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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.
02:49Good morning.
02:52Humphrey?
02:52All right.
03:00Hey.
03:01Hi.
03:01Sorry.
03:01Sorry.
03:01It's all right.
03:02Morning.
03:03Morning!
03:05Okay.
03:06Good morning.
03:06Good morning.
03:13Dad?
03:20Dad?
03:30Dad?
03:41One morning in the month of June
03:43Down by a rolling river
03:45There a weary tribe with chance to stay
03:48And he beheld his lover
03:50Her cheeks were red and eyes were brown
03:53Her hair in ring was hanging down
03:55She'd a lovely face without a frown
03:58Just as the tide was flowing
04:20If you get out on the ocean
04:23If you sail out on the sea
04:25If you get up in the mountains
04:27If you go climbing on the trees
04:29Go through every emotion
04:32When you know that they don't care
04:34Darling, that's when I want to feel
04:36Oh, I'll go through the way
04:51What happened? We were really worried?
04:53Yes, the mooring rope snapped
04:55And the current dragged us out to sea, Carby
04:57Thank 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, yeah, it's, uh, it's, uh, just a bump
05:15Um, I, only, you're needed
05:19Esther's gone on ahead
05:20Where?
05:21Kenneth Linder's house
05:23Oh, sir, sir
05:28Oh, yes, I'm so sorry
05:29Yes, there we go
05:30I do apologise
05:32Yes, sir
05:42Up here, sir
05:50Are you okay?
05:52How's Martha?
05:53We're both fine
05:54Thank you
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
06:21Coerced?
06:22Well, maybe not coerced
06:23But if those photos ever get into the wrong hands
06:27I think 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
07:05Kenneth Linder
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
07:21But 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 bribed the guard to short-circuit the prison power
07:41Therefore delaying his execution until the next day
07:43But 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
07:53And like his nine previous victims
07:57Killed him
07:58By dropping an electrical appliance
08:00Into his bath
08:06And he found the judge that sentenced him to the hospital
08:10And he found the judge that sentenced him to the hospital
08:11And he found the judge that sentenced him to the hospital
08:15And he found the judge that sentenced him to the hospital
08:20And he found the judge that sentenced him to the hospital
08:20And he found the judge that sentenced him to the hospital
08:21And he found the judge that sentenced him to the hospital
08:29And he found the judge that he found the judge that he found the judge
08:36Thank you, sergeant.
08:46Ah, 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,
09:20but 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.
09:34Much 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.
09:44Doorbell 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.
10:18The 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.
10:36How'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.
10:59And 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 before this morning?
11:20Last night.
11:21I 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 himself?
11:56Quiet.
11:58But I know he was tired.
12:00Can I ask, was your dad a particularly tidy man?
12:03Tidy?
12:05God, no.
12:06He was bloody-minded.
12:08Intelligent.
12:09Playful.
12:11And a rather wonderful father.
12:14But Tidy.
12:16No.
12:20There's something else you need to know.
12:24He was dying.
12:27He 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?
13:17Stop farting.
13:18I'm strong as an ox.
13:20Yes.
13:25We need to take care of your dad.
13:28So...
13:28You 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 if 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?
14:16Too 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 to make it look like an accident?
14:27And what about the fact that he died in exactly the way described in his own book?
14:32Can we really accept that's just a coincidence?
14:37No.
14:37So, if we can rule out suicide, accident and coincidence, which we can because there's no such thing, then what
14:45happened to Kenneth Linder must be by design.
14:50Let's confirm cause of death, let forensics finish up, and I want an electrical report. Why didn't the power trip
14:57out immediately?
14:57Oh, and have his clothes checked too. See if this belongs to any of them? Please.
15:05Okay.
15:07And we should talk to his agent?
15:09Yes.
15:12Huh.
15:30P.M.
15:45Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat.
15:48He said if they overslept, they could have ended up in Guernsey.
15:54Pothole Pete?
15:55Oh, they call him that because people try to avoid him.
15:59He goes on a bit.
16:00P.M.
16:02PTHLE PIN
16:02Shipt 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.
16:13Okay.
16:15I've got a criminal damage, and also an assault on a shopkeeper in town.
16:22I'll be a couple of hours.
16:23Okay.
16:25P.M.
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, she...
16:51You were wonderful.
16:52Calm.
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 that did appallingly.
17:06Obviously, he couldn't get a publishing deal,
17:08so started borrowing against the house
17:11so that he could write this one.
17:13He was in financial difficulty.
17:15This 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.
17:35Everything Kenny ever did, he did for her.
17:39But Mr. Linda confided in you
17:41about his financial difficulty.
17:43I'm his agent.
17:44Goes with the territory.
17:47Can I ask?
17:56Do the initials PM mean anything to you?
18:01No.
18:02Should 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, Anthony 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,
18:37you 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.
