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00:20Oh-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.
01:14I 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.
02:57Morning!
02:59Morning!
03:00Morning!
03:02Morning!
03:03Morning!
03:04Morning!
03:04Morning!
03:04Morning!
03:06Morning!
03:07Morning!
03:08Dad?
03:15Dad?
03:24Dad?
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 wanna sleep
03:58Oh, I'll go with you, yeah
04:12What happened? We'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
04:20Yes
04:21Oh, Anne said to phone her the second you get back
04:27Uh, you all right, sir?
04:30Yes?
04:32Oh, yeah, it's 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
04:49Oh, yes, sir
04:50Do apologize
05:01Up here, sir
05:09Are 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
05:20He 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
05:43Well, here we are
05:46So consider this payback
05:56Here we go
06:01This week sees the launch of the new Kenneth Linder novel, The 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
06:33Looks like the power tripped eventually
06:35But not quick enough to save him
06:39Well, this is something of a conundrum
06:42Why?
06:42Because in his latest novel
06:44Serial 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, killed him
07:10By dropping an electrical appliance into his bath
07:46Thank you, sergeant
07:48Oh yes
08:13We've got some outside too
08:20Trampled flower bed by an open rear door
08:23We did a quick check
08:24And the footprints are probably male
08:27Judging by size and weight
08:29But they're not an obvious match for any of the footwear found in the house
08:32We've taken moulds
08:33But there's a difference in indent depth
08:36So we're pretty sure whoever made them had a distinct limp
08:40Limp?
08:41Yeah
08:41Much less weight put on his left leg
08:44The main road runs across the back of the garden
08:47So someone could have got over the fence and along this path
08:49Cameras?
08:50Nothing this side
08:51Doorbell camera at the front
08:53We've got him being dropped off last night 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
09:04You were with your father?
09:06That's right
09:07D.I. Goodman
09:11Humphrey Goodman
09:13Huge fan
09:16This is my fianc...
09:17My wife, Martha
09:19Hi
09:20So, Humphrey
09:22Do you have a favourite case?
09:23Oh yes
09:24The first of the Bastard Trilogy
09:25Death by Design
09:26The Bottletop McGuffin
09:28Genius
09:29Oh
09:30Thank you
09:33Wait
09:35You're not
09:36Detective
09:37Humphrey Goodman
09:39Yes
09:40How do you know that?
09:41Well, 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
09:50Made it look like a car crash
09:53Brilliant
09:55Thank you
10:01Well a pleasure to meet you Humphrey
10:03And you, Martha
10:04Thank you
10:07This must be difficult for you
10:09Is the family we can call?
10:10No
10:11It's just me and Dad
10:14Are you up to a few questions, Helen?
10:17I'll try
10:18When was the last time you saw your father?
10:21Before this morning?
10:23Last night
10:23I dropped him home after the book signing
10:36Promise me you'll have an early night
10:38Oh
10:38A nightcap first, I think
10:40One
10:41At least
10:44Love you
10:46Love you too
10:53And how did he seem in himself?
10:57Quiet
10:59But I know he was tired
11:00Can I ask?
11:02Was your dad a particularly tidy man?
11:04Tidy
11:05God no
11:07He was bloody minded
11:09Intelligent
11:10Playful
11:12And a rather wonderful father
11:14But tidy
11:15No
11:20There's something else you need to know
11:24He was dying
11:25He 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
11:38He'd been going downhill pretty rapidly these past few weeks
11:42We knew it wouldn't be long
11:45But this
11:48Do you think he took his own life?
11:51Do you?
11:54I know he was in a lot of pain
11:56I know he was in a lot of pain
11:56But he refused the palliative care he was offered
12:06People are coming in?
12:12Are you sure you're up to this dad?
12:13Stop fursing
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
12:29And I promise
12:30I'll call and let you know when he's there
12:33Thank you
12:40Do you think that's it?
12:42He did this himself?
12:43There was a towel
12:45Neatly folded 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
12:53So 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
13:07Such 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, let forensics finish up
13:46And I want an electrical report, why didn't the power trip out immediately?
13:49Oh, and...
13:51Have his clothes checked too
13:53See if this belongs to any of them?
