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Bien, entonces el plan, damas y caballeros,

Vamos a ir primero a la tumba de Rossetti,

y luego nos volveremos sobre nuestros pasos...

¿Dónde está Edie Ledwell?

Uh, en realidad no visitamos la tumba de la Sra. Ledwell.

Es una parcela privada, y...y familias

tienen derecho a la privacidad.

Pasaremos por la tumba de Munck y el Ángel Durmiente,

la tumba de Mary Nichols.

Ambas características, según tengo entendido,

en "El corazón negro de tinta".

No te emociones demasiado.

Es solo un pastel de frutas.

Falta un poco de cuando tuve hambre.

Gracias, Pat.

¿Quieres algunas compras?

No, estaré arriba en unas horas.

Sólo necesito descansar un poco.

No soy tan delicada como parezco.

Puedo llevarte algunas compras. ¿Qué quieres?

¿Cerveza?

¿Unas salchichas?

Quizás un poco de ensalada.

¿Estás bien?

La gente come ensalada todo el tiempo.

Entonces te traeré un pepino.

¿Podrías preguntarle a Barclay?

¿Si puede hacer doble turno en Ormond?

Servirá.

Robin dijo que Josh Blay puede hacer una visita esta tarde.

¿Le digo que lo haga sola?

No, quiero estar allí.

Quizás quieras eso, pero...

Le haré saber que vendrás.

¿Ella esta de vuelta?

No, ella estaba comprobando una teoría que tenía.

¿Qué teoría?

Así que la tumba de De Munck está aquí a la izquierda.

¿Entonces juegas al "Juego de Drek"?

Yo solía.

Ya no lo juego más

El diseñador del juego es un completo maniático del control.

y un idiota enorme.

Actúa como si hubiera inventado "El corazón de tinta negra".

No había árboles aquí en el cementerio original.

y parque del cementerio.

Así que todos estos árboles han crecido desde el lugar.

Estuvo encerrado durante 50 años.

- Hola. - Hola.

Soy, eh... soy Robin Ellacott.

Oh, en realidad iba a llamarte.

Bueno, ¿qué pasa?

No, no. Tú primero.

Bueno, quiero decir, entiendo si no puedes,

pero estoy en el cementerio de Highgate

Y me preguntaba si podrías decirme

Dónde exactamente se encontraron Josh y Edie.

Uh, de memoria,

Es un área a unos 20 metros al este de una tumba.

con un pelícano en él.

Genial, gracias. Me ha sido de gran ayuda.

Eh, ¿qué querías preguntarme?

Iba a preguntarte si estarías libre.

para tomar una copa este fin de semana.

Oh, tendré que revisar la rotación.

Pero, eh… ¿Te gustaría que Strike estuviera allí también?

En realidad te lo estaba preguntando en el sentido de la fecha.

de tomar una copa.

Oh. Umm,

Estoy... estoy trabajando este fin de semana.

Um, pero...

No hay problema.

Uno...

...disfruta tu...

...feliz caza, supongo.

Adiós.

Uh, adiós.

Ey.

¿Qué estás haciendo?

Umm, yo...

Tengo clase más tarde.

Pensé en dar un paseo.

Allí fue donde murió Edie.

Justo donde estás parado.

Sí. Yo, eh...

La busqué después de que nos conocimos.

Lo siento. No quise faltarte el respeto.

Estás bien.

Es un país libre,

Siempre que hayas pagado el tour.

Bueno, no fue barato.

¿Cómo supiste que Edie murió aquí?

Aquí es donde solíamos juntarnos todos.

Siempre veníamos aquí.

¿Cómo lo supiste?

Leí una vieja entrevista con ella.

Ella habló de una tumba con un pelícano.

Yo...yo quería venir y mirar.

¿Qué?

¿Alguien te ha dibujado antes?

Oh...

No que yo sepa.

Bueno, este lugar es tan bueno como cualquier otro.

¿Cómo eres tú al mantenerte quieto?

Dudo que esté a la altura de tus estándares.

Ah, vamos.

No hay nada que hacer.

Tú solo, ya sabes,

Quítate la ropa y trata de no moverte.

Creo que podría necesitar unas copas.

antes de quitarme la ropa en un cementerio.

¿Puedo echar un vistazo?

Sí, por supuesto.

Era algo en lo que Edie y yo estábamos trabajando.

¿Para "El Corazón Negro de Tinta"?

No, es cosa nuestra.

