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00:10Ladies and gentlemen, we have one more award for the Critics' Choice for Best Romantic Mystery.
00:16Now, this is the 20th win for this exceptional novelist, which is why we're here in her hometown of Founders
00:23Cove.
00:23Meet the author of the latest Selina St. Cloud mystery, Love is Murder, Alison Chandler.
00:31Yes!
00:43Oh, my.
00:49Whoa, 20 years, huh?
00:52We have to stop meeting like this.
00:54I don't think that there's really much left to say that hasn't already been said, except for the fact that
01:00I am in amazing company.
01:03I mean, Margaret Sterling, the winner of the Agatha's Choice Award.
01:07Lee Granway, my good, good friend, best mystery thriller.
01:12And Nikki Weston, where are you, Nikki?
01:15Best newcomer.
01:17And on behalf of Selina St. Cloud, thank you so much to our loyal readers, the Cloudies and Nash Gilbert,
01:27my wonderful friend.
01:28And so thank you so, so much.
01:34Okay, everyone, that does it for this year's awards.
01:37Do not forget about the book signing in the clubhouse after lunch.
01:40And the Taste of Founder's Cove, where you can get a taste of Founder's Chowder.
01:45We've been serving up seafood for more than half a century, so you know it's good.
01:49Thanks, have a good time.
01:54To the last 20 years.
01:56And the next 20.
02:00Speaking of, Selina St. Cloud has had a brilliant career, hasn't she?
02:04But maybe it's time to give the old gal a rest.
02:07I don't know if you've been listening, but the old gal just won another major award and has made everyone
02:11a shit ton of money.
02:13And everyone at Brenner Publishing is eternally grateful.
02:16I'm grateful, believe me.
02:18But as your agent, if you want me to get you another contract with the same six-figure advance, well,
02:23you need to broaden your appeal.
02:26I'm appealing just as I am.
02:27Of course you are.
02:28Of course you are.
02:29But look around you, Ali.
02:30The convention is bigger and younger than ever this year.
02:33And fortunately, your bloody sales have flatlined.
02:36And look, people under 40, they're not interested in romance.
02:40Oh, please, people under 40 don't know what they want.
02:43Thank you very much.
02:47But the studios do.
02:49Which is why, unfortunately, your million-dollar movie deal just fell apart.
02:53I'm sorry, Steve M. from the studio.
02:55He said they're not interested in another menopausal mystery.
02:58Fine.
02:59Report him to HR and bring the movie somewhere else.
03:13There you go.
03:14Next.
03:16It's an honor to meet you, Ms. Chandler.
03:17Oh, that's so sweet of you, person under 40.
03:20To confess, your books actually inspired me to start my True Crime podcast.
03:24I'm the one who broke the case on the Staten Island Slayer.
03:26Oh.
03:26I don't have an app for podcasts.
03:28It's actually built into your phone.
03:29Oh, but what is that?
03:30Is that a BlackBerry or Pager?
03:32Pager?
03:33Oh, okay.
03:34What did you say your name was?
03:35It's Andrea Walker.
03:36Andy for short.
03:37But can you make it out to Grammy?
03:39My grandma loves your books.
03:41Uh, Andrea Walker.
03:43You were on the Today Show.
03:44I think that you said my Selina St. Cloud books were inaccurate and unbelievable.
03:53Don't get me wrong.
03:54I think that there is space in the zeitgeist for escapist, boomer, fiction.
03:58You just can't exactly have teen crumpets with a corpse next to you on the floor.
04:02Every sphincter opens.
04:03Okay.
04:05There you go.
04:07Hand out between us writers.
04:08Confesh isn't a word.
04:10Make the extra effort.
04:11Thanks for the tip.
04:12And by the way, is there anywhere around here I can get some aspirin?
04:15I think I'm getting a headache from all the knowledge you're imparting.
04:18There's a gift shop in the lobby.
04:19It's closed for remodeling.
04:20Adulting is hard.
04:21Next!
04:38Excuse me.
04:39Aren't you the legendary Alison Chandler?
04:42I don't know about legendary.
04:44Hey, I saw you and Nash at lunch.
04:45Is everything okay?
04:46Nash loves giving notes of my books even after they're published.
04:49Say, do you want to join me for dinner?
04:50I was headed over to the Muddy Duck.
04:52You know, I've got a seminar tonight.
04:53I think I'm just going to unwind a little bit.
04:55Understood.
04:56See you tomorrow.
04:56Bye.
05:03A whiskey meat with a whiskey chaser, please.
05:11How's your headache?
05:13Better.
05:14I'm about to get worse.
05:16Don't worry.
05:17I won't bother you.
05:19I honestly didn't mean to insult you.
05:22Apology accepted.
05:27Aren't you going to apologize to me?
05:29Alison Chandler never apologizes.
05:32That is not true.
05:34And you're interrupting.
05:35Oh, I'm sure your fangirl won't mind.
05:39Oh, please.
05:40Actually, I was just leaving.
05:41I have a Zoom with my advertisers in ten, and they're talking big numbers.