18:48We're both just hovering, waiting for him to die
18:50so 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.
19:04And yet you still publish this latest novel.
19:07True, but on very, very different terms.
19:10No advance and on the condition
19:12that he brought back the Bathtub Murders Trilogy.
19:15They were his most successful book,
19:17so I thought they will guarantee our best chance of a return.
19:21But with no advance,
19:23would 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?
19:43Business 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,
20:07but 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 P.M. mean anything to you?
20:21No, I don't...
20:23No, 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.
20:31Oh, pity.
20:33This P.M. thing,
20:35could it be something else rather than initials?
20:39Such as?
20:40I don't know.
20:41Afternoon?
20:43No, P.M. 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.
20:58And why 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,
21:09he may have only had weeks left, a day's perhaps.
21:12Which brings us right back to the question.
21:14Who could possibly benefit from the death of a dying man
21:17on the verge of bankruptcy?
21:38They threw this.
21:41But you didn't see anyone?
21:43Nothing.
21:43Just a bang and the whole window caved in.
21:46Lucky no one was hurt.
21:47And this was what time?
21:49Nine, yeah.
21:50Just after we opened.
21:59Financials are on your desk.
22:01Makes 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 Linder died
22:15and if it's true, he was in the bath.
22:17I 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 Linder's social media?
22:27That was easy.
22:29He's on my Facebook friends.
22:31You knew?
22:32Well, back in the day, when he was an angry young writer
22:35and I was a redcoat of Purton Sands.
22:38What?
22:39Wait.
22:40You were a redcoat?
22:41Well, only for eight months.
22:43I got sacked.
22:45Why?
22:45They said I rigged the over-70s fancy dress competition
22:49just because Grandad won.
22:52And Kenneth Linder?
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.
23:09Oh, which one?
23:10Er, Melody Alcott.
23:12I know.
23:12She was the waitress in the first bathtub murders.
23:15Yes, she was, yes.
23:16I mean, she 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
23:23to Jeremy Cook at the third book.
23:25Yeah.
23:26And that was you?
23:28Supposedly.
23:28But I never saw it myself.
23:30She 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, one 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.
23:56And 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, this area's gone to the dogs.
24:05Oh, it's, um...
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.
24:14Dressed the same, like.
24:16He was taller than me, too.
24:17And he tried to punch you?
24:19Yeah.
24:19But he missed.
24:20Then he started crying and ran off.
24:24Crying?
24:25It's these kids, Kelly.
24:26Kelly.
24:27They're all sniffing glue and smoking something.
24:30The day 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, uh, dressed the same, like.
24:58Um, tracksuit 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 tracksuit.
25:15With his backside hanging out.
25:17Oh!
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, well, leave it with me, Mr. Bevan.
25:32I'll talk to the other shopkeepers,
25:34see if anyone's seen anything,
25:36but I'll be in touch.
25:38Righto, Kelly.
25:40Hey, Kelly!
25:42Bloody good, I didn't!
25:43That's what they need!
25:47Stop calling me Kelly.
25:49Hello, boy.
25:50I haven't seen anything happen down there at the box.
25:52No.
25:54It's over.
25:58Thank you, brother.
26:01Hello.
26:03Hello.
26:07That was the boatyard.
26:09The lily bond might be out of the water for months.
26:11It needs a complete 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 was only ever supposed to be a stopgap
26:31until we found somewhere more permanent.
26:34So...
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.
26:50I 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 he is?
27:18No.
27:23Who?
27:25No idea.
27:27But very pretty by all accounts.
27:29They were seen coming out of Kitty J's arm-in-arm.
27:32PHONE RINGS
27:34Hi, Nick.
27:36OK.
27:38The button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe.
27:42Right.
27:43And the RCD switch was disabled,
27:46which meant the power didn't cut off instantly.
27:48So, if it was murder,
27:51then it was premeditated.
27:52What were those initials you found?
27:55PM.
27:56Why?
27:57I might have something.
27:59On Kenneth Linder's page.
28:01Someone's posted a death threat.
28:03Saying he's a fraud,
28:04that 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.
28:30Looks 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?
28:37Yeah.
28:38I 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, guest houses,
28:48all of that.
28:50Right.
28:55Ship my nabbit.
28:59Psst.
29:00You're wanted.
29:02What?
29:03I'm not up.
29:05No, no, no, they'll just have to wait, okay?
29:07I need to speak to Dad 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, Dad 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.
30:07Goodman, I presume.
30:09James Smith.
30:10Please.
30:16Ahem.
30:24Sorry.
30:26I was expecting Chief Superintendent Woods.
30:30No 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,
30:48just a realignment.
30:50Bringing all the remaining substations under our control.
30:54Ah.
30:54Ah.
30:55Administrative planning.
30:56Which in turn reports to the local police and crime panel.