Un empresario de pompas fúnebres que viaja en el tiempo.

Bueno, he hecho mi propio pequeño tráiler y...

¿Una animación por tu cuenta?

- Sí. - Oh.

Sí. Mi casero,

Él tiene todo el equipo informático,

y no es tan difícil.

Mmm.

Bien.

Vamos.

Oh...

Sé que nunca la conocí, pero algunas de las cosas...

Estuve leyendo en línea anoche...

¿Cómo qué?

Bueno, como la gente que pide que la desentierren,

No creyendo que ella realmente estaba muerta,

pensando que era algún tipo de truco publicitario

Porque pasó aquí.

¿Has leído sobre Anomie?

Oh...

Anomie dirige el juego basado en la caricatura.

También tiene una actividad secundaria: ser el principal torturador de Edie.

Fui a buscarla todos los días.

¿Crees que Anomie es alguien que conocía a Edie?

Viste la caricatura, ¿verdad?

Bueno, Harty es un corazón que estalla.

del pecho de una persona muerta y tiene vida propia.

Bueno, North Grove tenía dos chicas que estaban trabajando.

sobre exactamente la misma idea.

Edie se hizo rica,

Y Kea me atrapó y tuvo que mudarse de casa.

y vivir con su mamá.

Eso es suficiente para hacer que cualquiera se sienta amargado.

¿Estás diciendo que Edie te estafó?

¿Fue idea de esta chica Kea?

No digo nada

Sólo digo lo que dije.

Mira, voy a terminar estos bocetos.

Vamos... vamos a tomar algo después de tu clase.

Seguro.

Hola, Midge.

Estuve con Pez en el cementerio de Highgate.

durante los últimos 10 minutos.

¿Anomie ha tuiteado o ha estado en "El juego de Drek"?

- No, no lo ha hecho. - Está bien.

Así que sigue siendo un sospechoso activo.

¿Algún movimiento con respecto a Wally Cardew?

Nada todavía.

Si sale de casa, ¿puedes intentar seguirlo?

¿Y permanecer con él hasta que yo o Strike podamos sustituirlo?

Pero no puedes usar Strike en Wally.

Te quemaste.

¿Qué quieres decir?

¿Qué pasó?

¿No te lo dijo?

Adelante.

¿Estás bien?

Sí.

¿Quieres una taza de té?

Por favor.

Pat dijo que habías estado trabajando en una teoría.

Uh, sí.

La exnovia de Midge nos dio sus datos de acceso al "Juego de Drek".

Ella solía jugar mucho.

Y tan pronto como inicié sesión,

Anomie vino a charlar un rato.

¿Que esta diciendo?

Él dice que mató a Edie.

Si eres anónimo, puedes decir cualquier cosa.

Probablemente busca llamar la atención.

Bueno eso es lo que pensé también.

Pero luego me llevó a ver un poco del juego.

donde dijo que la mató,

y la ubicación coincide con el lugar real del asesinato.

La policía no ha compartido eso ¿verdad?

Exactamente.

¿Cómo lo sabes?

Inspector General Murphy.

Anomie afirma que mató a Edie.

¿Y los Halvening también se llevan el crédito?

Anomie podría ser un miembro.

Eso es cierto.

Estoy bastante seguro de que están reclutando.

Los vi intentando subir a bordo a Wally Cardew.

Me enteré que tu tapadera fue descubierta.

Me equivoqué.

Me caí.

Todo el pub me miraba a mí y al chico al que estaba siguiendo.

Debe haberme reconocido de antes.

Así que sí, ahora están conscientes de mí.

Del lado positivo, encontré algunas cosas

Creo que podemos compartirlo con nuestros amigos del MI5.

Aquí.

Este es el tipo que se acercó a Wally Cardew.

Su tatuaje es la runa nórdica Thurisaz.

¿Encontraste algún rastro de él en línea?

Intenté buscar coincidencia de imágenes y no llegué a ninguna parte.

Luego volví a los vídeos de Wally Cardew.

y miré los comentarios,

Y encontré a este tipo.

Al Gizzard.

Y...

Algiz. Al Gizzard. Derecha.

Luego pasé cinco horas revisando el libro de Al Gizzard.

redes sociales buscando a alguien

a quién le ha gustado o le ha respondido a su material,

Y finalmente encontré a Jamie Kettle.

Algiz publicó sobre la masacre de Utoya

y Jamie respondió llamándolo leyenda.

Este es Jamie Kettle,

soldado de infantería en el Halvening.