05:46Well, they'll let us keep you.
05:51You didn't have to chase her away.
05:53But I wanted you all to myself.
05:54Oh, sweetie, you have had way too much to drink.
05:56Maybe you haven't had enough?
05:58I've got a bottle of Dom upstairs, and I'm having trouble popping that cork.
06:03Has that line ever worked?
06:05There's always someone who craves a little bang as a Nash.
06:08Did I tell you I bought a little place on the other side of the lake?
06:11Near the old mill, 33 Sandalwood Lane.
06:14You're not listening, are you?
06:17Of course I am listening.
06:19Tell me what's bothering you.
06:23Do you think my books are outdated?
06:27You know, I tell you the truth, Alison.
06:29Then I've always believed in your talent.
06:31You have so damned much of it.
06:33I secretly hoped you'd base a character on me.
06:36Someday.
06:38But we both know you can do better than this last effort.
06:42Okay.
06:42Not what I wanted to hear.
06:44No, maybe not.
06:45But maybe what I needed to hear.
06:48Now that that's out of the way, shall we talk about what I need?
06:52I've got to go.
06:53I've got a seminar.
06:54Well, why don't you pop around a new place after all this is over?
06:57The key's under the mat.
06:58Good to know.
07:18I just love your new book.
07:20Well, thank you.
07:24Oh, my God!
07:55Noah!
07:57Let me drop it.
08:00Miss Chandler?
08:00Where's your boss?
08:02Detective Rossi got promoted two weeks ago.
08:04He's division chief now.
08:05Who took his place?
08:06Jack Kerrigan, out of Baltimore.
08:08He's upstairs, but I can't take you up there.
08:13Detective Kerrigan, I have a witness who wants to speak to you.
08:15Santiago, we're taking statements downstairs.
08:17Alison Chandler, I'm a friend of the deceased.
08:19Yeah, we're taking statements downstairs.
08:21Miss Chandler is our honorary mayor and famous author.
08:24She wrote the Selina St. Cloud Mysteries.
08:26Oh.
08:27Oh.
08:28Never heard of them.
08:29Chief Rossi is a big fan.
08:31I don't mean to be rude.
08:32You cannot be here.
08:32This is a police investigation.
08:34A man committed suicide.
08:35Suicide?
08:36No.
08:36Nash Gilbert would have never committed suicide.
08:39You knew the victim?
08:4020 years.
08:41We had a drink a couple of hours ago.
08:43We talked.
08:44He propositioned me.
08:46Propositioned you?
08:47Turned him down?
08:48I always turned him down.
08:49It never bothered him.
08:51Yeah, well, something bothered him.
08:52He left the suicide note on that laptop.
08:56To die, to sleep, to sleep perchance, to dream for in that sleep of death.
09:04Thank you very much.
09:05Okay, like I said, an officer will take your statement downstairs.
09:07Doors over there.
09:08Thanks for your help.
09:12You know, I've written you lots of times.
09:16What does that mean?
09:17He was a big city cop from the wrong side of the tracks who just a fortnight before traded
09:21in the chaos of the metropolis for small-town quiet, hoping that the distance would wash
09:26away the memories of a divorce that never really ended.
09:31What makes you think any of that is true?
09:35Well, first of all, I know that you just got here because you are staying in a hotel,
09:40but it is not the resort because you smell like the pine body wash from one of the budget
09:45motels on the beach.
09:47That tells me that you don't like wasting money, which is further confirmed by your wardrobe,
09:51which is clearly not new.
09:53I'm guessing that the choices are deliberately noir, hence the whole Sam Spade tough guy thing.
10:00The part about the messy divorce is a guess, but I bet I'm right.
10:07The door's still over there.
10:14So that's the lady.
10:15Great.
10:16Thanks for filling me in.
10:17Thanks for the latte.
10:18I'll give you a call if anything else comes up.
10:21You're the best, Noah.
10:22What are you doing?
10:24I'm getting interviews for my story on Nash Gilbert.
10:26So you are here to exploit my friend's death?
10:29You're just jealous because I know how to get people to talk to me.
10:32Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do.
10:46I am very good at talking to people, which is why I know that Nash's death was not a suicide,
10:51because he never would have quoted Shakespeare in a suicide note.
10:53He thought Shakespeare was an overrated hack in tights, and he just bought a vacation home
10:56near the old mill on the other side of the lake, which a person doesn't do if they're going to
11:00do
11:00a swan dive off a balcony.
11:07You're right, and you're wrong.
11:09I am not wrong.
11:12Nash's death was murder not because of your whack theories, but because there's actual forensic
11:16evidence that someone was in the room with him when he went off that balcony.
11:20Like what?
11:21First, the doors in all the guest rooms have electronic locks.
11:25Security told me that Nash's door was unlocked from the inside five minutes after his death.
11:30Second, there was a scuff on the base of the land consistent with his struggle.
11:33And third, there were drag marks on the carpet indicating that someone dragged Nash to that
11:38balcony.