13:55Please
13:57Okay
13:57Thank you
13:59And we should talk to his agent
14:01Yes
14:02...
14:04...
14:21P.M.
14:35Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat. He said if they overslept they could have ended up in Guernsey.
14:44Pothole Pete?
14:45Oh, they call him that because people try to avoid him.
14:48He goes on a bit.
14:49P.M.
14:51Shipt an abbot.
14:53No, that's not here. The press office is at the hub, darling.
14:58Do you need the number?
14:59No problem. Bye.
15:02Okay, I got a criminal damage and also an assault on a shopkeeper in town.
15:10I'll be a couple hours.
15:12P.M.
15:13P.M.
15:15Shipt an abbot.
15:16As his agent, you knew he was ill?
15:18P.M.
15:19Of course.
15:19P.M.
15:20But it wasn't public knowledge?
15:21P.M.
15:22P.M.
15:23P.M.
15:24P.M.
15:28He didn't want people fawning over him.
15:30P.M.
15:31P.M.
15:31P.M.
15:32P.M.
15:32P.M.
15:33P.M.
15:48P.M.
15:52P.M.
15:54P.M.
16:04P.M.
16:08P.M.
16:12P.M.
16:13P.M.
16:13P.M.
16:15P.M.
16:24P.M.
16:27P.M.
16:29P.M.
16:54P.M.
16:57P.M.
17:00P.M.
17:01P.M.
17:34P.M.
17:40P.M.
17:43P.M.
17:45P.M.
17:47P.M.
17:47P.M.
17:47P.M.
17:47P.M.
17:47P.M.
17:48P.M.
17:48P.M.
17:48P.M.
17:48P.M.
17:48P.M.
17:49P.M.
17:49P.M.
17:49P.M.
17:49P.M.
17:50P.M.
17:51P.M.
17:52P.M.
17:58P.M.
18:11P.M.
18:13No.
18:15So a much better deal for you than him, then?
18:19What can I say?
18:21Business is business.
18:24Plus I tend to come out in a rash when I lose money.
18:31Do you know how Mr. Linder died?
18:35He was electrocuted in his bath.
18:38Oh.
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 you 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, yeah.
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.
20:41And 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.
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.
21:31We mostly lost touch after that.
21:33Although people do say he based one of his characters on me.
21:38Which one?
21:39Er, Melody Alcott?
21:41I know.
21:41She was the waitress in the first bathtub murders.
21:43Yeah, she was, yes.
21:45No, I 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 her 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, 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, this here he has gone to the door.
22:32What's, um...
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, but he missed.
22:46Then he started crying and ran off.
22:50Crying?
22:50It's these kids, Kelly.
22:51Kelby.
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.
23:10And this lunatic ran up, snatched it and ran off.
23:14Wait, can you describe him?
23:16He's a border terrier.
23:18No, no, the 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 mentioned it, Kelly.
23:35Kelby.
23:36And he was wearing a tracksuit.
23:38With his backside hanging out.
23:40Oh.
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, leave 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, I didn't.
24:05That's what they need.
24:08Stop calling me Kelly.
24:10Hello, boy.
24:11I haven't seen anything happen down there at the box.
24:13No.
24:14That's all right.
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.
24:35I 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.
24:43Thanks very much.
24:44No, not about us staying with you.
24:46About the boat.
24:47Really loves that boat, doesn't he?
24:48Yeah, but it's only ever supposed to be a stopgap
24:51until we found somewhere more permanent.
24:52So, maybe it's time we did just that.
24:57Find a house.
24:59Good for you, Morty.
25:02Won't be easy.
25:04There's always loads of places up for sale.
25:05No, I don't mean finding a house.
25:08I mean telling Humphrey.
25:25So, you've heard them.
25:26Heard what?
25:28About 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.
25:51Hi, Nick.
25:52Okay, thank you.
25:54The button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe.
25:58Right.
25:58And the RCD switch was disabled, which 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?
26:11What 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?
26:33A deranged fan?
26:35Who better to copy a murder from the book?
26:37Paul Mecker.
26:37M-E-C-A.
26:38Paul Mecker.
26:39So what do we know about him?
26:41Nothing.
26:41Just a name.
26:42Not much history.
26:43Looks like the account's only been open a few weeks.
