1 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,400 JOLLY MUSIC 2 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:34,760 DUCK CLUCKS NEARBY 3 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,240 Morning, Selwyn. 4 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:37,640 QUACKING 5 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,960 There's no hot water! 6 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,000 OK. I'll come and take a look. 7 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,560 MUSIC DISTORTS AND SLOWS TO A STOP 8 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,520 And the carpet's all wet in here! 9 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,080 I think we've sprung a leak, or... 10 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:27,080 Right. 11 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:29,680 I think the most important thing... 12 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,320 ..is to not...panic. 13 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:35,560 We need to think logically. 14 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:41,880 Does the engine work? 15 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,040 Engine! Brilliant! 16 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,680 Ohh... Ah. 17 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:47,800 Oh! 18 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:50,840 CLATTERING 19 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,560 Humphrey, are you all right? 20 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,440 I'm fine! OK... 21 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,800 CLANKING 22 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,280 Ah... 23 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,600 What's that? 24 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,280 I'm not entirely sure. 25 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,560 It's dripping oil. 26 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:24,920 Have we got life jackets? 27 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:26,840 Well, I didn't think we'd need them. 28 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,800 You know, being parked up. 29 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,120 Wood! 30 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,200 We could make a raft. 31 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,360 MARTHA SCREAMS 32 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:37,960 Humphrey?! 33 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,320 I need two pencils and a pair of underpants, please. 34 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:42,920 Oh! 35 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,200 Oh... 36 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,040 Morning! 37 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:16,960 Dad? 38 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,200 SWITCH CLICKS ON AND OFF 39 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,360 Dad? 40 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,280 Dad?! 41 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:36,840 SHE GASPS 42 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:25,560 HORN BLOWS 43 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,760 HORN BLOWS 44 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,760 CHEERING 45 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,440 What happened? We were really worried. 46 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,400 Yes. The mooring rope snapped, 47 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,920 and the current dragged us out to sea, Kelby. 48 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:02,520 Thank heavens for the RNLI. Yes. 49 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,560 Oh! Anne said to phone her the second you get back. 50 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,520 Er, you all right, sir? 51 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:12,800 Yes. 52 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:16,440 Oh, it's, er... It's just a bump. 53 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:18,520 Um, I... 54 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,640 Only, you're needed. 55 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,120 Esther's gone on ahead. 56 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,360 Where? Kenneth Linder's house. 57 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,520 Oh, sir! Sir! 58 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,000 Oh, yes. I'm so sorry. Yes. 59 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,360 There we go, there we go. I do apologise. 60 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:35,600 Yes. 61 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,120 Up here, sir! 62 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,680 HE SIGHS 63 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:55,480 Are you OK? How's Martha? 64 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,640 We're both fine, thank you. 65 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,440 Oh, Kenneth. 66 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,440 You know, I only spoke to him last night. 67 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,600 Oh, of course. You went to the book signing. 68 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,680 Yes. Here we are. 69 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,760 I'm still not sure this qualifies as a date. 70 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,520 In my defence, I was coerced 71 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,840 into your Mamma Mia! karaoke night. 72 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:25,680 Coerced? Well, maybe not coerced, 73 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,200 but if those photos ever get into the wrong hands... 74 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,080 Right, here we are. 75 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,080 So, consider this payback. 76 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,280 This week sees the launch 77 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:54,080 of the new Kenneth Linder novel, The Final Breath. 78 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,960 Now, since he's moved to Shipton Abbott, 79 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,240 we are brazenly claiming him as one of our own. 80 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,000 So, as your new local councillor 81 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,480 and treasurer of the Devon Literary Group, 82 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,960 I would like you all to give a huge welcome 83 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,840 to our guest, Kenneth Linder. 84 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,400 His daughter Helen found him in the bath. 85 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,160 The electric fan in the water at his feet. 86 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,240 It looks like he's been here all night. 87 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,000 Looks like the power tripped eventually, 88 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,360 but not quick enough to save him. 89 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,040 Well, this is something of a conundrum. 90 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:34,080 Why? Because in his latest novel, serial killer Jeremy Cook 91 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,360 is walking to the electric chair, 92 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,680 which is where the last book left him, 93 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,840 but it turns out he bribed the guard to short-circuit the prison power, 94 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,360 therefore delaying his execution until the next day. 95 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:46,640 Hmm. 96 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,400 But, that night he murdered the guard that helped him 97 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,520 and stole his uniform to escape. 98 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,240 Nice. Then... 99 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,000 ..he found the judge that sentenced him 100 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,880 and, like his nine previous victims, killed him... 101 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:03,640 ..by dropping an electrical appliance into his bath. 102 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:07,800 Hmm. 103 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:10,560 HUMPHREY SIGHS 104 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,160 Thank you, Sergeant. 105 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,360 Hmm... Ah, yes. 106 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,880 We've got something outside, too. 107 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,280 Trampled flowerbed by an open rear door. 108 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:17,720 We did a quick check, 109 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,200 and the footprints are probably male, 110 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,080 judging by size and weight, 111 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,040 but they're not an obvious match 112 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,000 for any of the footwear found in the house. 113 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,440 We've taken moulds, but there's a difference in indent depth, 114 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:30,840 so we're pretty sure 115 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,080 whoever made them had a distinct limp. 116 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:35,920 Limp? Yeah. 117 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,120 Much less weight put on his left leg. 118 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,360 The main road runs across the back of the garden, 119 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,040 so someone could have got over the fence and along this path. 120 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,320 Cameras? Er, nothing this side. 121 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:47,680 Doorbell camera at the front. 122 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:49,680 We've got him being dropped off last night 123 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:50,840 by his daughter Helen, 124 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,120 and then her coming back this morning. 125 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:56,760 I know you, don't I? 126 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,080 From the, er, book signing last night. 127 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,480 You were with your father. That's right. DI Goodman. 128 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,040 Er, Humphrey Goodman. Ah. 129 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,840 A huge fan. Ah. 130 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,760 This is my fian... Um, my...my wife, Martha. 131 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:16,840 Hi. Hi. 132 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,640 So, Humphrey, do you have a favourite case? 133 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,960 Oh, yes. The first of the Bathtub trilogy, 134 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,600 Death By Design. The bottle-top MacGuffin - 135 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:25,840 genius. 136 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,440 Oh! Thank you. 137 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,080 Wait... 138 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,600 ..you're not Detective Humphrey Goodman? 