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Death.In.Paradise Season 15 Episode 7 (2026)
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00:00Commissioner, thanks for coming.
00:03Catherine, what a picture, like a young Grace Kelly.
00:08You do exaggerate, Mr. Boussaint.
00:10Merely appreciative of beauty when I see it.
00:13I've been meaning to thank you.
00:16Without your admirable journalism,
00:18a community initiative wouldn't have happened.
00:22Thanks, Peters.
00:24For Kentz, our guest of honor.
00:29Simply stunning, like a young Grace Kelly.
00:34It all looks wonderful, Anton.
00:36Only what you deserve for your dedicated service to this island.
00:41One last favor, s'il vous plaît.
00:43I want to change my final column to this one.
00:46It's already gone to press, I'm afraid.
00:48Oh, don't be afraid. Just make it happen.
00:51Oh, come on, Bernie.
00:55Do 24 years of marriage count for nothing?
00:59Mm-hmm.
01:11After 30 years solving this island's problems,
01:15our beloved agony aunt is retiring.
01:19Oh.
01:19And so, please, put your hands together
01:21to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
01:26Oh, dear.
01:28You have no idea. You have no idea.
01:31You have to be.
01:31I thank you to all of you, my esteemed readers,
01:35for entrusting me with this precious task for so many years.
01:41But now I'm looking forward to spending more time with my daughter, Esme.
01:55Let's see if, for the first time in his life,
02:00that embassy was true to his word.
02:18Morning, Esme. How was the party?
02:21Good acting. Me at Earth's.
02:23That's weird.
02:27Maman?
02:31Maman?
02:35Maman?
02:39Yes, thank you're right.
02:40I thank you for our sadness.
02:41I but my heart's pain.
03:02Maman?
03:03Not悟空.
03:05Let's go to my heart.
03:14We're done.
03:17Fifteen more minutes.
03:20Right.
03:21Are we going to talk about anything today?
03:31Um...
03:33Nope.
03:36Thank you, but...
03:38No.
03:47Yes, Thomas.
03:51It's work.
03:57Oh.
03:59So I take it therapy's going well then?
04:02Um...
04:04I mean, sitting in front of a total stranger, talking about feelings, it's just not for me, you know?
04:11But you were kidnapped by your own brothers or almost killed.
04:16Look, I'm here now, aren't I?
04:18The best thing for me to do is just forget it ever happened.
04:21Sounds healthy.
04:22Look, I'm English.
04:24Yeah?
04:25That's what we do.
04:34Agony aunts.
04:36Agony aunts.
04:37Agony aunts.
04:38That's a blast from the past.
04:40Good morning, boss.
04:42Sarge.
04:43Paramedics say Madame Leroux was poisoned.
04:45Who found her?
04:46Her daughter Esmee, who had plans to go on a walk with her mother, and the housekeeper,
04:51Kim Woods, who was just starting her shift.
04:54This way.
04:56So, the victim.
04:58She has a few tiny red spots on her finger.
05:03Which leads me to believe that the poison came from something she touched.
05:08So, she sat down for breakfast, boiled egg and toast, read her column where someone writes
05:19in about a friend's betrayal, and dear Hortense replies with avoiding revenge.
05:27Let sleeping dogs lie.
05:29Sir, she was retiring.
05:31This would be her last column?
05:33Tragic coincidence?
05:34Tragic, certainly.
05:37Coincidence, not so much.
05:40Does this look discoloured to you?
05:46You think the poison is on the paper?
05:49Possibly.
05:50Where did this come from?
05:51We'll check with the housekeeper.
06:02Egg and soldiers.
06:04In the breakfast hall of fame.
06:06That's right up there.
06:07Dipping a piece of buttered toast into a gooey yellow egg.
06:11Heaven.
06:12Your point, sir?
06:26This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones.
06:28Dipping a soldier into that would be impossible.
06:37Sir, normally when you spot a detail, I think, no lad man, you will definitely come back
06:42to this.
06:42But right now, I'm kind of struggling how this could possibly be relevant.
06:49Everything's relevant, Officer Roves.
07:02And the paper was delivered every day?
07:05By a boy called Clayton Powell.
07:07Can you get a hold of him, please?
07:09Mm-hm.
07:10Esme.
07:14Terrible, terrible news.
07:16Anton Bozet, editor of the San Marie News and Hortense's ex-husband.
07:21D.I. Wilson.
07:22I've heard a lot about you.
