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That's your latest travel update from us here at the station. It's the 1st of

December, so Christmas has officially started.

And this is a classic.

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.

Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring.

Snow and... Marjorie?

Marjorie? Oh!

Morning, Alan.

Christmas begins.

Well,

I could do with a

nice cup of tea after that.

I've never seen the town centre so busy.

Oh, I'm sorry, Helen. I didn't know there was a team meeting.

Oh, you're fine, Marjorie.

I was just making a small announcement.

You'll never believe it. She's only taken us away from the office Christmas

party.

It's been a tough old year, and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for

helping me get through it.

Guess what?

We're only going to the ruddy Caribbean.

Oh, my goodness gracious me!

Oh, although it does mean missing the away game at Colchester.

What's that matter?

It's the Caribbean!

And you're properly budgeted for it, Mum?

Yes, Neil, it's all accounted for.

Quite sure?

You know, I've always wanted to live in that part of the world.

Oh, um... Not you, Marjorie, love. It's been yourself only. I am so sorry. I

should have said.

Oh, of course. I'm sorry, Helen.

Silly old me.

Duh.

Oh, I probably should get that.

I think I'll throw up going bikini shopping after work.

You might treat yourself to some speed.

Duckdale's Branded Merchandise, Marjorie speaking.

Duckdale's Branded Merchandise, Marjorie speaking.

I'll just put you through to a rest.

Bye! Bye!

Happy Christmas.

Visit.

Hi, Marjorie. I just want to let you know that there's a Commissioner

arriving.

It's a serious situation over here.

Give him access to anything he needs.

I've told the police here that we're going to cooperate fully.

Will do, Helen.

Oh, I hear him now.

We'll speak later.

Okay.

Ah!

You must be the policeman from the Caribbean.

Commissioner Patterson, is it?

Selwyn Patterson.

So, um, what has actually happened out there?

The police were called to your colleague's holiday villa, where, I'm

say, a man was found shot dead.

Murdered.

Morning, Miss Baudet.

Morning, Seb.

It's the final rehearsal for the nativity this evening.

I wish you all the best, and good luck to you, little king people.

Aye, yes, yes.

Allez, let's go.

Good morning,

Sarge. Morning, Seb.

Got a card from Darlene.

Looks like she won't make it back for Christmas.

Her auntie's still sick, so she's staying on Montserrat.

Nothing in the post for the inspector, you know, from Antigua.

His brother, you mean?

It's been three months.

I guess it's like a lot, you know?

I mean, getting a letter from a brother you never knew you had might take some

time. I just feel sorry for him. He keeps saying he's fine about it, but...

I don't think he is.

Where is D .I. Wilson?

Rehearsing. Oh, yes.

Oh, I am so jealous.

He must be hyped up to wear that costume, huh?

I bet he is.

I'm really not happy about this. Why not, Mervyn? Because I look like a

No, you don't.

You look very authentic.

I just don't think the boots are helping.

Look, with all due respect, Miss Bourdais, I just think it'd be better

finding somebody else for this. You know, somebody less... me.

Mervyn, it has always been the Commissioner who carries out this task

With him gone.

Inspector?

Great. Yes, sir.

You look cool, man. Not another word.

You're welcome.

Could we have a chat, sir?

to attend.

For real?

Well, that's that then.

I've got work to do.

Conversation over.

Conversation paused.

Sorry, Catherine.

Come on, let's go.

Um, Inspector.

You think maybe you should change first?

Victim's name is Darian St. Jules. He's a local fisherman, lives half a mile up

the coast.

Right.

The guests staying here are from the UK. They all say they haven't a clue who he

is or what he was doing here, but clearly someone must have shot him and

him there.

Right.

No sign of the gun, but paramedics are saying with the bullet still lodged in

the victim's shoulder, cause of death was possibly from internal bleeding.

Right.

And what about you, Inspector?

Anything of interest?

Well, he certainly liked his aftershave.

Have a sniff.

I guess that's pretty strong.

I wonder if it was because of his work.

You know, slapped on the old cologne to cover the smell of fish.

I know a bit of money in Putin did the same thing. And that's what bothered you

the most?

The fact that the victim used a bit too much aftershave?

Actually, what's bothering me the most is what's written on the palm of his

hand.

Blitzen. Like the reindeer.

It's the only one I can think of.

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donna, Blitzen.

And Rudolph.

Thank you, Officer Rose.

The ink seems fresh.

Which means you wrote it in the last 12 hours or so.

And then not long after, he was shot.

Well, it is Christmas, sir.

Could this be a coincidence?

We've no idea who this guy is or what he's doing in our villa, so how can we

know why he wrote the name of one of Santa's reindeer on his hand?

I don't know. I'm just asking the question.

Not a problem, is it?

No.

No, of course not.

Thank you.

Let's start with you telling me what you're doing here on St. Marie. Well, we

flew here for our office Christmas party.

Nothing cheap.

We were having the fun of our lives.

No, I'm not stopping!

Like a bee!

Like a bee!

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No!

Oh, my God, he's found it! Everyone get in!

Maybe talk us through the events of last night.

