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00:15Ladies and gentlemen, we have one more award for the Critics' Choice for Best Romantic Mystery.
00:22Now, this is the 20th win for this exceptional novelist,
00:26which is why we're here in her hometown of Founders Cove.
00:30Meet the author of the latest Selina St. Cloud mystery, Love is Murder, Alison Chandler.
00:38Yes!
00:39Wow.
00:49Thank you. Oh, my. Okay, thank you.
00:56Whoa, 20 years, huh? We have to stop meeting like this.
01:01I don't think that there's really much left to say that hasn't already been said, except for the fact that
01:08I am in amazing company.
01:10I mean, Margaret Sterling, the winner of the Agatha's Choice Award.
01:15Lee Granway, my good, good friend, best mystery thriller.
01:20And Nikki Weston. Where are you, Nikki? Best newcomer.
01:26And on behalf of Selina St. Cloud, thank you so much to our loyal readers, the Cloudies, and Nash Gilbert,
01:35my wonderful friend.
01:37So thank you so, so much.
01:42Thanks.
01:44Okay, everyone, that does it for this year's awards.
01:47Do not forget about the book signing in the clubhouse after lunch.
01:51And the taste of Founders Cove, where you can get a taste of Founders Chowder.
01:55We've been serving up seafood for more than half a century, so you know it's good.
01:59Thanks, Howard.
02:04The last 20 years.
02:07And the next 20.
02:08Mm.
02:10Speaking of, Selina St. Cloud has had a brilliant career, hasn't she?
02:15But maybe it's time to give the old gal a rest.
02:18I don't know if you've been listening, but the old gal just won another major award and has made everyone
02:23a shit-ton of money.
02:24And everyone at Brenner Publishing is eternally grateful.
02:27I'm grateful.
02:28Believe me.
02:29But as your agent, if you want me to get you another contract with the same six-figure advance, well,
02:35you need to broaden your appeal.
02:38I'm appealing just as I am.
02:39Of course you are.
02:40Of course you are.
02:41But look around you, Ali.
02:42The convention is bigger and younger than ever this year.
02:45And unfortunately, your bloody sales have flatlined.
02:49Look, people under 40, they're not interested in romance.
02:52They, they...
02:53Oh, please.
02:53People under 40 don't know what they want.
02:56Here we go.
02:56Thank you very much.
03:00But the studios do.
03:02Which is why, unfortunately, your million-dollar movie deal just fell apart.
03:06I'm sorry.
03:07Steve M. from the studio, he said they're not interested in another menopausal mystery.
03:12Fine.
03:13Report him to HR and bring the movie somewhere else.
03:27There you go.
03:28Thank you so much.
03:29Next.
03:30It's an honor to meet you, Miss Chandler.
03:32Oh, that's so sweet of you, person under 40.
03:35True Confesh, your books actually inspired me to start my True Crime podcast.
03:39I'm the one who broke the case.
03:40I'm the Staten Island Slayer.
03:41Oh.
03:41I don't have an app for podcasts.
03:43It's actually built into your phone.
03:44Oh, but what is that?
03:46Is that a Blackberry or pager?
03:48Uh, okay.
03:49What did you say your name was?
03:50It's Andrea Walker, Andy for short.
03:53But can you make it out to Grammy?
03:54My grandma loves your books.
03:57Uh, Andrea Walker, you were on the Today Show.
04:00I think that you said my Selina St. Cloud books were inaccurate and unbelievable.
04:09Don't get me wrong.
04:10I think that there is space in the zeitgeist for escapist, boomer fiction.
04:15You just can't exactly have tea and crumpets with a corpse next to you on the floor.
04:18Every sphincter opens.
04:20Okay.
04:22There you go.
04:23Hand up between us writers.
04:25Confesh isn't a word.
04:27Make the extra effort.
04:28Thanks for the tip.
04:30By the way, is there anywhere around here I can get some aspirin?
04:32I think I'm getting a headache from all the knowledge you're imparting.
04:35There's a gift shop in the lobby.
04:37It's closed for remodeling.
04:38Adulting is hard.
04:39Next!
04:57Excuse me.
04:58Aren't you the legendary Alison Chandler?
05:01I don't know about legendary.
05:03Hey, I saw you and Nash at lunch.
05:04Is everything okay?
05:05Nash loves giving notes of my books even after they're published.
05:08Oh.
05:08Say, do you want to join me for dinner?
05:10I was headed over to the Muddy Duck.
05:11You know, I've got a seminar tonight.
05:13I think I'm just going to unwind a little bit.
05:14Understood.
05:15See you tomorrow.
05:16Bye.
05:22A whiskey meat with a whiskey chaser, please.
05:31How's your headache?
05:33Better.
05:35I'm about to get worse.
05:36Don't worry.
05:38I won't bother you.
05:40I honestly didn't mean to insult you.
05:43Apology accepted.
05:48Aren't you going to apologize to me?
05:50Alison Chandler never apologizes.
05:53That is not true.
05:56And you're interrupting.
05:57Oh, I'm sure your fangirl won't mind.
06:00Uh, please, actually.
06:02I was just leaving.
06:03I have a Zoom with my advertisers in ten, and they're talking vague numbers.
06:08Well, they'll let us keep you.