30:58In your case, that would be Shipton Abbott, of course.
31:02Non-invasive.
31:04Just building a loop.
31:06Hmm?
31:06Everyone's in it and we all open our kimono.
31:10Kimono?
31:11Well, share 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.
31:19Not really.
31:20Now, the first carriage on the train to Efficiency Harbour is 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, going 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, pretty much the whole of last year.
32:32Literally, nothing is happening in my life right now.
32:36One morning, I'm just going to wake up and find out I'm old.
32:41Still on my own.
32:42And still living in Chicton Abbott.
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.
32:56Supposed to be really pretty, though.
33:01Tributes are pouring in, following the death of renowned author Kenneth Linder,
33:04who was found dead in his home and shipped in Abbott this morning.
33:08It comes in the week he launched his latest novel, The Final Breath.
33:16No one seems to have seen anything.
33:18If it's the town centre, the CCTV should have picked them up.
33:22Hi, sir.
33:23So, the name Mecca, I ran a quick trace.
33:27We have 34 families with that last name in Devon and Cornwall.
33:31But, with nothing to cross-check it with, it's tough to narrow down.
33:35Right.
33:37So what do we know about him?
33:39Er, he's a Kenneth Linder fan, he's got a limp,
33:43and he's got a button missing.
33:45Not much.
33:47All right, er, see if there's a Kenneth Linder fan club or a book-reading group.
33:52Er, they'll have a list of members.
33:54Why didn't I think of that?
33:55Yes, and, er, 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.
34:14The chief super's moved on,
34:17and we are now being overseen by 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?
34:40Er, er, no.
34:42Yeah.
34:43Oh, no.
34:44Oh, no, no.
34:45Oh, no, no, no.
34:45Oh, no.
34:48Oh, no.
35:01Oh, no, no.
35:23Lab have confirmed Kenneth Linder as death by electrocution,
35:27although they have listed his amyloidosis as a secondary cause.
35:32His body was so weak, he was unlikely to survive the initial shock.
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.
36:17And 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.
36:27It's all very odd.
36:29It's just kids messing about.
36:31I 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.
37:08Er, 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.
37:50He's got a limp.
37:57That's him.
38:03Come on.
38:05You should have gone an hour ago.
38:06Nearly 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, I've given up on all them dating apps.
38:17Last one I met up with.
38:19Must have used a photo that was older than me.
38:23She...
38:24She keeps sending me photos of her lasagna.
38:31Well, 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.
39:18I know you liked him.
39:20I did, yeah.
39:23But it's not that.
39:27I got called into the hub.
39:30Oh.
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...
40:24Although we can stay at Mum's again, I was thinking that maybe it was time to move on.
40:32And went back to our original plan when we first moved down, and...
40:41Or to 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.
41:19Hey, ha!
41:20Oh!
41:21You're in early.
41:22What's up with you?
41:23Weren't you, Ben?
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.
41:41Between five to nine and ten past nine.
41:45Three days in a row.
41:47So, what if they're there again today?
41:48Oh, I 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.
42:28They 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.
42:41I 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.
43:05Hey!
43:07Stop!
43:10Oi!
43:11Stop!
43:18Go get him, Kelly!
43:33Stop!
43:37Stop!
43:38The law was, I fought the law and I, the law was
43:42I left my baby and it feels so bad
43:46I guess my race is fun
43:49She's the best girl that I ever had
43:52I fought the law and I, the law was
43:55I fought the law and I
44:13If we see, keep the track
44:28There's nowhere to go
44:29She's gone
44:30I fought the law and I, the law was
44:33I fought the law and I, the law was
44:36I, the law was
44:49You lived here as a teenager, didn't you?
44:51Yes, I did
44:52Didn't you find it weird?
44:54Seeing the same people every day
44:56And them always looking the same
45:00Kelby!
45:02Hello, um, can I use your bathroom, please?
45:07Oh, neither can we roll out of them
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?
45:31OK, so, Mr. Bevan keeps the cash from the tills and the slot machines in a safe overnight
45:38Then banks it the same time every morning
45:41They obviously found out about it and 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 gonna throw Pepper into Mr. Bevan's face
46:08And steal the bag of money
46:10But he didn't account for the wind direction
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, it could have killed someone
46:48Oh, what have you done?
46:51I turned my ankle when I was getting pulled out of the mud
46:54Ah
47:00Esther
47:01Have we got the doorbell footage of Paul Mecker?
47:04Err, yes
47:05Hang on
47:06Ooh
47:07They're talking about us
47:09Shifton Abbott police have no comment on the theories
47:11That the author was murdered in the same way as the victims in his latest thriller
47:15The new book is flying off the shelves
47:18With fans saying his death is something he could have written himself
47:21Yes, it could!
47:34Oh, that's exactly what it is
47:39The final bread
47:42Yeah
47:43But why Paul Mecker?
