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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, which is why we're here in her hometown
00:28of Founders Cove. Meet the author of the latest Selina St. Cloud mystery, Love is Murder, Alison Chandler.
00:37Yes! Amazing!
00:49Thank you. Oh, why? Okay, thank you.
00:56Whoa, 20 years, huh? We have to stop meeting like this.
01:02I don't think that there's really much left to say that hasn't already been said.
01:06Except for the fact that I am in amazing company. I mean, Margaret Sterling, the winner of the Agatha's Choice
01:14Award.
01:16Lee Granway, my good, good friend. Best mystery thriller. And 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,
01:36my wonderful friend. So thank you so, so much.
01:42Thank you so much.
01:44Okay, everyone, that does it for this year's awards. Do not forget about the book signing in the clubhouse after
01:50lunch.
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. Thanks for having me.
02:04The last 20 years.
02:07And the next 20.
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. I'm grateful, believe me.
02:29But as your agent, if you want me to get you another contract with the same six-figure advance,
02:35well, you need to broaden your appeal.
02:38I am appealing just as I am.
02:40Of course you are. Of course you are. But look around you, Allie.
02:42The convention is bigger and younger than ever this year.
02:45And fortunately, your bloody sales have flatlined.
02:49Look, people under 40, they're not interested in romance.
02:53Oh, please. People under 40 don't know what they want.
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. Steve M. from the studio, he said they're not interested in another menopausal mystery.
03:12Fine. Report him to HR and bring the movie somewhere else.
03:27There you go. Thank 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. I'm the Staten Island Slayer.
03:41Oh. I don't have an app for podcasts.
03:43It's actually built into your phone.
03:44Oh, but what is that? Is that a Blackberry or pager?
03:48Uh, okay. What did you say your name was?
03:50It's Andrea Walker. Andy for short. But can you make it out to Grammy? My grandma loves your books.
03:57Uh, Andrea Walker. You were on the Today Show. I think that you said my Selina St. Cloud books were
04:05inaccurate and unbelievable.
04:09Don't get me wrong. I think that there is space in the zeitgeist for escapist, boomer, fiction. You just can't
04:15exactly have teen crumpets with a corpse next to you on the floor. Every sphincter opens.
04:20Okay. There you go. Hand up between us writers. Confesh isn't a word. Make the extra effort.
04:28Thanks for the tip. And by the way, is there anywhere around here I can get some aspirin? I think
04:33I'm getting a headache from all the knowledge you're imparting.
04:35There's a gift shop in the lobby. It's closed for remodeling. Adulting is hard. Next!
04:57Excuse me. Aren't you the legendary Alison Chandler?
05:01I don't know about legendary. Hey, I saw you and Nash at lunch. Is everything okay?
05:05Nash loves giving notes of my books even after they're published.
05:08Say, do you want to join me for dinner? I was headed over to the Muddy Duck.
05:11You know, I've got a seminar tonight. I think I'm just gonna unwind a little bit.
05:14Understood. See you tomorrow. Bye.
05:22A whiskey meat with a whiskey chaser, please.
05:31How's your headache? Better.
05:35I'm about to get worse.
05:36Don't worry. I won't bother you.
05:40I honestly didn't mean to insult you.
05:43Apology accepted.
05:48Aren't you gonna 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, I was just leaving.
06:03I have a Zoom with my advertisers in ten, and they're talking big numbers.
06:08Well, they don't get us to 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 little bangers and gnash.
06:31Did I tell you I bought a little place on the other side of the lake?
06:34Near the old mill. 33 Sandalwood Lane.
06:38You're not listening, are you?
06:41Of course I am listening.
06:43Tell me what's bothering you.
06:44Hmm.
06:47Do you think my books are outdated?
06:51You know, I tell you the truth, Alison, and 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. Not 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 got to go. I'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.
07:45I just love your new book.
07:47Well, thank you.
07:48Well, thank you.
07:51Get out!
07:53Oh!
07:54Oh!
07:54Oh, my God!
07:59Okay, guys.
08:00One, one!
08:01Oh, my God.
08:31Oh, my God.
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?
08:48Jack Kerrigan, out of Baltimore.
