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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.
00:24Meet 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.
01:08Lee 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,
01:26my 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.
01:50Have a good one.
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?
02:05But maybe it's time to give the old gal a rest.
02:08I don't know if you've been listening, but the old gal just won another major award and has made everyone
02:12a 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 unfortunately, your bloody sales have flatlined.
02:36Look, 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.
02:59Fine.
02:59Report him to HR and bring the movie somewhere else.
03:13There you go.
03:13Thank you so much.
03:14Next.
03:16It's an honor to meet you, Miss 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.
03:25I'm the Staten Island Slayer.
03:26Oh.
03:27I don't have an app for podcasts.
03:28It's actually built into your phone.
03:29Oh.
03:30But what is that?
03:31Is that a Blackberry or a pager?
03:33Uh, okay.
03:34What did you say your name was?
03:35It's Andrea Walker, Andy for short.
03:37But can you make it out to Grammy?
03:39My grandma loves your books.
03:41Uh, Andrea Walker, you 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 team crumpets with a corpse next to you on the floor.
04:02Every sphincter opens.
04:03Okay.
04:05There you go.
04:07Hand up between us writers.
04:09Confesh isn't a word.
04:10Make the extra effort.
04:11Thanks for the tip.
04:13By 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.
04:22Next!
04:38Excuse me.
04:39Aren't you the legendary Alison Chandler?
04:42I don't know about legendary.
04:44Hey, I saw you at 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?
04:51I 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.
05:02A 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.
05:36Oh, 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,
05:44and they're talking big numbers.
05:46Well, don't 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,
06:00and 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
06:10on the other side of the lake,
06:12near the old mill, 33 Sandalwood Lane?
06:15You're not listening, are you?
06:17Of course I am listening.
06:19Tell me what's bothering you.
06:21Mm-hmm.
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.
06:37Someday.
06:38But we both know you can do better than this last effort.
06:42Okay.
06:43Not 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,
06:50shall we talk about what I need?
06:51Oh.
06:52I've got to go.
06:53I've got a seminar.
06:54Well, why don't you pop around a new place
06:56after 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!
07:56Noah!
07:57Let me drop it.
08:00Miss Chandler?
08:01Where's your boss?
08:02Detective Rossi got promoted two weeks ago.
08:04He's the Division Chief now.
08:05Who took his place?
08:07Jack Kerrigan, out of Baltimore.
08:09He's upstairs, but I can't take you up there.
08:13Detective Kerrigan,
08:14I 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.
08:20Yeah, 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, oh, never heard of them.
08:29Chief Rossi is a big fan.
08:31I don't mean to be rude.
08:32You cannot be here.
08:33This 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?
08:48Turned him down?
08:48I always turned him down.
08:49It never bothered him.
08:50Yeah, well, something bothered him.
08:52He left a suicide note on that laptop.
08:57To die, to sleep.
09:00To 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.
09:16Well, what 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
09:27away the memories of a divorce that never really ended.
09:32What 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,
09:52which is clearly not new.
09:53I'm guessing that the choices are deliberately noir.
09:57It's the whole Sam Spade tough guy thing.
10:00The part about the messy divorce is a guess, but I bet I might.
10:07You're still over there.
10:15So that's the lady.
10:16Great.
10:16Thanks for filling me in.
10:17Thanks for the latte.
10:19I'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.
10:33Now, 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,
10:55and he just bought a vacation home near the old mill on the other side of the lake,
10:58which a person doesn't do if they're going to do a 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,
11:14but because there's actual forensic evidence 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.
11:26Security 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 balcony.
11:39Trust me, as soon as security tells the cops about the locks, they'll pivot from suicide to murder.
11:45Well, even if that is true, you are still exploiting someone's death by writing some dime-store novel version of
11:52it 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. Thank you.
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 Margo is going apoplectic over Nash Calvert,
12:37so I jumped on the standby flight, and here I am.
12:41Who's Margo?
12:42Margaret Sterling, the novelist. Sorry, you're...
12:45A person who's 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.