Lo publicó en su cuenta de Twitter.

Eso es mucho trabajo para alguien que está fuera de acción.

¿Quién dice que estoy fuera de acción?

Pat dice que has estado pidiendo pepinos.

Yo no...

Ella cree que tienes una conmoción cerebral.

Digamos que soy vegano, a ver si llama una ambulancia.

¿Aún estás bien para visitar a Josh Blay?

Sí.

Dame cinco minutos.

Oh, termina ese té.

Cormoran Strike y Robin Ellacott.

Hemos sido contratados por...

Sí, lo sé.

- Katya Upcott. - Robin.

Hola, Josh.

Ojalá hubieras preguntado si Josh estaba preparado para esto.

Katya, es genial.

También hemos estado intentando concertar una reunión contigo.

Oh, ha sido un momento difícil.

Podrás venir a la casa después de esto.

Quiero ayudar.

Todos lo hacemos.

Lo siento, Katya.

Necesitamos hablar con Josh a solas.

No es nada personal

Si te cansas, solo llámame.

y tendrán que volver en otro momento.

Gracias.

Estamos aquí para hablar sobre la anomia.

Él me apuñaló a mí y a Ed.

¿Por qué estás tan seguro de que era Anomie?

Porque me advirtió que haría algo.

y lo ignoré.

Todo está en mi teléfono.

Puedes mirar.

667752, en la carpeta de fotos.

Hay algunas capturas de pantalla.

Me ha estado enviando mensajes directos durante años.

Ed dijo que lo bloqueara, pero no lo hice.

¿Son estas todas las ideas para la historia de "El Corazón Negro de Tinta"?

¿Que se le ocurrió a Anomie?

Sí.

Y todos son una mierda.

Desplácese hacia abajo hasta los últimos.

"Me necesitas.

"Sé lo que quieren los fans.

-No entiendes 'The Ink Black Heart', ¿verdad, Josh?

"Te ofrezco una ayuda que no sería prudente dejar pasar."

Así que, debido a que él y Morehouse crearon un juego de imitación,

¿Él piensa que tus personajes básicamente le pertenecen?

Sí.

Ed y yo simplemente estábamos estorbando, ¿no?

Problema resuelto.

Lee el último.

"Entiende esto.

"Un contrato cinematográfico será el final.

"Ya estás advertido."

Creo que sabía que Edie iba a firmar.

El contrato al día siguiente.

Por eso lo hizo cuando lo hizo.

Un contrato cinematográfico lo habría dejado en la sombra,

Y habrían hecho juegos mejores que cualquier otra cosa.

La anomia se puede controlar.

Entonces no tendría nada.

Pero ya llevaba un tiempo preparándose.

Uno no puede simplemente ir a la tienda de la esquina a comprar un taser.

Probablemente tengas razón respecto al momento.

Empecemos con eso.

¿Cuándo te llamó Edie para concertar la reunión?

El día anterior.

¿A quién más se lo contaste?

Sólo Mariam al principio.

Estaba hablando con ella en la cocina cuando llamó Edie.

Uh, Mariam estaba en clases todo el día cuando sucedió.

No es ella.

¿Se lo habría contado Mariam a su marido, Nils?

Sí, probablemente.

¿Qué pensó Edie de él?

A ella no le gustaba mucho Nils después de que él votara.

para ese cabrón de derecha Ian Peach.

¿Qué pasa con Wally Cardew?

¿o Pez Pierce?

No es ninguno de ellos

Uh, todos eran mis compañeros.

Edie tenía teorías sobre la identidad de Anomie.

Debes haber tenido tus propios pensamientos.

Terminé pensando que podría ser Phillip Ormond, su prometido,

porque apareció en North Grove

como este duro ex policía que cuidaría de ella.

No, a él nunca le importó una mierda la clase de arte.

Estoy seguro de que él vino allí por ella.

La trasladó a su lugar tan pronto como pudo.

Él es un idiota.

La necesitaba ¿no?

No está matando a la gallina de los huevos de oro.

Él no tiene nada con ella desaparecida.

Escuchamos que tal vez querría escribir un borrador de la película.

Él es un idiota.

No hay ideas de guión.

Nada.

Edie lo guardó todo en su teléfono.

Era como su cuaderno.

Por eso Anomie tomó su teléfono.

Sus propias ideas son una mierda.

Entonces tú y Edie acordaron encontrarse,

¿Y luego qué pasó?

