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00:00I love you
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.
01:14I think we've sprung a leak, or...
01:24Right.
01:26I think the most important thing is to not panic.
01:32You need to think logically.
01:38Does the engine work?
01:41Engine. Brilliant.
01:48Humphrey? Are you all right?
01:50Aye.
02:08What's that?
02:10I'm not entirely sure.
02:12It'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.
02:25Wood.
02:27We could make a raft.
02:32Humphrey?
02:33I need two pencils and a pair of underpants.
02:37Oh.
02:55Good morning.
02:59Good morning.
03:08Dad?
03:15Dad?
03:18Dad?
03:24Dad?
03:26Dad?
03:28Dad?
03:30Dad?
03:37Dad?
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
03:52Go 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, babe
04:12What happened?
04:14We're really worried?
04:15Yes, the mooring rope snapped
04:16And the current dragged us out to sea, copy
04:19Thank heavens for the RNLI
04:21Yes
04:21Oh, Anne said to phone her
04:23The second you get back
04:27Uh, you all right, sir?
04:31Yes?
04:32Oh, yeah, it's just a bump
04:36Um, 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
04:49Do 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 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
05:44Here we are
05:46So consider this payback
06:00This week sees the launch of the new Kenneth Linder novel
06:06The Final Breath
06:08Now, since he's moved to Shipton Abbott
06:10We are brazenly claiming him as one of our own
06:13So, as your new local councillor 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
06:35But 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
06:50It turns out
06:51He bribed the guard
06:52To short-circuit the prison power
06:54Therefore delaying his execution until 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
07:18Hebildung
07:20He
07:20And
07:25He
07:42Who
07:46Thank you, sergeant.
07:56Oh, yes.
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,
08:36so we're pretty sure whoever made them had a distinct limp.
08:40Limp?
08:41Yeah, much 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 and along 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
08:56and then her coming back 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, the Eyre Goodman.
09:11Humphrey Goodman.
09:13Huge 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, thank you.
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 solved.
09:48The poor chap murdered by his partner made it look like a car crash.
09:53Brilliant.
10:01Well, a pleasure to meet you, Humphrey.
10:03And 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?
10:21Before this morning?
10:23Last night.
10:24I 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.
11:29An abnormal build-up of proteins.
11:31Stops his organs working properly.
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.
11:42We 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?
12:07Yeah.
12:12You sure you're up to this, Dad?
12:14Stop, Felsie.
12:15I'm strong as an ox.
12:22We need to take care of your dad.
12:24So 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 he's there.
12:40Do you think that's it?
12:42He did this himself?
12:43There was a towel.
12:45Neatly folded by the side of the bath.
12:47Dressing gown and slippers ready.
12:48So 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?
12:56Possibly.
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, 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 no such thing,
13:38then what happened to Kenneth Linder must be by design.
13:43Let's confirm cause 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 have his clothes checked too.
13:53See if this belongs to any of them.
13:55Please.
13:57Okay.
13:59And we should talk to his agent.
14:01Yes.
14:04Huh.
14:21P.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, they call him that cause people try to avoid him.
14:48He goes on a bit.
14:50Oh.
14:52Ship the nabbit.
14:54No, that's not here.
14:56The press office is at the hub, darling.
14:58Do you need the number?
15:00No 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...
15:24He was a very proud man.
15:27He didn't want people fawning over him.
15:31I 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...
15:49that did appallingly.
15:52Obviously, he couldn't get a publishing deal,
15:55so...
15:55started borrowing against the house.
15:58So that he could write this one.
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 seem 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.
16:28I'm his agent.
16:29Goes with the territory.
16:32Can I ask?
16:40Do the initials PM mean anything to you?
16:45No, should they?
16:46No.
16:50Look, there was another man at the book signing last night.
16:54He 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.
17:38No, 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? Business is business.
18:24Plus I tend to come out in a rash when I lose money.
18:31Do you know how Mr Linda died?
18:35He was electrocuted in his bath.
18:38Who?
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 PM mean anything to you?
18:58No, I don't...