47:47Who is he?
47:49Oh
47:49An accomplice part
48:04Oh
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
48:24The button, the memo pad, the footprints in the garden, the mysterious Paul Mecker
48:29The jacket he just happened to leave behind
48:32All very convenient and easy to find
48:35All ultimately leading nowhere
48:40Why?
48:41Because they weren't clues at all
48:43They were simply the pen strokes
48:47Of a master storyteller
48:49Kenneth and his books
48:51Were no longer attracting the following they once did
48:54And
48:56Facing financial ruin
48:58He was then
49:00Very literally
49:02Dealt
49:03A killer
49:04Blow
49:06He was dying
49:08But his thoughts were not for himself
49:09They 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
49:19When he was told he was dying
49:21He concocted a plan
49:23First, he had to get a publishing deal
49:25He did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy
49:30The Bathtub Murders
49:33But, more importantly
49:34I think he's the one who suggested he write it without an advance
49:39Instead, taking the lion's share of profits from book sales
49:45But, why would he do that if he was broke?
49:49Because, he intended to make sure the 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 to his daughter
50:05But as he wasn't insured
50:06He knew he had to find a way to secure her future
50:10Promise you'll have an early night
50:12A nightcap first, I think
50:14One
50:15At least
50:17I love you
50:19Love you too
50:20To fulfil the promise he made to her mother
50:23All those years ago
50:27I doubt that any right-minded person would consider such a thing
50:30But once he'd made his plan, his course was set
50:34First thing he did was plant his clues
50:37First the footprint
50:38Adding a limp for dramatic effect
50:41Then, the mysterious note
50:44Then, the mysterious note
50:51And the button
50:58And then, with everything in place
51:01He cleared out his plan
51:08A few days before, he booked into Sandal's guest house in the name of the character he created
51:14Making sure that he left the jacket with a missing button behind
51:18And to get caught on the doorbell camera
51:22Allowing us to see the supposed limp he'd orchestrated in the flower bed
51:26To confirm his identity
51:29I also think he sent himself the death threats
51:32The account used by Paul Mecker had only been operating a few weeks
51:36So he did it all himself?
51:39Yes, Kirby
51:41I think he did
51:43As news spread
51:44As news spread
51:45Of the fictional matter that became real life
51:47He ensured that his new book became a bestseller
51:52Remember the words that he spoke to his dying wife
51:56All those years ago when she begged him to look after their daughter
51:59That he'd look after her until his
52:03Final breath
52:04And that's exactly what he did
52:07So what gave him away?
52:09But who's Paul Mecker?
52:11Why, okay
52:12Two things were his undoing
52:15Footprint casts from the garden show that the weak leg was on the left
52:21Yet, walking away from the guest house
52:25The limp was clearly on his right leg
52:28And the other thing?
52:30Or the hubris?
52:50It's an anagram
52:51Paul Mecker
52:54Mayer
52:54Culper
52:56Latin
52:58An admission of guilt
53:00Quite literally
53:01It was me who did it
53:15Thank you for taking the time to stop by
53:19We thought you'd want to know
53:21Though I doubt it's much comfort
53:24No, 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
53:33One more day with him
53:45Yeah, well lots of, you know, like filing and stuff
53:48Here we go, don't think I forgot anything
53:50Well don't kill me
53:52Want 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
54:09Losing all that money, you must have a nasty rash
54:14Yes
54:16Well, I think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that our daughter lost her father
54:20But, well done everyone
54:22And well done you
54:24To our amazing inspector
54:27Martha, 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
54:44And not forgetting our new counsellor
54:47Oh
54:48Cheers
54:49Cheers
54:49Cheers
54:58OK, so the pictures I showed you are a bit old
55:02And no one's lived here for a while
55:04Really?
55:05Close your eyes
55:12Oh God
55:14I can't see anything
55:16This way
55:18There's the step
55:20OK, yeah
55:22Do we have a key?
55:23Don't need one
55:24There's no front door
55:27Up, up, up, up
55:31Oh, sorry
55:33Oh, seriously
55:36Oh, what's that smell?
55:38Let's not ask
55:39Right, master
55:42OK
55:46Are you ready?
55:47I am 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
56:03You can dog
56:05I'm in the right face
56:05Open your eyes
56:05Oh, oh
56:07Oh, oh
56:11Isn't it amazing?
56:14Oh, oh
56:15Oh, oh oh
56:16Oh, oh oh
56:17n't mess
56:17WhoРx will be my home?
56:19Oh, oh oh, 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.
56:50Oh, 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.
57:02Have Daffy had enough? Know that much?
57:04It came this morning.
57:09A mythical beast lurking offshore next night on BBC One,
57:14the series finale of Death in Paradise coming up.
57:17And it was ahead of its time.
57:19The cult classic turns 30.
57:21Who can forget this life?
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