Iba a ser horrible pasar por todas esas cosas.

con ella que me regaló Yasmin.

¿Qué cosas te dio Yasmin?

Evidencia de que Edie estaba intentando hacer un trato con Anomie,

y hacer que me echen de "The Ink Black Heart".

Todo eso fue una tontería ¿no?

Yo lo creí.

Yasmin me dio esas cosas

Porque pensó que yo debería saberlo.

No la culpes.

Es mi culpa.

Tenía miedo de conocer a Edie, así que me enojé.

Me quedé dormido.

¿En North Grove?

Sí.

Y dejé un porro en el cenicero.

¡Mierda!

¡Ayuda, Josh!

Mierda.

Lo siento. Lo siento.

Mariam me echó y necesito una cama.

Sé que es tarde,

Pero tengo que encontrarme con Edie en el cementerio mañana,

y...

Me vendría bien charlar sobre ello.

¿Eso es genial?

Katya, ¿estás ahí?

¡Eres un idiota!

¿Cómo puedes hacerme eso?

Kea es mi ex.

Su nombre está justo debajo del de Katya.

La llamé por error.

¿Entonces Kea Niven sabía que tú y Edie se iban a conocer?

Kea no es anomia

Anomie siempre publicaba cosas como que estábamos haciendo una película,

obteniendo todos estos detalles exclusivos.

Después de que Kea y yo nos separamos, ella no es amiga de ninguno de nosotros.

Ella no sabrá nada

No como lo hace Anomie.

¿Y luego fuiste a casa de Katya?

¿Entonces toda la familia Upcott sabía que ibas a conocer a Edie?

Sólo hablé con Katya.

¿Alguien más podría haberlo escuchado?

¿Tu discusión y la de Katya?

Estábamos abajo en la cocina.

Éramos sólo Katya y yo.

¿Qué pasó el día siguiente?

Llegué tarde a encontrarme con Edie.

Nos íbamos a encontrar donde estábamos

El primer día tuvo la idea de la caricatura.

No había nadie allí, excepto el jardinero.

Pasé por donde siempre íbamos,

y luego vi la pierna de Edie.

Entonces alguien corrió detrás de mí,

Luego me aplicaron una descarga eléctrica.

¿Pudo haber sido el jardinero el que viste?

No.

'Porque ese tipo era grande y pesado,

and the footsteps were light.

Was he bald?

How'd you know he was bald?

Well, I think there's a good chance

the bald head was a latex mask

and the guy was wearing padding.

That's why his footsteps didn't fit the sound of a heavier guy.

After he stabbed me

he leant down and said,

"I'll take care of things from here."

Did you recognize the voice?

No.

It's like I was underwater.

He only whispered it...

but I remember this feeling of

how much he fucking hated me.

Anomie was going after Ed for years

on Twitter and everywhere.

I never stood up for her.

I never blocked him.

I never stood up for Ed.

I let it happen

because I'm weak.

No, I...

I didn't want to get shit off fans,

and that got Edie killed.

I tried to say sorry to her.

I wrote her a letter

as soon as I woke up here.

Katya...

Katya wrote it down for me and...

...put it in her coffin.

But...

...It's nothing now, is it?

No.

You can drown in snot if you like,

but I'd rather you helped us catch this bastard.

You didn't do anything to make this happen.

Don't do that to yourself.

Once he's caught,

I'm done.

No, you're not.

Don't tell me what I will or won't do, all right?

You can still fucking walk.

You have to stop thinking long-term, at least for now.

I've had enough of the mindfulness bollocks.

Listen to me.

Did you mean what you said about Edie?

About regretting not standing up for her?

More than anything.

Right.

What did she love?

Her work.

The... the stories.

Right.

And someone's trying to steal that.

Someone's taken her last stories,

and they want to take "The Ink Black Heart" from you and Edie.

So you can give up,

or you can fight to protect it.

And you can be a witness when they catch Anomie.

If you owe her anything,

you owe her that.

It's gonna be hard.

It's gonna be brutal.

I've been there.

If you're anything like me,

you'll want to give up.

That'll happen a lot.

You have to find something to live for.

You've got something.

You are the only person left who can protect the thing

that mattered most to Edie.

So will you do that?

You're a better man than you give yourself credit for.

Try to hold on to that.

Well, if Anomie's the killer...

Looks that way, doesn't it?

We'll need to speak to DCI Murphy.

Hey, Sam. What's up?

I'm on Phillip Ormond.