11:39Trust me, as soon as security tells the cops about the locks, they'll pivot from suicide
11:43to murder.
11:45Well, even if that is true, you are still exploiting someone's death by writing some dime store
11:51novel version of it for the internet.
11:54But that was a dime store.
11:56Oh.
12:04He was a friend and a mentor, and he will be missed by everyone.
12:13Sounded like an Insta quote to me.
12:18I'm grieving the loss of a friend, a good friend I cared for.
12:22I'm going to find out what happened, and you better not get in my way.
12:26Allison, Gemma.
12:28Reed Sterling, come here.
12:31I didn't think you were going to make it this year.
12:33I got a call from my mother.
12:34Poor Margot was going apoplectic over Nash Calvert, so I jumped on the standby flight, and
12:40here I am.
12:40Who's Marco?
12:42Margaret Sterling, the novelist.
12:44Sorry, you're...
12:45The person I was just sleeping.
12:47Nice to meet you.
12:50How you holding up?
12:51I am sick of talking about me.
12:54I want to hear about your new girlfriend.
12:56Ooh, how do you know I have a new girlfriend?
12:59Well, I saw the ring on your finger.
13:01It's not a wedding band, but a promise ring, perhaps?
13:03Well, you know, I just thought it was finally time to take the plunge, you know, settle down.
13:07My business is going well.
13:08It's an hour and hour kind of thing.
13:10Reed, I am so happy for you.
13:12Well, the problem is, is that I just can't seem to get over my crush on you.
13:17And I was thinking...
13:19You okay?
13:20Yeah, there's just a guy over there who's trying really hard not to be noticed.
13:24I don't see anybody.
13:26It's nothing.
13:28Look, I gotta go, and you should check in.
13:31Already done.
13:32Room 437.
13:34It's so good to see you.
13:36Catch you later, Alicad.
13:37Okay.
13:38Okay.
13:58Where's the key?
14:09Ah!
14:16Ah!
14:19What are you doing here?
14:21You said that Nash just bought a vacation house on the other side of the lake.
14:24So, I gave my chatbot the search parameters, and here we are.
14:28Chatbot?
14:29AI.
14:29It's a brave new world.
14:30I better be nicer to my toaster.
14:32Speaking of tech, what's the deal with the security cameras at the resort?
14:36It's a privacy thing, according to town council.
14:39So, if people have them, they just don't work.
14:41Right.
14:42Because that's considered what?
14:44Witchcraft?
14:44Oh, laugh it up.
14:45They burned women at the stake here in 1691.
14:48Pretty sure that it was Salem in 1692.
14:50Where do you think they got the idea?
14:52Good luck with your investigation.
14:54Oh!
14:55I solved mysteries for a living.
14:57I think I'm good to go.
14:58But are you, though?
14:59Because you make up evidence, and this is legit.
15:03Anyway, better go put this key back under the mat where it belongs.
15:06Oh, I know what you're doing.
15:08Yeah, you're trying to get it in my head.
15:09But guess what?
15:10It's not going to work.
15:11Because I'm canceling you.
15:13Isn't that what people from your generation do to people who annoy them?
15:17They cancel them, and you are cancelled.
15:21I can't even.
15:22That's not a sentence.
15:50That's not a sentence.
15:52I can't even imagine a sentence.
16:02I can't even.
16:03Yes.
16:04Oh, God.
16:06Oh, God.
16:08Oh, God.
16:12Oh, God.
16:13Oh, God.
16:14Oh, God.
16:16Oh, God.
16:31Hey, Ronald, have you seen Nicky?
16:34Yeah, I saw her heading over to the park.
16:36There's that Taste of Founders Cove thing going on.
16:39Where are you?
16:41Oh, you're breaking up.
16:43I don't see it.
16:46Hello?
17:14Hey, stop!
17:26Well, there she is.
17:28Allison Chandler, always making a splash.
17:31Who the hell are you?
17:32And why are you following Nicky Weston?
17:34Tate Mulaney, I'm Nicky's boyfriend.
17:36Actually, he's her ex-boyfriend.
17:39How the hell do you know that?
17:41Tate, I have told you a million times, okay?
17:44I've moved on.
17:45You need to leave.
17:47Okay.
17:48I'm sorry.
17:49I just wanted to talk to you.
17:51I'll go.
17:53I hate to be mean, and Tate is such a great guy.
17:56It's just...
17:57I found someone else.
18:00He just won't let go.
18:01That must be awful to lose your stepfather on top of all this.
18:07You know he was my stepfather?
18:08Oh, I know.
18:09There was a photo of you in Nash's house with an inscription on the back.
18:13Things were complicated.
18:14Is that why you went to see him when you got here?
18:16I never said I saw him.
18:18There were blue fibers on the armchair in Nash's study,
18:20and they perfectly matched the tassels on your bag.
18:27Is there somewhere you and I can talk?
18:29Just the two of us?
18:32Absolutely.
18:36Nash and my mom got married when I was five.
18:39He ignored me until three years ago when she died.