07:25So, what's the latest?
07:27Well, we're working on the theory that Miss Leroux was poisoned.
07:30What?
07:31Deliberately.
07:32How could anyone do that to her?
07:35She was truly adored.
07:37So, how did she seem recently?
07:39Anything out the ordinary?
07:41Well, she had mixed feelings about retiring, naturally.
07:45There was something at the party.
07:48I want to change my final column to this one.
07:52Do you know why?
07:53No.
07:54Can we see the original letter?
07:56It'll be in her study.
07:58Okay, so, talk me through her morning routine, please.
08:01Well, she was up with the lark, made breakfast.
08:05Boiled egg and soldiers, yeah?
08:07Clayton would deliver the paper.
08:08Then she would like to read her column over breakfast.
08:12And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
08:15Oh, I'm not sure.
08:18Do you know, love?
08:19Dreaming it, Cecil?
08:21She liked it to be perfect.
08:23Yeah.
08:24That's who she was.
08:25Deep breaths, darling, deep breaths.
08:28Here you are, Esme.
08:29Look, here, Inspector.
08:31Why the focus on eggs?
08:33Can I suggest that you concentrate on what is actually important?
08:37Finding the person who did this.
08:39I'm merely trying to establish the facts, Mr. Bousset.
08:42I mean, as a journalist, it surprises me you don't appreciate that.
08:50I'm sorry, the little man doesn't like strangers.
08:54Sensible chap.
09:01She really liked purple.
09:10So what's with the egg thing?
09:13Look, Hortense was the sort of woman who liked everything just so, right?
09:18Even down to how she set out her breakfast.
09:21People are funny, aren't they?
09:23Yes.
09:24People are.
09:25It's still bothering me why the egg was hard boiled.
09:29Maybe she got distracted, overcooked it.
09:32She had an egg timer which she clearly used.
09:35And even if she had overcooked it, she could have made another one.
09:40Now you say it, it is a little odd.
09:44You know, I used to think these letters were fake.
09:46But people actually write in with their problems.
09:50And according to the housekeeper, she replied to every single one.
09:54Felt like it was her duty.
09:58Whoa!
10:02Seems she kept every single letter as well.
10:05This is the letter she wanted to publish last minute.
10:09Dear Hortense, I've suffered a great betrayal by a friend.
10:13Well, that's different.
10:14What is?
10:15Well, all these other letters are signed anonymously.
10:18But this one is signed by Sophie Martin.
10:21So Sophie Martin wanted her friend to know she'd written this letter.
10:27But why?
10:28To send a message?
10:30Or a warning?
10:36Yes, Victor.
10:40Okay, so that's Clayton and here's the tea.
10:44He picked up the papers from Mr Purdy's newsagent at 7am.
10:48There are various papers in the stack, the St. Marie news only being one of them.
10:53He then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15am.
11:00And did he actually see her pick it up?
11:02He did, just like always.
11:05And we know she came inside and sat at the dinner table to read the paper.
11:09Do we know how many St. Marie news were in his stack?
11:12He said six, and none of the other people who get the paper are ill.
11:17But if so, assuming it was a targeted attack, how did he get the one poison newspaper to Hortense?
11:24Maybe they intercepted Clayton on the way knowing he'd be coming to Madame LaRue's house first.
11:30Clayton swears he did not meet anyone en route.
11:33The only thing of note, his bike had a bust up with a pothole and all his papers fell out
11:38his back.
11:39But even if the killer had poisoned the first paper in the stack, they're all jumbled up now, right?
11:46Which means they couldn't guarantee that the poisoned paper would get to Madame LaRue.
11:53A one in six chance.
11:56Don't like the sound of those odds, do you?
12:07Hortense LaRue, St. Marie's favourite agony aunt.
12:11Poisoned, apparently, by her own column.
12:13So, who would want to murder her?
12:16All that meddling in people's lives would make you some enemies.
12:19I read that she moved from Paris to St. Marie 30 years ago with her baby daughter, Esme.
12:27Anton Bassett, Esme's stepfather.
12:30They met in 1996 when she started her column at the St. Marie News.
12:35Then there's this.
12:37Now, why would Hortense be so keen to publish it?
12:40It was posted on St. Marie, so likely the author lives here.
12:44So, our priority, find Sophie Martin.
12:52Copy that, sir.
12:54There were letters at the house. Looks like she kept them all.
12:57Might be worth checking those too?