He met a girl at her house.

I think she's one of the ones you said was a long shot.

I sent you over the photos. He's on the move.

- I've got to go. - Ok, great.

Sam sent some photos.

Mm.

That's Yasmin Weatherhead, the PA that Edie fired.

With Edie's fiancé?

We'd better put Midge on Yasmin.

What, and take her off North Grove?

We need to take on more people.

Yeah, I know.

There aren't very many good ones about.

Well, we could train someone up.

I mean, I didn't know anything when I started.

You were brilliant from the start.

That never happens.

Let's go and see Katya Upcott before she puts us off again.

I'll get it.

Hi.

Are you here for Mum?

Oh, thank you, Gus, darling.

- Come in. - Thank you.

Come in.

Let's head upstairs.

That was the living room.

It's Gus's room now.

We've had to remodel for my husband's wheelchair,

and we've moved...

...oh, sorry.

You don't care about that.

He's very talented.

He's in his final year at the Royal Guild of Music.

He might have to do another year, though.

And his skin's been a problem, but we found a specialist now,

so we live in hope.

He's got a girlfriend, but he never has her over.

I did say he and Darcy could use our weekend place,

but I think he feels self-conscious

about having a second home.

We do know we're lucky.

Now, we've soundproofed this floor

so Gus doesn't disturb Inigo's naps.

I have myalgic encephalomyelitis.

It's not napping, Katya.

It's managing my condition.

I'm sorry.

I was going to say.

Say it first.

Inigo has ME.

And you are?

Out!

If you're ill enough to skip school, you stay in bed. Out!

Cormoran Strike.

- Robin. - No!

I'm afraid I won't.

Germs can lay me out for months.

An awful lot of naps needed at that point.

Please, uh, take a seat.

Mrs. Upcott, Allan Yeoman thought

you could help us identify who was close with Edie and Josh.

Oh, yes, I wrote it all down for you.

Here's a list of everyone I can remember being around

from when they were making their first episode.

Lots of their friends were involved.

I helped out with publicity,

and then I found them an assistant

once it all got too much.

Ah, yes.

The assistant, Yasmin.

She ought to be a prime suspect for Anomie.

What makes you say that?

Yasmin knows her way around computers.

Fixed mine once.

And as regards motive,

who gave Josh the fake dossier

about Edie's deal with Anomie?

Yasmin did, but...

Dear, Josh is not the sharpest tool.

They were horrible accusations.

But you certainly didn't like reading

that Edie thought Josh should fire you,

or that Josh was considering it.

None of that turned out to be true.

- Still. - I know Josh felt awful

about falling for such a nasty trick.

He loved Edie.

They hated each other.

It wasn't always so difficult between them!

At the beginning, it was the two of them

making this really special thing.

In the interest of full disclosure,

you ought to know that this act of creation is disputed.

Doesn't Kea Niven say that "The Ink Black Heart"

was mostly her idea?

That girl talks absolute rubbish.

Kea is Josh's ex-girlfriend.

She's an utter nightmare.

Hardly addresses the allegation.

Well, actually, I think Kea might be Anomie.

And now you're denigrating a young girl out of sheer spite.

Or is that an essential part of being Josh's agent,

or life coach, or whatever you're calling yourself?

Kea stalks Josh.

Josh Blay casts people aside.

He'll do the same to you.

It isn't Kea Niven.

Yasmin Weatherhead, on the other hand...

fat, needy,

and almost certainly Anomie.

Mum, can I go and see Caroline's puppies?

Get out! You're infectious!

I'm so sorry. I think perhaps another time might be better.

We wanted to ask you about Phillip Ormond.

It'll have to be another time.

Oh.

Did you come in that?

How did you know?

Well, I haven't seen it before.

Strong powers of observation.

Might have to hire you.

Do you get a dog if you're a detective?

Like a sniffer dog?

You really want a dog, don't you?

Well, I'm not allowed.

And they're too dirty.

Are you going to come back?

We'd like to.

Your mum seems pretty busy.

Well, that's 'cause she's always with Josh.

She goes wherever he is.

She doesn't care about me.

Poor kid.

Flavia, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

Checking the game.

Midge or Barclay must be playing.

Do you think Katya could have stabbed Josh and Edie?

Maybe.

Edie dumped her to sign with Allan Yeoman.

If she thought that Josh was gonna do the same...

...she seems very...

...attached to him.

What did you make of the rest of the family?

Well, Inigo was...

...lovely.