139 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,640 Yes. How'd you know that? Well... 140 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,400 I'm something of a fan of yours, too. 141 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,760 I read the newspaper report about the case you solved, 142 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,440 the poor chap murdered by his partner, 143 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:49,920 made to look like a car crash. 144 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,240 Yeah. 145 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,480 Brilliant! Thank you! 146 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,840 THEY ALL CHUCKLE 147 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,040 KENNETH SCRIBBLES 148 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,440 Well, a pleasure to meet you, Humphrey. 149 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:02,920 And you, Martha. 150 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,360 Thank you. 151 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,200 This must be difficult for you. Is there family we can call? 152 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,400 No, it's just me and Dad. 153 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,200 Are you up to a few questions, Helen? 154 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,000 I'll try. 155 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,160 When was the last time you saw your father... 156 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,080 ..before this morning? 157 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,320 Last night. I dropped him home after the book signing. 158 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,680 Promise me you'll have an early night. 159 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:40,360 Oh... A nightcap first, I think. 160 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,360 One. At least! 161 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,000 Love you. 162 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,880 Love you, too. 163 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,960 ESTHER: And how did he seem in himself? 164 00:11:58,240 --> 00:11:59,560 Quiet. 165 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:02,000 But I know he was tired. 166 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,360 Can I ask, was your dad a particularly tidy man? 167 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:06,760 Tidy? 168 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,040 God, no! 169 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,280 He was bloody-minded, 170 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,280 intelligent, playful, 171 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,800 and a rather wonderful father. 172 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,520 But tidy? No. 173 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:25,200 There's something else you need to know. 174 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:27,960 He was dying. 175 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,200 He had end-stage amyloidosis, 176 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,040 an abnormal build-up of proteins. 177 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,120 Stops his organs working properly. 178 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:40,040 Said he refused to die until he'd finished his damn book. 179 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,880 But...he'd been going downhill pretty rapidly 180 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,200 these past few weeks. 181 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,360 We knew it wouldn't be long. 182 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:49,840 But this... 183 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,400 Do you think he took his own life? 184 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,800 Do you? 185 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,560 I know he was in a lot of pain, 186 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:03,680 but he refused the palliative care he was offered. 187 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:11,560 People are coming in. 188 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,800 Are you sure you're up to this, Dad? 189 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,320 Stop fussing. 190 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,760 I'm strong as an ox. 191 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,440 We need to take care of your dad, 192 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,920 so you might be better at home. 193 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,360 They'll take him to the chapel of rest, 194 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,760 and I promise I'll call and let you know when he's there. 195 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:40,000 Thank you. 196 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:46,720 DOOR CLOSES 197 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,320 Do you think that's it? 198 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:49,800 He did this himself? 199 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,320 There was a towel, neatly folded by the side of the bath. 200 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,800 Dressing gown and slippers ready. 201 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:57,240 So, why go to all that trouble 202 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,800 if you know you'll never be getting out of the bath? 203 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,160 Exactly. So, it has to be an accident. 204 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,920 Hmm, possibly. 205 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:05,000 Wait... 206 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,520 ..you're thinking it's murder? 207 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,880 We should consider it. Why? 208 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,200 Because the victim wrote murder mystery novels? 209 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,200 No, Sergeant, because there are some things 210 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,800 that don't make sense. Such as? 211 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,560 Well, it's all rather neat, don't you think? 212 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:21,000 Too neat, perhaps, for a man not known for his tidiness. 213 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,240 That's it? 214 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,240 It was...too neat? 215 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,360 So what if someone put those things in place 216 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,840 to make it look like an accident? 217 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,320 And what about the fact that he died 218 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,560 in exactly the way described in his own book? 219 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,120 Can we really accept that's just a coincidence? 220 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:39,800 No. 221 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,640 So, if we can rule out suicide, 222 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,920 accident and coincidence - which we can, 223 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:46,680 because there's no such thing - 224 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,520 then what happened to Kenneth Linder must be by design. 225 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,040 Let's confirm cause of death. 226 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,360 Let Forensics finish up. 227 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,560 And I want an electrical report. 228 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,320 Why didn't the power trip out immediately? 229 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,840 Oh, and have his clothes checked, too. 230 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,440 See if this belongs to any of them, please? 231 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:07,920 OK. Thank you. 232 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,960 And we should talk to his agent. Yes. 233 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,920 DOOR CLOSES 234 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:16,400 Ha... 235 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,920 "PM." 236 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,800 Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat. 237 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,360 He said, if they overslept, 238 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,760 they could have ended up in Guernsey. 239 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:57,240 "Pothole Pete"? 240 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,480 Oh, they call him that because people try to avoid him. 241 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,640 He goes on a bit! 242 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,480 PHONE RINGS 243 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,480 Oh! 244 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,280 Shipton Abbott. 245 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,560 No, that's not here. 246 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,040 The press office is at the hub, darling. 247 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:12,920 Do you need the number? 248 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,560 No problem. 249 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:15,720 Bye! 250 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,480 OK. I've got a criminal damage, 251 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:23,640 and also an assault on a shopkeeper in town. 252 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,600 I'll be a couple of hours. 253 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,200 OK. 254 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,520 PHONE RINGS 255 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,200 Shipton Abbott. 256 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,760 As his agent, you knew he was ill. 257 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:33,960 Of course. 258 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,000 But it wasn't public knowledge? 259 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,600 It's the way Kenny wanted it. He's a very... 260 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,040 He was a very proud man. 261 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,560 He didn't want people fawning over him. 262 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,280 I, um... I saw you at the book signing last night. 263 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,080 How did he seem to you? 264 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:52,960 Oh, sweetheart! 265 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,560 You were wonderful. 266 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:55,960 Calm... 267 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,840 ..considering this was his last roll of the dice. 268 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,640 Why do you say that? 269 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,840 His last book was a decade ago, and... 270 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,600 ..that did appallingly. 271 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,400 Obviously, he couldn't get a publishing deal, 272 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,520 so started borrowing against the house 273 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,560 so that he could write this one. 274 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,640 He was in financial difficulty? 275 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,320 This book was his last chance of avoiding bankruptcy. 276 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,880 He kept his money problems from Helen, of course. 277 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,720 He didn't want her to worry about that 278 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,040 on top of everything else. 279 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,520 They seem very close. 