12:59Yes, where would you put that on the priority list?
13:02I'm thinking maybe three or four.
13:04Laura?
13:06We've got it, Sarge. Soon as we check through the victim's form.
13:10Can't help feeling Sophie is key to all of this.
13:13Making progress already?
13:16Oh, Commissioner. Well, you know, it's early days.
13:19Madame LaRue was highly regarded.
13:22Only last night, Catherine and I attended her retirement party.
13:25As such, the island will be watching our investigation keenly.
13:31Ah. Excellent.
13:33I'm assuming you've met Anton Bassett.
13:36We've had the pleasure.
13:38He won't miss an opportunity to put pressure on us.
13:43Or rather, me.
13:45Let me know when you're ready to talk.
13:49So, let's keep things as professional as we can.
13:53Of course.
13:55D.I. Wilson.
13:56A word.
14:04How are the counselling sessions going?
14:07Oh, erm...
14:09Extremely useful.
14:10Yeah, we're really getting to the...
14:12the heart of the matter.
14:14Is that so?
14:16What I've heard is directly to the contrary.
14:20You haven't said a word.
14:22I thought that was confidential.
14:25Inspector, take it seriously.
14:28Look, I'm just not into the whole going over the past stuff.
14:33The effects of trauma don't just magically go away.
14:36You've got to work through it.
14:40I know.
14:41Because I did.
14:46You had therapy.
14:48And like you, I had dogs.
14:51Men of my age, we tend to crack on with things too.
14:57Give in to it, Inspector.
15:00You may be surprised.
15:03Okay.
15:05But I assure you, I am completely, totally, 100% fine.
15:23We've got a situation.
15:25Oh!
15:27I'm sorry.
15:51I'm sorry.
15:54We've got all kinds of things.
15:58Uh...
16:02Oh...
16:03Oh.
16:09No, no.
16:18No, no, no.
16:21Hold on.
16:23I don't know what that means to the right.
16:35morning campers gather round I have a breakthrough right so this stamp was
16:47conveniently hidden beneath this st. Marie stamp the original stamp is from
16:54France hmm what does that mean that it was posted from somewhere else first maybe Sophie meant to
17:00post it from somewhere else but didn't for some reason then brought you to st. Marie to post why
17:04who knows my stamp man in Kentish town is on the case yeah why you seem a little energetic oh
17:17that's the coffee I've had three already that's my fourth bad night no I was just up looking into
17:27this any update on Sophie's whereabouts none on the island and no mention in the victims contacts
17:33either postmortems in Hortense was poisoned as we thought contact poison cone snail venom in fact
17:43comes now that's new yeah I mean they live in the shallow waters are on here I mean you're
17:48wondering about them as a kid if it's in a corner leave it alone the toxin paralyzes the victim first
17:55then they die a painful death nice so whoever did this wanted or tends to suffer it says here that
18:05the poison was only on page 35 of the newspaper which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler
18:10somehow poison one page in one paper of a pack of six then pray to the gods of vengeance that
18:18that
18:18paper is delivered to its victim risky as anything it's more than risky it's almost impossible did
18:24Hortense touch anything else labs still testing they'll get back to us tomorrow in the meantime officer
18:30Rose and I have been working on something yes the daughter Esmere totally bankrolled by mommy she's
18:36never had a job she just gets a big juicy allowance every month and I mean she's living a life
18:42well it
18:43seems Esme might have disagreed she'd applied for a job at a publishers in Barbados then plot twist we
18:51find emails from Hortense to the managing director saying Esme was not fit to work and that she would
18:59sue them if her daughter had a breakdown they took back the job offer pretty quickly after that so
19:06mommy blew her chances of a promising career
19:17must have been a blow she was right I I wouldn't have caught real life and me somehow never work
19:24so
19:24what made you apply for the job then Anton encouraged me he helps me with all sorts of things can't
19:32help
19:32noticing you're wearing the same clothes as yesterday late night was it my mom just died I'm allowed to
19:40grieve of course you are look what do you want from me you're 31 never been anywhere everything you own
19:48all paid for by your mother it's unusual some might say a little controlling she wasn't she loved me
19:57people get away with a lot under that label but be on but be on come away from there needs
20:08to be
20:08careful of those cone snails I hear they're deadly my mom was always paranoid he gets down like to keep
20:15them close a bit like you then please stop this bright new future suddenly snatched no stolen away by
20:22your meddling mother that had made me angry but that made you angry DS Thomas
20:25definitely maybe the anger got too much maybe one day you just snapped no that's not true
20:36we'll be in touch
20:41never underestimate the quiet ones