08:50He'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.
08:58Allison 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.
09:18Suicide?
09:18No.
09:19Nash 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.
09:33It 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.
09:51Door's 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
10:12away the 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
10:32on 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 lady.
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.
11:35I am very good at talking to people, which is why I know that Nash's death was not a suicide,
11:40because 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
11:50going 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.
12:31Trust me, as soon as security tells the cops about the locks, they'll pivot from suicide
12:35to murder.
12:37Well, even if that is true, you are still exploiting someone's death by writing some dime store
12:44novel version of it for the internet.
12:46But that was a dime store.
12:48Oh.
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 had 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.
13:36Who'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 for her.
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, it'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, Allie Cat.
14:34Okay.
14:56Where's the key?
14:58All right.
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.
15:31I 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.
15:43Because 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.
16:04Anyway, 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?
16:19They cancel them, and you are canceled.
16:24I can't even.
16:26That's not a sentence!
16:28I can't even.
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17:37hey ronald have you uh seen nikki yeah i saw her heading over to the park there's that taste of
17:44founders cove thing going on where are you oh you're uh you're you're breaking up uh
17:53hello
18:12yeah
18:22hey stop
18:35well there she is alison chandler always making a splash who the hell are you and why are you
18:42following nikki weston tape melanie i'm nikki's boyfriend actually he's her ex-boyfriend
18:48how the hell do you know that tate i have told you a million times okay i've moved on
18:55you need to leave okay i'm sorry i just wanted to talk to you i'll go
19:03i hate to be mean and tate is such a great guy it's just i found someone else
19:10he just won't let go i must be awful to lose your stepfather on top of all this
19:18you know he was my stepfather well there was a photo of you in nash's house with an inscription on
19:23the
19:23back things were complicated is that why you went to see him when you got here i never said i
19:29saw 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 just the two of us absolutely
19:49nash and my mom got married when i was five
19:52he ignored me until three years ago when she died and that's when things got complicated
19:58my mother came from old money she left me millions but nash controlled the trust so you went to see
20:05him when you got here to talk about it he told me that everything's been invested but the only thing
20:10he ever invested in was a vacation house for himself so i still haven't gotten a penny and now i
20:16have to
20:16pay for my own wedding it's none of my business but you and tate just broke up and now you're
20:22marrying
20:23someone you just met we've actually known each other for a while um we went to see a play together
20:29before i flew up here and he drove me home afterwards and proposed i had really hoped that nash would
20:38understand that now we needed the money to start our new lives but he didn't care and then i got
20:46mad at him and now he's dead it's gonna be okay ash is the one who got me my first
20:53job i was ghost
20:55writing this book for someone that he knew and it's not like i even ever got any credit for it
20:59because
20:59the author was totally paranoid about being found out but still if it wasn't for that first gig
21:08i might never have had the confidence to rate at all nikki i need you to really think about who
21:14could
21:15have hated your stepfather enough to kill him i don't know um maybe talk to lee granway lee yeah
21:23they used to yell at each other all the time when i was a kid and i heard that they
21:27got into a fight
21:31yesterday hey oh no no no no my lips are sealed this time you are not going to bamboozle me
21:40into
21:40telling you anything about nikki like the fact that nash got her a ghostwriting job or that she just
21:46inherited a boatload of dough how do you know that tate malaney was wearing a hoodie that said iron robot
21:51on the back it's a 90s alternative rock band so i asked around and the only place in founders cove
21:57that plays 90s alt rock is the roundhouse it's a dive bar next to the movie theater so i went
22:01there
22:02bought him a drink and he spilled the tea i could never do that well nikki wouldn't talk to me
22:08but
22:08she talked to you do you want to grab a coffee as long as you're buying hi could i have
