Yes.
09:41I try that.
09:42Well, I'm something of a fan of yours, too.
09:45I read the newspaper report about the case you sold, the poor chap murdered by his partner.
09:51Made it look like a car crash.
09:53Brilliant.
10:01Well, a pleasure to meet you, Humphrey, and you, Martha.
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 before this morning?
10:22Last night, I dropped him home after the book signing.
10:36Promise me you'll have an early night.
10:38Oh.
10:39A nightcap first, I think.
10:40One.
10:41At least.
10:44Love you.
10:46Love you, too.
10:53And how did he seem in himself?
10:57Quiet.
10:59But I know he was tired.
11:01Can I ask, was your dad a particularly tidy man?
11:04Tidy?
11:05God, no.
11:07He was bloody-minded, intelligent, playful, and a rather wonderful father.
11:14But tidy, no.
11:20There's something else you need to know.
11:24He was dying.
11:26He had end-stage amyloidosis, an abnormal build-up of proteins, stops his organs working
11:33properly.
11:34Said he refused to die until he'd finished his damn book.
11:37But he'd been going downhill pretty rapidly these past few weeks.
11:42Yes.
11:43We 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, but he refused the palliative care he was offered.
12:06People are coming in.
12:12Are you sure you're up to this, Dad?
12:14Stop, Felsey.
12:15I'm strong as an ox.
12:22We need to take care of your dad, so you might be better at home.
12:28They'll take him to the chapel of rest, and I promise I'll call and let you know when
12:32he's there.
12:40Do you think that's it?
12:42He did this himself?
12:43There was a towel, neatly folded by the side of the bath, dressing gown and slippers ready.
12:49So why go to all that trouble if you know you'll never be getting out of the bath?
12:53Exactly.
12:54So it has to be an accident?
12:55Possibly.
12:58Wait, you're thinking it's murder?
13:00We should consider it.
13:02Why?
13:02Because the victim wrote murder mystery novels?
13:05No, Sergeant, because there are some things that don't make sense.
13:08Such as?
13:08Well, it's all rather neat, don't you think?
13:10Too neat, perhaps, for 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 to make it look like an accident?
13:21And what about the fact that he died in exactly the way described in his own book?
13:25Can we really accept that's just a coincidence?
13:30No.
13:31So, if we can rule out suicide, accident and coincidence, which we can because there's
13:36no such thing, then what happened to Kenneth Linder must be by design.
13:43Let's confirm cause of death, let forensics finish up, and I want an electrical report.
13:48Why didn't the power trip out immediately?
13:50Oh, and have his clothes checked too.
13:53See if this belongs to any of them.
13:55Please.
13:56Okay.
13:59And we should talk to his agent?
14:01Yes.
14:04Huh.
14:22P.M.
14:35Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat.
14:38He said if they overslept, they could have ended up in Guernsey.
14:44Pothole Pete?
14:45Oh.
14:45They call him that cause people try to avoid him.
14:48Huh.
14:48He goes on a bit.
14:50Oh.
14:52Ship the nabbit.
14:54No, that's not here.
14:55The press office is at the hub, darling.
14:58Do you need the number?
14:59No problem.
15:01Bye.
15:02Okay.
15:03I got a criminal damage and also an assault on a shopkeeper in town.
15:10I'll be a couple hours.
15:12Okay.
15:15Ship the nabbit.
15:16As his agent, you knew he was ill.
15:18Of course.
15:20But 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.
15:28He didn't want people fawning over him.
15:31I, um, I saw you at the book signing last night.
15:34How did he seem to you?
15:36Oh, gee.
15:37You were wonderful.
15:39Calm.
15:41Considering this was his last roll of the dice.
15:44Why do you say that?
15:46His last book was a decade ago and that did appallingly.
15:52Obviously he couldn't get a publishing deal, so he started borrowing against the house so that he could write this
15:59one.
15:59He was in financial difficulty.