12:57Ooh, 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. It'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.
13:43Okay.
13:57Where's the key?
14:19What are you doing here?
14:21You said that Nash just bought a vacation house on the other side of the lake, so I gave my
14:25chatbot the search parameters, and here we are.
14:28Chatbot?
14:29AI. It'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?
14:53Good luck with your investigation.
14:55Oh, I solved mysteries for a living.
14:57I think I'm good to go.
14:58But are you, though?
15:00Because 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 in my head.
15:09But guess what?
15:10It's not going to work, because 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 canceled.
15:20I can't even.
15:24That's not a sentence!
15:34That's not a sentence!
15:48Oh!
15:50Uh!
15:52Ah!
15:54Oh!
15:58Oh, my God.
16:31Hey, Ronald. Have you, uh, seen Nicky?
16:34Yeah, I saw her heading over to the park.
16:37There's that Taste of Founders Cove thing going on.
16:40Where are you?
16:41Oh, you're, uh, you're, you're breaking up.
16:43Uh, I don't see...
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?
17:35Tate Mulaney. I'm Nicky's boyfriend.
17:37Actually, he's her ex-boyfriend.
17:39How the hell do you know that?
17:40Ugh, Tate, I have told you a million times, okay?
17:44I've moved on. You need to leave.
17:47Okay. I'm sorry. I 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?
18:09Well, I know...
18:09There was a photo of you in Nash's house with an inscription on the back.
18:13Things were complicated.
18:15Is 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.
18:37Nash 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.
18:48She 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.
19:01And now I have to pay for my own wedding.
19:04It's none of my business, but you and Tate just broke up.
19:08And 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, and 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, but
19:26he didn't care.
19:29And then I got mad at him.
19:32And then I got mad at him, and now he's dead.
19:34It's going to be okay.
19:36Ash is the one who got me my first job.
19:38I was ghostwriting this book for someone that he knew, and it's not like I even ever got any credit
19:43for it,
19:43because the author was totally paranoid about being found out.
19:47But still, if it wasn't for that first gig, I might never have had the confidence to write at all.
19:54Nikki, I need you to really think about who could have hated your stepfather enough to kill him.
20:01Um, I don't know, um, maybe 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.
20:15Hey!
20:16Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
20:18My lips are sealed this time.
20:21You are not going to bamboozle me into telling you anything about Nikki.
20:24Like the fact that Nash got her a ghostwriting job, or 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 that 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 I should talk to you.
20:52Do you want to grab a coffee?
20:53As long as you're buying.
20:55Hi.
20:56Could I have a venti omelic caramel macchiato, please?
20:59Well, could you put it in a recyclable grande cup, and also with a half mump of vanilla and chocolate
21:03drizzle, but 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 them.
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?
21:20Oh, sassy.
21:21Hey, sassy.
21:22Who even uses that word?
21:25I bet your mother used it.
21:27A lot.
21:28My mother disappeared when I was ten.
21:31And before you start in on how I'm drawn to solving mysteries because of her, I'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 truth is all that stuff about advertisers with big dollars was
22:00total 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.
22:14And 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, which 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.
22:43You want ironic and desperate.
22:45After I win yet another award, my publisher wants to retire, Selena St. Cloud.
22:50Because young readers like all that friends and 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 because 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 because 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 Selena St. Cloud got the boot.
23:33You just said your podcast went to shit.
23:34You know what?
23:35We're done here.
23:35Oh, yeah.
23:36We are done.
23:36We're hella done.
23:37Yeah, that's right.
23:38I 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.
23:49Would you stop following me?
23:51I'm not following you.
24:07Hey, are you two okay?
24:08Yeah.
24:09Yeah.
24:10Yeah?
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.
24:17Do either of you have anyone that would have any reason to want to hurt you?
24:19No.
24:20Well, maybe.
24:21I 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.
24:52I'm no expert on reading people, but I'm loving this Enemies to Lovers arc for you, too.
24:58You must have hit your head.
25:08Ali, I thought you had a seminar this morning.