22:16a venti
22:17oat milk caramel macchiato please but could you put it in a recyclable grande cup and also with
22:21a half of vanilla and chocolate drizzle but only at the bottom and can you also steam the oat milk
22:25but don't make it too hot thanks that was longer than my third marriage there's nothing wrong with
22:30wanting things the way you want them i couldn't agree more i'd like one large black coffee please
22:34is that the best you got i like keeping things simple which is why you've been married how many times
22:40oh sassy sassy who even uses that word i bet your mother used it a lot my mother disappeared when
22:50i
22:50was 10. and before you start in on how i'm drawn to solving mysteries because of her i have tried
22:55to
22:55find her but i can't at least not yet so i'd much rather talk about coffee
23:04what i wanted to say is that i'm impressed with you you got in and out of that hotel room
23:10before
23:10kerrigan even knew you were there i got kicked out that's because you're famous and people notice you
23:15well aren't you an internet celebrity person yeah i was for like a hot second but truth is all that
23:21stuff about advertisers with big dollars was total what happened when i was in college i wrote a story
23:28on the staten island slayer and someone said that i could make a whole bunch of money if i turned
23:32it
23:32into a podcast so i did and it went viral and i started making bucket loads of money and it
23:37was
23:37all awesome until my manager stole literally everything for me including the rights to my name
23:43the andy walker true crime show didn't you read your contract of course i read my contract
23:48i just didn't understand it anyway i went back to writing which is what i've always wanted to do in
23:53the
23:53first place that's why i came to this convention to try and find a book agent but everyone said no
23:58because they think my podcast is shit and it is shit but it's not my podcast so now you know
24:03how deeply ironic and desperate my life is oh well thank you please you want ironic and desperate
24:09after i win yet another award my publisher wants to retire selena safe cloud because young readers
24:16like all that friends and crap that you're so good at okay wait a sec i have an idea and
24:23just think
24:24about it what if you and i write the book about nash together what no god no what but just
24:32think
24:32about it for a second we have very different skill sets ah all right it is funny because
24:39nash did say he wanted me to write about him someday okay for the sake of discussion if we were
24:46to give it a try you would have to relocate to founders cove because i don't do the zooms roger
24:51that partner i don't have a life so moving wouldn't be a problem partner no not partner assistant you've
24:57never even written a book before but you just said selena saint cloud got the boot you just said
25:00your podcast went to shit you know what we're done here oh yeah we are done we're hella done yeah
25:05that's right i know how to use the urban dictionary then you should know it's not the zooms it's just
25:08that's right i'm canceling you again would you stop following me i'm not following you
25:36hey are you two okay yeah yeah okay then either of you get a good look at the driver no
25:42the windows
25:43were tinted but it was a black suv no plates okay do either of you have anyone that would have
25:47any
25:47reason to want to hurt you no well maybe i mean we've been asking people about nash's murder did
25:53i not tell you to stay away from the investigation well you didn't tell me that i couldn't ask people
25:57questions i have a constitutional right to ask questions of anyone i want to ask questions of
26:02which is a run-on sentence with a double negative ending in a preposition but i'm angry so just deal
26:10with it put out a bolo on a black suv no tags also have patrol check the woods off the
26:14interstate
26:15people always getting rid of interesting things up there like what i'll leave that to your vivid
26:19imagination i'm no expert on reading people but i'm loving this enemies to lovers arc for you too
26:29you must have hit your head
26:40allie but you had a seminar this morning oh well we uh we finished early so i thought i'd work
26:45on my swing
26:50oh
26:53need a little more practice i learned a long time ago not to underestimate you
26:57nash used to say that it's so strange that he is gone yeah even stranger the police think it's
27:02murder not suicide i heard i also heard that yesterday wasn't the first time that you and nash
27:08blew up at each other you've been talking to nikki did she tell you what the arguments were about
27:15i'm guessing they had something to do with the ledger that nash had under his desk
27:23you know when you and i first started we lived and died by the reviews of three or four major
27:27critics so when i heard nash gilbert's opinion was for sale i signed up i paid the bastard for five
27:34years why'd you stop oh critics lost their clout because of all the self-appointed reviewers online