16:01This book was his last chance of avoiding bankruptcy.
16:05He kept his money problems from Helen, of course.
16:09He didn't want her to worry about that on top of everything else.
16:12They seemed very close.
16:14They lost Helen's mum when she was seven.
16:17So it's only ever really been the two of them.
16:20Everything Kenny ever did, he did for her.
16:23But Mr. Linda confided in you about his financial difficulty.
16:27I'm his agent.
16:29Goes with the territory.
16:32Uh, can I ask?
16:34Um, do the initials PM mean anything to you?
16:45No, should they?
16:47No.
16:50Look, there was another man at the book signing last night.
16:54Uh, he didn't look like a fan, but I saw you speaking to him.
16:57That would be Ken's publisher.
17:00Anthony Westley.
17:03Nice to see you pushed the boat out, Anthony.
17:06I think your client's Oxford Street soirees were over a long time ago.
17:12Don't you?
17:13He's made you a lot of money.
17:14He's made us all a lot of money, dear heart.
17:16But I'm slightly surprised that as a literary agent you don't understand the use of the past tense.
17:23Your loyalty is staggering.
17:25Jump off your high horse, will you?
17:27He's washed up.
17:29We're both just hovering, waiting for him to die so we can revive his bank catalogue.
17:36Not the nicest man.
17:38You know, his time was over.
17:41Metaphorically speaking.
17:43People are just not buying his books anymore.
17:45And yet you still publish this latest novel.
17:47True, but on very, very different terms.
17:50No advance, and on the condition that he brought back the bathtub murder trilogy.
17:55They were his most successful books, so I thought they will guarantee our best chance of a return.
18:01But with no advance, would that mean that he was writing for free, essentially?
18:05Yes, but he would get the lion's share if the book sold well.
18:10But you don't expect it to?
18:13No.
18:15So a much better deal for you than him, then?
18:19What can I say?
18:21Business is business.
18:23Plus I tend to come out in a rash when I lose money.
18:32Do you know how Mr. Linder died?
18:35He was electrocuted.
18:37In his bath.
18:39Exactly the same way as the first murder in his new book.
18:43To be honest, I haven't read it.
18:45But it does sound a tad ironic.
18:47You haven't read a book you've just published?
18:50I have people.
18:53Do the initials P-M mean anything to you?
18:58No, I don't.
19:00No, I don't think they do.
19:01If it is murder, can we make him a suspect please?
19:05I'm not sure that's quite how it works, Sergeant.
19:08Pity.
19:10This P-M thing, could it be something else rather than initials?
19:15Such as?
19:16I don't know.
19:17Afternoon?
19:19No, P-M only really works as a suffix, doesn't it?
19:22And why have it in your hand unless you're trying to tell us something?
19:27The name of his killer?
19:29Why not?
19:30We don't believe it was an accident.
19:32Agreed.
19:33And why take your own life if you're dying?
19:35Life insurance.
19:37His daughter would benefit.
19:39But she'd get that when he died anyway.
19:42If the prognosis was right, he may have only had weeks left, a day's past.
19:46Which brings us right back to the question.
19:49Who could possibly benefit from the death of a dying man on the verge of bankruptcy?
20:11They threw this.
20:14You didn't see anyone?
20:16Nothing.
20:16Just a bang and the whole window caved in.
20:19Lucky no one was hurt.
20:20This was what time?
20:21Nine.
20:22Yeah.
20:22Just after we opened.
20:31Financials are on your desk.
20:33Makes for pretty grim reading.
20:35What?
20:36And he had no life insurance.
20:38Canceled his policy two years ago and never renewed.
20:40And the phone's been ringing off the hook.
20:44Journalists all wanting to know how Kenneth Linder died and if it's true he 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 to the Hub's press office.
20:54Well done, Margot.
20:55Was there anything on Kenneth Linder's social media?
20:58That was easy.
21:00He's on my Facebook friends.
21:02What?
