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00:00I love you
00:33Morning Selwyn
00:36There's no hot water
00:38Okay, come and take a look
01:10And the carpet's all wet in here
01:12I think we've sprung a leak or...
01:24Right
01:26I think the most important thing
01:28Is to not
01:30Panic
01:31Need to think
01:33Logically
01:38Does the engine work?
01:41Engine, brilliant
01:49Humphrey?
01:50Are 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
02:24You know
02:25Being parked up
02:28Wood
02:30We could make a raft
02:35Humphrey?
02:36I need two pencils
02:37And a pair of underpants, please
02:38Oh
03:01Morning
03:02Morning
03:13Dad?
03:20Dad?
03:23Dad?
03:30Dad?
03:33Morning
03:33One morning in the month of June
03:43Down by a rolling river
03:45There a weary child
03:47With chance to stay
03:48And he beheld his lover
03:50Her cheeks were red
03:52Her eyes were brown
03:53Her hair in ring
03:54Was hanging out
03:55She'd have a lovely face
03:57Without 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
04:25Get up in the mountains
04:27Before climbing on the trees
04:29Oh, through every emotion
04:32When you know that they don't care
04:34Darling, that's when I want to flee
04:36Oh, I'll go with you anyway
04:51What happened?
04:52We were really worried
04:53Yes, the mooring rope snapped
04:55And the current dragged us out to sea
04:57Copy
04:58Thank heavens for the RNLI
05:00Yes
05:01Oh, Anne said to phone her
05:02The 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
05:27Oops, sir, sir
05:28Oh, yes, I'm so sorry
05:29There we go
05:30I do apologise
05:32Thanks
05:42Up here, sir
05:50Are you okay?
05:52How's Martha?
05:53We're both fine
05:54Thank you
05:57Oh, Kenneth
05:58Yes
05:59You know I only spoke to him last night
06:01Oh, of course
06:03You went to the book signing
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
06:24But if those photos ever get into the wrong hands
06:26Pretty well
06:29So consider this payback
06:44This 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'd 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
07:54And like his nine previous victims, killed him
07:58By dropping an electrical appliance into his bath
08:35Thank you, Sergeant
08:38Oh yes
09:04We've got something outside too
09:11Trampled flower bed by an open rear door
09:14We did a quick check
09:16And the footprints are probably male
09:18Judging by size and weight
09:20But they're not an obvious match
09:22For any of the footwear found in the house
09:24We've taken moulds
09:25But there's a difference in indent depth
09:28So we're pretty sure whoever made them
09:30Had 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
09:41And 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
09:48By his daughter Helen
09:48And then her coming back this morning
09:53I know you, don't I?
09:56From the book signing last night
09:58You were with your father?
10:00That's right
10:00D.I. Goodman
10:05Humphrey Goodman
10:06A huge fan
10:10This is my fianc-
10:11My wife, Martha
10:13Hi
10:14So, Humphrey, do you have a favourite case?
10:18Oh yes
10:18The first of the bathtub trilogy
10:20Death by Design
10:21The bottletop MacGuffin
10:22Genius
10:24Oh, thank you
10:28Wait
10:30You're not
10:31Detective Humphrey Goodman
10:34Yes
10:35How do you know that?
10:37Well, I'm something of a fan of yours too
10:40I read the newspaper report
10:42About the case you solved
10:44The poor chap murdered by his partner
10:46Made to look like a car crash
10:48Brilliant
10:51Thank you
10:57Well, a pleasure to meet you, Humphrey
11:00And you, Martha
11:01Thank you
11:04This must be difficult for you
11:06Is the family we can call?
11:07No
11:08It's just me and Dad
11:11Are you up to a few questions, Helen?
11:14I'll try
11:15When was the last time you saw your father
11:18Before 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
11:36A nightcap first, I think
11:38One
11:39At least
11:42Love you
11:44Love you too
11:52And how did he seem in himself?
11:56Quiet
11:58But I know he was tired
12:00Can I ask
12:01Was your dad a particularly tidy man?