Yeah, what happened exactly?

We said we'd take it easy for our last night.

Then we got back here and carried on drinking.

Yeah, looks like quite a party you had.

Yeah, darn right it was.

Sorry, that's not appropriate.

The rum out here...

Um, it's stronger than we're used to.

Oh! What happened above?

One more straight away and no one has left.

Come on, it's our last night!

And what time did the party end?

I haven't got a clue, mate, to be honest.

Yeah, it's all a little bit hazy.

I really don't remember very much.

You've got a lightweight, man.

I remember everything.

Helen, you and me put Neil to bed about midnight.

I'm sure I wasn't that bad. Oh, you... So, uh... Oh, he's always had a low

tolerance for... Mum? Sorry, love.

Can we just... Yeah, Helen, you went to bed as well.

Me and you kept on it till about half three.

Yeah, you were so cute. You were dead to the world by then. So, uh, I left you

asleep in the hammock.

And then what?

Oh, and then the taxi for the airport woke me up.

Everyone, wake up!

Wake up!

That's when I saw him.

I thought he was asleep at first, but when I got closer, I saw the blood.

Someone call an ambulance!

Now!

You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.

You didn't hear the gunshot?

Well, yeah, yeah, you'd have thought, but, well, it's like... Having said, you

know, the woman out here is... Stronger than you used to.

Inspector!

That's something you should see.

This is the only security camera footage from the villa.

Footage is from this morning, outside the front door. The victim arrives at 5

.32am, heads inside.

The door was unlocked, so he let himself in.

After that, nobody had seen leaving or arriving.

So the only way in or out is from the front.

And the drop of the back is too steep for access.

So it's got to be one of these four who shot Darren St. Jules.

Which means the gun that they used must still be here.

But they're all saying they've never met him before.

So why would one of them kill a total stranger?

Have you come to check in?

The name's Helen Dogdale.

Of course. One moment, please.

I can't believe they're not letting us fly home.

At least overreach is what it is.

So much for doing something different.

Should have just gone to the Red Lion like last year. None of this would have

happened.

Girl, do you think there's something Helen's not telling us?

She's been on edge ever since the police arrived.

So why did Darian go to that villa at 5 .30 in the morning?

Let's see what we find at his house.

How are you getting on, sir?

Well, I haven't found anything that connects our victim to the suspects, but

have found this, the victim's aftershave.

Really? This again? It's different to the one he was wearing at the crime

Here, have a sniff.

I haven't found any others here, and there certainly wasn't one on his

So why did he smell different to the brand of aftershave that he owned?

So, I searched the suspects, the villa, and surrounding areas, and there was no

one.

No, it has to be there.

No one left the villa after the victim was shot, so the weapon has to be there

somewhere. Yeah, no, I totally get your logic, Inspector.

But it ain't there.

For definite, there's no gun at the villa. But that doesn't make any sense.

sorry. Excuse me.

Hello? Yes!

Well, this is a strange one. We've got four people suspected of shooting a man

they don't know with a gun they don't have.

Let's start working through the victim's laptop, see what's on there.

We need to find that gun.

What? Actually, sir, it's the nativity service, if you'd forgotten.

Are you serious? And we promised Catherine we'd make sure you get there.

Look, we've got a murder case to solve, in case you hadn't noticed.

And I haven't got time for play -acting with a bunch of kids at some school

nativity. Then you'd better find the time, Inspector.

Why is she... Good evening to you, Inspector.

Officer Curtis, what's a pleasant surprise?

My niece is performing in the nativity tonight.

And word has come back to me that they might not have a narrator.

Because the man who is supposed to be doing it is being a grumpy goose about

whole thing. A grumpy... Now listen... No, you listen to me.

You are doing it. End of.

So get your backside down to that church and man up.

I did like this sort of thing.

The nativity, the carol services.

Right. Is there anything about Christmas you do like, sir?

No, not really. Oh, hang on. Yeah.

The Great Escape.

The what?

The Great Escape.

The movie. It was on telly every Christmas.

You know, with the motorcycle stuff. And the cooler.

The dirt down the trousers.

No, I'd give up. Me too.

Nothing, we're waiting.

Ready when you are.

Right.

Right.

Here we go, then.

I guess.

Okay?

Okay, then.

A long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman

She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.

I understand he didn't want to wear a costume, but did he really have to do it

in the heart?

And then one day, an angel...

called Gabriel, came to Mary and said to

her...

Sorry,

it was mine.

I knew it was going to be his.

calling from Antigua.

It could be... It's your brother.

Listen, sorry, everyone. I need to take this, yeah?

Why, I think one of us shoot her.

Don't worry, Miss Bode.

Officer Sebastian rose to the rescue.

Yes, me little king people.

Oh, God.

Whew!

So, a long, long time ago in a town of Nadir, there lived a young woman, a very

nice woman. Her name was Mary. She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.

Mervyn Wilson speaking.

Mr. Wilson, it's Tyrese at Curry Before Network.

I just noticed your contract's coming up in the new year, and I thought we could

have a chat about upgrading your phone.

Mr. Winston, are you still there? Yeah, I'm here.