06:13You didn't have to chase her away.
06:15But I wanted you all to myself.
06:17Oh, sweetie, you have had way too much to drink.
06:19Maybe you haven't had enough.
06:21I've got a bottle of Dom upstairs, and I'm having trouble popping that cock.
06:25Has that line ever worked?
06:27Well, there's always someone who craves a little bangers and gnash.
06:31Did I tell you I bought a little place on the other side of the lake?
06:35Near the old mill.
06:3633 Sandalwood Lane.
06:38You're not listening, are you?
06:41Of course I am listening.
06:42Mm-hmm.
06:43Tell me what's bothering you.
06:47Do you think my books are outdated?
06:51You know, I tell you the truth, Alison.
06:54Then I've always believed in your talent.
06:55You have so damned much of it.
06:57I secretly hoped you'd base a character on me.
07:01Someday.
07:02But we both know you can do better than this last effort.
07:06Okay.
07:07Not what I wanted to hear.
07:09No, maybe not.
07:10But maybe what I needed to hear.
07:14Now that that's out of the way, shall we talk about what I need?
07:16Oh.
07:17I've gotta go.
07:18I've got a seminar.
07:19Well, why don't you pop around a new place after all this is over?
07:22The key's under the mat.
07:24Good to know.
07:27Uh...
07:44I just love your new book.
07:47Oh, thank you.
07:49Hey, over here.
07:51Get out!
07:54Get out!
07:55Oh my god!
07:56Yeah!
07:57Go for this!
07:58Oh my god!
07:58He's not trying to...
07:59Ok guys!
08:00One, one!
08:01Nice one!
08:02Keep up!
08:03Get out!
08:06Good to know.
08:07What?
08:08Nice one!
08:12Oh.
08:13Oh.
08:13Oh.
08:14Oh.
08:14Oh.
08:15Oh.
08:15Oh.
08:16Oh.
08:16Oh.
08:20You're right.
08:22Oh.
08:36Noah.
08:38Let me drop it.
08:40Miss Chandler?
08:41Where's your boss?
08:43Detective Rossi got promoted two weeks ago.
08:45He's division chief now.
08:46Who took his place?
08:47Jack Kerrigan, out of Baltimore.
08:49He's upstairs, but I can't take you up there.
08:54Detective Kerrigan, I have a witness who wants to speak to you.
08:57Santiago, we're taking statements downstairs.
08:59Allison Chandler, I'm a friend of the deceased.
09:01Yeah, we're taking statements downstairs.
09:03Miss Chandler is our honorary mayor and famous author.
09:06She wrote the Selena St. Cloud Mysteries.
09:08Oh.
09:09Oh.
09:10Never heard of them.
09:12Chief Rossi is a big fan.
09:13I don't mean to be rude.
09:14You cannot be here.
09:15This is a police investigation.
09:16A man committed suicide.
09:17Suicide?
09:18No.
09:18Nash Gilbert would have never committed suicide.
09:22You knew the victim?
09:2320 years.
09:24We had a drink a couple of hours ago.
09:26We talked.
09:27He propositioned me.
09:29Propositioned you?
09:30Turned him down?
09:31I always turned him down.
09:32It never bothered him.
09:34Yeah, well, something bothered him.
09:35He left a suicide note on that laptop.
09:40To die, to sleep.
09:44To sleep perchance to dream for in that sleep of death.
09:48Thank you very much.
09:48Okay, like I said, an officer will take your statement downstairs.
09:51Doors over there.
09:52Thanks for your help.
09:56You know, I've written you lots of times.
10:00Well, what does that mean?
10:02He was a big city cop from the wrong side of the tracks who just a fortnight before traded
10:06in the chaos of the metropolis for small-town quiet, hoping that the distance would wash away
10:12the memories of a divorce that never really ended.
10:17What makes you think any of that is true?
10:21Well, first of all, I know that you just got here because you are staying in a hotel, but
10:26it is not the resort because you smell like the pine body wash from one of the budget motels
10:31on the beach.
10:33That tells me that you don't like wasting money, which is further confirmed by your wardrobe,
10:38which is clearly not new.
10:39So, I'm guessing that the choices are deliberately noir, hence the whole Sam Spade, tough guy thing.
10:47The part about the messy divorce is a guess, but I bet I'm right.
10:54Door's still over there.
11:02So, that's the light.
11:03Great.
11:03Thanks for filling me in.
11:04Thanks for the latte.
11:06I'll, uh, give you a call if anything else comes up.
11:08You're the best, Noah.
11:10What are you doing?
11:11I'm getting interviews for my story on Nash Gilbert.
11:14So, you are here to exploit my friend's death.
11:17You're just jealous because I know how to get people to talk to me.
11:21Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do.
11:35So, I am very good at talking to people, which is why I know that Nash's death was not a
11:39suicide, because he never would have quoted Shakespeare in a suicide note.
11:42He thought Shakespeare was an overrated hack in tights, and he just bought a vacation home
11:46near the old mill on the other side of the lake, which a person doesn't do if they're
11:49going to do a swan dive off a balcony.
11:57You're right, and you're wrong.
11:59I am not wrong.
12:02Nash's death was murder not because of your whack theories, but because there's actual
12:06forensic evidence that someone was in the room with him when he went off that balcony.