25:10Oh, well, we, uh, we finished early, so I thought I'd work on my swing.
25:17Whoa!
25:18Whoa!
25:19Oh!
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.
25:31I 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.
26:01Why'd you stop?
26:02Oh, critics lost their clout because of all the self-appointed reviewers online.
26:08I 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.
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, but I just wanted to tell you that I'm
26:49sorry 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, your best-selling author, to be your assistant and learn from someone like you, is the
27:05chance of a lifetime.
27:05So, if the job offer is still available...
27:09Absolutely not.
27:12Yeah.
27:13Someone tried to kill us.
27:16And if they succeed, we will be equally dead.
27:20So, we'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, so they're working on a match.
27:43Well, I spoke to Lee, and 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 when 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, and 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.
28:25It's been missing for years.
28:27I had a new one made.
28:29You can keep it.
28:29Oh, that's interesting.
28:32Really?
28:33A condom that's old enough to be on Medicare is interesting?
28:36You know what's interesting?
28:37The fact that your fingerprints are all over Nash Gilbert's study.
28:39You didn't wear gloves?
28:40You did.
28:41Have you ever watched Law and Order?
28:42Okay.
28:43Do you have someone who can vouch for your whereabouts at 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?
28:55No, 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?
29:03Where 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.
29:09Well, that's not entirely true.
29:10Look, just, we may have more questions for you later.
29:13Just don't leave town, okay?
29:15I'm not leaving town.
29:15I have a seminar later and a hair appointment after that, which I can't miss because there's
29:19a press thing tomorrow.
29:20And as far as what you found in Nash's car, yeah, that's right.
29:23And some stuff with Nash I'm not proud of.
29:25But don't you dare slut shame me because I know that you've done some skanky things you're
29:30not proud of.
29:31Okay, I, this is not about me.
29:33So, you're Miss Chandler's new writing partner?
29:35Yep.
29:35If I can find a place to live, this town is expensive and I am dead broke, so.
29:40All right, come on, let's go.
29:41Maybe we can grab a coffee sometime.
29:44Oh, no, no, she's going to be very busy.
29:45It's just the coffee.
29:47Yeah, you haven't heard her order.
29:48Okay, we can go.
29:50Hey, Miss Chandler, you still have that guest house, right?
29:53What about it?
29:54Well, Andy was saying she's having a hard time finding a place to live, so I thought...
29:58Oh, well, it's being remodeled and I'd have to get permission from the town council if someone
30:04were going to live there full time.
30:05Yes.
30:05But, no worries, I can find a place on my own.
30:18Hey!
30:20Hey, that looks great!
30:21Hasn't anyone told you that it's not ladylike to talk with your mouth full?
30:24Not since the bowl, it's Netherfield.
30:26I can't believe it!
30:27Nikki Weston and Margaret Sterling!
30:29You're both such classic authors and you have such incredible flair with your characters.
30:34Can I have a picture?
30:36Well, that does not fit.
30:40Hey, Granway, you're under arrest for the murder of Nash Gilbert.
30:43Wait, wait, wait, okay.
30:45Slow down, slow down.
30:46Yesterday you were going to arrest me and today, Lee...
30:49By the 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 at 10.30 p.m.
31:00Well, they're wrong.
31:00Cell phones don't lie.
31:01Yeah.
31:02Sorry to barge in, but if you know how to access the metadata, you can change the date and
31:05time on a cell phone.
31:06There you have it.
31:07Ignore her!
31:08I'm afraid that's precisely what the killer did in Mr. Granway's new novel.
31:11But that doesn't mean that...
31:12She's right, Ali.
31:15When I heard what happened to Nash, I knew I was going to be a suspect, so...
31:19I 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.
31:31You're okay?
31:34I'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.
31:56Come in.
31:57I hope I'm not, uh, interrupting.
32:02No, uh, no, I was working on the Gilbert case and, like, I guess working on my speech
32:07for the farewell banquet for your convention.
32:09You're the guest speaker.
32:10Yeah.
32:11Ross, you couldn't make it, so you're stuck with me.