20:48all right mate what you got for real
21:01curious and curious as they say
21:03the cloche a descent is your pod my accent was printed in Paris 30 years ago does that mean that
21:10this letter is also 30 years old who can only assume so but if that's the case why would Sophie
21:16Martin wait to send us now maybe she knew Hortense is retiring and this was her last chance we'll look
21:23for any Sophie Martin's who lived in Paris 30 years ago now keep me posted any news from the lab
21:28no poison
21:30found on anything else she could have touched so this newspaper was definitely the murder weapon it
21:34looks like it's something interesting though no fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses white's
21:41clean hmm what would that be right until we know who Sophie Martin is let's look for anyone with a
21:49motive yeah I found something kind of victim spawn in the trash I like my uncle look at Terence always
21:56says one man's trash is another man's treasure yes we know get on with the officer Rose sir sorry
22:03hmm go on some anonymous text going back three weeks ago you'll get what's coming to you you don't
22:11deserve to live and then just before a retirement party we're the amethyst earrings they bring out your
22:17eyes someone was out for blood but who a Rita was a grudge maybe maybe clearly whoever it is was
22:25watching the house the other night while Hortense was getting ready for a big bash first thing
22:30tomorrow talk to the neighbors maybe they saw someone hanging around
23:11you want to give up don't you I'm here when you're ready look why don't you just ask me something
23:20just ask me a question please what are your feelings about your brother okay um
23:33something akin to anger I'd say you know every time I'm near that guy something happens it shouldn't
23:42um and and sadness in fact I'd say mainly sadness I wanted it to work yeah believe me I I
23:52wanted us
23:52to work but you know what
23:59we just don't I do not trust that guy and if you can't trust family then who can you trust
24:07would it be more helpful to talk to him about what happened I don't know where I'd even start
24:14sometimes if talking is difficult writing it down can help write him a letter
24:25yeah writing him a letter yeah could work
24:32a letter it'd be a waste of time why don't you tell him what kind of brother you wanted because
24:40it's a
24:40fantasy he can't be that brother so I need to just accept it and move on and sir how will
24:52you do that
24:53unless you're honest with him and even more so with yourself Catherine you were at Hortense's party
25:01yeah did you know well not really and and the family that's me and tumble said oh Anton men like
25:13him hungry lions looking at you like your tasty steak at a buffet oh have you two got history he'd
25:22like
25:22that do you want another drink oh no thank you think I'll have an early night perhaps you should
25:30too sir what's that seeing that you're having trouble sleeping another cold one for me please Catherine
25:54I'll speak to him and you take the house over there then we'll get to those letters sound good cool
26:00see you later alligator
26:18come on come on come on what are you doing nothing what's behind your back hi cupboard don't lie to
26:33me
26:33there's a mirror right behind you I just promise you won't laugh all right I promise
26:41dear Hortense there's this girl I like if she were a chicken wing she'd be extra hot all summer
26:48we've chilled but now she's gone quiet I'm confused she keeps watching my stories once she commented with
26:54a tomato emoji what does that mean I just want to know where I stand you're Sebastian Rose you know
27:05what is this supposed to be I know that no well did Hortense write back she did she said something
27:11about allowing space for roots to grow or something and happy no because she might be waiting for you
27:20you know that's a metal emoji couldn't mean this girl's interested you can't sit back you got to lean
27:25in yeah you know maybe all right you did tell me something pretty darn spicy yeah what are you doing
27:41a game of probability a killer somehow gets a poison copy of the Saint Marie news into Clayton's stack of
27:49newspapers in which there happens to be five other copies of the Saint Marie news and from which he
27:54pulls one copy of the Saint Marie news at random and delivers it to Hortense a one in six charts
27:59our only
28:03clue is the egg why was it hard-boiled when Hortense likes it to be perfectly dippable Sophie Martin is
28:12a
28:12very popular name there were about a hundred Sophie Martin's in Paris around that time look for any
28:19connections with Saint Marie yeah we have to find this woman will do sorry it's not you it's me so
28:31the
28:31bears didn't help then surprisingly now and the little no it's not a good idea no and that's an end
28:44of it okay sergeant Fletcher we know who's been sending those messages the neighbor was taking out