12:11Like what?
12:12First, the doors on all the guest rooms have electronic locks.
12:17Security told me that Nash's door was unlocked from the inside five minutes after his death.
12:21Second, there was a scuff on the base of the land consistent with his struggle.
12:25And third, there were drag marks on the carpet indicating that someone dragged Nash to that
12:29balcony.
12:30Trust me.
12:31As soon as security tells the cops about the locks, they'll pivot from suicide to murder.
12:37Well, even if that is true, you are still exploiting someone's death by writing some dime store
12:43novel version of it for the internet.
12:46But that was a dime store.
12:57He was a friend and a mentor, and he will be missed by everyone.
13:07Sounded like an Insta quote to me.
13:11I'm grieving the loss of a friend, a good friend I cared for.
13:16I'm going to find out what happened, and you better not get in my way.
13:21Allison Chandler.
13:22Reed Sterling, come here.
13:25I didn't think you were going to make it this year.
13:27I got a call from my mother.
13:29Poor Margot was going apoplectic over Nash Calvert, so I jumped on a standby flight, and
13:34here I am.
13:35Who's Margot?
13:37Margaret Sterling, the novelist.
13:39Sorry, you're...
13:40The person who's just leaving.
13:42Nice to meet you.
13:46How you holding up?
13:47I am sick of talking about me.
13:49I want to hear about your new girlfriend.
13:52Ooh, how do you know I have a new girlfriend?
13:54Well, I saw the ring on your finger.
13:57It's not a wedding band, but a promise ring, perhaps?
14:00Well, you know, I just thought it was finally time to take the plunge, you know?
14:02Settle down, my business is going well.
14:04It's now or never kind of thing.
14:06Reed, I am so happy for you.
14:08Well, the problem is, is that I just can't seem to get over my crush on you.
14:13And I was thinking...
14:16You okay?
14:17Yeah, there's just a guy over there who's trying really hard not to be noticed.
14:20I don't see anybody.
14:23It's nothing.
14:25Look, I gotta go, and you should check in.
14:28Already done.
14:30Room 437.
14:31It's so good to see you.
14:33Catch you later, I'll be good.
14:34Okay.
14:56Where's the key?
15:18What are you doing here?
15:21You said that Nash just bought a vacation house on the other side of the lake.
15:24So, I gave my chatbot the search parameters, and here we are.
15:28Chatbot?
15:29AI.
15:29It's a brave new world.
15:30I better be nicer to my toaster.
15:32Speaking of tech, what's the deal with the security cameras at the resort?
15:36It's a privacy thing, according to town council.
15:39So, if people have them, they just don't work.
15:41Right, because that's considered what?
15:45Witchcraft?
15:45Oh, laugh it up.
15:46They burned women at the stake here in 1691.
15:49Pretty sure that it was Salem in 1692.
15:51Where do you think they got the idea?
15:54Good luck with your investigation.
15:56Oh, I solved mysteries for a living.
15:59I think I'm good to go.
16:00But are you, though?
16:01Because you make up evidence, and this is legit.
16:05Anyway, better go put this key back under the mat where it belongs.
16:08Oh, I know what you're doing.
16:10Yeah, you're trying to get it in my head.
16:11But guess what?
16:12It's not going to work, because I'm canceling you.
16:15Isn't that what people from your generation do to people who annoy them?
16:20They cancel them, and you are canceled.
16:24I can't even.
16:26That's not a sentence!
16:52I don't know what you're doing, but I don't know what you're doing, but I don't know what you're doing.
17:33I don't know what you're doing, but I don't know what you're doing.
17:37Hey, Ronald?
17:38Have you, uh, seen Nicky?
17:40Nicky?
17:41Yeah, I saw her heading over to the park.
17:43There's that Taste of Founders Cove thing going on.
17:46Where are you?
17:47Oh, you're, uh, you're, you're breaking up.
17:50Uh, I don't see.
17:53Hello?
17:56Hello?
18:22Hey, stop!
18:35Well, there she is, Alison Chandler, always making a splash.
18:40Who the hell are you, and why are you following Nikki Weston?
18:44Tate Mulaney, I'm Nikki's boyfriend.
18:46Actually, he's her ex-boyfriend.
18:48How the hell do you know that?
18:51Tate, I have told you a million times, okay?
18:54I've moved on.
18:55You need to leave.
18:57Okay.
18:58I'm sorry.
18:59I just wanted to talk to you.
19:01I'll go.
19:03I hate to be mean, and Tate is such a great guy.
19:06It's just...
19:08I found someone else.
19:10He just won't let go.
19:12It must be awful to lose your stepfather on top of all this.
19:18You know he was my stepfather?
19:19Well, I know...
19:20There was a photo of you in Nash's house with an inscription on the back.
19:24Things were complicated.
19:26Is that why you went to see him when you got here?
19:28I never said I saw him.
19:30There were blue fibers on the armchair in Nash's study, and they perfectly matched the tassels on your bag.
19:39Is there somewhere you and I can talk?
19:41Just the two of us?
19:44Absolutely.
19:49Nash and my mom got married when I was five.
19:51He ignored me until three years ago, when she died.
19:56And that's when things got complicated.
19:58My mother came from old money.