At home all day.

He seems to know a lot about what's going on

- with "The Ink Black Heart." - Mm.

Easy access to Katya's information.

Gus Upcott matches the profile, doesn't he?

Young, male, awkward, isolated.

I'd like to see Inigo and Gus properly ruled out.

Katya as well.

What if we're missing a partnership?

We know two people are behind "Drek's Game,"

Anomie and Morehouse.

Yeah, that could be Phillip Ormond

and Yasmin Weatherhead.

We now know that she had access to information.

We can't keep tabs on all these people.

We're gonna have to get aggressive

about ruling out suspects.

I could approach Phillip Ormond without cover

if I suggest getting a pint with him.

How's that health kick going?

Pint of water, obviously.

And I'll head back to North Grove.

Try and rule some of these people out.

Oh.

Sorry, I've got to get this.

Hello, Robin Ellacott speaking.

Are you sure?

Great.

All right, fantastic.

Thank you.

Thank... thank you very much.

Thank you. Bye.

- What's going on? - I, uh...

I just bought a flat.

We just exchanged.

I didn't know you were looking.

Yeah.

Well, um, I thought I'd put down roots.

I've never lived on my own before.

Um, about time.

Yeah.

Yeah?

Mr. Strike,

you might need to go to Gateshead on Monday.

Male or female?

The second one.

All right, give us a sec.

Uninvited guest.

Ooh.

Hello, Bluey.

Could you spare me a minute before you head up north?

Do you know him?

Oh, yeah. We were lovers for...

...how long was it again, darling?

Mm.

Mangoes.

How lovely.

I'll deal with this.

Aren't you going to ask me to sit down?

Or do all your clients stand?

But you're not a client.

See, that's the thing, Bluey.

Don't call me that.

You're exactly what I need...

...a private detective.

Missing some Dalmatians?

I'm not expecting a freebie.

Our list is full.

Go and see McCabe.

But if Mr. McCabe is a competitor of yours,

he could use this thing of mine to drive you out of business.

I can't imagine you'd want that.

Mm.

It's bigger than I remember.

I do like Madeline, by the way.

I did some modeling for her the other week, actually.

- It was quite fun. - Cut to it.

Jago found the nude I sent you.

It was on my old phone.

I didn't ask for that picture,

and I didn't want to see it.

If you say so.

Anyway, that doesn't change anything.

He also knows that you rang Symonds house

while I was staying there.

You were trying to kill yourself.

Well, you could have ignored me.

You've had plenty of practice.

Anyway, the point is, is it all adds up

and he's going to name you in the divorce.

You'll be in all the papers.

I've been in the papers before.

High-profile cases.

Mm. Not like this one.

You'll have the paps following you night and day.

You won't be able to work.

I can imagine your other clients finding it tricky coming here,

what with all the press camped outside your doorstep.

Not to mention your potential clients asking themselves,

do I really want to trust someone who finds himself

in this kind of a mess?

My thought was,

if you could find some dirt on Jago

before everything comes out,

then it could help us both.

He's trying to get full custody of the twins.

I thought you wanted shot of them.

Well, they're mine as much as his.

He can't just have them.

He's going to say I'm an unstable,

drug-addled, promiscuous liar,

unfit to be a mother.

Ruining me is what it's all about.

Ruining you is just a bit of extra fun.

So will you help me?

No.

Ok, darling.

Well, don't forget, I did ask you to help me stop it.

It's your choice, not mine.

It's funny.

You look a lot like Madeline.

Like who, sorry?

Corm's girlfriend,

Madeline Courson-Miles.

Oh, she makes the loveliest of things.

Always a gentleman.

Out.

Will you think again?

I'd hate for all of this to damage your business.

You've worked so hard to build it.

I liked her coat.

What did she mean about damaging our business?

She's just looking for attention.

Ignore her.

Well, it's my business, too.

And I've just got a mortgage,

so I'd like to know what she meant.

She said what she said to bait you into doing what you're doing.

I don't care about that. I want to know what's going on.

You didn't tell me you were seeing someone.

Charlotte just likes making trouble.

But you are seeing someone?

Is that what's gonna ruin our agency?

No.

We are partners,

and you told me I was your best friend.

What have you done?

Nothing!

They're dragging me into their bloody divorce over nothing.

So you're gonna be tabloid fodder

for the next year.

Great.

What did she want?

Me to dig up dirt on Jago to force him to back off.

Well, that's a good idea.

When do we start?