280 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,680 They lost Helen's mum when she was seven, 281 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,400 so it's only ever really been the two of them. 282 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,880 Everything Kenny ever did, he did for her. 283 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:45,360 But Mr Linder confided in you about his financial difficulty. 284 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:48,320 I'm his agent. Goes with the territory. 285 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:51,120 Oh, can I ask... 286 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:53,320 Er... 287 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:02,880 Um, do the initials "PM" mean anything to you? 288 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:04,840 No. Should they? 289 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,040 No. 290 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,240 There was another man at the book signing last night. 291 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,120 He didn't look like a fan, but I saw you speaking to him. 292 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:20,520 That would be Ken's publisher, Anthony Westley. 293 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,160 Nice to see you pushed the boat out, Anthony. 294 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,280 I think your client's Oxford Street soirees 295 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,160 were over a long time ago. 296 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,120 Don't you? He's made you a lot of money. 297 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:36,400 He's made us all a lot of money, dear heart, 298 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,000 but I'm slightly surprised that, as a literary agent, 299 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:43,120 you don't understand the use of the past tense. 300 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:44,840 Your loyalty is staggering. 301 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,000 Jump off your high horse, will you? 302 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,640 He's washed up. 303 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,800 We're both just hovering, waiting for him to die, 304 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,200 so we can revive his back catalogue. 305 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:58,680 Not the nicest man. 306 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,320 No, his time was over, 307 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,240 metaphorically speaking. 308 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,440 People are just not buying his books any more. 309 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,960 And yet, you still published this latest novel? 310 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,800 True, but on very, very different terms. 311 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,720 No advance. And on the condition 312 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,000 that he brought back the Bathtub Murders trilogy. 313 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,960 They were his most successful books, so I thought 314 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,160 they will guarantee our best chance of a return. 315 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,040 But with no advance, would that mean 316 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,360 that he was writing for free, essentially? 317 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:30,480 Yes, but he would get the lion's share 318 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:31,760 if the book sold well. 319 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,240 But you don't expect it to. 320 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:37,960 No. 321 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,280 So, a much better deal for you than him, then? 322 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,240 What can I say? 323 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,040 Business is business. 324 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,880 Plus, I tend to come out in a rash when I lose money. 325 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,560 Do you know how Mr Linder died? 326 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,760 He was electrocuted... 327 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,320 ..in his bath. 328 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,760 Oh. Exactly the same way 329 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,520 as the first murder in his new book. 330 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,400 To be honest, I haven't read it, 331 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,000 but it does sound a tad ironic. 332 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,280 You haven't read a book you've just published? 333 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,040 I have...people. 334 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,720 Do the initials "PM" mean anything to you? 335 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,160 No, I don't... 336 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,640 No, I don't think they do. 337 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,320 If it is murder, can we make him a suspect, please? 338 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,880 I'm not sure that's quite how it works, Sergeant. 339 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,280 Hmm, pity. 340 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:37,520 This PM thing, 341 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,680 could it be something else rather than initials? 342 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,560 Such as? I don't know. 343 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:45,560 Afternoon? No. 344 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,160 PM only really works as a suffix, doesn't it? 345 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,280 Hmm. And why have it in your hand 346 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,360 unless you're trying to tell us something? 347 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,360 The name of his killer? 348 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:56,920 Why not? 349 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,880 We don't believe it was an accident. Agreed. 350 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,040 And why take your own life if you're dying? 351 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,880 Life insurance! 352 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:05,360 His daughter would benefit. 353 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,520 But she'd get that when he died anyway. 354 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:10,840 If the prognosis was right, 355 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,640 he may have only had weeks left. Days, perhaps. 356 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,840 Which brings us right back to the question, 357 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,760 who could possibly benefit from the death of a dying man 358 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,240 on the verge of bankruptcy? 359 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,080 They threw this. 360 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,360 But you didn't see anyone? Nothing. 361 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,480 Just a bang, and the whole window caved in. 362 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,120 Lucky no-one was hurt. 363 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:51,400 And this was what time? Er, nine. 364 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:52,800 Yeah, just after we opened. 365 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:02,840 Financials are on your desk. 366 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,760 Makes for pretty grim reading. 367 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,200 Ah. And he had no life insurance. 368 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,280 Cancelled his policy two years ago and never renewed. 369 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,280 And the phone's been ringing off the hook. 370 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,720 Journalists all wanting to know how Kenneth Linder died 371 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,720 and if it's true he was in the bath. 372 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,040 I didn't think we'd released anything yet. 373 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,680 No, we haven't. 374 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,760 Well, I passed 'em all on to the hub's press office. 375 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,160 Well done, Margo. 376 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,200 Was there anything on Kenneth Linder's social media? 377 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,720 That was easy. 378 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,440 He's on my Facebook friends. 379 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,280 You knew him? What?! 380 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,600 Well, back in the day, when he was an angry young writer, 381 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,000 and I was a Redcoat at Pirton Sands. 382 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,680 What?! Wait! 383 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,480 You were a Redcoat? 384 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,360 Only for eight months. 385 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:47,400 I got sacked. Why? 386 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,000 They said I rigged the over-70s fancy-dress competition, 387 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,040 just because Grandad won. 388 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,080 And Kenneth Linder? 389 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:00,040 Oh, we met at a Mary Hopkin concert. 390 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,920 Turned into a weekend of debauchery in Norwich. 391 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,920 We mostly lost touch after that, 392 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:10,080 although people do say he based one of his characters on me. 393 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,440 Which one? 394 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,560 Er, Melody Allcock. 395 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:14,880 LAUGHS 396 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,080 She was the waitress in the first Bathtub Murders. 397 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:18,480 Yes, she was! Yes! 398 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,400 I mean, she was the killer's ex-girlfriend. 399 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,760 She was the one who helped unlock the whole case. 400 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,320 She was the one who eventually led Horrace Bishop 401 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,000 to Jeremy Cook in the third book. 402 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 Yeah! And that was you? 403 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,600 Supposedly. 404 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,200 But I never saw it myself. 405 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:33,520 She was a bit... 406 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,000 ..strange. 407 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,240 Can you give me a description of the man who hit you, Mr Bevan? 408 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,520 He was a lot taller than me, like. He had on a tracksuit. 