28:54the bins on the day of the party when he overheard an argument between Kim and Hortense did he hear
29:01what was said certainly did it's you isn't it you have been sending these our messages who else would
29:08know those things and guess what Hortense said she'd report her to the police the next day
29:20I would never do anything so stupid so why would Hortense think it was you no clue those texts contain
29:27personal details that only someone close to her would know so how long have you worked with Miss
29:32LaRue oh about six months or so was she a good boss madame was a diamond it's a tragedy that
29:38she's
29:38gone from what we've heard she was more dragon than diamond she certainly gave her daughter a hard time
29:43didn't she well she was a mighty overprotective but she cared which is more than most if she was
29:49like that with her own flesh and blood it's not a stretch to imagine she'd do the same to you
29:53perhaps you decided to get your own back frightened her but then she found you out didn't she you'd have
30:01faced criminal charges you'd have lost everything so I killed her you've got this all wrong officers
30:09I've been around the block more times than I care for life's good here better than I
30:13hoped why would I risk losing that you know what I said to her go ahead report me any decent
30:24investigation team would discover that I didn't send those texts convenient what is well she never
30:30got the chance did she and now here you are free as a bird she does have a point I
30:43don't see what she
30:44gains from scaring Hortense well who else well I'm not overly thrilled about talking to Anton Busset but
30:52if it was an angry reader sent those texts then you're gonna have to but sorry you're sure you can
30:59keep cool
31:03as a cucumber
31:14so Hortense LaRue didn't mention anything to you about these text messages ever since the divorce we
31:21didn't have the same intimacy you understand please sit down no I'm all right standing thank you
31:26any hate mail sent to the office complaints people calling in to talk to her you don't give up do
31:33you oh she deceptively heavy is this real gold can you put that down I've already said I don't know
31:40who was sending these messages and whoever she is won't be easily found she but you just said whoever
31:47she is I misspoke they unusual for a man in your line of work to misspeak unusual for a man
31:55in your
31:55line of work to behave like an amateur excuse me let me be crystal clear stop wasting time asking obtuse
32:03questions and go about doing your actual job let me be crystal clear these obtuse questions to find out
32:11who murdered your ex-wife sir but the fact that you can't see that because your head is so far
32:15up
32:16your own
32:19well that escalated look I get it sir what you went through was something no one should ever have to
32:29well you can't keep pretending pretending yes pretending like you're okay and your judgment
32:35is clearly off because you're not sleeping and you're not sleeping because you have this thing with
32:40Solomon hanging over your head what do you suggest I don't know write the letter whatever get it off
32:46your chest we have a murder to solve but all right try I'll do it thank you so what are
32:59we going to do
32:59about mr. Bassett he obviously suspects who's sending those texts well we need a tactical rethink I have an idea
33:23who knew st. Marie was so high-tech found it in the back of the evidence store don't think it's
33:30been used for a while you surprise me
33:33it's from 1986 can't beat quality thanks for doing this Miss Bordet a pleasure I feel like one of Charlie's
33:42angels
33:43now remember you're there to find out who Anton thinks he's behind the text messages but don't go
33:49strain for the kill act natural rain check is your code word if anything goes wrong it ought trust me
34:04we're good
34:10the golden goose has landed
34:18Anton how lovely to see you likewise I was surprised when you called me
34:25pleasantly surprised of course thought the drink would have take your mind off things much appreciated
34:35that clown inspector was at the office today
34:59you seem like a woman of good sense and judgment I like to think so this stays between us a
35:08few years ago
35:08Hortense told me something Esme isn't her child
35:13she took her from Paris when she was a baby
35:15this is big
35:16sadly
35:21I'm assuming she agreed to this the way Hortense told it sounded
35:25like she was too out of it to notice Hortense couldn't have children
35:30but the authorities did they not realize she came here forged her papers she was Esme's mother
35:38in all but flesh and blood and Esme has no idea no and I wanted to stay that way this
35:46would break her
35:47so you suspect it's Esme's mother sending those messages
35:53who else
35:58enough doom and gloom would you do me the honor of a dance
36:02oh well um
36:03it might be better
36:05if I rain check