No, no upgrade, thanks.

Are you sure about that?

Hey, sir.

You didn't come back.

Just wanted to check how you're doing.

Yeah, it wasn't Solomon on the phone.

Anyway, I've been thinking.

We really don't know anything about these people.

You know, their lives in the UK.

I was thinking we could use someone to do a bit of digging into our suspects

back in their hometown.

Right. You want me to get in touch with the Swindon police?

No, no, no, I've already done that. They're fly out until New Year.

But then I remembered we do have someone in the UK who maybe could give us a

hand.

Ah! You must be the policeman from the Caribbean.

Commissioner Patterson, is it?

Selwyn Patterson.

I'm no longer a commissioner.

I'm retired now.

Right. OK.

So now you're just... Helping out.

Somewhat reluctantly.

if I'm honest with you.

So, um, what has actually happened out there?

The police were called to your colleague's holiday villa where, I'm

say, a man was found, shot dead, murdered.

I'm keen to get on with things and get out of here as quickly as I can.

Rightio. Well, I'll give you the guided tour.

Welcome to Dugdale's Branded Merchandise.

Uh, so, uh, that desk over there is Helen. She's the managing director.

Uh, this desk belongs to our graphic designer, Gavin.

Uh, accounts manager, Neil.

And Karen, head of trails.

And this one?

Oh, oh, she's not here anymore. She left a couple of months ago.

Who? Uh, Ashley. Ashley Sims, her name was.

It was all somewhat clandestine, if you ask me, Mr. Patterson.

She did what they call a midnight flit.

Never came back.

Are you sure you don't want a cup of tea?

I'm going to make myself one.

This drawer is locked.

Oh, yes, it's been like that since Ashley left. She has the only key.

Been meaning to sort it.

Commissioner. You do know what time it is over here, right? Half past three in

the morning.

But I've abandoned a good friend's wedding to travel to Swindon.

Unhealthy wall. Okay, fair dues.

How can I help? The bullet you recovered from your victim.

Have you had the ballistics report back on it yet?

Yeah, it was a .45 caliber.

Most likely fired from a pistol.

And did you find the weapon?

No.

Why?

Because I'm currently looking at a .45 caliber pistol in a desk drawer

in Swindon.

Well, it can't be the same one.

Can it?

Morning, sir.

Morning, Inspector.

This can't be right.

It just can't be.

What's going on? Commissioner found a gun locked in the death drawer of an ex

-employee called Ashley Sims in the Dugdale's offices back in the UK.

What? Local forensic lab fast -tracked it, and they say that is the gun that

fired the bullet that killed Darren St. Jules.

Look, security footage shows that no one touched that drawer since the shooting.

Wait, so how was that gun used to shoot Darren St. Jules on this island?

If the same gun was locked in a drawer 5 ,000 miles away.

I know, right?

It makes no sense.

We need to speak to Helen Dugdale.

Helen? If you're in there, can you open the door, please?

We need to speak with you about Ashley Stim.

There's something you need to see.

I guess I want to say sorry.

I know it's not enough.

And it won't change how you feel about me, but I do mean it.

I don't know why I keep doing this.

Blow everything up.

But, um...

Why I've come here.

Get away.

Try and understand why I hurt people

the way that I do.

She stole from me, from the company.

How much?

£500 ,000.

Ouch.

My husband, Keith, dug down with his company until he...

passed away at the start of the year from a heart attack.

I'm sorry to hear that.

That's when I took over the reins.

I really wanted to make it work, and it was around that time that we had a

position to fill.

And you gave the job to Miss Sims?

I knew she had a past, that she'd been to prison, but she's always believed in

giving people a second chance, and I wanted to honour that.

What Miss Sims let you down?

Not even a year's past, and I've already lost half a million pounds.

Did you report Ashley to the police?

I'm too embarrassed.

So I hired someone to find out where she sent the email from.

And that video she recorded, that was sent from this island?

Yes.

OK, so what does any of this have to do with Darian St Jules? The man I hired

discovered that Darian had rented a holiday let to Ashley.

That's why I came here, to try and get my money back.

I made sure our villa wasn't far from Darian's house, so it would be easy to

and visit him.

So you were lying when you told us you didn't know Darian.

Did you meet with him?

Yes, a few days ago.

He confirmed that Ashley had rented this little place he had down on the beach.

But she was definitely here.

She'd arrived a few months ago, at the start of October.

He still had all the paperwork, but he said that she'd moved on a few days ago

and he didn't know where.

So what was Darian doing turning up at your villa in the early hours yesterday?

I don't know.

I really don't. How much do the others know about this?

Nothing. They don't know anything.

They think they're on a work stew.

Not even your son?

No, not even Neil.

So then the only person who knew Darian and therefore wanted him killed was you?

No. I swear I didn't.

I can see how this looks.

I didn't shoot him.

I don't... I need to take this.

Commissioner, you got something?

Inspector, I've searched Ashley Sims' flat and emailed you over some

photographs. I'm afraid there is little of use to your investigation.

I think she cleared out her flat before she flew to the Caribbean.

OK. Thanks anyway, sir.