409 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,080 One of them with a hood. 410 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,920 Did you see his face? No. 411 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,400 He had a scarf over his face. 412 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,000 I came out, on my way to the bank. 413 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,840 I only took three steps. 414 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,760 He stood right in front of me, just like you are now, 415 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,440 and he hit me with a rolled-up newspaper! 416 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,400 So, he just came up to you and hit you on the head 417 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,120 with a rolled-up newspaper. 418 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:07,480 I'm telling you, Kelly, this area's gone to the dogs. 419 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,000 Oh, it's, um... Yesterday, a similar thing happened. 420 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,560 Man came up to me, 421 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,360 tried to punch me in the face. 422 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:15,720 A different man? Yeah. 423 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,480 Dressed the same, like. 424 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:18,960 He was taller than me, too. 425 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,160 And he tried to punch you? Yeah. 426 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,600 But he missed. 427 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,920 Then he started crying and ran off! 428 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,160 Crying? It's these kids, Kelly. 429 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:32,000 Kelby. They're all sniffing glue and smoking something. 430 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,280 Day before, 431 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,680 one of them stole my dog poo. 432 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,400 Dog poo? 433 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,520 Honey Badger, my dog, got into the shop 434 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,480 from upstairs, left a little present, see? 435 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,560 So, I bagged it up, went outside to the bin, 436 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,720 and this lunatic ran up, 437 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,160 snatched it and ran off! 438 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,400 Er... Can you describe him? 439 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,280 He's a Border terrier... 440 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:57,840 No, the man who stole your poo. 441 00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,760 Oh, er, dressed the same, like. 442 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,760 Um, a tracksuit and face covered. 443 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,480 Um, was he taller than you? 444 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:04,520 What do you mean? 445 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:06,920 You said the others were... 446 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,480 I'm just trying to get a description. Oh. 447 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,800 Well, yeah, now you mention it, Kelly. 448 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,480 Kelby. And he was wearing a tracksuit? 449 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,360 With his backside hanging out! 450 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,680 But that's kids for you these days, though, innit? 451 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,800 I know you've got all these face-recognition cameras these days. 452 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,560 You'd be better off with arse recognition. 453 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,360 OK. Um, well, I'll... 454 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,480 Leave it with me, Mr Bevan. 455 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,840 I'll talk to the other shopkeepers, 456 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,000 see if anyone's seen anything. 457 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,520 But I'll be in touch. 458 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:40,760 Righto, Kelly. 459 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:43,840 Eh, Kelly! 460 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,400 Bloody good hiding! 461 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:46,960 That's what they need! 462 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,120 MUMBLES 463 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,120 Stop calling me Kelly. 464 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:52,520 Hello, Mike. All right? 465 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,480 Seen anything happen down there at the barber's? 466 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,040 No, nothing. Nothing? 467 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,280 See anything? 468 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,400 Thank you. No problem. 469 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:04,480 Hello. 470 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,000 That was the boat yard. 471 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,560 The Lily Bond might be out of the water for months. 472 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,520 It needs a...complete overhaul. 473 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,120 I can't say I'm surprised. 474 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:20,960 It had bits falling off when I was staying on it. 475 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,880 Well, you know you're always welcome at mine. 476 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,400 Humphrey will be mortified. Thanks very much. 477 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,880 No, not about us staying with you - about the boat. 478 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,600 Really loves that boat, doesn't he? 479 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,320 Yeah, but it was only ever supposed to be a stopgap 480 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,240 until we found somewhere more permanent. So... 481 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,160 ..maybe it's time we did just that. 482 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:41,880 Find a house. 483 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,840 Good for you, Motty. 484 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,520 Won't be easy. 485 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,680 Hmm. There's always loads of places up for sale. 486 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,600 No, I don't mean finding a house. 487 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,480 I mean telling Humphrey. 488 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:54,960 SHE CHUCKLES 489 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,920 So, you've heard, then? 490 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,040 Heard what? 491 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,160 About Archie. 492 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:15,280 What about him? 493 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,200 I heard he was dating. 494 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:18,360 Good for him. 495 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,280 Don't you want to know who with? 496 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:21,560 No. 497 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,040 Who? 498 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:28,800 No idea. 499 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,560 But very pretty, by all accounts. 500 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,880 They were seen coming out of Kitty Jay's arm in arm. 501 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,520 PHONE RINGS 502 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,280 Hi, Nick. OK. 503 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:39,520 Thank you. 504 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,040 The button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe. 505 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:45,400 Right. 506 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,720 And the RCD switch was disabled, 507 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,240 which meant the power didn't cut off instantly. 508 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,920 So, if it was murder, 509 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,760 then it was premeditated. 510 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,080 What were those initials you found? 511 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,160 PM. Why? 512 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,760 I might have something... 513 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,440 ..on Kenneth Linder's page. 514 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,360 Someone's posted a death threat, 515 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:07,880 saying he's a fraud, that he sold out doing a new book, 516 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,680 that he's ruined the trilogy by adding a fourth book. 517 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,160 Some of the messages are pretty vile. 518 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,240 But the last one - look. 519 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,840 "Be careful you don't end up like one of your own victims." 520 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,680 That fits, doesn't it? A deranged fan. 521 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,640 Who better to copy a murder from the book? 522 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,520 Paul Meca. M-E-C-A. Paul Meca. 523 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:28,760 What do we know about him? 524 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,440 Nothing. Just the name. Not much history. 525 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,120 Looks like the account's only been open a few weeks. 526 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:36,880 I can put in a request for some more information, 527 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,680 but you know what these social media companies are like. 528 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,840 I wouldn't hold your breath. OK. If he's a fan, 529 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,200 then maybe he was at the book signing last night. 530 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,080 And if he's not local, then he must have stayed somewhere. 531 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,440 So, let's check local hotels, guest houses, all of that. 532 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:53,720 Right. 533 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,280 PHONE RINGS 534 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:58,960 Shipton Abbott. 535 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:02,720 Psst! 536 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,040 You're wanted! 537 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,400 What? 538 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:06,880 At the hub! 539 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,640 They'll... They'll just have to wait, OK? 540 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,960 I need to speak to Helen Linder first. 541 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,160 Sergeant! 