27:40i saw nash the day before he died he tried blackmailing me again wasn't happy when i said no
27:49so you didn't start paying him again if there's another set of numbers in that ledger nash was
27:54scamming someone else and before you ask about an alibi i was at the muddy duck till midnight the
27:58night of the murder the police are gonna want you to prove that well i can
28:05nash went off the balcony at 11 30 p.m i was still at the bar at 11 53. see
28:09for yourself right under the
28:11pictures
28:17miss chandler
28:22look i know you think that i'm an arrogant little but i just wanted to tell you that i'm sorry
28:27for
28:27the way that things ended yesterday i sincerely doubt that okay yes i have said some mean things about your
28:33work but the reality is you're a best-selling author to be your assistant and learn from someone like
28:42you is the chance of a lifetime so if the job offer is still available absolutely not
28:51yeah someone tried to kill us and if they succeed we will be equally dead
29:00we're equal partners or not partners at all does this mean we share a byline yes but you're on
29:09probation it wouldn't be the first time why am i not surprised okay so i spoke to noah and they
29:14found the
29:14suv it was reported stolen three hours before it nearly ran us over any prints no it was wiped clean
29:20but they did find a partial under the steering wheel so they're working on a match well i spoke to
29:24lee
29:24and he's got an alibi for the night of the murder yeah so does nikki one of her fans said
29:30that she was
29:31rehearsing a tiktok video and nash did his swan dive so we're nowhere unless we find more evidence
29:36did nash have a car here
29:41oh boy ladies how can i help we are working on a novel on nash gilbert and we thought we'd
29:47come
29:47check out his car oh maybe she'll write about something else like an annoying cop with a big ego and
29:52a
29:52small jurisdiction hey you missed something what's that oh makeup case with the letters ac on it oh
30:04that's where that went it's been missing for years i had a new one made you can keep it okay
30:12oh that's
30:13that's interesting really a condom that's old enough to be on medicare is interesting you know
30:18what's interesting the fact that your fingerprints are all over nash gilbert's study you didn't wear
30:22gloves you did have you ever watched law and order okay do you have someone who can vouch for your
30:27whereabouts at the time of the incident i had just finished a panel i was talking to someone does
30:30someone have a name what are you the alibi police that's literally exactly who i am okay what are you
30:37gonna do now arrest me no i'm not i'm not gonna arrest you fine let's go wait what is happening
30:43i don't where are you going to the station where are your handcuffs i'm not gonna handcuff you oh
30:49come on come on come on i've never been handcuffed before well it's not entirely true look just we may
30:56have more questions for you later just don't leave town okay i'm not leaving town i have a seminar later
31:01and a hair appointment after that which i can't miss because there's a press thing tomorrow and as far
31:05as what you found in nash's car yeah that's right done some stuff with nash i'm not proud of but
31:10don't
31:11you dare slut shame me because i know that you've done some skanky things you're not proud of okay
31:16i this is not about me so you're miss chandler's new writing partner yep if i can find a place
31:22to
31:22live this town is expensive and i am dead broke so all right come on let's go maybe we can
31:28grab a
31:29coffee sometime but i don't know she's gonna be very busy it's just a coffee yeah you haven't heard
31:33her order okay we can go hey miss chandler you still have that guest house right
31:40what about it oh well andy was saying she's having a hard time finding a place to live
31:44so i thought oh well it's uh it's being remodeled and i'd have to
31:48get permission from the town council if someone were gonna live there full time
31:52yes no worries i can find a place on my own
32:07hey that looks great hasn't anyone told you that it's not ladylike to talk with your mouth full
32:12not since the ball netherfield i can't believe it nikki weston and margaret sterling
32:17you're both such classic authors and you have such incredible flair with your characters
32:22um can i have a picture well that doesn't look good
32:28hey granway you're under arrest for the murder of nash gilbert wait wait wait okay slow down slow
32:34down yesterday you were going to arrest me and today lee for the last time i wasn't going to arrest
32:39you
32:40lee was at the muddy dock when nash got murdered he's got a cell phone video to prove it nash
32:44gilbert died
32:45at 11 30 p.m witnesses have lee granway exiting the pub at 10 30. well they're wrong cell phones
32:50don't lie yeah sorry to barge in but if you know how to access the metadata you can change the
32:54date
32:55and time on a cell phone there you have it ignore her i'm afraid that's precisely what the killer did