21:03Back in the day when he was an angry young writer and I was a redcoat at Perton Sands.
21:09What?
21:10You were a redcoat?
21:11Well, only for eight months.
21:13I got sacked.
21:15Why?
21:16They said I rigged the over 70s fancy dress competition just because Grandad won.
21:22And Kenneth Linder?
21:24Oh, we met at a Mary Hopkin concert.
21:28Turned into a weekend of debauchery in Norwich.
21:30We mostly lost touch after that.
21:33Although people do say he based one of his characters on me.
21:38Oh, which one?
21:39Melody Alcott.
21:41She was the waitress in the first bathtub murders.
21:43Yes, she was.
21:44Yes.
21:45I mean, she was the killer's ex-girlfriend.
21:47She was the one who helped unlock the whole case.
21:49Yeah.
21:49She was the one who eventually led Horace Bishop to Jeremy Cook in the third book.
21:53Yeah.
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 of the man who hit you, Mr. Bevan?
22:07He was a lot taller than me, like.
22:09He had on a tracksuit, one 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 on my way to the bank.
22:18I only took three steps.
22:20He stood right in front of me, just like you are now.
22:22And he hit me with a rolled-up newspaper.
22:25So he just came up to you and hit you on the head with a rolled-up newspaper?
22:29I'm telling you, Kelly.
22:30This ear has gone to the door.
22:32What, sir?
22:32Yesterday, a similar thing happened.
22:34A man came up to me, tried 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.
22:45But he missed.
22:46Then he started crying and ran off.
22:50Crying?
22:50See, these kids kill you.
22:51Kill we.
22:52They're all sniffing glue and smoking something.
22:55Day before, one of them stole my dog poo.
23:00Dog poo?
23:01Honey Butcher, my dog, got into the shop from upstairs.
23:05Left a little presence here.
23:07So I bagged it up, went outside to the bin.
23:09And this lunatic ran up, snatched 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 and 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.
23:32Oh.
23:32Well, yeah.
23:34Now you mention it, Kelly.
23:35Kelby.
23:36And he was wearing a tracksuit.
23:38With his backside hanging out.
23:39Oh.
23:40That's kids for you these days though, isn't it?
23:42I know you've got all these face 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.
24:00Righto, Kelly.
24:02Hey, Kelly.
24:04Bloody good idea.
24:05That's what they need.
24:08Stop calling me Kelly.
24:10Hello, boy.
24:11Have you seen anything happen down there at the box?
24:13No.
24:15See you?
24:22Hello.
24:27That was the boat, Howard.
24:29The lily barn might be out of the water for months.
24:32It needs a complete overhaul.
24:34I can't say I'm surprised.
24:36It had bits falling off when I was staying on it.
24:39Well, you know you're always welcome at mine.
24:41Humphrey will be mortified.
24:43Thanks very much.
24:44No.
24:44Not about us staying with you.
24:46About the boat.
24:47Really loves that boat, doesn't he?
24:48Yeah.
24:49But...
24:49It's only ever supposed to be a stopgap until we've found somewhere more permanent.
24:53So...
24:54Maybe it's time we did just that.
24:57Find a house.
24:59Good for you, Morty.
25:02It won'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.
25:34Don't you want to know who it is?
25:35No.
25:40Who?
25:42No idea.
25:43But very pretty by all accounts.
25:46They 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.
25:59And the RCD switch was disabled.
26:01Which meant the power didn't cut off instantly.
26:04So, if it was murder, then it was premeditated.
26:08What were those initials you found?
26:11PM.
26:11Why?
26:12I have something.
26:14On Kenneth Linder's page.
26:16Someone's posted a death threat.
26:18Saying he's a fraud.
26:19That he's sold out doing a new book.
26:21That he's ruined the trilogy by having a fourth book.
26:24Some of the messages are pretty vile.
26:26But the last one.
26:28Look.
26:29Be careful you don't end up like one of your own victims.
26:32That fits, doesn't it?