18:59No, 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 PM thing, could it be something else rather than initials?
19:15Such as?
19:16I don't know.
19:18Afternoon?
19:19No, PM 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.
19:33Why take your own life if you're dying?
19:35Life insurance.
19:37His daughter would benefit.
19:39But you get that when he died anyway.
19:42If the prognosis was right, he may have only had weeks left, a day perhaps.
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. Just a bang and the whole window caved in.
20:19Lucky no one was hurt.
20:20This was what time?
20:22Nine, yeah. Just after we opened.
20:31Financials are on your desk. Makes for pretty grim reading.
20:35What?
20:36And he had no life insurance.
20:38Cancelled 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.
21:02You knew him?
21:03Well, back 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?
21:12Well, only for eight months. I got sacked.
21:15Why?
21:15They 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.
21:31We mostly lost touch after that.
21:33Although people do say he based one of his characters on me.
21:38Which one?
21:39Melody Alcott.
21:41She was the waitress in the first bathtub murders.
21:44Yeah, she was, yes.
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 Bevin?
22:07He was a lot taller than me, like.
22:09He 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 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 here he has gone to the doors.
22:32What, sir?
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.
22:45But he missed.
22:46Then he started crying and ran off.
22:50Crying?
22:50It's these kids, Kelly.
22:52They're all sniffing glue and smoking something.
22:55A day 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.
23:10And 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...
23:30I'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.
23:40That'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.
23:51Well, leave it with me, Mr Bevin.
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.
24:15Silver.
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.
24:35I 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.
24:42Thanks very much.
24:44No, not about staying with you.
24:46About the boat.
24:47Really loves that boat, doesn't he?
24:48Yeah, but...
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.
25:02Won't be easy.
25:04There's always loads of places to look for sale.
25:05No, I don't mean finding a house.
25:08I mean telling Humphrey.
25:25You'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 with?
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, which meant the power didn't cut off instantly.
26:04So, if it was murder, then it was premeditated.
26:09What were those initials you found?
26:11PM. Why?
26:12I might 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 force book.
26:24Some of the messages are pretty vile.
26:26But the last one.
26:28Look.
26:28Be 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. M-E-C-A.
26:38Paul Mecker.
26:39So what do we know about him?
26:40Nothing.
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, but you know what these social media companies are like?
26:51I wouldn't hold your breath.
26:53Okay.
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 an advert.
27:12Psst.
27:13You're wanted.
27:15What?
27:16Come out.
27:17They'll just have to wait, okay?
27:20I 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, accusing your dad of selling out.
27:35Oh.
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 he could get published.
27:46I think he needed the money.
27:50Oh, he 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?
28:05Huh?
28:15D.I. Goodman, I presume.
28:18James Smith.
28:19D.I.P.
28:20D.I.P.
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29:00D.I.P.
29:03D.I.P.
29:04D.I.P.
29:04police and crime panel. In your case, that would be
29:06Shipton Abbott, of course.
29:09Non-invasive.
29:10Just building a loop.
29:12Everyone's in it, and we all
29:14open our kimono.
29:16Kimono? Well, share what we have.
29:18Get all our ducks in a row.
29:20That's how we move the needle.
29:22You follow? Yes.
29:24No, not really.
29:26The first carriage on the
29:28train to efficiency harbour
29:30is streamlining.
29:32Trimming the fat. Cutbacks.
29:34Well,
29:36unclogging the pipes.
29:37There's only four of us. Which is rather the point.
29:41In what way?
29:42There should only be three.
29:44Your staff to square footage
29:46ratio is
29:48off message.
29:50Oh, but it's not all
29:52bad news. The decision about
29:54who to lose
29:55is all yours.
30:03Hey, Sam.
30:04It'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.
30:22Anne's just been made a new counsellor,
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, last month,
30:32pretty much the whole of last year.
30:35Literally
30:35nothing
30:36is happening in my life right now.
30:38One morning
30:39I'm just going to wake up
30:40and find out
30:41I'm old.
30:42Still on my own.
30:44And
30:44still living in Chicton Abbott.