20:01She left me millions, but Nash controlled the trust.
20:04So you went to see him when you got here to talk about it?
20:07He told me that everything's been invested.
20:09But the only thing he ever invested in was a vacation house for himself.
20:13So I still haven't gotten a penny, and now I have to pay for my own wedding.
20:18It's none of my business, but you and Tate just broke up.
20:21And now you're marrying someone you just met?
20:24We've actually known each other for a while.
20:27Um, we went to see a play together before I flew up here.
20:31And he drove me home afterwards and proposed.
20:34I had really hoped that Nash would understand that now we needed the money to start our new lives.
20:41But he didn't care.
20:44And then I got mad at him.
20:47And now he's dead.
20:49It's gonna be okay.
20:52Ash is the one who got me my first job.
20:54I was ghostwriting this book for someone that he knew.
20:57And it's not like I even ever got any credit for it because the author was totally paranoid about being
21:01found out.
21:03But still, if it wasn't for that first gig, I might never have had the confidence to write at all.
21:10Nikki, I need you to really think about who could have hated your stepfather enough to kill him.
21:18I don't know.
21:19Um, maybe talk to Lee Granway?
21:22Lee?
21:23Yeah, they used to yell at each other all the time when I was a kid.
21:26And I heard that they got into a fight yesterday.
21:32Hey!
21:33Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
21:36My lips are sealed this time.
21:38You are not gonna bamboozle me into telling you anything about Nikki.
21:42Like the fact that Nash got her a ghostwriting job or that she just inherited a boatload of dough?
21:47How do you know that?
21:49Tate Mullaney was wearing a hoodie that said Iron Robot on the back.
21:52It's a 90s alternative rock band.
21:54So I asked around and the only place in Founders Cove that plays 90s alt rock is the Roundhouse.
21:59It's a dive bar next to the movie theater.
22:01So I went there, bought him a drink, and he spilled the tea.
22:04I could never do that.
22:06Well, Nikki wouldn't talk to me, but she talked to you.
22:11Do you want to grab a coffee?
22:12As long as you're buying.
22:14Hi.
22:15Could I have a venti oat milk caramel macchiato, please?
22:19But could you put it in a recyclable grande cup?
22:21And also with a half mump of vanilla and chocolate drizzle, but only at the bottom.
22:24And can you also steam the oat milk, but don't make it too hot.
22:26Thanks.
22:27That was longer than my third marriage.
22:29There's nothing wrong with wanting things the way you want them.
22:31I couldn't agree more.
22:32I'd like one large black coffee, please.
22:35Is that the best you got?
22:36I like keeping things simple.
22:37Which is why you've been married how many times?
22:40Oh, sassy.
22:42Sassy?
22:43Who even uses that word?
22:46I bet your mother used it.
22:48A lot.
22:49My mother disappeared when I was ten.
22:52And before you start in on how I'm drawn to solving mysteries because of her, I have tried to find
22:56her.
22:56But I can't.
22:57At least not yet.
22:58So, I'd much rather talk about coffee.
23:04What I wanted to say is that I'm impressed with you.
23:08You got in and out of that hotel room before Kerrigan even knew you were there.
23:12I got kicked out.
23:13Well, it's because you're famous and people notice you.
23:15Well, aren't you an internet celebrity person?
23:17Yeah, I was for like a hot second, but truth is all that stuff about advertisers with big dollars was
23:23total bullshit.
23:23What happened?
23:25When I was in college, I wrote a story on the Staten Island Slayer.
23:29And someone said that I could make a whole bunch of money if I turned it into a podcast.
23:33So I did.
23:33And it went viral.
23:34And I started making bucket loads of money.
23:37And it was all awesome until my manager stole literally everything from me.
23:42Including the rights to my name, The Andy Walker True Crime Show.
23:45Didn't you read your contract?
23:46Of course I read my contract.
23:47I just didn't understand it.
23:50Anyway, I went back to writing.
23:51Which is what I've always wanted to do in the first place.
23:54That's why I came to this convention.
23:55To try and find a book agent.
23:56But everyone said no.
23:58Because they think my podcast is shit.
24:00And it is shit.
24:01But it's not my podcast.
24:02So now you know how deeply ironic and desperate my life is.
24:05Oh, well, thank you.
24:07Please.
24:07You want ironic and desperate.
24:09After I win yet another award,
24:11my publisher wants to retire Selina St. Cloud.
24:15Because young readers like all that friends and crap that you're so good at.
24:19Okay, wait a sec.
24:22I have an idea.
24:23And just think about it.
24:25What if you and I write the book about Nash together?
24:30What?
24:30No.
24:31God, no way.
24:31But just think about it for a second.
24:32We have very different skill sets.
24:34Ugh.
24:36All right.
24:37It is funny.
24:38Because Nash did say he wants to retire.
24:41He wanted me to write about him someday.
24:44Okay, for the sake of discussion,
24:46if we were to give it a try,
24:48you would have to relocate to Founders Cove.
24:50Because I don't do the Zooms.
24:51Roger that, partner.
24:52I don't have a life, so moving wouldn't be a problem.
24:54Partner?
24:54No, not partner.
24:56Assistant.
24:56You've never even written a book before.
24:58But you just said Selina St. Cloud got the boot.