26:34A deranged fan?
26:35Who better to copy a murder from the book?
26:37Paul Mecker.
26:38M-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.
26:46I 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, then maybe he was at the book signing last night.
26:56And if he's not local, then he must have stayed somewhere.
26:59So let's check local hotels, guest houses, all of that.
27:03Right.
27:08Ship another.
27:12Psst.
27:13You're wanted.
27:14What?
27:16I'm not help.
27:17They'll just have to wait, okay?
27:19I need to speak to Alan and Linda first.
27:22Sergeant.
27:27I can't ever remember Dad mentioning a Paul Mecker.
27:31It seems he disapproved of the new book,
27:33accusing your Dad of selling out.
27:36We had lots of that.
27:38The thing is, Dad didn't necessarily disagree with them either.
27:42But going back to the bathtub murders was the only way you could get published.
27:46I think he needed the money.
27:49Oh.
27:50He never said anything.
27:52But he hated Anthony Wesley.
27:54I know he'd never have gone back there unless he had to.
28:00It's all right. Excuse me.
28:04Hello?
28:14D.I. Goodman, I presume.
28:18James Smith.
28:19Please.
28:32Sorry.
28:34I was expecting Chief Superintendent Woods.
28:38No longer with us, I'm afraid.
28:40Oh.
28:41Oh.
28:41Not deceased.
28:42In Dartmouth.
28:44Though some might argue they're much the same thing.
28:48Yeah, but I digress.
28:50Look, there's been a small restructure.
28:53They're not trying to boil the ocean, just 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 Shipton Abbott, of course.
29:09Non-invasive.
29:10Just building a loop.
29:12Everyone's in it and we all open our kimono.
29:16Kimono?
29:17Share 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.
29:25Not really.
29:26The first carriage on the train to efficiency harbour is streamlining.
29:32Trimming the fat.
29:33Cutbacks.
29:36Unclogging the pipes.
29:37There's only four of us.
29:39Which is rather the point.
29:41In 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.
30:02Hey Sam, it's Martha Goodman.
30:07There's one of your properties, I'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.
30:22Anne has been made a new counsellor, going off on fancy lunches all the time.
30:25Or she's dating again.
30:27And here's me.
30:29Exactly the same as I was last week, last month.
30:32It's pretty much the whole of last year.
30:35Literally nothing is happening in my life right now.
30:38One morning I'm just going to wake up and find out I'm old.
30:42Still on my own.
30:44And still living in Shipton Abbot.
30:47Can't think of anything worse.
30:49I know, right?
30:51So who's I actually dating then?
30:52Not that I'm bothered, just interested.
30:55No idea.
30:57Supposed to be really pretty though.
31:01Tributes are pouring in following the death of renowned author Kenneth Linder, who was found dead in his home and
31:07shipped in Abbott this morning.
31:08It comes in the week he launched his latest novel, The Final Breath.
31:16No one seems to have seen anything.
31:18If it's the town centre, the CCTV should have picked them up.
31:21Hi sir.
31:23So, the name Mecca, I ran a quick trace.
31:27We have 34 families with that last name in Devon and Cornwall, but 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, he's got a limp, and he's got a button missing.
31:44Not much.
31:45Alright, see if there's a Kenneth Linder fan club or a book reading group.
31:51They'll have a list of members.
31:52Why didn't I think of that?
31:53Yes, and maybe we could take a punt on the limp too.
31:56Check for local hospital admissions in the last six months, injuries to his left...
32:00Left leg, I'm on it.
32:01Yes.
32:03So, The Hub. Anything to report?
32:08Yes.
32:09It seems we're under new management, everyone.
32:12The Chief Super has moved on.
32:14We're now being overseen by the planning team and the local police and crime panel.
32:22So, where's Charlie Woods gone?
32:24Dartmouth, I think he said.
32:25Oh no, she was lovely. I really liked her.
32:28Yeah, she was definitely one of the better ones.