12:04Tidy?
12:05God, no
12:06He was bloody minded
12:08Intelligent
12:09Playful
12:11And a rather wonderful father
12:14But tidy
12:15No
12:20There's something else you need to know
12:25He was dying
12:26He had end stage amyloidosis
12:29An abnormal build up of proteins
12:32Stops his organs working properly
12:34Said he refused to die until he'd finished his damn book
12:38But
12:39He'd been going downhill pretty rapidly
12:42These 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 fussing
13:18I'm strong as an ox
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
13:34I'll call and let you know when he's there
13:37Thank you
13:44Do you think that's it?
13:46He did this himself?
13:48There was a towel
13:50Neatly folded
13:50By the side of the bath
13:52Dressing gown and slippers ready
13:53So why go to all that trouble
13:55If you know you'll never be getting out of the bath?
13:58Exactly
13:58So it has to be an accident?
14:00Possibly
14:02Wait
14:04You're thinking it's murder?
14:05We should consider it
14:07Why?
14:08Because the victim wrote murder mystery novels?
14:10No, Sergeant
14:11Because 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
14:17Not known for his tidiness
14:19That's it
14:20It was too neat
14:22So what if someone put those things in place
14:24To make it look like an accident?
14:27And what about the fact
14:29That he died in exactly the way
14:30Described in his own book?
14:32Can we really accept
14:33That's just a coincidence?
14:37No
14:37So if we can rule out suicide
14:41Accident and coincidence
14:42Which we can
14:43Because there's no such thing
14:44Then what happened to Kenneth Linder
14:46Must be by design
14:50Let's confirm cause of death
14:52Let forensics finish up
14:53And I want an electrical report
14:55Why didn't the power trip out immediately?
14:58Oh, and
14:59Have his clothes checked too
15:01See if this belongs to any of them
15:03Please
15:05Okay
15:05Thank you
15:07And we should talk to his agent
15:09Yes
15:30P.M.
15:45Pothole Pete
15:46Was on the RNLI boat
15:47He said
15:49If they overslept
15:50They could have ended up in Guernsey
15:54Pothole Pete?
15:55Oh
15:56They call him that
15:57Cause people try to avoid him
15:59He goes on a bit
16:01Oh
16:02Shipped an abbot
16:04No, that's not here
16:06The press office is at the hub, darling
16:08Do you need the number?
16:11No problem
16:12Bye
16:14Okay
16:14I got a criminal damage
16:16And also
16:17An assault
16:19On a shopkeeper
16:20In town
16:21I'll be a couple hours
16:23Okay
16:27Shipped an abbot
16:28As his agent
16:29You knew he was ill
16:30Of course
16:31But it wasn't public knowledge
16:34It's the way Kenny wanted it
16:35He'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
16:46How did he seem to you?
16:49Oh, she
16:50You were wonderful
16:52But calm
16:54Considering this was his last roll of the dice
16:56Why do you say that?
16:59His last book
17:01Was a decade ago
17:02And
17:03That did appallingly
17:06Obviously he couldn't get a publishing deal
17:08So
17:09Started 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
17:18Of avoiding bankruptcy
17:20He kept his money problems
17:22From Helen, of course
17:23He didn't want her to worry about that
17:26On top of everything else
17:27They seem very close
17:28They lost Helen's mum
17:30When she was seven
17:31So
17:32It's only ever really been the two of them
17:35Everything Kenny ever did
17:37He did for her
17:38But 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
17:59Mean anything to you?
18:01No, should they?
18:03No
18:07Look, there was another man
18:09At the book signing last night
18:11He didn't look like a fan
18:13But I saw you speaking to him
18:14That would be Ken's publisher
18:17Anthony Westley
18:20Nice to see you pushed the boat out, Anthony
18:24I think your client's Oxford Street soirees
18:27Were over a long time ago
18:29Don'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
18:47We're both just hovering
18:49Waiting for him to die
18:51So 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
19:09No advance
19:11And on the condition
19:12That he brought back
19:13The Bathtub Murders Trilogy
19:15They were his most successful book
19:17So I thought
19:18They will guarantee
19:19Our best chance of a return
19:21But with no advance
19:23Would that mean that he was writing for free, essentially?