36:07no reason
36:08I doubt that very much come on
36:11sorry Anton
36:12I must rain check
36:14oh
36:17we've lost her
36:18sergeant fletcher
36:23why do you keep saying rain check
36:28why do you keep saying rain check
36:37sorry Matt here I tried
36:39this won't be the last to hear of me I'll be calling your commissioner
36:44qu'est-ce que c'est passé
36:46I was saying the code well
36:47it was a technical age I am so sorry
36:53we can now assume that the friends betrayal written about in Sophie Martin's letter is referring to Hortense stealing Sophie's
37:00baby 30 years ago
37:01which means Sophie is Esme's real mother and finally explains why Hortense was so desperate to publish the letter
37:09she knew it was Sophie coming for her
37:12her response
37:13back off
37:14Esme's mine
37:15but why wait 30 years to send this
37:18don't know yet
37:19but we will
37:20and
37:21if Miss Martin is also behind the text messages as Anton suspects
37:25you'll get what's coming to you
37:26you don't deserve to live
37:28she's here on this island with one hell of a motive
37:32but we're
37:44I hope we don't mind Angel
37:46no not at all
37:47such a great loss
37:50if you ever need someone to talk to
37:53I'm here
37:56you're kind
38:17I've been thinking about what to say for a while but I haven't managed to find the right words
38:23across the street
38:24across the way
38:26it flows
38:28just like a mirror
38:32it seems to show
38:34heaven I'm afraid
38:38yes I beaucoup
38:41morning
38:43morning sir
38:43that was the Paris police
38:45my thinking was
38:47addicts
38:48are more likely to have criminal charges
38:50and
38:51there are three
38:53Sophie Martons on file
38:54two for possession
38:55one for aggravated robbery
38:57I've asked them to send over the records
38:59good work
39:00what's that sir?
39:03oh
39:03erm
39:05this is it
39:06my letter to Solomon
39:08I've got it off my chest
39:10did it help?
39:13er
39:14yeah it did actually
39:17you know what I realised?
39:18I want
39:19no
39:21I need
39:22my space from it
39:25I'm so sorry sir
39:27no no no
39:27it's all good
39:28it's for the best
39:29I just needed
39:30a little time to
39:31accept it
39:32that's all
39:35where is everyone?
39:37following a lead
39:38if Sophie Martin was outside Madame Rourou's house that night
39:42it's possible she followed her to the party
39:45so we went through the photos online
39:48and
39:49look at this one
39:55yes she does look about the right age that Sophie will be
39:58an uninvited guest
40:00the waiter said she got into a green VW camper van
40:04and luckily Matty knows the one garage that fixes them
40:11yeah
40:12talk with the devil
40:13we think we found Sophie
40:15so someone matching her description came into the garage last week
40:19goes by the name of Calypso
40:21said she normally parks up by Coral Beach
40:23we need to get there pronto
40:25you already here sir?
40:27you got an eyeball
40:32I hearing you good?
40:33you think that
40:34I'm that shy girl's mother?
40:36you mad
40:38I don't even know this woman you're talking about
40:42then why did you sneak into the party that night?
40:45just passing
40:47felt thirsty
40:48it's not a crime
40:49no
40:50the stalking is
40:51see our theory is
40:53you are Sophie Martin
40:54you assumed a new identity
40:57you assumed a new identity to come to St. Marie and enact revenge on Hortense Leroux
41:00starting with Phil's threatening text messages
41:04uh-uh
41:05I just like to stay off grid
41:07that's all
41:07we should be free to roam
41:09as the birds do
41:11you know we can trace the sim to the shop you bought it in
41:13check their CCTV
41:17okay
41:18here's the truth
41:20that woman you're talking about
41:22Sophie Martin
41:23that ain't me
41:25but
41:26those texts
41:30I sent her
41:31not for the reason you think though
41:33why then?
41:35two months ago
41:37I sent dear Hortense a letter
41:40Hortense told me to cut my mother out of my life
41:44toxic mothers shouldn't be allowed to act that way she said
41:48a hypocritical coming from her
41:50I did what she said
41:52know what?
41:54my mother died
41:56alone in her bed
41:57if I hadn't listened to that loud mouth woman
42:00I would have been there
42:01that must have made you angry
42:03not enough to kill her
42:05I wanted to scare her
42:07make her suffer
42:08the same way I've been suffering
42:11walking about this Hortense
42:13perfect life
42:14little care for the people
42:16whose life she ruins
42:24Miss Jones
42:25with no disrespect but
42:28it kind of seems like you're more angry at yourself
42:33look I'm no expert but
42:36it doesn't help to
42:38hold on to things
42:53so we're still having a scooby
42:55how the killer pulled off this murder
42:57a stack of six papers
42:58and he managed to poison one
43:00and have it delivered practically straight into Hortense LaRue's hands
43:03and let's not forget about the egg
43:06what happened that morning to make her ruin a perfectly good breakfast?