32:31Is that it though? Now Charlie's gone? No new directives or anything?
32:36Er, no.
32:39Ah, I'm sorry.
32:51I'll do whatever I want out there, too.
32:52I'm sorry.
32:52I'm sorry.
32:52Oh no, where is your algebra on the top?
32:53No?
32:53No sir.
33:04No.
33:06No, it is good for you.
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
34:20just kids messing about i think i found your poor mecca
34:28yeah 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 no 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
35:19excellent
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
35:38he's got a limp
35:43that's him
35:50come on
35:51you should have gone an hour ago
35:52nearly done
35:54boy 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
36:09she keeps sending me photos of her
36:13lasagna
36:16well
36:18don't be long
36:19i won't
36:31hi
36:33hi
36:39bad day
36:42you're not as bad as Selwyn
36:44look 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 was sending threatening messages and we can place them at the seams so
37:00i'm sorry
37:01no 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
37:27so 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
38:41where have you been
38:42oh arthur's still not bare that leg
38:45oh
38:46hello lovey
38:47see you friday
38:58you're in early
38:59what's up with you
39:00weren't you bed
39:01no
39:02so
39:03i had a brainwave
39:05oh
39:05i was sitting in the bath
39:07listening to billy eilish
39:09when i realised
39:10that all those things that happened to mr bevan
39:13outside the bookmakers
39:15all happened at the same time
39:17between five to nine
39:19and ten past nine
39:20three days in a row
39:22so
39:23so
39:23what if they're there again today
39:24i can get there first
39:25and wait for them to show up
39:28so
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
40:15i 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
40:37hey
40:38stop
40:48go get him kelly
40:54i'm breaking rocks in a hot sun
40:58i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:01i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:04i needed money cause i had none
41:07i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:10i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:13i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:25i fought for law and i'm the law one
41:41This is super cool, super tough
41:54Come on, man, we're going to drop six times
42:01Shady! Come on! Yeah!
42:04Buddy!
42:05Oh yeah!
42:07No!
42:07I'm on the wall!
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
42:37oh neither can we walk out kelby kelby mom's washing my uniform i was chasing one of the kids
42:44that assaulted mr bevan caught one of them and he dubbed the other two in they're in the hole
42:50back the moon being questioned well done kelby yes indeed well well done kelby so what was it all
42:55about okay so mr bevan keeps the cash from the tills and the slot machines in a safe overnight
43:03then banks at the same time every morning they obviously found out about it and decided to rob
43:10him but they weren't very bright the first one thought mr bevan was on his way to bank his takings
43:19but he wasn't he was disposing the bag of dope poop the next day they had a different plan the
43:29second
43:29one was going to throw pepper into mr bevan's face and steal the bag of money but he didn't account
43:34for the window the third one had another plan he had put a big chisel in a rolled up newspaper
43:47caution but he hadn't wrapped it tightly enough so when he pulled his arm back
44:02so that's what happened to the barber's 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
44:21uh esther have we got the doorbell footage of paul mecca uh yes hang on oh they're talking about
44:29us have no comment on the theories that the author was murdered in the same way as the victims in
44:34his
44:35latest thriller the new book is flying off the shelves with fans saying his death is something he
44:40could have written himself yes they could oh that's exactly what it is
44:58the final breath
45:01but why pull that girl
45:06who is he
45:21oh that's very clever do you know what happened
45:27i think i do
45:30so was it murder not exactly he took his own life strictly speaking both the button the memo pad the
45:43footprints in the garden the mysterious paul mecca the jacket he just happened to leave behind all very
45:49convenient and easy to find all ultimately leading nowhere why because they weren't clues
45:59at all they were simply the the the pen strokes of a master storyteller
46:05kenneth and his books were no longer attracting the following they once did and
46:11facing financial ruin he was then very literally