19:25Yes, but
19:26He would get the lion's share
19:28If the book sold well
19:31But you don't expect it to?
19:34No
19:35So?
19:36So a much better deal for you than him, then?
19:40What can I say?
19:42Business is business
19:44Plus I tend to come out in a rash when I lose money
19:53Do you know how Mr. Linder died?
19:57He was electrocuted
19:59In 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
20:13People
20:15Do the initials P.M. mean anything to you?
20:21No, I don't
20:23No, I don't think they do
20:25If it is murder, can we make him a suspect, please?
20:28I'm not sure that's quite how it works, Sergeant
20:31Pity
20:33This P.M. thing
20:35Could it be something else, rather than initials?
20:39Such as?
20:40I don't know
20:42Afternoon?
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, he may have only had weeks left, a day's perhaps
21:11Which brings us right back to the question
21:14Who could possibly benefit from the death of a dying man on the verge of bankruptcy?
21:38They threw this
21:41But you didn't see anyone?
21:43Nothing
21:43Just a bang and the whole window caved in
21:46Lucky no one was hurt
21:47And this was what time?
21:48Er, nine, yeah
21:50Just after we opened
21:59Financials are on your desk
22:01Makes for pretty grim reading
22:02What?
22:04And he had no life insurance
22:05Cancelled his policy two years ago and never renewed
22:08And 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
22:19Er, no, we haven't
22:20Well, I passed them all on to the Hub's press office
22:23All right, well done, Margot
22:24Was there anything on Kenneth Linder's social media?
22:27That was easy
22:28He's on my Facebook friends
22:31Yes, you knew
22:31You knew?
22:32Well, back in the day when he was an angry young writer and I was a redcoat of Perton Sands
22:38What?
22:39Wait
22:40You were a redcoat?
22:41Well, only for eight months
22:43I got sacked
22:44Why?
22:46They said I rigged the over-70s fancy dress competition just 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
23:03Although people do say he based one of his characters on me
23:08Oh, which one?
23:10Er, Melanie Alcott
23:11She was the waitress in the first bathtub murders
23:15Yes, she was, yes
23:16No, I mean, she was the killer's ex-girlfriend
23:18She was the one who helped unlock the whole case
23:21Yeah
23:21She was the one who eventually led Horace Bishop to Jeremy Cook at the third book
23:25Yeah
23:25And that was you?
23:27Supposedly
23:28But I never saw it myself
23:31She was a bit, oh, strange
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, he 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
24:04This here he has gone to the dogs
24:05Oh, it's, um
24:06Yesterday, similar thing happened
24:08Man came up to me
24:09Tried to punch me in the face
24:12A different man?
24:13Yeah
24:14Dressed the same, like
24:15He was taller than me, too
24:17And he tried to punch you?
24:19Yeah
24:19But he missed
24:20Then he started crying
24:22And ran off
24:24Quiet
24:25It's these kids, Kelly
24:26Kelby
24:26They're all sniffing glue and smoking something
24:29Day before
24:32One of them stole my dog poo
24:34Dog poo?
24:36Honey Butcher, my dog
24:38Got into the shop from upstairs
24:40Left a little presence, see
24:42So I bagged it up
24:44Went outside to the bin
24:45And this lunatic
24:47Ran up
24:48Snatched it and ran off
24:50Wait
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
24:56Dressed the same, like
24:57Um, tracksuit
24:58And face covered
24:59And 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
25:10Now you mentioned it, Kelly
25:11Kelby
25:12And he was wearing a tracksuit
25:14With his backside hanging out
25:16Oh
25:17But that's kids for you these days, though, isn't it?