32:14What, uh, what can I do for you?
32:16I am told that this is what people do when they want someone to talk to them.
32:21Well, I'm told that people do that when they want to apologize to someone.
32:25Fine.
32:25I got a little overly dramatic yesterday, and I'm sorry.
32:29So, donuts?
32:31What's?
32:33Yeah.
32:34Yes, please.
32:38What I also wanted to say is that I've known Lee Granway for decades.
32:42We went to college together.
32:44He's a close friend.
32:46Nothing romantic, though, but close.
32:49But just not in a romantic way.
32:51Okay, so just a close, non-romantic friend who 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 lied to the authorities?
33:00First, he is not my boyfriend.
33:01Second, he did not kill Nash.
33:03When a lab confirmed, he falsified the metadata on his cell.
33:08What 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 is simply playing you.
33:15You know what?
33:15I came here trying to share some valuable personal insight,
33:19and all I've gotten is sarcasm and disrespect.
33:23Sarcasm and disrespect.
33:24Where have I heard?
33:24Oh, isn't that what Selena St. Cloud says to Detective Frank Barra at the end of your first novel?
33:28Oh, I knew you were lying when you said you hadn't heard of my books.
33:32Yeah, because I thought you needed a 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.
34:04So, this is called an investigation board.
34:07The police use them all the time.
34:08I'm forgetting I know what an investigation board is, okay?
34:10You lose the tune.
34:11Go.
34:12Great.
34:13So, 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 and a suspect at the same time.
34:22It happens all the time in your books.
34:25Not all the time.
34:26Would you please just listen to me?
34:27Nikki has an alibi and Lee doesn't.
34:30Okay, but that...
34:31Before you interrupt me, it's kind of sus that he forged evidence, but 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, which is our key piece of evidence.
34:42It documents that Lee was paying Nash, but there's another set of numbers, which could mean there's another suspect out
34:48there.
34:50Okay, if you know who it is, spit it out.
34:52This is actually the part where we work together, remember?
34:55You spin some crackpot theory, and I find the evidence.
34:58Well, we didn't need a board for that.
35:00And decides, what kind of board is this?
35:02It's a mess.
35:03And you need photos for a real board.
35:07Wait a minute.
35:12Could there be another secret that Nash was hiding?
35:15Like what?
35:16Nash got Nikki a ghostwriting job for no credit.
35:20She said that the author was paranoid that her readers were going to find out.
35:23Which means Nash could have been blackmailing the author.
35:29How did you figure me out?
35:30There was a fan taking pictures just before Lee got arrested, and she said that you and Nikki have the
35:36same classic style.
35:37Oh, it's no wonder they're the same.
35:39Nikki wrote your book as well as her own.
35:41I was terrified that my audience would think I'd lost my touch if 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.
35:52But 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.
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.
36:07He'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.
36:17Two hundred 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?
36:34The 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 if he didn't
36:41get here until after it reopened, which was after Nash died.
36:46Well, 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, killed Nash, drove back
36:53to Hartford overnight, and then caught the flight back up here the next morning?
36:56Do you have a shred of evidence to support anything you just said?
36:59No, but I bet we can find something in his room.
37:02437.
37:03He told me when he checked in.
37:04And he's downtown shopping.
37:08Okay.
37:09I'll take the dresser, you take the closet.
37:11Just hurry.
37:12Okay.
37:16I can't believe that Reed could do something like this.
37:24Oh my God.
37:25Look at this.
37:26What's in the pocket?
37:28A ticket from the Hartford Road 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
37:35got 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, so he turned up the charm and got
37:44her to dump tape.
37:44But when Nikki told Reed that Nash wouldn't give her a dime, he drove up here to try and
37:48convince him.
37:48And then when Nash said no, he pushed him over the balcony.
37:52Look at the play they saw in Hartford.
37:54Hamlet.
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, Reed, you don't have to do this.
38:10I said, get in.
38:11Well, we can't fit in there.
38:12Do you want me to cut off an arm?
38:14I think we can squeeze.