542 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,560 I can't ever remember Dad mentioning a Paul Meca. 543 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,200 It seems he disapproved of the new book, 544 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,200 accusing your dad of selling out. 545 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,360 Oh. We had lots of that. 546 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,360 The thing is, Dad didn't necessarily disagree with them either. 547 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,000 But going back to the Bathtub Murders 548 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,360 was the only way he could get published. 549 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,440 I think he needed the money. 550 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,560 Oh, he never said anything, 551 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,480 but he hated Anthony Westley. 552 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,240 I know he'd never have gone back there unless he had to. 553 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,040 PHONE RINGS 554 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:53,280 Sorry, excuse me. 555 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,360 Hello? 556 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,400 DI...Goodman, I presume? 557 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,400 James Smith. Please. 558 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,600 CLEARS HIS THROAT 559 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:27,360 Sorry... 560 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,160 I was expecting Chief Superintendent Woods. 561 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,400 No longer with us, I'm afraid. 562 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:34,800 Oh... 563 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,800 Oh, not deceased. 564 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,320 In Dartmouth. 565 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,000 Though some might argue they're much the same thing! 566 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,200 Yeah, but I digress. 567 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:48,000 Look, there's been a small...restructure. 568 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,880 Yeah, we're not trying to boil the ocean, just a... 569 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,440 ..realignment. 570 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,200 Bringing all the remaining sub-stations under our control. 571 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,920 "Our"? Administrative planning. 572 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,360 Which, in turn, reports to the local Police and Crime Panel. 573 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,480 In your case, that would be Shipton Abbott, of course. 574 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:05,760 Non-invasive. 575 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,120 Just building a loop. Hmm? 576 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,520 Everyone's in it and we all...open our kimono. 577 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:12,800 Kimono? 578 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,320 Show what we have. 579 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,560 Get all our ducks in a row. 580 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,480 That's how we move the needle. 581 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:19,680 You follow? 582 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,400 Yes... Er, no. 583 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:22,480 Not really. 584 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,160 Now, the first carriage on the train 585 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,120 to Efficiency Harbour... 586 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,120 HE SIGHS 587 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:28,600 ..is streamlining. 588 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,000 Trimming the fat. 589 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,360 Cutbacks. 590 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,240 Well...unclogging the pipes. 591 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,840 There's only four of us. 592 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:37,720 Which is rather the point! 593 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,080 In what way? 594 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,320 There should only be three. 595 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,400 Your staff-to-square-footage ratio is... 596 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:46,840 ..off message. 597 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,720 Oh, but it's not all bad news. 598 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,320 No. The decision about who to lose... 599 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:55,840 ..all yours. 600 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,480 LINE RINGS 601 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,080 Hey, Sam. It's Martha Goodman. 602 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,400 There's, um, one of your properties I'd like to see 603 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,600 if it's still available. 604 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:10,760 On Polkirt Hill? 605 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,160 Cheer up! It might never happen. 606 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,120 That's the point. 607 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:17,200 What? 608 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,240 Everyone seems to have things going on. 609 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,040 Martha's looking to buy a new house. 610 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:22,600 Anne's just been made a new councillor, 611 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,280 going off on fancy lunches all the time. 612 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,120 Archie's dating again. And here's me. 613 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,880 Exactly the same as I was...last week, 614 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:34,320 last month, pretty much the whole of last year. 615 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,120 Literally nothing is happening in my life right now. 616 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,480 One morning, I'm just going to wake up 617 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,840 and find out I'm old, 618 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,320 still on my own 619 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,640 and still living in Shipton Abbott. 620 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,560 I can't think of anything worse. 621 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,280 I know, right? 622 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,320 So, who's Archie dating, then? 623 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,440 Not that I'm bothered. Just interested. 624 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,240 No idea. 625 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,040 Supposed to be really pretty, though. 626 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,760 RADIO: Tributes are pouring in following the death 627 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,760 of renowned author Kenneth Linder, 628 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,600 who was found dead in his home at Shipton Abbott this morning. 629 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,960 It comes in the week he launched his latest novel, The Final Breath. 630 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,920 No-one seems to have seen anything. 631 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,720 If it's the town centre, the CCTV should have picked them up. 632 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,440 Hi, sir! 633 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,160 So, the name Meca - 634 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,760 I ran a quick trace. 635 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,920 We have 34 families with that last name 636 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,240 in Devon and Cornwall, 637 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,760 but with nothing to cross-check it with, 638 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,240 it's tough to narrow down. Right. 639 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:40,680 So, what do we know about him? 640 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,960 Er, he's a Kenneth Linder fan, 641 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,480 he's got a limp, and... 642 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,480 ..he's got a button missing. 643 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,160 Not much. All right! Er... 644 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,920 See if there's a Kenneth Linder fan club 645 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,960 or a book-reading group. They'll have a list of members. 646 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:57,520 Why didn't I think of that? Yes. And, er, 647 00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,240 maybe we could take a punt on the limp, too? 648 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,760 Check for local hospital admissions 649 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,560 in the last six months. Injuries to his left... 650 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,440 Left leg. I'm on it. 651 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:06,920 Yes. 652 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,920 So, the hub. 653 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,760 Anything to report? 654 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:14,240 Er, yes. 655 00:34:14,240 --> 00:34:17,360 Yes, seems we're under new management, everyone. 656 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:21,280 The Chief Super's moved on and we are now being overseen 657 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:26,800 by the planning team and the local Police and Crime Panel. 658 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,240 So, where's Charlie Woods gone? 659 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:31,440 Dartmouth, I think he said. Oh, no. 660 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,720 She was lovely. I really liked her. 661 00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:36,920 Yeah, she was definitely one of the better ones. 662 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,400 Is that it, though, now Charlie's gone? 663 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:40,720 No new directives or anything? 664 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:43,520 Er... Er, no. 665 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:45,880 Mmm. 666 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,120 STRAW SCRAPES 667 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:27,880 Lab have confirmed Kenneth Linder 668 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,120 as death by electrocution, 669 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,120 although they have listed his amyloidosis 670 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:34,440 as a secondary cause. 671 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,440 His body was so weak, he was unlikely 672 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,480 to survive the initial shock. Mm-hm. 673 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,480 This is madness! 674 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,400 What's that, Kelby? 675 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,000 The local bookmaker Dafydd Bevan, 676 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,760 assaulted three times in three days. 677 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,200 Got the town centre CCTV footage, 678 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,840 but not one of them makes any sense. 