30:47Can't think of anything worse.
30:49I 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
31:03of 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
31:20should have picked them up.
31:21Hi sir.
31:23So
31:23the name
31:25Mecca
31:25I ran a quick trace.
31:27We have 34 families
31:29with that last name
31:30in Devon and Cornwall
31:30but
31:31with nothing to cross-check it with
31:33it's tough to narrow down.
31:35Right.
31:36So what do we know about him?
31:38He's a Kenneth Linder fan.
31:40He's got a limp
31:41and
31:42he's got a button missing.
31:44Not much.
31:45Alright.
31:47See if there's a
31:48Kenneth Linder fan club
31:49or a book reading group
31:50they'll have a list of members.
31:52Why didn't I think of that?
31:53Yes and
31:54maybe we could take a punt
31:55on the limp too.
31:56Check for local hospital admissions
31:57in the last six months.
31:59Injuries 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
32:10new management
32:11everyone.
32:12The chief super's
32:13moved on
32:14we're now being
32:15overseen
32:16by the planning team
32:18and the local
32:19police and crime
32:21panel.
32:22So where's
32:23Charlie Woods gone?
32:24Dartmouth
32:24I think he said.
32:25Oh no.
32:26She was lovely
32:27I really liked her.
32:28Yeah.
32:29She was definitely
32:30one of the better ones.
32:31Is that it though?
32:32Now Charlie's gone.
32:33No new directives
32:34or anything?
32:36Er
32:36no.
33:17Lab have confirmed
33:19Kenneth Linder
33:19as death
33:20by electrocution
33:21although
33:22they have listed
33:23his amyloidosis
33:25as a secondary cause.
33:26His body was so weak
33:27he was unlikely
33:28to survive
33:28the initial shock.
33:30This is madness.
33:33What's that
33:33Kelby?
33:33The local bookmaker
33:35David Bevan
33:35assaulted three times
33:37in three days.
33:39Got the town centre
33:40CCTV footage
33:41but not one of them
33:42makes any sense.
33:44Look
33:44here
33:45this is the first one
33:46his dog
33:47makes a mess
33:48in his shop
33:49he bagged it up
33:50and was taking it
33:51to an outside bin
33:52then
33:52someone snatches it off
33:54That's weird.
33:55Then
33:56the next one
33:57same time
33:58next day
33:59near enough
34:00a different bloke
34:02runs up
34:03and tries to punch him
34:04misses
34:04and then Mr Bevan
34:05said that he started crying
34:07and then ran off.
34:08And then
34:09this morning
34:10a third bloke
34:12came out of nowhere
34:13whacks him on the head
34:14with a rolled up newspaper
34:15for no reason
34:17and then just runs off as well.
34:18It's all very odd.
34:20Just kids messing about.
34:22I think
34:23I found
34:24your poor mecca.
34:28Yeah
34:28he arrived
34:29two nights ago
34:30I said he was here
34:31on business
34:32kept himself
34:33to himself.
34:39Would you know him
34:41if you saw him again?
34:42No doubt it.
34:43Don't pay much attention
34:45to overnighters.
34:47Can I ask
34:48how he paid?
34:49Cash.
34:50Cash.
34:53Is anyone else
34:54stayed in this room?
34:55No.
34:57Oh
34:58the cleaner's
34:59supposed to check
35:00for things like this.
35:01Did he give any
35:02personal details
35:03when he checked in?
35:04Address?
35:04Phone number?
35:05He filled a registration
35:06card out.
35:08Can we see it?
35:09It's downstairs
35:09in the office.
35:11Esther.
35:16Do you have any
35:17security cameras?
35:18We have a doorbell camera.
35:20Excellent.
35:21Can't see him
35:23arriving.
35:24Oh but he might have
35:25come in through
35:25the side door.
35:27Let's look at
35:28when he left.
35:29Okay.
35:30Thanks Margot.
35:32Address
35:33and phone number
35:34are false.
35:35There he is.
35:37He's got a limp.
35:43That's him.
35:50Come on.