Now, if that is everything, I'm going to catch my train and enjoy the rest of my

Christmas. Yeah. You have a good one, sir. And you, Inspector.

And you.

Thank you for your help, Miss Woods.

I didn't do anything, really.

And you're nothing if not efficient.

What are your plans for Christmas?

I'm spending it with my daughter and her partner. They've rented a cottage up in

the Yorkshire Dales. Oh, it's lovely up there.

So I'm told.

I'd better... I'm flying solo this Christmas.

I mean, that's how it's been since Mum passed, just me, myself and I.

Sorry, I really... Oh, no, no, no, I rather enjoy it, actually. You know,

there's no family arguments. I can eat what I like, watch what I want on the

telly. Christmas alone is underrated, I say.

Indeed. No, I really don't want to miss my dream.

Goodbye, Mr Patterson.

Goodbye.

And Merry Christmas!

And a very Merry Christmas to you!

Immigration confirmed Ashley Sims arrived on the island two months ago.

But they have no record of her ever leaving.

So in theory, she's still here.

Okay, Officer Rose.

I want you to check the harbours. See if anyone matching Ashley's description

was taken to one of the other islands in the last few days. Ashley Harbour, last

few days. Got you. Check the hotels, holiday rentals, guest houses on the

island. Hotels, rentals, guest houses. Got you. You need to do whatever it

to find her. Do you understand?

Cool. Totally getting you right now, Inspector.

I guess that means we're working Christmas Day then.

Obviously. It's a murder investigation, and we need to find out who did it.

Right. Only, that's a lot of work for Seb to do by himself over Christmas.

Well, my mother has a whole church thing going on, and everybody else is busy,

so it's cool.

There you go.

Sorted.

Thanks, Seb.

No worries.

See you in a bit.

I'll let my parents know I won't be flying home this evening.

Appreciate it.

Ashley Sims aside, we still don't have a scooby how the killer made the gun they

shot Darian with disappear from that villa, then reappear in a locked desk

drawer back in the UK.

And that, Blitzen, what's that about?

Unless it has nothing to do with Darian's murder, sir, and it is just a

you don't believe in coincidences.

I mean, in what circumstance does someone write the name of one of Santa's

reindeer on the palm of their hand?

Are you doing all right, sir?

After last night?

Look, if Solomon doesn't want to get in touch, I'm cool with that.

Well... Dear Thomas, I'd rather we didn't talk about it anymore.

All right?

I'm at Swindon East.

Ed? Your tannoy keeps announcing there is a rail replacement service to Leeds,

but it hasn't turned up.

Yeah, it got cancelled.

I'm sorry? The service replacing the service that got cancelled also got

cancelled? Yeah, that's about the sum of it. Double trades until Boxing Day.

So, what do you suggest I do?

G'day, mate.

Have a merry one, yeah?

See ya.

And a merry Christmas to you too.

I'm sorry, mate, but it's Christmas Eve and none of my drivers are going to want

to go outside of Swindon.

You try to hire car company?

Yes. But nothing is available in the area until the 27th.

You have no rules available at all?

We're fully booked.

Everywhere will be this time of year.

Maybe you could try the Salvation Army?

This is Andrena.

Leave me a message when you hear the beep.

It's me.

I'm still in Swindon.

There's no transport, no hotels.

And there's no one here who seems able to help me.

And I don't know what to do.

Mr. Patterson, I think you'd better come with me.

How did you know I would still be here? Had the local radio on. Said all trains

cancelled.

We've got to look after each other at Christmas, haven't we?

Thank you, Miss Dobbs. It must be freezing.

Yes, after you.

Thank you.

here on Sand Marine. And there's a surprise guest with me here in the

I've got a young officer, Sebastian Rose, from the Sand Marine Police

with me right now.

Yes, it is me, Officer Sebastian Rose from Honorary Police Station.

Merry Christmas, everybody.

He and his colleagues want your help looking for a young woman called Ashley

Sins. Am I right?

That is it. You are totally right, Alphonse. If anybody has heard anything

seen anything... Well...

What I would say to them, sir, is even if it was just a glimpse, what a young,

new, talented woman, they should still get in touch.

Oh, and also, the people can check out the video I made on our social media

page, at SMHollywood.

Commissioner, morning.

This is a surprise.

Inspector, have you seen that video Officer Rose has put on social media?

It's deeply inappropriate.

Would you like another sherry, Selwyn?

No.

Thank you.

Who is that? Is that the receptionist?

Marjorie Dolph. I'm spending Christmas Day with her. Well, I'm glad you two hit

it off.

Good for you, sir. It's not like that, Inspector.

I got stuck in Swindon. There were no trains to Leeds.

OK. Look, just take that video down.

No disrespect, sir, but it's not really your problem anymore, is it? Just sort

it, Inspector.

Yeah, I've got his bank statement in front of me.

That's great. Can you email it over?

I'll do that right away. Cheers.

Literally every tree.

I've got lead. A possible suspect for Darian St. Julesy's murder. I need to go

and talk with him now.

Merry Christmas, sir.

Oh, um... Merry Christmas.