679 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:54,600 Look, here. 680 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,040 This is the first one. 681 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,520 His dog makes a mess in his shop. 682 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,800 He bagged it up and was taking it to an outside bin. 683 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,000 Then someone snatches it off him. 684 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,600 That's weird. 685 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,600 HUMPHREY CHUCKLES 686 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,760 Then the next one. 687 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,440 Same time next day, near enough, 688 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,200 a different bloke runs up 689 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,280 and tries to punch him, misses, 690 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,720 and then Mr Bevan said that he started crying, and then ran off. 691 00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:21,440 And then, this morning, 692 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,840 a third bloke came out of nowhere, 693 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,640 whacks him on the head with a rolled-up newspaper - 694 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,400 for no reason - and then just runs off as well! 695 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,680 That is all very odd. We'll send someone over now. 696 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,000 Just kids messing about. 697 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,040 I think I've found your Paul Meca. 698 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,880 Yeah, he arrived two nights ago. 699 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,280 Said he was here on business. 700 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,400 Kept himself to himself. 701 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:49,080 Thank you. 702 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,360 Would you know him if you saw him again? 703 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:55,840 Oh, doubt it. 704 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,360 Don't pay much attention to overnighters. 705 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:01,600 Can I ask how he paid? 706 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,080 Er, cash. Cash. 707 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,240 Has anyone else stayed in this room? 708 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:09,320 No. 709 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:14,040 The cleaner's supposed to check for things like this. 710 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,480 Did he give any personal details when he checked in? 711 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,120 Address, phone number? 712 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,880 He filled a registration card out. 713 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,920 Can we see it? It's downstairs, in the office. Esther... 714 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,880 Do you have any security cameras? 715 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,880 We have a doorbell camera. 716 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:35,280 Excellent. 717 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,720 Hmm, can't see him arriving. 718 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,240 Oh, but he might have come in through the side door. 719 00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:43,800 Let's look at when he left. 720 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,240 OK. Thanks, Margo. 721 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:50,320 Address and phone number are false. 722 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,040 There he is. 723 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,360 He's got a limp. 724 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:00,440 That's him. 725 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,400 Come on! You should have gone an hour ago! 726 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:09,920 Nearly done. 727 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:13,720 Boy your age should be rushing home, getting ready to go out! 728 00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:15,520 Haven't you got a date or anything? 729 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,480 Nah, I've given up on all them dating apps. 730 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,840 Oh. Last one I met up with 731 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,080 must have used a photo that was older than me. 732 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:25,520 Oh. 733 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,440 She keeps sending me photos of her... 734 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,400 ..lasagne. 735 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,480 Well...don't be long. 736 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,520 I won't. Hm. 737 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,520 KELBY SIGHS 738 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:51,360 Hi. 739 00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:53,880 Hi. 740 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,440 HUMPHREY SIGHS 741 00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,800 Bad day? 742 00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,800 CHUCKLES 743 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,000 Not as bad as Selwyn. 744 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,280 Look, he's homeless. 745 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,280 QUACKING 746 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,800 Oh, your author's been all over the news. 747 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,400 They're saying it was murder. I think so, yeah. 748 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,440 Any idea who it was? 749 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,600 Well, we've got a good suspect - 750 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,160 a disgruntled fan who was sending threatening messages, 751 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,240 and we can place him at the scene, so... 752 00:39:19,240 --> 00:39:20,520 I'm sorry. 753 00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:22,200 I know you liked him. 754 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:23,400 I did, yeah. 755 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:26,280 But it's not that. 756 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,600 I got called in to the hub. 757 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,080 Oh. 758 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,200 You've been told off again? Not this time. 759 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,800 SIGHS 760 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:42,560 They're saying I've got to lose someone at the station. 761 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,760 What? Yeah. 762 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,360 Apparently, there should only be three of us at the station, 763 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,600 so I need to lose one of either Esther, Kelby... 764 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,240 ..or Margo. 765 00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:54,920 That's awful! Yeah. 766 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,800 What will you do? I have no idea. 767 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:06,360 So, I've got something that might cheer you up, 768 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,200 or...make you feel ten times worse. 769 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:12,200 Right. 770 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,960 If it's bad timing and you don't want to talk about it, 771 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,160 then just say so. It's bad timing. 772 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,640 But the Lily Bond will be out of the water for weeks... 773 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:23,960 HE SIGHS 774 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,480 ..maybe months. 775 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,520 And, although we can stay at Mum's again... 776 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,200 ..I was thinking that maybe 777 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,360 it was time to move on 778 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,200 and went back to our original plan 779 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,440 when we first moved down, and... 780 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,560 ..bought a house! 781 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:49,480 Are you serious? 782 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,160 Look. 783 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,560 Hello, Pete! Where have you been? 784 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,240 Out and about! Oh, Arthur, still not better, that leg? 785 00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:10,520 No. Oh. 786 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,320 Hello, lovey! See you Friday! 787 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,800 Oh, yeah! Ha! 788 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,240 MARGO GASPS 789 00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:24,160 You're in early. 790 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,320 What's up with you? Wet your bed? 791 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:27,720 No! 792 00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:30,120 So, I had a brainwave. 793 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,640 Ohhh... 794 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:33,360 I was sitting in the bath, 795 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,280 listening to Billie Eilish, when I realised 796 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,520 that all those things that happened to Mr Bevan, 797 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,360 outside the bookmaker's, 798 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,400 all happened at the same time, 799 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,560 between five to nine and ten past nine, 800 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,320 three days in a row. 801 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,760 So, what if they're there again today? 802 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:54,120 I can get there first and wait for them to show up. 803 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:55,160 So... 804 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,520 ..what's Billie Eilish got to do with it? 805 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,720 Oh, nothing. I just like her. 806 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,800 The fan club hasn't got a Paul Meca listed. 807 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,760 I'm still waiting on hospital reports. 808 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,280 OK. 809 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,360 That's sad. What is? 810 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,400 It's an interview with Kenneth Linder. 811 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,520 They asked him where the title of his book came from. 812 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,800 When his wife was dying, she made him promise 813 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:37,760 to look after their daughter Helen. 814 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:42,480 He said to her that he would, to his final breath. 815 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,080 I think he kept his promise. They were very close. 816 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,920 Yes. I only wish we had more answers for her. 817 00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:54,480 Right! 