25:19I know you've got all these
25:20Face recognition cameras these days
25:23You'd be better off with arse recognition
25:27Okay
25:27Um
25:30Well, I'll
25:30Leave 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
25:37Righto, Kelly
25:40Hey, Kelly
25:42Bloody good, I didn't
25:43That's what they need
25:47Stop calling me Kelly
25:48Hello, boy
25:50See anything happen down there at the box?
25:52No
25:54It's over
25:56Thank you
26:01Hello
26:07That was the boatyard
26:09The lily bond might be out of the water for months
26:11It needs a
26:13Complete overhaul
26:14I can't say I'm surprised
26:16It had bits falling off when I was staying on it
26:19Well, you know you're always welcome at mine
26:22Humphrey'll be mortified
26:23Thanks very much
26:24No, not about staying with you
26:26About the boat
26:27Really loves that boat, doesn't he?
26:29Yeah, but
26:30It's only ever supposed to be a stopgap
26:31Until we found somewhere more permanent
26:33So
26:35Maybe it's time we did just that
26:38Find a house
26:41Good for you, Morty
26:43Won't be easy
26:45There's always loads of places up for sale
26:47No, I don't mean finding a house
26:49I mean telling Humphrey
27:07So you've heard then
27:08Heard what?
27:10About Archie
27:12What about him?
27:13I heard he was dating
27:15Good for him
27:16Don't you want to know who he is?
27:18No
27:23Who?
27:25No idea
27:26But very pretty by all accounts
27:29They were seen coming out of Kitty J's arm in arm
27:34Hi Nick
27:36Okay, thank you
27:38The button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe
27:42Right
27:42And the RCD switch was disabled
27:45Which meant the power didn't cut off instantly
27:48So if it was murder
27:50Then it was premeditated
27:53What were those initials you found?
27:55PM
27:56Why?
27:57I might have something
27:58On Kenneth Linda's page
28:00Someone's posted a death threat
28:02Saying 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
28:13Look
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 a name
28:28Not much history
28:29Looks like the account's only been open a few weeks
28:32I can put in a request for some more information
28:35But you know what these social media companies are like
28:37I wouldn't hold your breath
28:39Okay
28:40If he's a fan
28:41Then maybe he was at the book signing last night
28:43And if he's not local
28:44Then he must have stayed somewhere
28:46So let's check local hotels
28:48Guest houses
28:48All of that
28:50Right
28:55Shipman Abba
28:59Psst
29:00You're wanted
29:02What?
29:04Abba
29:04Help
29:05They'll just have to wait
29:06Okay
29:07I need to speak to Alan 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
29:24We 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
29:39He never said anything
29:42But he hated Anthony Wesley
29:44I know he'd never have gone back there unless he had to
29:50Sorry, excuse me
29:55Hello?
30:05D.I. Goodman, I presume
30:09James Smith
30:10Please
30:24Sorry
30:26I was expecting Chief Superintendent Woods
30:30No longer with us, I'm afraid
30:31Oh
30:32Oh, not deceased
30:34In Dartmouth
30:35Look, 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
30:53Ah
30:54Administrative planning
30:55Which in turn reports to the local police and crime panel
30:58In your case, that would be shipped to Abbott, of course
31:02Non-invasive
31:03Just building a loop
31:06Everyone's in it and we all open our kimono
31:10Kimono?
31:11Share what we have
31:12Get all our ducks in a row
31:14That's how we move the needle
31:16You follow?
31:17Yes
31:18No, not really
31:20Now, the first carriage on the train to Efficiency Harbour
31:24Is streamlining
31:26Trimming the fat
31:28Cutbacks
31:29Well
31:31Unclogging the pipes
31:32There's only four of us
31:34Which is rather the point
31:35In 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
32:04One of your properties
32:05I'd like to see if it's still available
32:08On 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 been made a new counsellor
32:20Going off on fancy lunches all the time
32:23Archie's dating again
32:25And here's me
32:26Exactly the same as I was
32:28Last week, last month
32:29Pretty much the whole of last year
32:32Literally
32:33Nothing is happening in my life right now
32:36One morning I'm just going to wake up
32:38And find out I'm old
32:41Still on my own
32:42And still living in Shipton, Abbott
32:46Can't think of anything worse
32:47I know, right?