18:43And that's when things got complicated.
18:45My mother came from old money.
18:47She left me millions, but Nash controlled the trust.
18:51So you went to see him when you got here to talk about it?
18:54He told me that everything's been invested.
18:56But the only thing he ever invested in was a vacation house for himself.
18:59So I still haven't gotten a penny, and now I have to pay for my own wedding.
19:04It's none of my business, but you and Tate just broke up.
19:07And now you're marrying someone you just met?
19:10We've actually known each other for a while.
19:13We went to see a play together before I flew up here,
19:16and he drove me home afterwards and proposed.
19:20I had really hoped that Nash would understand that now we needed the money to start our new lives,
19:26but he didn't care.
19:29And then I got mad at him, and now he's dead.
19:34It's going to be okay.
19:36Nash is the one who got me my first job.
19:38I was ghostwriting this book for someone that he knew,
19:41and it's not like I even ever got any credit for it
19:43because the author was totally paranoid about being found out.
19:47But still, if it wasn't for that first gig,
19:52I might never have had the confidence to write at all.
19:54Oh, Nikki, I need you to really think about
19:57who could have hated your stepfather enough to kill him.
20:01I don't know.
20:03Maybe talk to Lee Granway?
20:05Lee?
20:06Yeah, they used to yell at each other all the time when I was a kid.
20:09And I heard that they got into a fight yesterday.
20:14Hey!
20:16Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
20:18My lips are sealed this time.
20:20You are not going to bamboozle me into telling you anything about Nikki.
20:24Like the fact that Nash got her a ghostwriting job
20:27or that she just inherited a boatload of dough?
20:29How do you know that?
20:31Tate Mulaney was wearing a hoodie that said Iron Robot on the back.
20:34It's a 90s alternative rock band.
20:36So I asked around, and the only place in Founders Cove
20:38that plays 90s alt rock is the Roundhouse.
20:40It's a dive bar next to the movie theater.
20:42So I went there, bought him a drink, and he spilled the tea.
20:45I could never do that.
20:47Well, Nikki wouldn't talk to me, but she talked to you.
20:51Do you want to grab a coffee?
20:53As long as you're buying.
20:55Hi.
20:56Could I have a venti oat milk caramel macchiato, please?
20:59Well, could you put it in a recyclable grande cup
21:01and also with a half mump of vanilla and chocolate drizzle,
21:03but only at the bottom?
21:04And can you also steam the oat milk, but don't make it too hot?
21:06Thanks.
21:07That was longer than my third marriage.
21:09There's nothing wrong with wanting things the way you want, though.
21:11I couldn't agree more.
21:12I'd like one large black coffee, please.
21:14Is that the best you got?
21:15I like keeping things simple.
21:17Which is why you've been married how many times?
21:19Oh, sassy.
21:21Sassy?
21:22Who even uses that word?
21:25I bet your mother used it.
21:27A lot.
21:28My mother disappeared when I was ten.
21:30And before you start in on how I'm drawn to solving mysteries because of her,
21:33I've tried to find her.
21:35But I can't.
21:36At least not yet.
21:37So, I'd much rather talk about coffee.
21:43What I wanted to say is that I'm impressed with you.
21:46You got in and out of that hotel room before Kerrigan even knew you were there.
21:50I got kicked out.
21:51That's because you're famous and people notice you.
21:53Well, aren't you an internet celebrity person?
21:55Yeah, I was for like a hot second, but...
21:57Truth is, all that stuff about advertisers with big dollars was total bullshit.
22:01What happened?
22:02When I was in college, I wrote a story on the Staten Island Slayer.
22:06And someone said that I could make a whole bunch of money if I turned it into a podcast.
22:10So I did.
22:10And it went viral.
22:11And I started making bucket loads of money.
22:13And it was all awesome until my manager stole literally everything from me.
22:18Including the rights to my name, the Andy Walker True Crime Show.
22:21Didn't you read your contract?
22:22Of course I read my contract.
22:24I just didn't understand it.
22:26Anyway, I went back to writing.
22:27Which is what I've always wanted to do in the first place.
22:29That's why I came to this convention to try and find a book agent.
22:32But everyone said no.
22:34Because they think my podcast is shit.
22:35And it is shit.
22:36But it's not my podcast.
22:38So now you know how deeply ironic and desperate my life is.
22:41Oh, well, thank you.
22:42Please.
22:42You want ironic and desperate.
22:44After I win yet another award, my publisher wants to retire, Selina St. Cloud.
22:49Because young readers like all that friends of crap that you're so good at.
22:54Okay, wait a sec.
22:56I have an idea and just think about it.
22:59What if you and I write the book about Nash together?
23:04What?
23:04No.
23:05God, no.
23:05But just think about it for a second.
23:06We have very different skill sets.
23:10All right.
23:11It is funny.
23:12Because Nash did say he wanted me to write about him someday.
23:17Okay, for the sake of discussion, if we were to give it a try, you would have to relocate
23:22to Founders Cove.
23:23Because I don't do the Zooms.