26:46I 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.
27:15What?
27:16I'm not help.
27:17They'll just have to wait, okay?
27:19I need to speak to Helen 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 him 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.
28:00Excuse me.
28:04Hello?
28:14D.I. Goodman, I presume.
28:18James Smith.
28:19Please.
28:33I was expecting Chief Superintendent Woods.
28:38No longer with us, I'm afraid.
28:40Oh.
28:40Oh, not 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.
28:55Just a realignment.
28:57Bringing all the remaining substations under our control.
29:00Our?
29:01Administrative planning.
29:02Which in turn reports to the local police and crime panel.
29:05In your case, that would be Shipt and Abbott, of course.
29:09Non-invasive.
29:10Just building a loop.
29:12Everyone's in it and we all open our kimono.
29:16Kimono?
29:17We'll share 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.
29:26Now, the first carriage on the train to Efficiency Harbour
29:30is streamlining.
29:32Trimming the fat.
29:33Cutbacks.
29:34Well.
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.
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.
30:25Or she's dating again.
30:27And here's me.
30:29Exactly the same as I was last week, last month,
30:32pretty 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
30:40and find out I'm old.
30:42I'm still on my own
30:43and still living in Shipton Abbott.
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.
30:57It's supposed to be really pretty though.
31:16No one seems to have seen anything.
31:18If it's the town centre,
31:19the CCTV should have picked them up.
31:21Hi, sir.
31:23So, the name Mecca,
31:26I ran a quick trace.
31:27We have 34 families
31:29with that last name in Devon and Cornwall.
31:31But, with 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 Lindbergh fan.
31:40He's got a limp.
31:42And he's got a button missing.
31:44Not much.
31:45All right.
31:47See if there's a Kenneth Lindbergh fan club
31:49or a book reading group.
31:51They'll have a list of members.
31:52Why didn't I think of that?
31:53Yes, and maybe we could take a punt on the limp too.
31:56Check for local hospital admissions
31:58in the last six months.
31:58Injuries to his left...
32:00Left leg?
32:00I'm on it.
32:01Yes.
32:03So, the hub.
32:06Anything to report?
32:08Yes.
32:09Yes, seems we're under new management, everyone.
32:12The chief super's moved on.
32:14We're now being overseen
32:16by the planning team
32:18and the local police and crime panel.
32:22So, where's Charlie Woods gone?
32:24Dartmouth, I think he said.
32:25Oh, no.
32:26She was lovely.
32:27I really liked her.
32:28Yeah.
32:29She was definitely one of the better ones.
32:31Is that it, though?
32:32Now Charlie's gone?
32:33No new directives or anything?
32:36Uh, no.
32:38Oh, no.
32:44Oh, no.
33:17Lab have confirmed Kenneth Linder as death by electrocution, although they have listed his amyloidosis as a secondary cause.
33:26His body was so weak he was unlikely to survive the initial shock.
33:30This is madness.
33:33What's that, Kelby?
33:33The local bookmaker, David Bevan, assaulted three times in three days.
33:39Got the town centre CCTV footage, but not one of them makes any sense.
33:44Look, here, this is the first one.
33:47His dog makes a mess in his shop.
33:49He bagged it up and was taking it to an outside bin.
33:52Then someone snatches it off him.
33:54That's weird.
33:56Then, the next one, same time, next day, near enough, a different bloke runs up and tries to punch him,
34:04misses, and then Mr Bevan said that he started crying, and then ran off.
34:08And then, this morning, a third bloke came out of nowhere, whacks him on the head with a rolled up
34:15newspaper, for no reason, and then just runs off as well.
34:18It's all very odd.
34:19It's just kids messing about.
34:22I think I found your poor mecca.
34:28Yeah, he arrived two nights ago.
34:30I said he was here on business.
34:33Kept himself to himself.
34:39Would you know him if you saw him again?
34:42No doubt it.
34:43Don't pay much attention to overnighters.
34:47Can I ask how he paid?
34:49Er, cash.
34:51Cash.
34:53Has anyone else stayed in this room?
34:55No.
34:57Er, the cleaner's supposed to check for things like this.
35:01Er, did he give any personal details when he checked in? Address, phone number?
35:05He filled a registration card out.
