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