32:50So who's Archie dating then?
32:51Not that I'm bothered
32:52Just interested
32:54No idea
32:56Supposed to be really pretty though
33:01Tributes are pouring in
33:02Following the death of renowned author
33:03Kenneth Linder
33:04Who was found dead in his home
33:06And shipped in Abbott this morning
33:07It comes in the week
33:09He launched his latest novel
33:10The Final Breath
33:16No one seems to have seen anything
33:18If it's the town centre
33:19The CCTV should have picked them up
33:22Hi sir
33:23So the name Mecca
33:26I ran a quick trace
33:27We have 34 families
33:29With that last name in Devon and Cornwall
33:31But with nothing to cross check it with
33:34It's tough to narrow down
33:35Right
33:37So what do we know about him?
33:39He's a Kenneth Linder fan
33:41He's got a limp
33:43And he's got a button missing
33:45Not much
33:46All right
33:48See if there's a Kenneth Linder fan club
33:51Or a book reading group
33:52They'll have a list of members
33:54Why didn't I think of that?
33:55Yes
33:55And maybe we could take a punt on the limp too
33:58Check for local hospital admissions in the last six months
34:00Injuries to his left
34:02Left leg?
34:02I'm on it
34:03Yes
34:06So
34:06The Hub
34:08Anything to report?
34:11Er yes
34:11Yes seems we're under new management everyone
34:14The chief super's moved on
34:17And we are now being overseen
34:19By the planning team
34:21And the local police and crime panel
34:25So where's Charlie Woods gone?
34:27To Hartmouth I think he said
34:28Oh no
34:29She was lovely
34:30I really liked her
34:32Yeah
34:32She 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
34:40Er
34:40No
34:42No new directives or anything
34:43Yeah
34:49Yes
34:54Oh okay
34:56Oh yeah
35:04Go get there
35:06No new directives
35:07I'm there
35:07No new directives
35:07No new directives
35:08or anything
35:08If her
35:09To garbage
35:09To
35:10To
35:23Lab have confirmed Kenneth Linder as death by electrocution,
35:28although they have listed his amyloidosis as a secondary cause.
35:32His body was so weak, he was unlikely to survive the initial shock.
35:36Mm-hm.
35:37This is madness.
35:39What's that, Kelby?
35:40The local bookmaker, David Bevan, assaulted three times in three days.
35:46Got the town centre CCTV footage, but not one of them makes any sense.
35:51Look, here, this is the first one.
35:54His dog makes a mess in his shop.
35:56He bagged it up and was taking it to an outside bin.
36:00Then someone snatches it off him.
36:02That's weird.
36:04Then the next one, same time, next day, near enough.
36:08A different bloke runs up and tries to punch him, misses, and then Mr Bevan said that he started crying
36:15and then ran off.
36:17Right.
36:17And then, this morning, a third bloke came out of nowhere, whacks him on the head with a rolled-up
36:24newspaper for no reason, and then just runs off as well.
36:27Oh, that's all very odd.
36:29Well, send someone away now.
36:29Just kids messing about.
36:32I think I found your poor mecca.
36:37Yeah, he arrived two nights ago.
36:40I said he was here on business.
36:42Kept himself to himself.
36:49Would you know him if you saw him again?
36:52No doubt it.
36:54Don't pay much attention to overnighters.
36:57Can I ask how he paid?
37:00Er, cash.
37:01Cash.
37:04Has anyone else stayed in this room?
37:06No.
37:08Er, 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.
37:40Let'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.
38:07Nearly done.
38:08Boy, your age should be rushing home, getting ready to go out.
38:12Haven't you got a date or anything?
38:14Nah, 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 keeps sending me photos of her lasagna.
38:31Well, don't be long.
38:34I won't.
38:48Hi.
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?
39:09Well, we've got a good suspect.