35:51You should have gone
35:52an hour ago.
35:53Nearly done.
35:54Boy, your age
35:55should be rushing home
35:56getting ready to go out.
35:58Haven't you got a date
35:59or anything?
36:00Nah, I've given up
36:01on all them dating apps.
36:03Last one I met up with
36:05must have used a photo
36:06that was older than me.
36:09She keeps sending me
36:10photos of her
36:13lasagna.
36:16Well,
36:18don't be long.
36:19I won't.
36:31Hi.
36:34Hi.
36:39Bad day.
36:42You're not as bad
36:43as Selwyn.
36:44Look, he's homeless.
36:46Oh, your author's
36:47been all over the news.
36:48Saying it was murder.
36:50I think so, yeah.
36:51Any idea who it was?
36:53Well, we've got
36:53a good suspect.
36:55A disgruntled fan
36:56who was sending
36:56threatening messages
36:57and we can place
36:58them at the seams, so...
36:59I'm sorry.
37:01No, you liked him.
37:03I did, yeah.
37:06But it's not that.
37:10I got called
37:10into the harp.
37:12Oh.
37:13You've been told off again?
37:14Not this time.
37:18They're saying
37:19I've got to lose
37:20someone
37:21at the station.
37:22What?
37:23Yeah.
37:24Apparently,
37:25there should only be
37:25three of us
37:26at the station,
37:27so I need to lose
37:27one of either
37:28Esther,
37:29Kelby
37:30or Margot.
37:32That's awful.
37:34What will you do?
37:35I have no idea.
37:41So,
37:42I've got something
37:43that might cheer you up
37:45or
37:46make you feel
37:47ten times worse.
37:49Right.
37:50If it's bad timing
37:51and you don't want
37:52to talk about it,
37:53then just say so.
37:54It's bad timing.
37:57But
37:58the Lily Bond
37:59will be out of the water
38:00for weeks,
38:01maybe months.
38:03And,
38:04although we can
38:05stay at months again,
38:07I was thinking
38:08that maybe
38:09it was time
38:10to move on
38:11and went back
38:12to our original plan
38:13when we first moved down
38:14and
38:19or taus.
38:24Are you serious?
38:26Look.
38:40Hello,
38:41Peter,
38:41where have you been?
38:43Oh,
38:43Arthur,
38:44still not bare that leg.
38:46Hello,
38:46lovey.
38:47See you Friday.
38:48Ha!
38:58You're in early.
38:59What's up with you?
39:00Weren't you, Ben?
39:01No.
39:02So,
39:03I had a brainwave.
39:05Oh.
39:05I was sitting in the bath
39:07listening to Billie Eilish
39:09and I realised
39:10that all those things
39:12that happened to Mr. Bevan
39:13outside the bookmakers
39:15all happened
39:16at the same time,
39:17between five to nine
39:19and ten past nine,
39:21three days in a row.
39:22So,
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 Billie Eilish
39:31got to do with it?
39:32Oh,
39:32nothing.
39:33I just like her.
39:50The fan club
39:52hasn't got
39:52a Paul Mecca listed.
39:54I'm still waiting
39:55on hospital reports.
39:56Okay.
39:58That's sad.
39:59What is?
40:00It's an interview
40:01with Kenneth Linder.
40:02They asked him
40:03where the title
40:04of his book came from.
40:05When his wife was dying,
40:07she made him promise
40:07to look after
40:08their daughter, Helen.
40:09He said to her
40:10that 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
40:19we had more answers for her.
40:24Right.
40:26Let's run through
40:27what we've got.
40:27again.
40:38Oi!
40:40Stop!
40:42Oi!
40:43Stop!
40:44Oi!
40:50Go get him, Kelly!
40:54I'm breaking rocks
40:56in a hot sun.
40:58I fought for law
40:59and I'm the law one.
41:01I fought for law
41:02and I'm the law one.
41:04I needed money
41:05cause I had none.
41:07I fought for law
41:08and I'm the law one.
41:10I fought for law
41:11and I'm the law one.