I'll be right with you.

Our financial checks show that two days ago, you wired £100 ,000 from this

island for your bank account back in England.

No, he didn't.

What?

You want to tell us where you got that money from?

What did you do, Neil?

Yes, Neil. What did you do?

I followed you.

Why?

You were acting so weird.

A few days ago, when you went off by yourself, I knew that it had to be about

the money that Ashley had taken.

I'm sorry.

I couldn't understand why you didn't tell me.

And I know you were just trying to protect me, Mum. I was worried about

I was just trying to help.

So I waited until the guy, Darian, had left.

Door was unlocked, so I let myself in.

There wasn't anything I could find until I found an old biscuit tin.

It was full of money.

And what did you think when you opened it and saw £100 ,000 in cash inside?

Well, I do think that it was money that belonged to the company.

Why else would this local fisherman have that much money in sterling in his

house? And that's why you took it? Because it was money that actually had

from us for months.

And I don't want to see her lose everything.

After she'd already lost my dad.

All right.

OK.

So, fast forward to the morning you're due to leave the island, yeah?

And our victim turns up at 5 .30.

We've been trying to work out why he went there that morning.

But what if he realised that you stole from him and came to confront you about

it? No.

On my life, I didn't even see him that morning.

It's aftershave. It's yours, right?

Revised mystique.

Yeah? Why?

This is the exact same aftershave Darian was wearing the morning of the murder.

Right?

You're not suggesting that this is evidence I shot him? Why would I kill

and then spray him with my own aftershave?

Darian definitely smelt of this when we found him.

But why?

What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?

You know, a bit like a bin man.

Yeah, but... What?

Neil's right.

Not enough.

Come here.

Give your mum a hug.

Oh, honey, I'm sorry.

Oh. No, not now, Marjorie.

Hi, this is Helen Dugdale's phone.

Please leave a message after the tone and I'll call you back.

Hello, Helen. It's Marjorie. I'm phoning to wish you a Merry Christmas.

We're about to have our lunch, and I just wanted to let you know that I'm

thinking of you.

Hope everything sorts itself out soon.

Dinner is served.

This looks wonderful.

Thank you.

Here's to a merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Right then.

Tuck in.

I would like to offer you an apology, Miss Dodds.

Oh, Marjorie, please.

There's really no need for an apology.

Oh, there is.

You've been nothing but gracious and welcoming for the last couple of days.

While I... I've been nothing but, um... grouchy.

No,

no, I wouldn't go that far.

Though... I did sense you weren't very happy.

Is it to do with your old job?

What makes you ask that?

I don't know. It's just... When we first met, the way you said you were

retired... It was like you weren't entirely comfortable with it.

My superiors back on St. Marie, they tried to get rid of me after

50 years of doing a job I loved.

In the end, I just walked away.

I know what it's like.

I'm just silly old Marjorie on reception.

Don't even get invited to the Christmas party they're having out there.

I'm sorry.

And I really wanted to go to the Caribbean.

Look at us.

Whooping like this on Christmas Day.

When you cook this feast for us, we should be enjoying ourselves.

Here.

Will you do me the pleasure?

Oh, well, if you insist.

Oh, where's it gone?

Where's it gone?

The tiny little sewing kit.

All right, let me check with the inspector.

Okay, speak to you soon.

Hey,

Merry Christmas, guys.

Merry Christmas, Seth.

Now, where are we at with the search for Ashley Sims?

So, um, B &Bs, hotels, guest houses, nobody's heard from her. And no one's

called in with a sighting either.

It's like she's vanished into thin air. Oh, and Catherine just called.

She said she can still squeeze us in for our Christmas Day lunch, but it's our

last sitting, so we have to go now.

Are we still asking ourselves, how was Darian shot with a bullet fired from a

gun locked in a drawer in Swindon at the time that it happened?

And what has Blitzen got to do with all of this?

Are you coming, sir?

Well, yeah, you guys go. I'll just keep working.

Are you sure, sir?

Wait a minute.

What are these?

Oh, those are the invitations, sir, you know, for the stuff I organized to help

find Ashley Sims.

You have posters.

Adverts for TV and radio.

There's over a thousand dollars that we owe. We can't afford this.

Well... Well, how big do you think our budget was?

It's only because you said whatever it takes. Yeah, but not this much.

I mean, what were you thinking?

All right, let's calm it.

Seb, why don't you head over to Catherine's and I'll catch up with you.

With respect...

He's just doing his best to help.

And he's given up his Christmas to do it, sir.

Look, I know the case is frustrating and you've got other things on your mind.

What other things?

Well, your brother not calling.

What? That's not bothering me.

It isn't. It isn't? No, it isn't. Yes, it is.

Of course it is.

And I really... I really wish you'd just admit that rather than pretending like

you don't care when you so clearly care.

Just don't take it out on the rest of us.

Joyeux Noël, Camille.

And to little Chloé.

Her grandmother is missing her today.

Has she opened a present yet?

No, not yet.

Ah, one moment, Camille.

Yes, okay.

No

moving?

Inspector, everything all right?

I'm feeling bad, sir, about messing up your Christmas.