39:12A disgruntled fan who's sending threatening messages and we can place them at the seams, so...
39:17I'm sorry.
39:19I know you liked him.
39:20I did, yeah.
39:23But it's not that.
39:27I got called into the hub.
39:30Oh.
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.
40:21Maybe months.
40:23And, although we can stay at Mum's again, I was thinking that maybe it was time to move
40:31on.
40:32And went back to our original plan when we first moved down.
40:36And...
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.
41:10See you Friday.
41:19Ha!
41:20Oh!
41:21You're in early.
41:22What's up with you?
41:23Weren't you, Ben?
41:23You're in the bed?
41:24No.
41:26So, I had a brainwave.
41:28Oh.
41:29I was sitting in the bath, listening to Billie Eilish.
41:32When I realised that all those things that happened to Mr. Bevan, outside the bookmakers,
41:39all happened at the same time.
41:42Between five to nine and ten past nine.
41:45Three days in a row.
41:47So, what if they're there again today?
41:49I can get there first and wait for them to show up.
41:52So, what's Billie Eilish got to do with it?
41:56Oh, nothing.
41:57I just like her.
42:16The fan club hasn't got a poor mecca listed.
42:20I'm still waiting on hospital reports.
42:22Okay.
42:24That's sad.
42:25What is?
42:26It's an interview with Kenneth Linder.
42:29They asked him where the title of his book came from.
42:31When his wife was dying, she made him promise to look after their daughter, Helen.
42:36He said to her that he would.
42:38To his final breath.
42:41I 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.
43:06Oi!
43:08Stop!
43:10Oi!
43:11Stop!
43:18Go get him, Kelly!
43:23I'm breaking rocks in a hot sun.
43:27I fought for law and I'm the law one.
43:30I fought for law and I'm the law one.
43:33I needed money gone.
43:35I had none.
43:36I fought for law and I'm the law one.
43:40I fought for law and I'm the law one.
43:42I left my baby and I'm the law one.
43:45I left my baby and it feels so bad.
43:46I can't smile racism.
43:49She's the best girl that I've ever had.
43:52I fought for law and I'm the law one.
43:55I fought for law and I'm the law one.
44:13If we shoot, please stop me!
44:27There's nowhere to go!
44:33Shit! Come here!
44:36Hey!
44:38Not going yet!
44:49You lived here as a teenager, didn't you?
44:52Yes, I did.
44:52Didn't you find it weird?
44:54Seeing the same people every day and them always looking the same?
45:00Kelby!
45:02Hello, um, can I use your bathroom, please?
45:11No, neither can we all have time.
45:13Kelby?
45:14Kelby?
45:15Mum's washing my uniform.
45:17I was chasing one of the kids that assaulted Mr Bevan.
45:21Caught 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.
45:28Well done, Kelby.
45:29So, what was it all about?
45:32Okay, so, Mr Bevan keeps the cash from the tills and the slot machines in a safe overnight, then banks
45:39it the same time every morning.
45:42They 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 and 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.
46:45It 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 poor Mecca?
47:04Err, yes. Hang on.
47:07Ooh.
47:08They're talking about us.
47:09Shifton Abbott Police have no comment on the theories that the author was murdered in the same way as the
47:14victims in his latest thriller.
47:16The new book is flying off the shelves, with fans saying his death is something he could have written himself.
47:22Yes and good!
47:34Oh, that's exactly what it is.
47:39The final bread.
47:42Kim.
47:44But why poor Mecca?
47:46I'm...
47:47Who is he?
47:49An accomplice part?
47:51He...
48:04Oh, that's very clever.
48:06Do you know what happened?
48:10I think I do.
48:12So 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 poor Mecca, the jacket he just happened to
48:31leave behind, all very convenient and easy to find, all ultimately leading nowhere.
48:39Why?
48:41Because they weren't clues at all.
48:44They were simply the pen strokes of a master storyteller.
48:48Kenneth Ender's books were no longer attracting the following they once did, and facing financial ruin, he was then very
49:01literally dealt a killer blow.