38:15Hmm?
38:28Don't panic.
38:29Okay.
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, I will show you.
38:42Okay.
38:44One, two, three.
38:47Oh, yes.
38:48Let me get my hand there.
38:51Okay.
38:52Oh, no.
39:02Miss Weston, how can I help?
39:03I'm not sure.
39:06Alison Chandler's not answering her phone, and 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.
39:15Yeah?
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, but the charges didn't stick.
39:21You're bringing him in?
39:22He's not at the hotel, but we just got a call from a motorist on the interstate.
39:25Said she saw a hand waving out of the taillight while the car in front of him.
39:27What?
39:28It's a rental.
39:28Registered to...
39:29Reed Sterling?
39:29I bet he's on his way to where he dropped that SUV.
39:40Faster, come on.
39:48Right there.
39:54Dick.
39:56Dick.
40:04That's not how you hold a shovel.
40:05How in God's name do you know how to hold a shovel?
40:08A compost.
40:09A shovel helps you separate the greens from the browns, like a lasagna.
40:12Stop talking.
40:14It's really hard.
40:15Okay, dear God.
40:16Do it.
40:18Okay, watch.
40:23See?
40:23Mm-hmm, see?
40:24You're doing a great job.
40:25But let's keep in mind that you are not making a lasagna.
40:28You are digging our own graves.
40:29So maybe pump the brakes a little bit.
40:31For God's sakes, just shut up and dick!
40:34Okay, you don't have to yell!
40:35Enough.
40:36Enough!
40:37Freeze!
40:39Don't move!
40:41I would not do that.
40:47Cuff him.
40:49Reed Sterling, you have the right to remain silent.
40:52Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.
40:57In conclusion, as the new chief detective of Founders Cove, I'm honored to speak in front
41:01of such an esteemed group of mystery writers.
41:04Solving crimes is both art and science.
41:06We need freethinkers as well as analytical minds that can support theory with fact.
41:11Mystery writers, mystery writers do both.
41:14Some, some, better than others.
41:17So, here's to all of them.
41:19Let's give them a big round of applause.
41:22Yes!
41:26All right, look, that's the end of our formal program, but before we enjoy some music,
41:31let's all raise a glass in memory of our dear friend, Nash Gilbert.
41:36Mm-hmm?
41:39Cool!
41:42Dear friend, I guess we shouldn't say anything about the blackmail part.
41:46Not the time or the place.
41:48Agreed.
41:49Hey, Allie, I just wanted to thank you for everything you've done for us.
41:53Aw, you know I love a good happily ever after.
41:56Hey, Nikki!
41:56Oh.
41:58Must be hard for Nikki to find out that Reed was the killer.
42:01Well, she seems to have recovered.
42:03True.
42:04So, uh, what do you think of my speech?
42:08Oh, it was pleasant.
42:09Yeah, good.
42:10Good.
42:11How's it 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.
42:18Oh, he did, did he?
42:19Okay.
42:21So, please don't hire writers to be consultants, and you know that.
42:24You know what I think?
42:24I think you just want to spend more time with me.
42:27Maybe I just want to spend more time learning about crime scenes.
42:32Maybe.
42:34I'm going to go apologize to Lee Granway for, uh, you know,
42:37wrongfully arresting him.
42:38Yeah, it's usually a good idea.
42:43Boomers are so cute when they flirt.
42:45Okay, first of all, I was not flirting.
42:47Second of all, I'm not a boomer.
42:49I'm a Gen Xer.
42:50Right.
42:51The generation that brought us parachute pants.
42:53Good point.
42:53Look, do not lose this.
42:55I'm not giving you another one.
43:02Well, I mean, did you change your mind?
43:04We have a book to write, and I cannot have you straggling in in the middle of the afternoon.
43:09Curfew is at 10 o'clock on weekdays, and no ravers.
43:12Okay.
43:12The word is ragers, and I haven't had a curfew since high school.
43:16Well, the town council did not want me to let you rent the place.
43:20They took a vote, and clad it from me.
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