23:24Roger that, partner.
23:25I don't have a life, so moving wouldn't be a problem.
23:27Partner?
23:27No, not partner.
23:29Assistant.
23:29You've never even written a book before.
23:31But you just said Selina St. Cloud got the boot.
23:32You just said your podcast went to shit.
23:34You know what?
23:34We're done here.
23:35Oh, yeah.
23:35We are done.
23:36We're hella done.
23:37Yeah, that's right.
23:37I know how to use the Urban Dictionary.
23:39Then you should know it's not the Zooms.
23:40It's just Zoom.
23:41I'm canceling you again.
23:43Oh.
23:49Would you stop following me?
23:51I'm not following you.
24:05Hey, are you two okay?
24:08Yeah.
24:09Yeah?
24:10Okay.
24:11Did either of you get a good look at the driver?
24:13No.
24:13The windows were tinted, but it was a black SUV.
24:15No plates.
24:16Okay.
24:16Do either of you have anyone that would have any reason to want to hurt you?
24:19No.
24:20Well, maybe.
24:20I mean, we've been asking people about Nash's murder.
24:23Did I not tell you to stay away from the investigation?
24:25Well, you didn't tell me that I couldn't ask people questions.
24:28I have a constitutional right to ask questions of anyone I want to ask questions of, which
24:32is a run-on sentence with a double negative ending and a preposition, but I'm angry, so
24:38just deal with it.
24:40Put on a bolo on a black SUV.
24:41No tags.
24:42Also, have patrol check the woods off the interstate.
24:44People are always getting rid of interesting things up there.
24:46Like what?
24:47I'll leave that to your vivid imagination.
24:49Huh.
24:52I'm no expert on reading people, but I'm loving this.
24:54Enemies to lovers are for you, too.
24:57You must have hit your head.
25:08Allie, I thought you had a seminar this morning.
25:10Oh, well, we finished early, so I thought I'd work on my swing.
25:20Need a little more practice.
25:22I learned a long time ago not to underestimate you.
25:24Nash used to say that.
25:26It's so strange that he is gone.
25:28Yeah, even stranger the police think it's murder, not suicide.
25:30I heard.
25:31I also heard that yesterday wasn't the first time that you and Nash blew up at each other.
25:37You've been talking to Nikki.
25:39Did she tell you what the arguments were about?
25:41I'm guessing they had something to do with the ledger that Nash had under his desk.
25:49You know, when you and I first started, we lived and died by the reviews of three or four major
25:53critics.
25:54So when I heard Nash Gilbert's opinion was for sale, I signed up.
25:58I paid the bastard for five years.
26:00Why'd you stop?
26:02Oh, critics lost their clout because of all the self-appointed reviewers online.
26:07I saw Nash the day before he died.
26:10He tried blackmailing me again.
26:12Wasn't happy when I said no.
26:14So you didn't start paying him again?
26:16If there's another set of numbers in that ledger, Nash was scamming someone else.
26:19And before you ask about an alibi, I was at the muddy duck till midnight the night of the murder.
26:23The police are going to want you to prove that.
26:25Well, I can.
26:29Nash went off the balcony at 11.30 p.m.
26:31I was still at the bar at 11.53 p.m.
26:33See for yourself.
26:34Right under the picture.
26:40Miss Chandler?
26:45Look, I know you think that I'm an arrogant little shit,
26:47but I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for the way that things ended yesterday.
26:51I sincerely doubt that.
26:53Okay.
26:54Yes, I have said some mean things about your work,
26:56but the reality is...
27:00You're a best-selling author.
27:02To be your assistant and learn from someone like you is the chance of a lifetime,
27:05so if the job offer is still available...
27:09Absolutely not.
27:11Yeah.
27:13Someone tried to kill us.
27:16And if they succeed, we will be equally dead.
27:22We're equal partners or not partners at all.
27:25Does this mean we share a byline?
27:28Yes.
27:29But you're on probation.
27:30It wouldn't be the first time.
27:31Why am I not surprised?
27:33Okay, so I spoke to Noah, and they found the SUV.
27:35It was reported stolen three hours before it nearly ran us over.
27:38Any prints?
27:39No, it was wiped clean,
27:40but they did find a partial under the steering wheel,
27:42so they're working on a match.
27:43Well, I spoke to Lee,
27:44and he's got an alibi for the night of the murder.
27:48Yeah, so does Nikki.
27:49One of her fans said that she was rehearsing a TikTok video
27:51when Nash did his swan dive.
27:53So we're nowhere, unless we find more evidence.
27:56Did Nash have a car here?
27:58It's okay.
28:00Oh, boy.
28:02Ladies, how can I help?
28:04We were working on a novel on Nash Gilbert,
28:05and we thought we'd come check out his car.
28:07Oh, maybe she'll write about something else.
28:08Like an annoying cop with a big ego and a small jurisdiction.
28:13Hey, you missed something.
28:16What's that?
28:17What's that?
28:18Oh, makeup case.
28:20With the letters AC on it.