49:05No.
49:06He was dying.
49:08But his thoughts were not for himself.
49:10They were for his daughter, Helen.
49:12Having kept his financial woes from her, he knew that when he was gone, she'd be left with nothing.
49:18So I think, when he was told he was dying, he concocted a plan.
49:23First, he had to get a publishing deal.
49:26He did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy, The Bathtub Murders.
49:33But, more importantly, I 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 by murdering himself.
49:58Knowing he only had weeks, perhaps days left to live, Kenneth Linda said goodbye to his daughter.
50:05But as he wasn't insured, he 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.
50:15One. At least.
50:17I love you.
50:19Love you too.
50:20To fulfill the promise he made to her mother, all those years ago.
50:27I doubt that any right-minded person would consider such a thing.
50:31But 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.
50:51And the button.
50:58And then, with everything in place, he carried out his plan.
51:09A 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 and to get caught on the doorbell camera.
51:22Allowing us to see the supposed limp he'd orchestrated in the flower bed to 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, Kelby.
51:41I think he did.
51:43As news spread of the fictional matter that became real life, he ensured that his new book became a bestseller.
51:53Remember the words that he spoke to his dying wife all those years ago when she begged him to look
51:58after their daughter?
51:59That he'd look after her until his...
52:03Final breath.
52:05And that's exactly what he did.
52:08So 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, the limp was clearly on his right leg.
52:29Any other thing?
52:30Or the hubris?
52:31Yeah.
52:49It's an anagram.
52:51Paul Mecker.
52:53Mayor.
52:55Culpa.
52:56Latin.
52:58An admission of guilt.
53:00Quite literally.
53:01It was me who did it.
53:16Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
53:19We thought you'd want to know.
53:21Oh, I doubt it's much comfort.
53:23No.
53:24None at all, to be honest.
53:27The truth is, I'd swap every penny of the fortune he worked so hard to leave me for one more
53:34day with him.
53:45Yeah.
53:45Yeah.
53:46Well, lots of, you know, like, filing and stuff.
53:48Here we go.
53:49Don't think I forgot anything.
53:51Oh, dear girl.
53:52Well, don't kill me.
53:53Want some good news?
53:54Yes.
53:55Always.
53:56Kenneth Linda's publisher, Anthony Westley, just got sacked.
54:01Why?
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.
54:09It's a bestseller.
54:10Losing all that money, you must have a nasty rash.
54:15Well, I think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that her daughter lost her father, but, er, well done
54:22everyone.
54:23And well done you.
54:24To our amazing inspector, Martha, who saved him from a watery grave.
54:31Our 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.
54:59So 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.
55:16Oh!
55:17This way.
55:17And, er, there's the step.
55:20OK.
55:21Yep.
55:22Do we have a key?
55:23Don't need one.
55:24There's no front door.
55:27Up, up, up.
55:28Yeah.
55:30Oh, sorry.
55:34Oh, seriously.
55:36Oh, what's that smell?
55:38Well, let's not ask.
55:40Right, Martha.
55:42OK.
55:46Are you ready?
55:47I am not sure.
55:49Open your eyes.
55:54I get 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.
56:03I'm feeling with me, with you, as a-
56:05Oh!
56:06Oh!
56:07Oh!
56:11Isn't it amazing?
56:13Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
56:16You'll always be my home.
56:19Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh.
56:25Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.
56:26Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.
56:27You'll always be my home.
56:37Two crimes, two attempts to undo those crimes.
56:40I am not mad.
56:42You think someone trashed the place, then immediately put everything back.
56:46Mr. Smith is still hounding me for a decision on who I'm going to let go.
56:51Oh my God, ma'am, 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 mom.
56:59Remember, you are enough.
57:02I've definitely had enough.
57:03Know that much.
57:04It came this morning.
57:09A mythical beast lurking offshore next tonight on BBC One.
57:14The series finale of Death in Paradise coming up.
57:17And it was ahead of its time.
57:19The cult classic turns 30.
57:21Who can forget this life?
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