43:09Sir
43:10hold that thought
43:11I'm late
43:15I'll be back
43:23how do you feel?
43:25um
43:26better
43:28definitely better
43:30I mean everything here is just
43:32um
43:35you know
43:35gone
43:36all I need to do now is post it
43:38well done
43:40thank you
43:41now can we talk a little more about your life here
43:44how long have you got?
43:47about half an hour
43:48no I meant
43:57she timed it
43:59why didn't she take it out?
44:02and the egg
44:03how long did she cook it for?
44:04dreaming it social?
44:06he then cycled straight here
44:07delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15am
44:11sorry the little man doesn't like strangers
44:14there were no fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses
44:17I wanted to scare her
44:19I wanted her to suffer the same way I've been suffering
44:21of course
44:22that's the reason why
44:24why what?
44:26the egg was hard boiled
44:27I can see everything clearly now
44:33thanks for your patience
44:36I know who the killer is
44:37I know how they did it
44:39those photos from the Paris police
44:40have they come through?
44:41just in
44:42right we need a search warrant
44:43and then we can have a little family reunion
44:53Agony Arps are known for giving advice to help solve difficult problems
44:58however I doubt they've ever been asked to advise on a problem as difficult as this one
45:04Hortense LaRue was poisoned
45:06effectively by her own column
45:08but we had no idea how the killer managed to poison the newspaper
45:12and get it delivered straight to her
45:15when the paper boy took one at random from his stack
45:19but with the help of a hard boiled egg
45:23not this again
45:25we finally cracked it
45:29you Kim
45:30it was you who murdered Hortense
45:33me?
45:34no I told you I was telling the truth
45:37as Miss LaRue's housekeeper
45:39you knew her morning routine
45:41that she liked to read her column
45:43whilst having her breakfast
45:45you also knew that Clayton drops the paper on the porch at 7.15am
45:51and Papillon barks to alert Hortense
45:54as he always does when someone's at the door
45:57so earlier that morning
45:58you went to another news agent
46:01and bought a copy of the St. Marie news
46:04let's call this paper A
46:06you then laced the problem page with cone snail poison
46:10something he knew about from Hortense's fear of her dog getting stung by one
46:14my mum was always paranoid he gets stung
46:17then you dropped paper A onto the porch sometime before Clayton usually arrived
46:24Hortense must have been in the middle of preparing her breakfast
46:28Papillon barked as normal
46:30so she went outside to collect the newspaper she thought had just been delivered
46:39she went back into the kitchen
46:40eager to see if her request to change her final column had been carried out
46:45in doing so she came into contact with the poison
46:48and subsequently died
46:51a painful death by all accounts
46:56you then came into the house
46:58through the back
47:00and put on Hortense's purple gown
47:03a wig matching her hair with a purple headband
47:06and finally
47:07the item that was unmistakably Hortense
47:11her statement purple glasses
47:14as usual at 7.15 Clayton delivered the newspaper
47:19paper B
47:21and Papillon barked
47:22Kim, now dressed as Hortense
47:25opened the door and waved to him
47:27as Clayton cycled away
47:29he wouldn't have known that it was in fact you waving at him
47:32and not Hortense
47:34you then came back into the kitchen
47:36and returned Miss LaRue's glasses
47:38wiping away any prints first
47:42now we come to the egg
47:45and your ultimate downfall
47:47you see, in your haste to stage the scene before Esme arrived
47:50you almost forgot Miss LaRue's egg was still boiling away on the stove
47:55you needed everything
47:56to look exactly as it should
47:58to fit the timeline of Hortense making breakfast
48:01then reading her column
48:04so you hurriedly took the now hard boiled egg
48:07out of the pan and clumsily put it in the egg cup
48:11then you left the house through the back
48:13the same way you came
48:14got into your car that was parked around the corner
48:17and drove around the front to time perfectly
48:21with Esme's arrival
48:24you later
48:27disposed of paper B
48:28and the wig at your home
48:30we found these in the bin on your street
48:34an audacious yet brilliant plan
48:37but
48:39why go to such lengths
48:43Kim Woods
48:44isn't your real name is it
48:47you are in fact
48:49Sophie Martin
48:5230 years ago
48:53Sophie Martin
48:55moved to Paris from the UK
48:57with her boyfriend who was escaping some trouble back home
49:01she was living in a commune
49:03in Montmartre
49:04and it's there she met Hortense
49:07an ambitious writer
49:09Sophie
49:12was a drug addict
49:15with a newborn baby
49:18you were doing your best
49:19no doubt
49:20but from what we now know about Miss LaRue
49:24she had a saviour complex
49:26through our undercover investigation
49:28we discovered her secret
49:31Hortense stole your baby
49:33in the night
49:34and went as far away as she could
49:38to St Marie
49:42that baby was you Esme
49:46you're my mother
49:49Hortense was my friend
49:52and she offered to look after you
49:55and yes I was struggling
49:57but I loved you
49:59so much
50:00and then one morning I woke up and you was gone
50:03and I didn't sleep today searching for you
50:08but then you found out Hortense was here
50:10didn't you?