I already told her no.

Obviously,

you are not thinking clearly.

Look, I don't care what you do with your private life.

You can shag every Madeline and Charlotte in London

for all I care.

But you do not screw this up.

That is not fair.

I have put everything into this job.

So you can put your bloody pride to one side,

and you can help me fix this.

Sorry.

- Send me Jago Ross's address. - Don't go over there.

Well, I'm not gonna talk to him, am I?

I'm gonna put him under surveillance.

I'm late for art class.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Very good.

Yeah.

I'm nipping to the loo.

Ok.

Do I know you?

Sorry?

Well, you're in my house,

and I have no idea who you are.

Uh, I've got class.

Is there a problem?

No.

Have you seen a cat?

Uh, no, sorry.

Ah.

He's disappeared.

I worry that somebody has killed him.

Why would someone do that?

It's something that happens,

as we know.

Have you seen the house yet?

Um, some of it.

I-I was just looking for the loo.

You haven't seen my work?

That is something you must do.

As my guest.

Thank you.

Are you enjoying my wife's class?

Yes, very much.

Wow, is that clay and...

My father's ashes.

I inherited them, along with his money.

Have you mixed it in?

A small amount, yeah.

He's a part of something now.

My father found out that he had cancer.

Treatable, but he chose to kill himself anyway.

The manner of his death grew out of his life.

Cancer was irrelevant.

The correct diagnosis for his condition was anomie.

Do you know what that is?

It means in an absence of

normal ethics or social standards.

Did you look that up

after seeing our kitchen window?

Yeah.

Wow, I love that.

"Thule ultima."

What does that mean?

The Vikings believed that Ultima thule was a place

beyond the known world.

That is where that woman is now.

Is that Edie Ledwell?

That's right.

But she is also the spider.

This species lives in the dark,

the orb weaver.

You find it in the crypts in Highgate.

Like an artist,

it cannot survive in the light.

Can I take a picture?

You flatter me.

Please go ahead.

Everyone's death is the fulfillment of their life,

don't you think?

Even Edie Ledwell's?

Especially hers.

Edie had a bourgeois mindset.

Thin-skinned, possessive of her achievements.

Her greatest love was copyright law.

Did copyright get her killed?

She made herself hated.

But she was still an artist.

That is why her death was a triumph.

Her killer was forced to recognize her power.

I've been looking for you.

Your friend has come to North Grove for an education,

so that is what I have tried to offer her.

Right.

Thanks, mate, sounds fantastic.

Pub?

I've actually... I've just got to send an email.

Pez,

let me show you this.

I want to know what you think of it.

Do you like?

Mr. Ormond.

Took a chance, got you a lager.

Good man.

What happened there?

Oh, an acid spill.

I tried steel etching a few weeks ago.

On antibiotics now.

Not the worst thing to happen to me lately.

Yeah, of course.

Sorry for your loss.

Mind if I take notes?

Go for it.

Was the etching class at North Grove?

Yeah.

After I got divorced, I needed something to fill the evenings.

North Grove's not far from the school I teach at.

What do you teach?

Computer science.

Have you been back to North Grove since Edie died?

No.

Are you still in touch with anyone involved

with "The Ink Black Heart"?

No.

I thought this was gonna be about Edie and Anomie.

Well, it just helps me to get a bit of context.

So are you good with computers?

Yeah, but I'm hoping to make writing my thing.

Anything published?

Me and Edie were working on a script

for "The Ink Black Heart" film.

Had the whole thing mapped out between us.

She wanted to give me a co-writer credit.

So have they asked you to write it now she's not around?

I suppose they'll have to.

Because there's nothing without her ideas,

and this is the only place they're left.

She didn't make notes?

On her phone,

and the killer took it.

The police told me that.

That's unusual.

What is?

Taking the victim's phone.

They're easy to trace.

Could be on them in minutes if they ever tried to turn it on.

I'm assuming Josh Blay is involved with the writing?

He's useless.

Edie carried him for years.

She did 90% of the work while he was off getting stoned,

and she took 90% of the crap from fans.

After she moved in with me, she was...

...happier.

Still bothered her, though.

She went to the police about it,

got fobbed off by a bunch of flubs.

Are you ex-police?

Flubs is what they term a fucking lazy useless bastard.

Yeah.

My ex asked me to switch careers,

so I retrained.

The marriage still went tits up,

but them's the breaks.

Do you think Anomie might have killed Edie?

I don't know.