35:08Can we see it?
35:09It's downstairs, in the office.
35:11Esther.
35:16Do you have any security cameras?
35:18We have a doorbell camera.
35:20Excellent.
35:21Hmm.
35:22Can'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, Margot.
35:32Address and phone number are false.
35:35There he is.
35:37He's got a limp.
35:43That's him.
35:50Come on.
35:51You should have gone an hour ago.
35:53Nearly done.
35:54Boy, your age should be rushing home, getting ready to go out.
35:58Haven't you got a date or anything?
36:00Nah, 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.
36:08She, she keeps sending me photos of her lasagna.
36:16Well, don't be long.
36:19I won't.
36:31Hi.
36:34Hi.
36:39Bad day.
36:42You're not as bad as Selwyn.
36:44Look, he's homeless.
36:46Oh, your author's been all over the news.
36:48Saying it was murder.
36:50I 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.
37:06It'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 at the station.
37:22What?
37:23Yeah.
37:24Apparently there should only be three of us at the station, so I need to lose one of either
37:28Esther, Kelby or Margot.
37:32That's awful.
37:33Yeah.
37:34What will you do?
37:35I have no idea.
37:42So, I've got something that might cheer you up, or make you feel ten times worse.
37:49Right.
37:50If it's bad timing and you don't want to talk about it, then just say so.
37:54It's bad time.
37:58But, the Lily Bond will be out of the water for weeks, maybe months.
38:03And, although we can stay at Mum's again, I was thinking that maybe it was time to move
38:11on, and went back to our original plan when we first moved down, and...
38:20Or Taos.
38:24Are you serious?
38:26Look.
38:40Hello, Peter.
38:41Where have you been?
38:43Oh, Arthur.
38:44Still not bare that leg.
38:45Aw.
38:46Hello, lovey.
38:47See you Friday.
38:48Ha!
38:56Ha!
38:58You're in early.
38:59What's up with you?
39:00Weren't you, Ben?
39:01No.
39:02So, I had a brainwave.
39:05Oh.
39:06I was sitting in the bath, listening to Billie Eilish, when I realised that all those things
39:12that happened to Mr. Bevan, outside the bookmakers, all happened at the same time, between five
39:18to nine, and ten past nine, three days in a row.
39:22So, what if they're there again today?
39:24I can get there first, and wait for them to show up.
39:27So, what's Billie Eilish got to do with it?
39:32Oh, nothing.
39:33I just like her.
39:43I 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, she 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 again.
40:49Go get him, Kelly!
40:54Go get him, Kelly!
41:24Go get him, Kelly!
41:31Go get him, Kelly!
41:38Go get him, Kelly!
41:53What the fuck?
42:16You lived here as a teenager, didn't you?
42:18Yes, I did.
42:19Didn't you find it weird?
42:21Seeing the same people every day
42:23and them always looking the same?
42:26Kelby!
42:29Hello, um...
42:31Can I use your bathroom, please?
42:33No, 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 were 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
43:00and the slot machines in a safe overnight.
43:03Then banks it the same time every morning.
43:06They obviously found out about it
43:09and decided to rob him.
43:11But they weren't very bright.
43:15The first one thought Mr Bevan was on his way to bank his takings.
43:19But he wasn't.
43:20He was disposing the bag of dog poo.
43:26The next day, they had a different plan.
43:28The second one was gonna throw pepper into Mr Bevan's face
43:32and steal the bag of money.
43:34But he didn't account for the window issue.
43:43The third one had another plan.
43:45He had put a big chisel in a rolled up newspaper with caution.
43:49But he hadn't wrapped it tightly enough.
43:51So, when he pulled his arm back...
44:03So, that's what happened to the barber's window.
44:06And lucky it did.
44:07It could have killed someone.
44:10Oh, what have you done?
44:12I'd turn my ankle.
44:14Everyone else get pulled out of the mud.
44:22Esther, have we got the doorbell footage of Paul Mecca?
44:25Uh, yes.
44:26Hang on.
44:27Ooh.
44:28They're talking about us.
44:29Shepton Abbott police have no comment on the theories
44:32that the author was murdered in the same way as the victims in his latest thriller.