28:22Oh, that's where that went.
28:24It's been missing for years.
28:27I had a new one made.
28:28You can keep it.
28:29Oh, that's interesting.
28:32Really?
28:33A condom that's old enough to be on Medicare is interesting?
28:35You know what's interesting?
28:36The fact that your fingerprints are all over Nash Gilbert's study.
28:39You didn't wear gloves?
28:40You did.
28:40Have you ever watched Law and Order?
28:42Okay.
28:43Do you have someone who can vouch for your whereabouts
28:44at the time it begins at it?
28:45I had just finished a panel.
28:46I was talking to someone.
28:47Does someone have a name?
28:48What are you, the alibi police?
28:51That's literally who he is.
28:52Exactly who I am.
28:53Okay, what are you going to do now?
28:54Arrest me?
28:54No, I'm not going to arrest you.
28:57Fine.
28:57Let's go.
28:58What is happening?
29:00I don't know.
29:00Where are you going?
29:01To the station.
29:02What?
29:02Where are your handcuffs?
29:04I'm not going to handcuff you.
29:05Oh, come on, come on, come on.
29:07I've never been handcuffed before.
29:08Well, that's not entirely true.
29:10Look, just, we may have more questions for you later.
29:13Just don't leave town, okay?
29:14I'm not leaving town.
29:15I have a seminar later and a hair appointment after that,
29:18which I can't miss because there's a press thing tomorrow.
29:20And as far as what you found in Nash's car,
29:22yeah, that's right.
29:23And some stuff with Nash I'm not proud of.
29:25But don't you dare slut shame me
29:27because I know that you've done some skanky things
29:30you're not proud of.
29:31Okay, I, this is not about me.
29:33So, you're Miss Chandler's new writing partner?
29:34Yep.
29:35If I can find a place to live,
29:37this town is expensive and I am dead broke.
29:39So, all right, come on, let's go.
29:41Maybe we can grab a coffee sometime.
29:43Oh, no, no, she's going to be very busy.
29:45It's just a coffee.
29:46Yeah, you haven't heard her order.
29:48Okay, we can go.
29:50Hey, Miss Chandler,
29:51you still have that guest house, right?
29:53What about it?
29:54Well, Andy was saying she's having a hard time
29:56finding a place to live, so I thought...
29:58Oh, well, it's being remodeled
30:00and I'd have to get permission from the town council
30:03if someone were going to live there full time.
30:05Yes.
30:05No worries.
30:06I can find a place on my own.
30:18Hey!
30:20Hey, it's great!
30:21Hasn't anyone told you that it's not ladylike
30:23to talk with your mouth full?
30:24Not since the ball, it's Netherfield.
30:26I can't believe it!
30:27Nikki Weston and Margaret Sterling!
30:29You're both such classic authors
30:31and you have such incredible flair with your characters.
30:34Can I have a picture?
30:35Well, that does no good.
30:40Hey, Granway.
30:41You're under arrest for the murder of Nash Gilbert.
30:43Wait, wait, wait.
30:44Okay.
30:45Slow down, slow down.
30:46Yesterday you were going to arrest me
30:48and today Lee...
30:49The last time I wasn't going to arrest you.
30:51Lee was at the muddy dock when Nash got murdered.
30:53He's got a cell phone video to prove it.
30:55Nash Gilbert died at 11.30 p.m.
30:57Witnesses have Lee Granway exiting the pub.
30:59At 10.30 p.m.
30:59Well, they're wrong.
31:00Cell phones don't lie.
31:01Yeah, sorry to barge in,
31:02but if you know how to access the metadata,
31:04you can change the date and time on a cell phone.
31:06There you have it.
31:07Ignore her!
31:07I'm afraid that's precisely what the killer did
31:10in Mr. Granway's new novel.
31:11But that doesn't mean that...
31:12She's right, Ali.
31:14When I heard what happened to Nash,
31:16I knew I was going to be a suspect, so...
31:20I did what I had to do.
31:22Read him his rights.
31:25Lee Granway, you have the right to remain silent.
31:27I didn't kill anyone.
31:28Anything you say can and will be used against you
31:30in the court of law.
31:31You have the right to return...
31:32You're okay?
31:33I'm never wrong about these things.
31:35Ali, you are looking a little pale.
31:37The gift shop in the lobby is open again.
31:39Go get, like, an energy bar or something.
31:41I'll be fine.
31:55Come in.
31:57I hope I'm not interrupting.
32:02No, I was working on the Gilbert case.
32:06I guess working on my speech for the farewell banquet
32:08for your convention.
32:09You're the guest speaker.
32:10Yeah.
32:11Ross, you couldn't make it, so...
32:13You're stuck with me.
32:13What, uh...
32:16What can I do for you?
32:16I am told that this is what people do
32:19when they want someone to talk to them.
32:21Well, I'm told that people do that
32:22when they want to apologize to someone.
32:24Fine.
32:25I got a little overly dramatic yesterday,
32:28and I'm sorry.
32:29So, donuts?
32:31What else?