818 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,240 Let's run through what we've got again. 819 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:08,760 Oi! 820 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:10,840 Stop! 821 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:13,520 Oi! Stop! 822 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,640 MUSIC: I Fought The Law by The Clash 823 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,520 Go get him, Kelly! 824 00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:29,120 # Breakin' rocks in the hot sun 825 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,840 # I fought the law and the law won 826 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:35,040 # I fought the law and the law won 827 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,240 # I needed money cos I had none... # 828 00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:40,520 Oi! Stop! 829 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,560 # I fought the law and the law won 830 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,720 # I left my baby and it feels so bad 831 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:50,240 # Guess my race is run 832 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,120 # She's the best girl that I ever had 833 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,280 # I fought the law and the law won 834 00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:59,360 # I fought the law and the... # 835 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,120 In pursuit, Coopers Passage! 836 00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,400 OK! There's nowhere to go! 837 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,200 I said come here! 838 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:39,920 BOTH GRUNT 839 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:41,200 I've got you now! 840 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:44,920 SIRENS APPROACH 841 00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,200 You lived here as a teenager, didn't you? Yes, I did. 842 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:58,320 Didn't you find it weird, seeing the same people every day 843 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,280 and them always looking the same? 844 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:02,840 Kelby?! 845 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:04,200 Mm... 846 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:05,520 Hello! 847 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,560 Um, can I use your bathroom, please? 848 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,120 MUD SPLATTERS 849 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,120 Oh! 850 00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:14,960 No, neither can we rule out a... 851 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:16,240 Kelby. 852 00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:17,320 Kelby?! 853 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,160 Mum's washing my uniform. 854 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:22,360 I was chasing one of the kids that assaulted Mr Bevan. 855 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,200 Caught one of them, and he dobbed the other two in. 856 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,080 They're in the hub at the moment, being questioned. 857 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:29,880 Well done, Kelby. 858 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:31,840 Yes, indeed. Well done. Kelby. 859 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:33,400 So, what was it all about? 860 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:38,040 OK, so, Mr Bevan keeps the cash from the tills and the slot machines 861 00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,400 in a safe overnight, 862 00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,960 then banks it the same time every morning. 863 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:46,560 They obviously found out about it... 864 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,760 ..and decided to rob him. 865 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,400 But they weren't very bright. 866 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,200 The first one thought Mr Bevan was on his way 867 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,280 to bank his takings, but he wasn't. 868 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,520 He was disposing a bag of dog poo. 869 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,240 The next day, they had a different plan. 870 00:46:07,240 --> 00:46:09,600 The second one was going to throw pepper 871 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,440 into Mr Bevan's face and steal the bag of money, 872 00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:14,480 but he didn't account for the wind direction. 873 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,120 SOBBING 874 00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:24,600 The third one had another plan. 875 00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,800 He had put a big chisel in a rolled-up newspaper to cosh him, 876 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,600 but he hadn't wrapped it tightly enough, 877 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,760 so when he pulled his arm back... 878 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:35,880 LIGHT THUD 879 00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:37,280 GLASS SMASHES NEARBY 880 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:45,680 So...that's what happened to the barber's window. 881 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:49,000 And lucky it did, cos it could have killed someone. 882 00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,000 Oh, what have you done? 883 00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,800 I turned my ankle when I was getting pulled out the mud. 884 00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,080 HE WINCES 885 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:06,160 Esther, have we got the doorbell footage of Paul Meca? 886 00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,840 Er, yes. Hang on. 887 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,080 Oh! They're talking about us! 888 00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,200 RADIO: Shipton Abbott police have no comment on the theories 889 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:16,640 that the author was murdered in the same way as the victims 890 00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:18,120 in his latest thriller. 891 00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:19,960 The new book is flying off the shelves, 892 00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:22,520 with fans saying his death is something 893 00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:24,120 he could have written himself. 894 00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:25,960 Yes, it could! 895 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:37,800 Oh, that's exactly what it is. 896 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,400 The Final Breath. 897 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:45,600 Yeah. 898 00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:46,960 But why Paul Meca? 899 00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:50,440 Who is he? 900 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:52,920 An accomplice, perhaps? 901 00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:54,080 Er... 902 00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:08,120 Oh, that's very clever. 903 00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:09,760 Do you know what happened? 904 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:12,400 HE LAUGHS 905 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,200 I think I do. 906 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,320 So, was it murder? 907 00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:19,520 Not exactly. 908 00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,040 He took his own life? Strictly speaking... 909 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,640 ..both. 910 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,640 SHE GASPS 911 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,280 The button, the memo pad, 912 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,560 the footprints in the garden, the mysterious Paul Meca, 913 00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:33,920 the jacket he just happened to leave behind - 914 00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:38,040 all very convenient and easy to find. 915 00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:41,480 All ultimately leading nowhere. 916 00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:43,160 Why? 917 00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:45,600 Because they weren't clues at all. 918 00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,040 They were simply the...the pen strokes 919 00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:51,240 of a master storyteller. 920 00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:53,840 Kenneth Linder's books were no longer 921 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,920 attracting the following they once did, and... 922 00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:00,640 ..facing financial ruin... 923 00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:03,880 he was then, very literally, 924 00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:06,920 dealt a killer blow. 925 00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:12,040 He was dying, but his thoughts were not for himself, 926 00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:14,160 they were for his daughter, Helen. 927 00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:16,480 Having kept his financial woes from her, 928 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:18,440 he knew that when he was gone, 929 00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:20,320 she'd be left with nothing. 930 00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:23,160 So, I think, when he was told he was dying, 931 00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:24,960 he concocted a plan. 932 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,000 First, he had to get a publishing deal. 933 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:32,160 He did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy, 934 00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,840 the Bathtub Murders. 935 00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:36,440 But, more importantly, 936 00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:39,200 I think he's the one who suggested he write it 937 00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:40,680 without an advance, 938 00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:44,520 instead taking the lion's share of profits from book sales. 939 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:50,840 But why would he do that if he was broke? 940 00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:54,080 Because he intended to make sure the book 941 00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:55,960 was a runaway success. 942 00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:59,440 And I think he did so by murdering himself. 943 00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:04,240 Knowing he only had weeks, perhaps days, left to live, 944 00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:07,120 Kenneth Linder said goodbye to his daughter, 945 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:08,840 but as he wasn't insured, 946 00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:11,720 he knew he had to find a way to secure her future... 947 00:50:11,720 --> 00:50:13,720 Promise you'll have an early night. 948 00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:16,400 Oh... A nightcap first, though, I think. 949 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:18,120 One. At least! 