I'm sorry you couldn't get to spend it with your daughter.

It's not your fault.

If anyone wants to blame, it's the British transport system, which I am

not uncommon.

I mean, I'd like to say you get used to it, but I'd be lying.

Is that the sea I can hear?

Yeah.

I'm at the shack.

It's beautiful out here.

It's a really clear night.

But then all nights are like that here, aren't they?

The moon here is a little more grey than I remember it in St. Marie.

I'm just wondering if I made a mistake staying on in St. Marie.

Why?

Because I know I'm not good when I put myself on the line.

I feel like I'm just hanging around, waiting.

Your brother?

Yeah.

I don't think he wants to get in touch.

I'm sorry, it's not really your problem anymore, is it, whether I stay or go?

It still feels like it is.

Inspector, if you are not sure what to do, the only advice I can offer is that

you put your trust in that island.

I did for most of my life.

And in return, it delivered me true happiness.

If St.

Marie won't bring your brother to you, then...

It will bring you someone or something else.

Be patient.

Yeah, well, you know patience isn't my forte, right?

I know.

But what am I supposed to do in the meantime?

Might I suggest you focus on solving that case you have.

You're missed here, you know.

night, Inspector.

Blitzen. Why Blitzen?

Officer Rose.

Inspector.

What's up?

I wanted to come and say I'm sorry for spending all that money you don't have

your budget.

So, I wanted to pay it back.

There's $322 .86 in there, which I took from my savings.

I mean, it's all my savings, but... That's cool. And if you deduct $20 from

wages each month, you should be paid back in about two years, I reckon.

Officer Rose.

You got a good heart.

Anyone ever tell you that?

My auntie.

Like, all the time. You know?

Take this.

You don't have to pay anything back.

We'll find it in the budget.

And there's no need to apologise, all right?

In fact, I should apologise for blazing at you like that.

What you did was, um, was really good work.

Anyway, come on.

I've got a new lead. It's going to wake DS Thomas up.

He can't keep doing this.

Happy Boxing Day, DS Thomas.

Listen, um, I want to apologize for losing it and ruining

Christmas.

I'll make it up to you.

I promise.

And you were right about me taking it out on you because of Solomon.

I just really wanted it, you know?

I'm sorry, too.

Good morning, Sarge.

The inspector tell you the good news yet?

He's only going to make a big breakthrough in the case, which is a big

because I was drawing a blank.

You see?

So I've been going through Darien St. George's phone records, and he phoned

someone the day before he was murdered.

A friend of his called Trishawn King.

Now, he was over on Montserrat for Christmas, so I asked Darlene to speak

him.

Darlene? Last night?

Yeah. And how was she with that?

You know, she was cool with it.

Anyway,

it turned out Darian feared for his life and was asking Treshawn where he can

get hold of a gun for protection.

He felt someone was going to kill him.

Did he say who?

But he did say he was caught up in something he shouldn't have, and get

thought the woman he was trying to help had been murdered.

Now I'm caught up in it all.

And now he was worried that he was going to suffer the same fate.

Wait, wait, wait.

Darian told Shashan he thought Ashley Sims was murdered?

But it would explain why no one's seen her the last few days.

So then, if this is true, that means that whoever killed Ashley Sims probably

also murdered Darian St. Jude.

To silence him.

So what we need to start looking for now is anyone who had a reason to kill

Ashley Sims.

Well, both Helen and Neil dug deals to start with.

Ashley stole half a million pounds from their company.

And there's someone else as well.

We've been looking at your phone records, and these, Miss Hickson, are

messages from you to Ashley Sims just before she came out here.

You'll regret ever meeting me.

Stay away from my boyfriend or else. I'm not afraid to hurt you.

The list goes on.

Care to explain?

They had a thing, right?

Gavin and Natalie had a thing behind my back. Or sort of.

Sort of?

Yeah, like it wasn't like a real thing. Like they never really got together.

But Bertie liked her.

Yeah. God knows why.

She was weird.

But I think Gab liked that about her.

And he called things off between us.

And that's when I started warning her off. Guess I just got a bit carried

I didn't want to lose him.

And you didn't.

Now that Ashley's conveniently disappeared, you've got Gab into

haven't you? What?

Is that what you think?

That I killed her?

No, I wouldn't.

I didn't.

It'll be about Gavin.

We need to tell him what we know.

But Ashley called things off with Gav. Why would I kill her?

Inspector.

You need to hear the truth.

What?

And I'm afraid you're not going to get that from her.

No disrespect, Karen.

Oh, come on, man.

What are you saying?

Whatever she's told you...

It's ten times worse. Neil, what are you saying? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You've had your chance.

Go on.

He had a thing for Ashley.

Is that it?

We already know. No, it was more than that. Gavin was obsessed.

When Ashley said they couldn't see each other anymore, he had to take time off

work. And I've seen the posters you've been putting up. If Ashley's gone

missing, then I'm telling you, it had something to do with Gavin.

Inspector!

Someone was just broken into the villa where Darian was shot.

Mr. Bradbury, this doesn't look good at all.

But then I don't think you need me to tell you that.