25:00You just said your podcast went to shit.
25:02You know what? We're done here.
25:03Oh, yeah, we are done.
25:04We're hella done.
25:04Yeah, that's right.
25:05I know how to use the Urban Dictionary.
25:06Then you should know it's not the Zooms.
25:08It's just Zoom.
25:09I'm canceling you again.
25:17Would you stop following me?
25:19I'm not following you.
25:34Hey, I'll go ahead. I'll go ahead.
25:36Hey, are you two okay?
25:38Yeah.
25:38Yeah.
25:39Yeah? Okay.
25:40Did either of you get a good look at the driver?
25:42No. The windows were tinted,
25:44but it was a black SUV. No plates.
25:45Okay.
25:46Do either of you have anyone
25:47that would have any reason to one hurt you?
25:48No.
25:50Well, maybe.
25:50I mean, we've been asking people about Nash's murder.
25:53Did I not tell you to stay away from the investigation?
25:55Well, you didn't tell me
25:56that I couldn't ask people questions.
25:58I have a constitutional right
26:00to ask questions of anyone I want to ask questions of,
26:02which is a run-on sentence
26:04with a double negative ending and a preposition,
26:07but I'm angry, so just deal with it.
26:10Put on a bolo on a black SUV. No tags.
26:13Also, have patrol check the woods off the interstate.
26:15People are always getting rid of interesting things up there.
26:17Like what?
26:18I'll leave that to your vivid imagination.
26:20Huh.
26:23I'm no expert on reading people,
26:25but I'm loving this Enemies to Lovers arc for you, too.
26:29You must have hit your head.
26:40Ally, I thought you had a seminar this morning.
26:42Uh, well, we, uh, we finished early,
26:44so I thought I'd work on my swing.
26:50Whoa!
26:53Need a little more practice.
26:54I learned a long time ago not to underestimate you.
26:57Nash used to say that.
26:59It's so strange that he is gone.
27:01Yeah, even stranger the police think it's murder,
27:03not suicide.
27:04I heard.
27:05I also heard that yesterday wasn't the first time
27:07that you and Nash blew up at each other.
27:11You've been talking to Nikki.
27:13Did she tell you what the arguments were about?
27:15I'm guessing they had something to do with the ledger
27:17that Nash had under his desk.
27:23You know, when you and I first started,
27:25we lived and died by the reviews of three or four major critics.
27:28So when I heard Nash Gilbert's opinion was for sale,
27:31I signed up.
27:33I paid the bastard for five years.
27:35Why'd you stop?
27:37Oh, critics lost their clout
27:39because of all the self-appointed reviewers online.
27:41Hmm.
27:43I saw Nash the day before he died.
27:45He tried blackmailing me again.
27:47He wasn't happy when I said no.
27:49So you didn't start paying him again?
27:51If there's another set of numbers in that ledger,
27:53Nash was scamming someone else.
27:55And before you ask about an alibi,
27:56I was at the muddy duck till midnight
27:58the night of the murder.
27:59The police are gonna want you to prove that.
28:01Well, I can.
28:05Nash went off the balcony at 11.30 p.m.
28:07I was still at the bar at 11.53.
28:09See for yourself.
28:10Right under the picture.
28:17Miss Chandler.
28:22Look, I know you think that I'm an arrogant little shit,
28:24but I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry
28:27for the way that things ended yesterday.
28:29I sincerely doubt that.
28:30Okay.
28:31Yes, I have said some mean things about your work,
28:34but the reality is...
28:38you're a best-selling author,
28:39to be your assistant and learn from someone like you
28:42is the chance of a lifetime,
28:43so...
28:44if the job offer is still available...
28:47Absolutely not.
28:50Yeah.
28:51Someone tried to kill us.
28:54And if they succeed,
28:56we will be equally dead.
29:00We're equal partners or not partners at all.
29:04Does this mean we share a byline?
29:06Yes.
29:08But you're on probation.
29:10It wouldn't be the first time.
29:11Why am I not surprised?
29:12Okay, so I spoke to Noah,
29:13and they found the SUV.
29:14It was reported stolen three hours
29:16before it nearly ran us over.
29:18Any prints?
29:18No, it was wiped clean,
29:20but they did find a partial under the steering wheel,
29:22so they're working on a match.
29:23Well, I spoke to Lee,
29:24and he's got an alibi for the night of the murder.
29:28Yeah, so does Nikki.
29:29One of her fans said that she was rehearsing a TikTok video
29:32when Nash did his swan dive.
29:33So we're nowhere unless we find more evidence.
29:36Did Nash have a car here?
29:39It's okay.
29:39Yeah.
29:40Yeah.
29:41Oh, boy.
29:43Ladies, how can I help?
29:45We were working on a novel on Nash Gilbert,
29:46and we thought we'd come check out his car.
29:48Oh, maybe she'll write about something else.
29:49Like an annoying cop with a big ego
29:52and a small jurisdiction.
29:55Hey, you missed something.
29:57What's that?
29:59What's it?
29:59Oh, makeup case with the letters AC on it.
30:04Oh, that's where that went.
30:07It's been missing for years.
30:09I had a new one made. You can keep it.
30:11Okay. Oh, that's... that's interesting.
30:14Really?