32:33Yeah.
32:33Yes, please.
32:38What I also wanted to say is that
32:39I've known Lee Granway for decades.
32:42We went to college together.
32:44He's a close friend.
32:46Nothing romantic, though, but...
32:48But close.
32:49But just not in a romantic way.
32:51Okay, so just a close, non-romantic friend
32:53who falsified evidence.
32:55What was he supposed to do?
32:55He knew you were going to ask for an alibi.
32:57Yep.
32:57So it's my fault that your boyfriend
32:58lied to the authorities?
32:59First, he is not my friend.
33:01Second, he did not kill Nash.
33:03The lab confirmed
33:05he falsified the metadata on his cell.
33:07What he did was self-protective.
33:09It came from a place of fear, not guilt.
33:12Yeah, or maybe your close, non-romantic ex-boyfriend
33:14is simply playing you.
33:15You know what?
33:15I came here trying to share
33:17some valuable personal insight,
33:19and all I've gotten is sarcasm and disrespect.
33:22Sarcasm and disrespect?
33:24Where have I heard it?
33:24Oh, isn't that what Selena St. Cloud says
33:26to Detective Frank Barra at the end of your first novel?
33:28Oh, I knew you were lying
33:30when you said you hadn't heard of my books.
33:32Yeah, because I thought you needed
33:33a good taste of humble pie.
33:34Oh, well, you need to go on up.
33:37Diet.
33:56Oh, my God.
33:57Did your luggage explode?
33:59Lose the tune.
34:00Okay, we've got work to do.
34:04This is called an investigation board.
34:07The police use them all the time.
34:08Oh, for that thing I know
34:09what an investigation board is, okay?
34:10You lose the tune.
34:11Go.
34:12Great.
34:12So we've got two suspects.
34:14Lee Granway and Nikki Weston.
34:17Nikki isn't a suspect.
34:18She benefits from Nash's death.
34:20You can't be sympathetic
34:20and a suspect at the same time.
34:22It happens all the time in your books.
34:24Not all the time.
34:26Would you please just listen to me?
34:27Nikki has an alibi, and Lee doesn't.
34:29Okay, but that...
34:30Before you interrupt me,
34:32it's kind of sus that he forged evidence,
34:34but it doesn't prove that he killed Nash,
34:36even though he's been arrested for it.
34:38Okay, keep going.
34:39Then there's the ledger,
34:40which is our key piece of evidence.
34:42It documents that Lee was paying Nash,
34:44but there's another set of numbers,
34:46which could mean there's another suspect out there.
34:50Okay, if you know who it is, spit it out.
34:52This is actually the part where we work together, remember?
34:55You spit some crackpot theory,
34:56and I find the evidence.
34:58Well, we didn't need a board for that.
35:00And decides, what kind of board is this, huh?
35:02It's a mess, and you need photos for a real board.
35:07Wait a minute.
35:11Could there be another secret that Nash was hiding?
35:15Like what?
35:16Nash got Nikki a ghostwriting job for no credit.
35:19She said that the author was paranoid
35:21that her readers were going to find out.
35:23Which means Nash could have been blackmailing the author.
35:28How did you figure me out?
35:30There was a fan taking pictures just before Lee got arrested,
35:34and she said that you and Nikki have the same classic style.
35:38It's no wonder they're the same.
35:39Nikki wrote your book as well as her own.
35:41And I was terrified that my audience would think I'd lost my touch
35:45if they knew I used a ghostwriter.
35:47So Nash threatened to go public, and you paid him to keep it quiet.
35:49I did.
35:50For eight months.
35:51But then I told him I was done.
35:53It's better to live with the consequences than live with a lie.
35:56But please, don't tell Reed.
35:59Hmm?
35:59Yeah.
36:00He worries so much about money, even though he tells me not to.
36:03But Reed's business is doing great.
36:05No, not as great as he wants you to believe.
36:07Reed, he's downtown right now shopping for things he can't afford.
36:11I hate to ask, but...
36:13I was at my screening that night.
36:17200 people saw me.
36:20Now I'm the one getting a headache.
36:23The gift shop in the lobby's reopened.
36:25Maybe an energy bar would help.
36:27Reed said exactly the same thing.
36:28Maybe the two of you need an energy bar.
36:30Wait.
36:32Were those his exact words?
36:33The gift shop reopened?
36:35Why are we talking about the gift shop?
36:37Because explain to me how Reed would know that the gift shop was ever closed
36:40if he didn't get here until after it reopened, which was after Nash died.
36:45Well, he couldn't.
36:46Unless he was here before Nash's death.
36:49What if Reed drove up here from Hartford the day of the murder,
36:52killed Nash, drove back to Hartford overnight,
36:54and then called the flight back up here the next morning?
36:56Do you have a shred of evidence to support anything you just said?
36:59No.
37:00But I bet we can find something in his room.
37:014.37.
37:02He told me when he checked in.
37:04And he's downtown shopping.
37:08Okay, I'll take the dresser.
37:10You take the closet.