You want to start by telling us what we're going to find in that pool you've

just emptied? And we know it's not the gun used to kill Darian St. George,

because that's currently sitting in a police station somewhere in Swindon.

What's down there? Why have you come back to the crime scene, Gavin? What's

important?

Inspector, find something.

What is it?

A bullet.

One that's been fired.

Why is there a bullet in the pool, Gav?

It's like... keepsake.

Like something to remember Ashley by.

A bullet?

There are other things that I've got of hers as well, like...

More like normal things.

No, I'm really not interested in those funny enough.

Ashley, she's... She's not like anyone I've ever met before.

It was exciting being around her. And her life was so different to mine.

Yeah, I hear that.

The bullet. Yeah.

She has a gun.

She was looking after it as a favour for someone that she knew from prison. And

she... Well, we...

Went out to the woods one day and she let me fire her.

It was amazing, right?

You know, exhilarating. And I went and got one of the bullets.

You know, I said that I would keep it with me to remind me of her.

And they say romance is dead.

So why did it end up in the pool?

I panicked.

When there was that dead guy and Neil called the police...

I was worried that if you found it, you'd think it was me that shot him. So

took it out and I was wondering what to do and... I dropped it.

It fell in the pool.

And the more you were sniffing around, the more I started to worry that you'd

find it. So I came back and I... So you loved Ashley then?

Yeah, I guess, yeah.

Must have really hurt when she ended things.

Gavin, we believe Ashley Sims was murdered on this island in the last few

What? No.

What? No, she can't be. And we're kind of wondering if maybe you did it.

Me?

Why would I kill Ashley?

Because you couldn't have her.

And it hurt like hell. No, no, no, no. You've got this wrong. I didn't kill

I owe that man.

You seem a bit edgy, Gavin.

Is there something you want to tell enough?

There's nothing.

Really, there is nothing.

The paranoid corp will tell, but...

What is it that he's

not saying?

Hmm.

Hey, this is Ashley's phone. You know what to do.

Ashley, it's me.

We need to talk. I'm worried about you.

The police have been asking questions and I think they know about us, so...

let me know what you want me to do, yeah?

Please call me back.

I love you.

You all right, sir?

You seem a bit tense.

I just can't work this one out.

I mean, we've got one potential murder victim whose body we haven't found,

another murder victim whose body we have found, but that murder weapon was

locked in a desk drawer on the other side of the world when that murder took

place.

I mean, where do we even start?

Well, sounds like you need to go get a little shoulder rub, no?

Release some of that tension.

No, you're all right, Officer Rose.

This guy again.

Listen, mate, I told you before, I'm not interested in upgrading to another

phone, so stop calling me, yeah?

Is that Mervyn Wilson?

Yeah, it's still Mervyn Wilson, and I'm still not interested.

It's me, Solomon, your brother.

He's here. Don't hang up.

Solomon.

It's Mervyn.

Yeah, I'm sure you know that.

Look, mate, I'm sorry. I just wasn't expecting your call.

Yeah, I know.

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get in touch, but...

It was, you know.

No, no, no, mate. I totally understand, yeah? I mean, it's a process, right?

But, um, hey, you're calling now, aren't you?

Yeah, man, it's a process.

But I'm glad to be calling now.

Are you still there?

Mervin? Yeah, yeah, I'm still here.

Um... Look, um...

Solomon, I'm really, really sorry to do this to you. And I am so glad you called

and that we're finally speaking.

And I really, really want us to talk again. But right now,

there's something I need to do. Yeah?

Yeah, man. No problem. But how soon?

That was quick.

Officer Rose, that billboard, you did that, right?

Yes, sir. I did.

But... You should already have the invoice for that. It's not going to cost

extra. No, no, I don't care about the cost. It was worth every penny. Come,

look.

You see, all along, we've been looking at Ashley's footage on phone screens and

laptops, yeah?

Well, they were too small.

I don't understand.

You see where Ashley is?

This is a still from the video she made.

And in the background, there's a ship passing by.

Now, before that was just a speck, but now you've blown it up. Look at it.

What about the ship?

Look at what it's called.

Blitzen. Blitzen!

Yes? Now we know.

Oh, Officer Rose, if you were so tall, I'd kiss you.

Why would Darian write the name of that ship on his hand?

Well, he obviously saw the footage himself, and then...

He saw something in it.

But what?

Listen. I thought he's vanished into thin air.

That's why I've come here.

I thought I was helping someone.

You know what?

I think I'm starting to work out what went down here.

But I need to make a phone call.

You need to get on to airport security. Come on.

All right, mate. Much appreciated.

Cheers.

Wow.

What? Wow.

So, that ship behind Ashley Sims is owned by a Scandinavian container

company. Now, we know from the information on that footage Ashley

the 4th of October, right?

Right. Well, check this.

The Blitzen was passing by the south coast of England on the 4th of October.

Thousands of miles from the Caribbean.

So, Ashley recorded that video...

on a beach back in the UK.

Which means she was never even here.

Inspector, the airport just emailed over security camera footage the day Ashley

Sims arrived on the island.