41:13I left my bed
41:14and it feels so bad.
41:16And I guess
41:16I'm the best girl
41:20that I ever had.
41:22I fought for law
41:23and I'm the law one.
41:25I fought for law
41:26and I'm the law one.
41:29I fought for law and I'm the law one.
41:40I В it士
41:42it's a suit
41:43perfect hot
41:43and I don't push her
41:50and I didn't
41:51do what I did
41:56like
41:56that's my
41:56you've got me
42:01and Iimee
42:04but sarah
42:05and
42:07it's aats
42:16You lived here as a teenager, didn't you?
42:18Yes, I did.
42:19Didn't you find it weird seeing the same people every day
42:23and them always looking the same?
42:26Kelby!
42:29Hello.
42:30Can I use your bathroom, please?
42:37No, neither can we walk out.
42:39Kelby?
42:40Kelby?
42:41Mum's washing my uniform.
42:43I was chasing one of the kids that assaulted Mr Bevan.
42:46Caught one of them and he dobbed the other two in.
42:49They're in the hole back at the moment being questioned.
42:52Well done, Kelby.
42:53Yes, indeed. Well done, Kelby.
42:54So, what was it all about?
42:57Okay, so Mr Bevan keeps the cash from the tills and the slot machines
43:02in a safe overnight,
43:03then banks it the same time every morning.
43:06They obviously found out about it.
43:37and decided to rob him.
43:43The third one had another plan.
43:45He had put a big chisel in a rolled-up newspaper to caution,
43:48but he hadn't wrapped it tightly enough.
43:51So, when he pulled his arm back...
44:02So, that's what happened to the barber's window.
44:05And lucky it did. It could have killed someone.
44:10Oh, what have you done?
44:12I turned my ankle when I was getting pulled out of the mud.
44:21Esther, have we got the doorbell footage of Paul Mecca?
44:25Uh, yes. Hang on.
44:27Oh, they're talking about us.
44:29Chips and Abbott police have no comment on the theories that the author was murdered in the same way as
44:34the victims in his latest thriller.
44:35The new book is flying off the shelves, with fans saying his death is something he could have written himself.
44:42Yes, they're good.
44:43Yes, they're good.
44:43Yes, they're good.
44:53Oh, that's exactly what it is.
44:58The final breath.
45:02But why Paul Mecca?
45:06Who is he?
45:08Oh, an accomplice part.
45:10Oh, that's very clever.
45:24Do you know what happened?
45:28I think I do.
45:30So, was it murder?
45:33Not exactly.
45:35He took his own life?
45:36Strictly speaking, both.
45:40The button, the memo pad, the footprints in the garden, the mysterious Paul Mecca, the jacket he just happened to
45:47leave behind.
45:48All very convenient and easy to find, all ultimately leading nowhere.
45:56Why?
45:57Because they weren't clues at all.
46:00They were simply the pen strokes of a master storyteller.
46:04Kenneth Linder's books were no longer attracting the following they once did.
46:10And, facing financial ruin, he was then, very literally, dealt a killer blow.
46:21He was dying.
46:23But his thoughts were not for himself.
46:25They were for his daughter, Helen.
46:27Having 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.
46:37First, he had to get a publishing deal.
46:40He did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy, the Bathtub Murders.
46:47But, more importantly, I think he's the one who suggested he write it without an advance.
46:51Instead, taking the lion's share of profits from book sales.
46:58But, why would he do that if he was broke?
47:02Because, he intended to make sure the book was a runaway success.
47:07And, I think he did so by murdering himself.
47:11Knowing he only had weeks, perhaps days left to live, Kenneth Linder said goodbye to his daughter.
47:17But, as he wasn't insured, he knew he had to find a way to secure her future.
47:22Promise you'll have an early night.
47:24A nightcap first, Dorothy.
47:26One.
47:27At least.
47:28I love you.
47:30Love you too.
47:32To fulfill the promise he made to her mother, all those years ago.
47:38I doubt that any right-minded person would consider such a thing.
47:41But, once he made his plan, his course was set.
47:45First thing he did was plant his clues.