44:36The new book is flying off the shelves,
44:38with fans saying his death is something he could have written himself.
44:42Yes, they're good!
44:53Oh, that's exactly what it is.
44:58The final breath!
45:01Fuck yeah.
45:02But why pull that girl?
45:06Who is he?
45:08An accomplice part.
45:22Oh, that's very clever.
45:24Do you know what happened?
45:28I think I do.
45:30So, was it murder?
45:33Not exactly.
45:34He took his own life?
45:36Strictly speaking,
45:38both.
45:40The button,
45:42the memo pad,
45:43the footprints in the garden,
45:44the mysterious Paul Mecca,
45:46the jacket he just happened to leave behind.
45:48All very convenient and easy to find.
45:52All 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,
46:14he was then very literally dealt a killer blow.
46:21He was dying.
46:22But his thoughts were not for himself.
46:24They were for his daughter, Helen.
46:26Having kept his financial woes from her,
46:29he knew that when he was gone,
46:31she'd be left with nothing.
46:32So I think,
46:34when he was told he was dying,
46:35he 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,
46:44The Bathtub Murders.
46:46But,
46:47more importantly,
46:48I think he's the one who suggested he write it without an advance.
46:52Instead,
46:53taking the lion's share of profits from book sales.
46:59But, why would he do that if he was broke?
47:02Because,
47:02he intended to make sure the book was a runaway success.
47:07And, I think he did so,
47:08by murdering himself.
47:11Knowing he only had weeks,
47:12perhaps days left to live,
47:15Kenneth Linda said goodbye to his daughter.
47:17But, as he wasn't insured,
47:18he knew he had to find a way to secure her future.
47:22Promise 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,
47:35all those years ago.
47:38I doubt that any right-minded person would consider such a thing.
47:41But, once he made his plan,
47:43his course was set.
47:45First thing he did was plant his clues.
47:47First, the footprint.
47:49Adding a limp for dramatic effect.
47:52Then,
47:52the mysterious note.
48:01And the button.
48:07And then,
48:08with everything in place,
48:12he carried out his plan.
48:17A few days before,
48:19he booked into Sandal's guest house,
48:21in the name of the character he created.
48:23Making sure that he left the jacket with a missing button behind,
48:26and to get caught on the doorbell camera.
48:30Allowing us to see the supposed limp he'd orchestrated in the flower bed,
48:34to confirm his identity.
48:37I also think he sent himself the death threats.
48:40The account used by Paul Mecker,
48:42had 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,
48:55he ensured that his new book became a bestseller.
49:00Remember the words that he spoke to his dying wife all those years ago,
49:04when she begged him to look after 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,
49:31the limp was clearly on his right leg.
49:34Any other thing?
49:35Or this hubris?
49:36Yes.
49:54It's an anagram.
49:56Paul Mecker,
49:58Meyer,
49:59Culper.
50:00Latin?
50:01An admission of guilt.
50:03It wasn't.
50:03Quite literally.
50:05It was me
50:06who 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...
50:35One more day with him.
50:46Yeah.
50:47Lots of, you know, like filing and stuff.
50:49Here we go.
50:50I don't think I forgot anything.
50:53Wanna kill me?
50:54Want some good news?
50:55Yes, always.
50:57Kenneth Linder's publisher, Anthony Westley, just got sacked.
51:01Why?
51:03For signing a contract that gives most of the money from the booksells to the Linder estate.
51:07Yes, the book is bigger than ever. It's a bestseller.
51:10Losing all that money, you must have a nasty rash.
51:15Yes.
51:16Well, I think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that our daughter lost her father, but...
51:21Well done, everyone.
51:23And well done you.
51:24To 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!
51:55Cheers!
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.
52:13This way.
52:15And, uh, there's the step.
52:17Okay, yeah.
52:19Do we have a key?
52:20Don't need one.
52:21There's no problem.
52:23Up, up, up, up.
52:25No.
52:27Oh, God.
52:28No, I'm sorry.
52:30Oh, seriously.
52:32Oh, what's that smell?
52:33Oh, no.
52:34Let's not ask.
52:36Right, master.
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?
52:53And two, if we are, what on earth possessed you?
52:56I'm glad you asked.
52:58Look.
53:05Isn't it amazing?
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