37:11Just hurry.
37:11Okay.
37:16I can't believe that Reed could do something like this.
37:23Oh, my God.
37:25Look at this.
37:26What's in the pocket?
37:28A ticket from the Hartford Red Theater?
37:30Two nights before the murder.
37:32Nikki said she went to go see a play with her new boyfriend on the Wednesday before she got here.
37:36What if Reed is the new boyfriend?
37:37Reed needed the money.
37:38And he already knew Nikki from the conventions.
37:40And she told him she was inheriting her mom's estate,
37:42so he turned up the charm and got her to dump tape.
37:44But when Nikki told Reed that Nash wouldn't give her a dime,
37:47he drove up here to try and convince him.
37:48And then when Nash said no, he pushed him over the balcony.
37:51Look at the plague he saw in Hartford.
37:54Pamela.
37:55That explains the suicide note.
37:57No.
37:57I am calling the police.
37:59Yeah.
38:01I'll take that.
38:06Get in.
38:08Oh, Gabe, you don't have to do this.
38:10I said get in.
38:11Oh, I can't fit in there.
38:12Do you want me to cut off an arm?
38:14I think we can squeeze.
38:28Don't panic.
38:30I have a plan.
38:31You better be good.
38:32Okay.
38:33I'll do that.
38:34I'll do that.
38:35We'll do the taillight thing.
38:37What?
38:37What are you talking about?
38:38If you would get your elbow out of my lady parts,
38:40I will show you.
38:42Okay.
38:44One, two, three.
38:47Oh, yes.
38:48Let me get my hand there.
38:51Okay.
38:51Oh, no.
39:02Miss Weston, how can I help?
39:03I'm not sure.
39:05Alison Chandler is not answering her phone,
39:07and she just missed a panel.
39:09With everything that's going on, I just...
39:12All right, well, we'll check it out.
39:13Thanks for the heads up.
39:14Hey, Jack.
39:14Yeah?
39:15Lab called.
39:16We got a hit from the print in the SUV.
39:17Talk to me.
39:18Reed Sterling.
39:19He was arrested two years ago for fraud,
39:20but the charges didn't stick.
39:21You're bringing him in?
39:22He's not at the hotel,
39:23but we just got a call from a motorist on the interstate.
39:25Said she saw a hand waving out of the taillight
39:27while the car in front of him.
39:27What?
39:28It's a rental registered to...
39:29Reed Sterling?
39:30I bet he's on his way to where he dropped that SUV.
39:31I bet he's on his way to where he dropped that car.
39:36I bet he's on his way to where he had to pay off.
39:36I bet he's on my way to where he is going.
39:40Yes, yes, yes.
39:40Faster, come on.
39:48Right there.
39:53oh dick dick
40:03it's not how you hold a shovel how in god's name do you know how to hold a shovel at
40:08compost
40:08a shovel helps you separate the greens from the browns like a lasagna stop talking it's really
40:14hard okay okay see doing a great job but let's keep in mind that you are not making a lasagna
40:27you are digging our own graves so maybe pump the brakes a little bit for god's
40:31sakes just shut up and dig okay you don't have to yell enough enough freeze don't move i would not
40:42do that
40:47cuff them
40:49reed sterling you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you
40:54in conclusion as the new chief detective of founder's cove i'm honored to speak in front
41:01of such an esteemed group of mystery writers solving crimes is both art and science we need
41:06through thinkers as well as analytical minds that can support theory with fact mystery writers
41:12mystery writers do both some better than others so here's to all of them let's give them a big round
41:20of applause all right look that's the end of our formal program but before we enjoy some music let's all
41:31raise a glass
41:32glass in memory of our dear friend nash gilbert
41:38oh
41:42dear friend i guess we shouldn't say anything about the blackmail part
41:46not the time or the place agreed hey ali i just wanted to thank you for everything you've done for
41:52us oh you know i love a good happily ever after oh it must be hard for nikki to find
41:59out that reed was
42:00the killer well she seems to have recovered true so uh
42:06what do you think of my speech oh it was pleasant yeah good good i was going for pleasant
42:13you know rossi called and he said he's authorizing you to hire me as a consultant on an as-needed
42:17basis
42:18no he did did he okay so please don't hire writers to be consulted and you know that you know
42:24what i
42:24think i think i think you just want to spend more time with me maybe i just want to spend
42:29more time
42:30learning about crime scenes maybe i'm going to go apologize to lee granway for uh you know
42:37wrongfully arresting him yeah it's usually a good idea boomers are so cute when they flirt okay first of
42:45all i was not flirting second of all i'm not a boomer i'm a gen x sir right the generation
42:51that
42:51brought us parachute pants good point look do not lose this i'm not giving you another one
43:02well i need you change your mind we have a book to write and i cannot have you straggling in
43:07in the
43:07middle of the afternoon curfew is at 10 o'clock on weekdays and no ravers okay the word is ragers
43:13and i
43:14haven't had a curfew since high school the town council did not want me to let you rent the place
43:19and they took a vote and clad me from