33:00in mr granway's new novel but that doesn't mean she's right ally when i heard what happened to nash
33:06i knew i was going to be a suspect so i did what i had to do freedom is right
33:17you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in the court
33:21of
33:22law you have the right to return you're okay i'm never wrong about these things ally you are looking
33:28a little pale the gift shop and the lobby is open again go get like an energy bar or something
33:33i'll be fine
33:50i'm not interrupting
33:54no uh no i'm just working on the gilbert case and like
33:59i guess working on my speech for the farewell banquet for your convention you're the guest speaker
34:03yeah rossi couldn't make it so you're stuck with me what uh what can i do for you i am
34:11told that
34:11this is what people do when they want someone to talk to them well i'm told that people do that
34:16when they want to apologize to someone fine i got a little overly dramatic yesterday and i'm sorry
34:24so donuts yeah yes please
34:32what i also wanted to say is that i've known lee granway for decades we went to college together
34:39he's a close friend nothing romantic though but but close but just not in a romantic way okay so just
34:47a
34:47close non-romantic friend who falsified evidence what was he supposed to do he knew you were gonna ask
34:52for an alibi yep so it's my fault that your boyfriend lied to the authorities first he is not
34:56my boyfriend second he did not kill nash the lab confirmed he falsified the metadata on his cell
35:03what he did was self-protective it came from a place of fear not guilt yeah or maybe your close
35:09non-romantic ex-boyfriend is simply playing you you know what i came here trying to share some valuable
35:14personal insight and all i've gotten is sarcasm and disrespect sarcasm where have i heard oh isn't
35:22that what's luna st cloud says to detective frank bearer at the end of your first novel oh i knew
35:27you
35:27were lying when you said you hadn't heard of my books yeah because i thought you needed a good taste
35:30a humble pie oh well you need to go on up diet
35:54oh my god did your luggage explode lose the toot okay we've got work to do
36:03this is called an investigation board the police use them all the time for that sake i know what an
36:08investigation board is okay you lose the tube go great so we've got two suspects lee granway
36:15and nikki weston nikki isn't a suspect she benefits from nash's death you can't be sympathetic and a
36:21suspect at the same time it happens all the time in your books not all the time would you please
36:26just
36:26listen to me nikki has an alibi and lee doesn't okay but that before you interrupt me it's kind
36:33of sus that he forged evidence but it doesn't prove that he killed nash even though he's been arrested
36:38for it okay keep going then there's the ledger which is our key piece of evidence it documents that
36:44lee was paying nash but there's another set of numbers which could mean there's another suspect out
36:49there okay if you know who it is spit it out this is actually the part where we work together
36:55remember you spit some crackpot theory and i find the evidence well we didn't need a board for that
37:02and decides what kind of board is this huh it's a mess and you need photos for a real board
37:09wait a minute
37:14could there be another secret that nash was hiding like what nash got nikki a ghostwriting job
37:21for no credit she 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 there was a fan taking pictures just before lee got arrested and
37:37she said that you and nikki have the same classic style it's no wonder they're the same nikki wrote
37:43your book as well as her own i was terrified that my audience would think i'd lost my touch
37:49if they knew i used a ghostwriter so nash threatened to go public and you paid him to keep it
37:53quiet
37:53i did for eight months but then i told him i was done it's better to live with the consequences
37:59than
37:59live with a lie but please don't tell reed he uh he worries so much about money even though he
38:07tells me
38:07not to but reed's business is doing great no not as great as he wants you to believe he's downtown
38:13right now shopping for things he can't afford i hate to ask but i was at my screening that night
38:22200 people saw me
38:26now i'm the one getting a headache
38:29the gift shop in the lobbies reopen maybe an energy bar would help
38:32reed said exactly the same thing maybe the two of you need an energy bar
38:38wait were those his exact words the gift shop reopened why are we talking about the gift shop
38:43because explain to me how reed would know that the gift shop was ever closed if he didn't get
38:48here until after it reopened which was after nash died we couldn't unless he was here before nash's
38:55death what if reed drove up here from hartford the day of the murder killed nash drove back to
39:01hartford overnight and then called the flight back up here the next morning do you have a shred of
39:05evidence to support anything you just said no but i bet we can find something in his room 4 37.
