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