How would I?

I've got no reason to say it was him.

I've got no reason to think it was anyone.

Did you know Edie and Josh were meeting?

Yeah, why?

Did you know where they were meeting?

No.

I thought it'd be in a café or somewhere normal.

When did you start worrying something

might have happened to her?

Uh, I took detention after school.

Uh, then I got home and Edie wasn't there.

Going straight to answerphone.

I started getting worried around 11:00,

called the police just before midnight,

and they sent people over.

I had to ID her body.

I'm sorry.

Did Edie ever mention Yasmin Weatherhead to you?

Why?

I mean, I remember who she is.

I thought Edie was harsh,

sacking her for playing the game.

But we didn't talk much about Yasmin.

I think that's everything.

Oh, yeah.

I was wondering, did you suggest our agency,

or was it Edie's idea?

Sorry, what?

Edie came to see my partner before she died.

Why'd she do that?

She wanted us to find Anomie.

Oh, right.

Yeah, she mentioned it.

I didn't know she'd picked your lot for the job.

When she came in, my partner noticed some bruising on her...

Oh, it was your partner, was it?

Telling the police I choked her?

Nobody said anything about choking.

She simply reported seeing bruising.

Thank you for meeting me, Phillip.

You've been extremely helpful.

No problem.

Cormoran Strike.

Dig up Edie.

Look at the letters in the coffin.

Who is this?

Read the letters.

- Mm. - Hey.

- Thanks. - Ooh.

All right.

So hey, what did you think of Nils' artwork?

- Uh... - It's all right.

We all know it's shite.

Well, it wasn't exactly to my taste.

Nils is a bit of an odd one.

He's this part hippie libertarian artist,

but also runs his own server

'cause he's paranoid about government hacking.

Oh, and he votes for Ian Peach.

Oh, that guy that ran for mayor?

- Yeah. - Really?

Yeah.

Entonces, ¿qué pasa con, eh...?

¿Qué pasa con todas esas cosas vikingas?

Me pasa de largo.

Mi amigo Wally también se está metiendo en todo esto ahora.

Él, eh... se está haciendo un tatuaje estúpido.

de una carta vikinga.

Dudo que siquiera sepa lo que significa.

Bueno, al menos puedes reírte de todo esto.

Después de todo lo que pasó.

Bastardo paranoico.

Entonces ¿no sois todos vikingos?

Yo no.

Soy fan de los Beatles.

Esa es mi única identidad, sí.

Nils me regaló esto para mi cumpleaños.

"Todo lo que necesitas es amor..." oh.

Tranquilo, tigre. La gente te está mirando.

Imagínate que eso te pasa a menudo.

Bueno, serán ustedes los que estarán mirando.

una vez que salga tu, eh, cosa del enterrador.

No sé.

Todo estará liado con todos los aspectos legales ahora que Edie está muerta.

¿Crees que te pedirán que te encargues del dibujo?

¿en la película "The Ink Black Heart"?

No es una mala idea, ¿sabes?

Bueno, quiero decir, no si te hace ganar el dinero que se merece Edie Ledwell.

No.

El dinero hace que la gente saque a relucir su lado buitre.

Su prometido es una maldita desgracia.

¿En realidad?

¿Por qué?

Él sigue llamándome y dice que quiere que le dé cosas.

Edie y yo habíamos estado trabajando en,

diciendo que tiene el derecho legal sobre ello.

Vete a la mierda.

No, estoy bien con el dinero en efectivo.

Mientras la gente quiera dibujarme desnuda.

Solo voy a ir a buscar el baño.

Él sigue llamándome,

diciendo que quiere que le dé cosas

Edie y yo habíamos estado trabajando en,

diciendo que tiene el derecho legal sobre ello.

Nils me regaló esto para mi cumpleaños.

"Todo lo que necesitas es amor..." oh.

Tranquilo, tigre. La gente te está mirando.

Imagínate que eso te pasa a menudo.

Bien...

Barclay, ¿sigues en Ormond?

Condujo hasta la mitad del camino a Norfolk.

Sólo para tirar un teléfono a un río.

Mala elección de río.

Muy superficial.

- ¿Lo tienes? - Sí.

Mis botas están jodidas, pero tengo el teléfono.

Te habría llamado antes pero la señal era pésima.

Barclay, eres una belleza absoluta.

¿Cuanto dura el viaje de regreso?

Aproximadamente una hora.

Llévalo directamente a la oficina.

¿Qué carajo?