950 00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:20,920 I love you. 951 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:22,400 Love you, too. 952 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,600 ..to fulfil the promise he made to her mother... 953 00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:27,520 ..all those years ago. 954 00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:31,160 I doubt that any right-minded person 955 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:32,760 would consider such a thing, 956 00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,880 but once he'd made his plan, his course was set. 957 00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,760 The first thing he did was plant his clues. 958 00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:40,200 First, the footprint, 959 00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:42,720 adding a limp for dramatic effect. 960 00:50:43,720 --> 00:50:46,680 Then the mysterious note. 961 00:50:43,720 --> 00:50:46,680 SCRIBBLES 962 00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:48,840 PAPER RUSTLES 963 00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:54,760 And the button. 964 00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:02,280 And then, with everything in place... 965 00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:06,320 ..he carried out his plan. 966 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:08,920 ELECTRICITY CRACKLES 967 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:14,080 A few days before, he booked into Sandals guest house 968 00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:16,280 in the name of the character he created, 969 00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:18,600 making sure that he left the jacket 970 00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:20,280 with the missing button behind, 971 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:23,280 and to get caught on the doorbell camera, 972 00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:25,800 allowing us to see the supposed limp 973 00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:28,600 he'd orchestrated in the flowerbed 974 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,600 to confirm his identity. 975 00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:34,000 I also think he sent himself the death threats. 976 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,360 The account used by Paul Meca 977 00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:38,400 had only been operating a few weeks. 978 00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:39,840 So, he did it all himself? 979 00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:42,280 Yes, Kelby. 980 00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:45,560 I think he did. 981 00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:47,360 As news spread 982 00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:49,920 of the fictional murder that became real life, 983 00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:53,200 he ensured that his new book became a bestseller. 984 00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:57,520 Remember the words that he spoke to his dying wife 985 00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,480 all those years ago, when she begged him 986 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:01,120 to look after their daughter? 987 00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:04,240 That he'd look after her until his... 988 00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:06,880 ..final breath? 989 00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:09,400 And that's exactly what he did. 990 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:11,240 So, what gave him away? 991 00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:13,160 Who's Paul Meca? 992 00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:15,080 Right, OK. Two things... 993 00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:17,360 ..were his undoing. 994 00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,080 Footprint casts from the garden 995 00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:23,760 show that the weak leg was on the left, yet... 996 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:24,960 KEY CLACKS 997 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:26,960 ..walking away from the guest house, 998 00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:30,520 the limp was clearly on his right leg. 999 00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,360 And the other thing? 1000 00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:34,320 The hubris? Yeah. 1001 00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:35,440 Ah... 1002 00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,920 HE CHUCKLES 1003 00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:53,720 It's an anagram. 1004 00:52:53,720 --> 00:52:55,800 Paul Meca. 1005 00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:58,520 Mea culpa. 1006 00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:00,040 Latin? 1007 00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:03,240 An admission of guilt, quite literally. 1008 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:05,560 "It was me who did it." 1009 00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,400 SHE GASPS 1010 00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:20,400 Thank you for taking the time to stop by. 1011 00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:22,560 We thought you'd want to know. 1012 00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:24,760 Though I doubt it's much comfort. 1013 00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:27,840 No. None at all, to be honest. 1014 00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:31,160 The truth is, I'd swap every penny 1015 00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:33,920 of the fortune he worked so hard to leave me for... 1016 00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,080 ..one more day with him. 1017 00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:47,720 Yeah, yeah. 1018 00:53:47,720 --> 00:53:49,880 Well, lots of, you know, like, filing and stuff... 1019 00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:52,640 Here we go. Don't think I forgot anything. 1020 00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,120 Well done. There you go. 1021 00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:56,360 Well done, Kelby. Want some good news? 1022 00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:57,920 Yes, always. 1023 00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:00,880 Kenneth Linder's publisher, Anthony Westley, 1024 00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,520 just got sacked. Why? 1025 00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:06,680 For signing a contract that gives most of the money 1026 00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:09,160 from the book sales to the Linder estate. 1027 00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:11,840 Yes, the book is bigger than ever. It's a bestseller. 1028 00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:13,640 Losing all that money, 1029 00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:15,600 he must have a nasty rash! 1030 00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:17,600 ALL CHUCKLE 1031 00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:19,920 Well, I think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact 1032 00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:23,720 that a daughter lost her father, but, er... 1033 00:54:23,720 --> 00:54:25,120 ..well done, everyone. 1034 00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:26,520 And well done, you. 1035 00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:29,320 To our amazing Inspector, 1036 00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:32,320 Martha, who saved him from a watery grave, 1037 00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:35,640 our brilliant Kelby, who cracked his own case 1038 00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:38,280 and waded through mud to bring his prisoner in, 1039 00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:41,160 and Margo, who is the font of all knowledge. 1040 00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:43,480 And Esther, the voice of reason, 1041 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,200 and the glue that holds us all together. 1042 00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,080 Oh, and not forgetting our new councillor. 1043 00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:50,120 Oh! 1044 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:52,360 ALL: Cheers! 1045 00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:03,280 OK. So, the pictures I showed you are a bit old... 1046 00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:06,200 ..and no-one's lived here for a while. 1047 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:08,320 Really? Close your eyes. 1048 00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:12,200 HE LAUGHS 1049 00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:17,680 Oh, God. I can't see anything. 1050 00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:19,400 Oh! This way. 1051 00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:22,320 And, er, there's a step. 1052 00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:23,840 OK, yup. 1053 00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:25,480 Do we have a key? 1054 00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:27,720 Don't need one. There's no front door. 1055 00:55:27,720 --> 00:55:29,040 Oh. 1056 00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:30,800 Up! Up! Up, yeah. 1057 00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:34,320 Whoa! I'm sorry! 1058 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:37,760 Seriously... 1059 00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:40,240 Oh, what's that smell? 1060 00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:41,600 Best not ask. 1061 00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:42,960 All right, Martha. 1062 00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:45,520 OK. 1063 00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:51,160 Are you ready? I'm not sure. 1064 00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:52,560 Open your eyes! 1065 00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:57,000 OK. Two questions. 1066 00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,560 One, are you sure we're in the right house? 1067 00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:01,320 And, two, if we are, 1068 00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:03,120 what on earth possessed you? 1069 00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:04,760 I'm glad you asked. 1070 00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:08,800 Oh, oh! 1071 00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:09,840 Ah! 1072 00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:14,320 Isn't it amazing?! 1073 00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:42,640 Two crimes, two attempts to undo those crimes... 1074 00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:43,960 I am not mad! 1075 00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:46,240 You think someone trashed the place, 1076 00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:48,640 then immediately put everything back? 1077 00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:52,880 Mr Smith is still hounding me for a decision on who I'm going to let go. 1078 00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:55,560 Oh, my God. There's Archie and that woman. 1079 00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:58,240 Pausing fostering still feels like the right thing to do. 1080 00:56:58,240 --> 00:57:00,360 Especially now we're back living with your mum. 1081 00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:03,560 Remember, you are enough. 1082 00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:06,240 I've definitely had enough, I know that much. 1083 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:07,800 It came this morning.