46:17dealt a killer blow he was dying his thoughts were not for himself they were for his daughter
46:26helen having kept his financial woes from her he knew that when he was gone she'd be left with nothing
46:32so i think when he was told he was dying he concocted a plan first he had to get a
46:39publishing deal
46:40he did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy
46:44the bathtub murders but more importantly i think he's the one who suggested he writes it without an advance
46:52instead taking the lion's share of profits from book sales
46:58but why would he do that if he was broke because he intended to make sure the book was a
47:05runaway
47:05success and i think he did so by murdering himself knowing he only had weeks perhaps days left to live
47:14kenneth linda said goodbye to his daughter but as he wasn't insured he knew he had to find a way
47:20to
47:20secure her future promise you'll have an early night
47:23oh a nightcap first i think one at least i love you love you too to fulfill the promise he
47:33made to her
47:33mother all those years ago i doubt that any right-minded person would consider such a thing but once he
47:42made his plan his course was set first thing he did was plant his clues first the footprint adding a
47:49limp
47:49for dramatic effect then the mysterious note
48:00and the button
48:07and then with everything in place
48:12the character that carried out's plan
48:17a few days before he booked into sandals guest house in the name of the character he created
48:23making sure that he left the jacket with a missing button behind and to get caught on the doorbell
48:29camera allowing us to see the supposed limp he'd orchestrated in the flower bed
48:34to confirm his identity i also think he sent himself the death threats the account used by paul mecca
48:42it had only been operating a few weeks so he did it all himself
48:47yes colby i think he did as news spread of the fictional matter that became real life
48:54he ensured that his new book became a bestseller
48:59remember the words that he spoke to his dying wife all those years ago when she begged him to look
49:05after their daughter that he'd look after her until his final breath that's exactly what he did
49:14so what gave him away but who's paul mecca why okay two things were his uh undoing footprint casts from
49:23the garden shows that the weak leg was on the left yet walking away from the guest house the limp
49:31was clearly on his right leg and the other thing or the hubris
49:36yes
49:54it's an anagram paul mecca mayor copa latin an admission of guilt quite literally it was me
50:06who did it
50:18thank you for taking the time to stop by we thought you'd want to know
50:23oh i doubt as much comfort no not at all to be honest the truth is i'd swap every penny
50:31of the
50:32fortune he worked so hard to leave me for one more day with him
50:46yeah
50:46yeah lots of you know like filing and stuff here we go i don't think i forgot anything
50:51oh thank you
50:53oh
50:53what i'm coming
50:54want some good news yes always
50:57kenneth linder's publisher anthony westley just got sacked why
51:03the sign in a contract that gives most of the money from the book sales to the linder estate
51:07yes the book is bigger than ever it's a bestseller losing all that money you must have a nasty rash
51:16well i think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that uh
51:18daughter lost her father but uh well done everyone and well done you to our amazing inspector
51:27martha who saved him from a watery grave our brilliant kelby who cracked his own case and waded through
51:33mud to bring his prisoner in and margot who is the font of all knowledge and esther the voice of
51:40reason
51:40and the glue that holds us all together and not forgetting our new counsellor oh cheers
51:56okay so the pictures i showed you are a bit old
52:00and no one's left here for a while really close your eyes
52:09and no one's left here for a while really close your eyes
52:10oh god
52:10i can't see anything
52:13this way
52:14and uh there's the step
52:17okay
52:18yup
52:19do we have a key
52:20don't need one
52:21there's no part of all
52:23up up up up
52:24up
52:27oh god
52:28oh i'm sorry
52:30oh that's sexy
52:32oh what's that smell
52:33oh
52:34let's not ask
52:35right
52:36master
52:38okay
52:41are you ready
52:43i'm not sure
52:45open your eyes
52:49okay two questions
52:51one are you sure we're in the right house and two if we are what on earth possessed you
52:56i'm glad you asked
53:00oh
53:05oh
53:06isn't it amazing
53:08oh
53:14oh
53:15oh
53:16oh
53:16oh
53:16oh
53:17oh oh
53:18Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
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