50:12through her column
50:14so all those years ago
50:16you wrote this letter
50:18to dear Hortense
50:20the same letter Hortense wanted to publish
50:23at the very last minute
50:27for her final issue
50:28I wanted her to know I was coming for her
50:31then you were arrested?
50:33the guy I was going out with at the time
50:35he told the police that I was involved in an armed robbery
50:39and someone got really badly hurt
50:41and it was all lies
50:42I had nothing to do with it
50:45he was not a good man
50:46and I didn't get a chance to send the letter
50:50they put me away for years
50:53time after time my parole was refused
50:56and I lost all hope
50:58until one day I finally got myself together
51:01got myself clean
51:03that day came
51:05and I knew all I had to do
51:08I had to find you
51:10and hurt Hortense for what she'd done
51:13I came to St. Marie
51:16first place I went was the newsagent
51:18and I saw the ad for her housekeeper
51:20it felt like fate
51:22come in
51:24you bided your time
51:26working out the perfect murder plan
51:28and when Hortense received your letter
51:31she must have known you were gunning for her
51:35you read her response
51:38she didn't regret it
51:40not one bit
51:44Esme I don't expect you to forgive me
51:46but I would really like you to understand
51:49that what she did
51:51destroyed me
51:54killing her was the only way I could ever
51:57have a relationship with you
51:59Officer Rose
52:03Sophie Martin
52:05I'm arresting you for the murder of Hortense Leroux
52:08you don't need to say anything
52:09but it may harm your defense
52:11if you do not mention when questioned
52:12something which you later are lying in court
52:15you think you do say
52:16may be given in evidence
52:18so my whole life has been alive
52:23Hortense's love for you
52:26that was real
52:27I don't know
52:30it may be great
52:31it may be so
52:35if you receive a ring for a second
52:35you never need toble
52:35I hurt you
52:37it may be in a way
52:48hey
52:48I'm sorry
52:49I'm sorry
52:50I'm sorry
52:53I don't know
52:54I'm sorry
53:28Hey.
53:33Can I help you?
53:36Mervyn, yeah?
53:39Yeah?
53:40Didn't you hear me, Nack?
53:42No, I was sleeping, actually. Deeply.
53:46You're older than I imagined.
53:48Er, sorry, who are you?
53:50Just one second.
53:52Come on!
53:53Just give it up, man!
53:57Finally!
53:59Stupid boy's been holding out,
54:01and all he's got is a pair of sixes.
54:04Amateur.
54:06Is that a gamble, Nath?
54:08I don't think you should be playing there.
54:10Don't sweat it.
54:11It's cool.
54:13Dad said you were a goody-goody,
54:15but I guess that comes with a jab, right?
54:17Okay, stop, yeah?
54:19Now, you tell me right now who you are,
54:21who your dad is,
54:22and what you're doing on my property,
54:24or I'm arresting you for trespass.
54:26And you being the detective?
54:28It's me, Eloise,
54:31your niece.
54:33Sorry, what?
54:34Your niece?
54:35Eloise?
54:38Did Dad not mention me to you?
54:40No, he...
54:41No one mentioned you.
54:47Well, I'm sure he was going to.
54:49He's a busy guy, you know.
54:51Lot on his plate.
54:54So,
54:55what would you prefer when I call you?
54:59Uncle Marvin?
55:01Uncle Merv?
55:03Just Merv?
55:08What's for breakfast?
55:16Hey, don't touch anything.
55:20This is the closest I've come
55:21to actually seeing it.
55:23The last...
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