47:47First, the footprint.
47:49Adding a limp for dramatic effect.
47:52Then, the mysterious note.
48:01And the button.
48:07And then, with everything in place,
48:12he carried out his plan.
48:18A few days before, he booked into Sandal's 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 camera.
48:30Allowing us to see the supposed limp he'd orchestrated in the flower bed, to confirm his identity.
48:37I also think he sent himself the death threats.
48:40The account used by Paul Mecker had only been operating a few weeks.
48:44So he did it all himself?
48:47Yes, Colby.
48:49I think he did.
48:50As news spread of the fictional matter that became real life, he ensured that his new book became a bestseller.
49:00Remember the words that he spoke to his dying wife all those years ago when she begged him to look
49:05after their daughter?
49:06That he'd look after her until his final breath.
49:11And that's exactly what he did.
49:14So what gave him away?
49:15But who's Paul Mecker?
49:17Two things were his undoing.
49:21Footprint casts from the garden show that the weak leg was on the left.
49:27Yet, walking away from the guest house, the limp was clearly on his right leg.
49:34Any other thing?
49:35Or this hubris?
49:36Yeah.
49:54It's an anagram.
49:56Paul Mecker, Meyer, Culper.
50:00Latin?
50:01An admission of guilt.
50:03It wasn't.
50:03Quite literally.
50:05It was me who did it.
50:18Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
50:21We thought you'd want to know.
50:23Though I doubt it's much comfort.
50:26No.
50:27None at all, to be honest.
50:29The truth is, I'd swap every penny of the fortune he worked so hard to leave me for one more
50:36day with him.
50:46Yeah.
50:47Yeah, lots of, you know, like, filing and stuff.
50:49Here we go.
50:50I don't think I forgot anything.
50:52Oh, dang it.
50:53Wanna kill me?
50:54Want some good news?
50:55Yes.
50:56Always.
50:57Kenneth Linda's publisher, Anthony Westley, just got sacked.
51:01Why?
51:03For signing a contract that gives most of the money from the booksellers to the Linda estate.
51:07Yes, the book is bigger than ever.
51:09It's a bestseller.
51:10Losing all that money, you must have a nasty rash.
51:16Well, I think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that our daughter lost her father, but, uh, well done
51:22everyone.
51:23And well done you, to our amazing inspector.
51:27Martha, who saved him from a watery grave.
51:30Our brilliant Kelby, who cracked his own case and waded through mud to bring his prisoner in.
51:35And Margot, who is the font of all knowledge.
51:38And Esther, the voice of reason and the glue that holds us all together.
51:43And not forgetting our new counsellor.
51:46Oh!
51:47Cheers!
51:48Cheers!
51:56Okay.
51:57So the pictures I showed you are a bit old.
52:00And no one's lived here for a while.
52:02Really?
52:03Close your eyes.
52:09Oh, God.
52:11I can't see anything.
52:13Woo!
52:14This way.
52:15And, uh, there's the step.
52:17Okay, yup.
52:19Do we have a key?
52:20I don't need one.
52:21There's no problem.
52:23Up, up, up.
52:25Up, up.
52:25No.
52:27Woo!
52:28God, no, I'm sorry.
52:30Oh, seriously.
52:32Oh, what's that smell?
52:34Let's not ask.
52:36Right, master.
52:38Okay.
52:41Are you ready?
52:43I am not sure.
52:45Open your eyes.
52:49Okay, two questions.
52:51One, are you sure we're in the right house?
52:53And two, if we are, what on earth possessed you?
52:56I'm glad you asked.
52:57I'll see you in the right house.
53:00I'll see you in the right house.
53:01I'll see you in the right house.
53:02I'll see you in the right house.
53:03I'll see you in the right house.
53:03I'll see you in the right house.
53:05I'll see you in the right house.
53:06I'll see you in the right house.
53:06I'll see you in the right house.
53:11I'll see you in the right house.
53:13Oh!
53:16Oh!
53:18Oh!
53:18Oh!
53:20Oh!
53:21Here we go.
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