39:10he told
39:11me when he checked in and he's downtown shopping
39:17okay i'll take the dresser you take the closet just hurry okay
39:25i can't believe that reed could do something like this
39:32oh my god look at this what's in the pocket a ticket from the harper group theater two nights
39:40before the murder nikki said she went to go see a play with her new boyfriend on the wednesday
39:44before she got here what if reed is the new boyfriend reed needed the money and he already
39:48knew nikki from the conventions and she told him she was inheriting her mom's estate so he turned
39:52up the charm and got her to dump tape but when nikki told reed that nash wouldn't give her a
39:56dime he
39:57drove up here to try and convince him and then when nash said no he pushed him over the balcony
40:01look at
40:02the play they saw in hartford hamlet not explains the suicide note no i am calling the police yeah
40:12i'll take that get in oh gabe you don't have to do this i said get in well we can't
40:23fit in there
40:23do you want me to cut off an arm i think we can squeeze
40:40don't panic okay i have a plan this would better be good okay we'll do that i will do that
40:47we'll do the taillight thing what what are you talking about if you would get your elbow out of
40:52lady parts i will show you oh okay one two three oh yes let me get my hand there okay
41:04oh no
41:15miss weston how can i help i'm not sure um ellison chandler is not answering her phone and she just
41:22missed a panel with everything that's going on i just all right well we'll check it out thanks for
41:28the heads up hey jack yeah lab called we got a hit from the print in the suv talk to
41:32me reed sterling he
41:33was arrested two years ago for fraud but the charges didn't stick you're bringing him in he's not
41:37at the hotel but we just got a call from a motorist on the interstate said she saw a hand
41:41waving out
41:41of the tail light while the car in front of what it's a rental registered to read sterling i bet
41:45he said he's on his way to where he dropped that suv
41:55faster come on
42:04right there
42:12dig dig
42:20it's not how you hold a shovel how in god's name do you know how to hold a shovel
42:25a compost a shovel helps you separate the greens from the browns like a lasagna stop talking
42:31really hard okay dear god don't do it okay watch
42:40see doing a great job but let's keep in mind that you are not making a lasagna you are digging
42:46our own graves so maybe pump the brakes a little bit for god's just shut up and dig okay you
42:52don't
42:53have to yell enough enough freeze don't move i would not do that
43:06cuff him
43:08reed sterling you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you
43:14in the court of law
43:17in conclusion as the new chief detective of founders cove i'm honored to speak in front of
43:21such an esteemed group of mystery writers solving crimes is both art and science we need free thinkers
43:27as well as analytical minds that can support theory with fact mystery writers mystery writers do both some
43:36better than others so here's to all of them let's give them a big round of applause
43:46all right look that's the end of our former program but before we enjoy some music let's
43:53all raise a glass in memory of our dear friend nash gilbert
44:03oh dear friend i guess we shouldn't say anything about the blackmail part
44:08not the time or the place agreed hey ali i just wanted to thank you for everything you've done for
44:14us oh you know i love a good happily ever after oh must be hard for nikki to find out
44:22that reeb was
44:23the killer well she seems to have recovered true so uh what do you think of my speech oh it
44:31was
44:32pleasant yeah good good i was going for pleasant you know rossi called and he said he's authorizing
44:38you to hire me as a consultant on an as needed basis oh he did did he okay so please
44:45don't hire
44:46writers to be consulted and you know that you know what i think i think i think you just want
44:50to
44:50spend more time with me maybe i just want to spend more time learning about crime scenes maybe
44:58i'm going to go apologize to lee granway for uh you know wrongfully arresting him yeah it's usually
45:03a good idea boomers are so cute when they flirt okay first of all i was not flirting second of
45:12all
45:12i'm not a boomer i'm a gen xer right the generation that brought us parachute pants yeah good point
45:18work do not lose this i'm not giving you another one
45:28whoever needs you change your mind we have a book to write and i cannot have you straggling in
45:33in the middle of the afternoon curfew is at 10 o'clock on weekdays and no ravers okay the word
45:39is
45:39ragers and i haven't had a curfew since high school the town council did not want me to let you
45:45rent the
45:46place and they took a boat and
45:47formally broken
45:49in the moonlight
45:52yeah it's all
45:56Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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