30:15A condom that's old enough to be on Medicare is interesting?
30:18You know what's interesting?
30:19The fact that your fingerprints are all over Nash Gilbert's study.
30:22You didn't wear gloves?
30:23You did.
30:23Have you ever watched Law & Order?
30:25Okay.
30:25Do you have someone who can vouch for your whereabouts
30:27at the time of the incident?
30:28I had just finished a panel.
30:29I was talking to someone.
30:30Does someone have a name?
30:31What are you?
30:32The Alibi Police?
30:34That's literally who he is.
30:35That's exactly who I am.
30:36Okay.
30:36Well, what are you gonna do now?
30:37Arrest me?
30:38No, I'm not...
30:38I'm not gonna arrest you.
30:40Fine.
30:41Let's go.
30:42Where...
30:42What is happening?
30:43I don't...
30:44Where are you going?
30:45To the station.
30:46What?
30:46Where are your handcuffs?
30:48I'm not gonna handcuff you.
30:49Oh, come on.
30:50Come on.
30:51I've never been handcuffed before.
30:53Well, that's not entirely true.
30:54Look, just...
30:55We may have more questions for you later.
30:58Just don't leave town.
30:59Okay?
30:59I'm not leaving town.
31:00I have a seminar later, and a hair appointment after that,
31:02which I can't miss, because there's a press thing tomorrow.
31:05And as far as what you found in Nash's car...
31:07Yeah, that's right.
31:08Done some stuff with Nash I'm not proud of.
31:10But don't you dare slut-shame me.
31:12Because I know that you've done some skanky things
31:15you're not proud of.
31:16Okay.
31:17I...
31:17This is not about me.
31:18So, you're Miss Chandler's new writing partner?
31:20Yep.
31:21If I can find a place to live, this town is expensive, and I am dead broke, so...
31:26All right.
31:26Come on.
31:27Let's go.
31:27Maybe we can grab a coffee sometime.
31:29No, no, no.
31:30She's gonna be very busy.
31:31It's just a coffee.
31:33Yeah, you haven't heard her order.
31:34Okay.
31:35We can go.
31:36Hey, Miss Chandler, you still have that guest house, right?
31:40What about it?
31:41Well, Andy was saying she's having a hard time finding a place to live, so I thought...
31:44Oh, well, it's being remodeled, and I'd have to get permission from the town council
31:50if someone were gonna live there full-time.
31:52Yeah.
31:52No worries.
31:53I can find a place on my own.
32:06Hey.
32:07Hey, that looks great.
32:09Hasn't anyone told you that it's not ladylike to talk with your mouth full?
32:12Not since the ball at Netherfield.
32:14I can't believe it.
32:15Nikki Weston and Margaret Sterling.
32:17You're both such classic authors, and you have such incredible flair with your characters.
32:23Can I have a picture?
32:24Well, that doesn't look good.
32:29Lee Granway, you're under arrest for the murder of Nash Gilbert.
32:32Wait, wait, wait.
32:32Okay.
32:34Slow down, slow down.
32:35Yesterday, you were going to arrest me, and today, Lee.
32:38By the last time, I wasn't going to arrest you.
32:40Lee was at the muddy dock when Nash got murdered.
32:42He's got a cell phone video to prove it.
32:44Nash Gilbert died at 11.30 PM.
32:46Witnesses have Lee Granway exiting the pub at 10.30 PM.
32:49Well, they're wrong.
32:50Cell phones don't lie.
32:51Yeah.
32:51Sorry to barge in, but if you know how to access the metadata, you can change the date and time
32:55on a cell phone.
32:56There you have it.
32:57Ignore her.
32:58I'm afraid that's precisely what the killer did in Mr. Granway's new novel.
33:01But that doesn't mean that...
33:02She's right, Allie.
33:05When I heard what happened to Nash, I knew I was going to be a suspect, so...
33:10I did what I had to do.
33:13Read him his rights.
33:16Lee Granway, you have the right to remain silent.
33:18I didn't kill anyone.
33:19Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.
33:22You're doing okay?
33:25I'm never wrong about these things.
33:27Allie, you are looking a little pale.
33:29The gift shop in the lobby is open again.
33:31Go get, like, an energy bar or something.
33:33I'll be fine.
33:49Come in.
33:50I hope I'm not, uh, interrupting.
33:54No, uh, no, I was working on the Gilbert case and, like, I guess working on my speech for the
34:00farewell banquet for your convention.
34:02You're the guest speaker.
34:04Yeah.
34:04Ross, you couldn't make it, so you're stuck with me.
34:07What, uh, what can I do for you?
34:10I am told that this is what people do when they want someone to talk to them.
34:15Well, I'm told that people do that when they want to apologize to someone.
34:19Fine.
34:19I got a little overly dramatic yesterday, and I'm sorry.
34:24So, donuts?
34:27Yeah.
34:28Yes, please.
34:32What I also wanted to say is that I've known Lee Granway for decades.
34:37We went to college together.
34:39He's a close friend.
34:41Nothing romantic, though, but close.
34:44But just not in a romantic way.
34:46Okay, so just a close, non-romantic friend who falsified evidence.
34:50What was he supposed to do?
34:51He knew you were gonna ask for an alibi.
34:52Yep.
34:53So it's my fault that your boyfriend lied to the authorities?
34:55First, he is not my boyfriend.
34:57Second, he did not kill Nash.
34:59The lab confirmed he falsified the metadata on his cell.
35:04What he did was self-protective.
35:05It came from a place of fear, not guilt.
35:08Yeah, or maybe your close, non-romantic ex-boyfriend is simply playing you.
35:11You know what?
35:12I came here trying to share some valuable personal insight, and all I've gotten is sarcasm and disrespect.
35:19Sarcasm and disrespect.
35:20Where have I heard?
35:21Oh, isn't that what Selena St. Cloud says to Detective Frank Barra at the end of your first novel?
35:26Oh, I knew you were lying when you said you hadn't heard of my books.
35:29Yeah, because I thought you needed a good taste of humble pie.
35:31Oh, well, you need to go on a diet.
35:54Oh, my God. Did your luggage explode?
35:57Lose the toot, okay? We've got work to do.
36:03This is called an investigation board.
36:06The police use them all the time.
36:07Oh, for God's sake, I know what an investigation board is, okay?
36:10You lose the toot. Go.
36:11Great.
36:12So we've got two suspects.
36:14Lee Granway and Nikki Weston.
36:17Nikki isn't a suspect.
36:18She benefits from Nash's death.
36:19You can't be sympathetic and a suspect at the same time.
36:22It happens all the time in your books.
36:24Not all the time.
36:26Would you please just listen to me?
36:27Nikki has an alibi, and Lee doesn't.
36:30Okay, but that...
36:31Before you interrupt me, it's kind of sus that he forged evidence.
36:34But it doesn't prove that he killed Nash, even though he's been arrested for it.
36:39Maybe I keep going.
36:40Then there's the ledger, which is our key piece of evidence.
36:43It documents that Lee was paying Nash, but there's another set of numbers.
36:47Which could mean there's another suspect out there.
36:51Okay, if you know who it is, spit it out.
36:53This is actually the part where we work together, remember?
36:56You spit some crackpot theory, and I find the evidence.
37:00Well, we didn't need a board for that.
37:02And decides what kind of board is this, huh?
37:04It's a mess.
37:05And you need photos for a real board.
37:09Wait a minute.
37:14Could there be another secret that Nash was hiding?
37:18Like what?
37:19Nash got Nikki a ghostwriting job for no credit.
37:22She said that the author was paranoid that her readers were gonna find out.
37:26Which means Nash could have been blackmailing the author.
37:32How did you figure me out?
37:33There was a fan taking pictures just before Lee got arrested.
37:37And she said that you and Nikki have the same classic style.
37:41It's no wonder they're the same.
37:43Nikki wrote your book as well as her own.
37:45I was terrified that my audience would think I'd lost my touch if they knew I used a ghostwriter.
37:50So Nash threatened to go public, and you paid him to keep it quiet?
37:53I did.
37:55For eight months.
37:56But then I told him I was done.
37:57It's better to live with the consequences than live with a lie.
38:01But please, don't tell Reed.
38:04He, uh, he worries so much about money even though he tells me not to.
38:08But Reed's business is doing great.
38:10No, not as great as he wants you to believe.
38:12He's downtown right now shopping for things he can't afford.
38:17I hate to ask, but...
38:19I was at my screening that night.
38:22Two hundred people saw me.
38:26Now I'm the one getting a headache.
38:29The gift shop in the lobbies reopened.
38:31Maybe an energy bar would help.
38:33Reed said exactly the same thing.
38:35Maybe the two of you need an energy bar.
38:37Wait.
38:38Were those his exact words?
38:40The gift shop reopened?
38:42Why are we talking about the gift shop?
38:43Because explain to me how Reed would know that the gift shop was ever closed
38:47if he didn't get here until after it reopened, which was after Nash died.
38:52Well, he couldn't.
38:53Unless he was here before Nash's death.
38:56What if Reed drove up here from Hartford the day of the murder,
38:59killed Nash, drove back to Hartford overnight,
39:01and then called the flight back up here the next morning?
39:04Do you have a shred of evidence to support anything you just said?
39:07No.
39:07But I bet we can find something in his room.
39:09437.
39:10He told me when he checked in.
39:12And he's downtown shopping.
39:16Okay.
39:17I'll take the dresser.
39:18You take the closet.
39:19Just hurry.
39:20Okay.
39:25I can't believe that Reed could do something like this.
39:32Oh, my God.
39:34Look at this.
39:35What's in the pocket?
39:37A ticket from the Hartford Rep Theater.
39:39Two nights before the murder.
39:41Nikki said she went to go see a play with her new boyfriend
39:43on the Wednesday before she got here.
39:45What if Reed is the new boyfriend?
39:46Reed needed the money.
39:47And he already knew Nikki from the conventions.
39:49And she told him she was inheriting her mom's estate,
39:52so he turned up the charm and got her to dump tape.
39:54But when Nikki told Reed that Nash wouldn't give her a dime,
39:57he drove up here to try and continue.
39:58to convince him.
39:58And then when Nash said no, he pushed him over the balcony.
40:02Look at the play they saw in Hartford.
40:04Hamlet.
40:05That explains the suicide note.
40:07No.
40:08I am calling the police.
40:09Yeah.
40:12I'll take that.
40:17Get in.
40:19Oh, Reed, you don't have to do this.
40:21I said get in.
40:22Well, we can't fit in there.
40:23Do you want me to cut off an arm?
40:25I think we can squeeze.
40:26Hmm?
40:40Don't.
40:41You're okay.
40:42I have a plan.
40:43It better be good.
40:45Okay.
40:46We'll do that.
40:46We'll do that.
40:47We'll do the taillight thing.
40:49What?
40:49What are you talking about?
40:50If you would get your elbow out of my lady parts,
40:53I will show you.
40:55Okay.
40:57One, two, three.
40:59Oh, yes.
41:01Let me get my hand there.
41:04Okay.
41:05Oh, no.
41:06Ah!
41:15Miss Weston, how can I help?
41:17I'm not sure.
41:19Um...
41:19Alison Chandler's not answering her phone, and she just missed a panel.
41:23With everything that's going on, I just...
41:26All right, well, we'll check it out.
41:27Thanks for the heads up.
41:28Hey, Jack.
41:29Yeah?
41:29Lab called.
41:30We got a hit from the print in the SUV.
41:31Talk to me.
41:33Reed Sterling.
41:33He was arrested two years ago for fraud, but the charges didn't stick.
41:36We're bringing him in?
41:37He's not at the hotel, but we just got a call from a motorist on the interstate.
41:40Said she saw a hand waving out of the taillight while the car in front of him.
41:42What?
41:43It's a rental registered two.
41:44Reed Sterling?
41:44I bet he's on his way to where he dropped that SUV.
41:55Faster.
41:56Come on.
42:04Right there.
42:10Dick.
42:12Dick.
42:20It's not how you hold a shovel.
42:22How in God's name do you know how to hold a shovel?
42:25I compost.
42:26A shovel helps you separate the greens from the browns.
42:29Like a lasagna.
42:30Stop talking.
42:31It's really hard.
42:32Okay.
42:33Dear God.
42:34Don't do it.
42:36Okay.
42:36Watch.
42:40See?
42:41Yep.
42:42Doing a great job.
42:43But let's keep in mind that you are not making a lasagna.
42:46You are digging our own graves.
42:48So maybe pump the brakes a little bit.
42:49For God's sake, just shut up and dig!
42:52Okay, you don't have to yell.
42:54Enough.
42:55Enough!
42:56Enough!
42:56Freeze!
42:58Don't move!
42:59I would not do that.
43:06Cuff him.
43:09You have the right to remain silent.
43:11Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.
43:17In conclusion, as the new chief detective of Founders Cove, I'm honored to speak in front
43:21of such an esteemed group of mystery writers.
43:24Solving crimes is both art and science.
43:26We need free thinkers as well as analytical minds that can support theory with fact.
43:31Mystery writers, mystery writers do both.
43:34Some better than others.
43:38So, here's to all of them.
43:40Let's give them a big round of applause.
43:43Yes!
43:47All right, look.
43:48That's the end of our formal program.
43:50But before we enjoy some music, let's all raise a glass in memory of our dear friend,
43:56Nash Gilbert.
43:57Hmm?
44:00Oh!
44:04Dear friend, I guess we shouldn't say anything about the blackmail part.
44:08Not the time or the place.
44:10Agreed.
44:11Hey, Allie.
44:12I just wanted to thank you for everything you've done for us.
44:15Aw, you know I love a good happily ever after.
44:18Hey, Nikki!
44:20Must be hard for Nikki to find out that Reed was the killer.
44:23Well, she seems to have recovered.
44:25True.
44:26So, uh, what did you think of my speech?
44:31Oh, it was pleasant.
44:32Yeah, good.
44:33Good.
44:34I was going for pleasant.
44:36You know, Rossi called and he said he's authorizing you to hire me as a consultant on an as-needed
44:41basis.
44:41Oh, he did, did he?
44:43Okay.
44:43So, please don't hire writers to be consultants.
44:47And you know that.
44:48You know what I think?
44:48I think you just want to spend more time with me.
44:51Maybe I just want to spend more time learning about crime scenes.
44:56Maybe.
44:58I'm going to go apologize to Lee Granway for, uh, you know, wrongfully arresting him.
45:03Yeah, it's usually a good idea.
45:08Boomers are so cute when they flirt.
45:10Okay, first of all, I was not flirting, second of all.
45:12I'm not a boomer.
45:14I'm a Gen Xer.
45:15Right.
45:16The generation that brought us parachute pants.
45:18Yeah, good point.
45:19Orc.
45:19Do not lose this.
45:20I'm not giving you another one.
45:28Well, I need you to change your mind.
45:30We have a book to write.
45:31And I cannot have you straggling in in the middle of the afternoon.
45:35Curfew is at 10 o'clock on weekdays and no ravers.
45:38Okay, the word is ragers.
45:40And I haven't had a curfew since high school.
45:43The town council did not want me to let you rent the place.
45:46They took a boat and clad me for them.
45:49Back in the sea.
45:50Back in the sea.
45:55Back in the sea.
45:55Yeah, it's all right.
45:59Back in the sea.
46:00Back in the sea.
46:12You're a golden statue.
46:16You and me
46:17Forever immortalized
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