Wait, she was here?

Thank you for a wonderful Christmas, Marjorie. Oh, it's been lovely.

Let me give you a hand with that.

Oh, don't be daft. You don't know where anything goes.

Then you can tell me. It's the least I can do.

Living room.

Thank you.

But if Ashley Sims has never been here before, why do immigration records show

that she has?

Because someone else came pretending to be Ashley, presumably on a fake

passport, and that someone paid Darian 100K to lie and say Ashley rented his

property for the past few months. But why would they do that?

To misdirect and confuse anyone looking for her.

Because they'd already killed Ashley and taken the money.

So one of our four suspects has been here three months previously?

Which is why we're going through this footage, because it will show who was

pretending to be Ashley Sims.

There.

Why didn't I see that before?

Why I've come here? To try and understand why I hurt people. No, it was

than that. Gavin was obsessed.

Of course.

After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving. So it's got to be one of these

four who shot Downers and Jules.

You were in the hammock when whatever happened happened.

You didn't hear the gunshot? It's like Helen said, you know, the woman out

Stronger than you used to be. What if there was another smell the killer was

trying to hide?

It makes perfect sense now.

For definite, there's no gun at the villa. The commissioner found the gun

in the desk drawer at Dugdale's offices back in the UK.

We need to call the commissioner.

The commissioner?

Why? Because he's with the killer as we speak.

Come on, sir. Pick up.

And what about these ones? Central!

or to go to the Caribbean.

I set the same rule.

Necklace. The stone is Lithma.

Unique to St. Marie. You told me you always wanted to go to the Caribbean

you've never been.

You were lying.

No, no, Selwyn.

It was you that went to St. Marie three months ago.

If Ashley never went then, is she dead?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to. It just happened.

Miss Jones.

I think you should put the knife down now.

Please.

That

video she made.

It wasn't in the Caribbean, was it?

Almost.

On a Sunday, she'd come to the seaside.

She realised she'd made a mistake stealing that money, didn't she?

Then she wanted to give the money back and send a video as an apology.

I want to say sorry. I don't know why I keep doing this.

Miss Sims didn't leave the country.

I'd gone in to the office that day to deal with an order that had gone wrong.

wasn't my fault.

But I was the one who had to go in and fix it. And then when I let myself in, I

found Ashley there and I knew.

I knew straight away what the money was. You overhear a lot when you sit at

reception all day. I knew it was you.

And I went to call the police.

Wait, I'm giving the money back, Marjorie.

Don't. Please.

I'm calling the police now.

Don't do this to me. You're not. And Ashley tried to stop me. I won't let

Marjorie. Get off me.

Pushed her off me and...

And

I wasn't even supposed to be in. that day.

But like I told you, nobody, nobody cares for me there.

They just take me for granted. You saw the money and thought,

finally, you could take something back for yourself.

All you had to do was dispose of the body.

And then you made a fake passport in Ashley's name.

Oh, that wasn't hard, you know, with all the kit we've got in the office.

You flew on that passport to St. Marie to make it look as if Miss Sims had run

away to the other side of the world and rented a property there for the last few

months. You know, I really did want to go to the Caribbean.

It's just that I never had the chance.

All the money.

Until... And if you were going to misdirect from what really happened

Swindon, where the dead body was, then the farther away, the better.

And no one would realize.

Until things started to go wrong.

And you received a phone call.

You're saying Marjorie killed Ashley Simms?

Our receptionist, that Marjorie? That Marjorie. Yes, Marjorie Dodds, the

receptionist, killed Ashley Simms in England and made it look as if she ran

to the Caribbean with your 500k.

Oh, I did not see that coming. So which one of us shot the man found in our

swimming pool?

It wasn't any of you.

But it had to be. You said so. No one else was here.

Yeah, you're right. I did say that.

But what I didn't know then was that Darian St Jules wasn't shot at your

It just looked like he was. That's why no gunshot was heard because there

one. He'd already been shot.

We know now from our colleague in the UK that Marjorie had paid Darian money.

She came to the island three months ago on a forged passport and she gave him

£100 ,000.

to lie and cover if anyone ever came to the island asking after Ashley. She'd

convinced him he was doing a favour for a very vulnerable friend of hers.

But when you visited him a few days ago, Mrs Dogdale, asking questions,

mentioning the missing 500 grand, Darian started to wonder what he'd gotten

himself involved in.

And when he re -watched that footage more closely, the footage of Ashley

shown him, as an experienced fisherman who knew the waters off St Marie very

well,

Something about it bothered him. Zooming in, he was able to read the name of the

boat Blitzen.

He knew this was not a St. Marie vessel.

He worked out that the video of Ashley was actually shot in the UK.

And having heard from you, Mrs. Dogdale, that Ashley went missing with 500 grand

of your money, Darian started to realize that Ashley had never been to the

island. He'd only ever met Marjorie. So he phoned Miss Dodd, asking what was

going on.

We need to talk.

Listen, Darian, you've got this all wrong.

All throughout this case, we thought Darian's killer...

Had to be one of you four.

The one person we never suspected was Marjorie Dove. I was all the way back in

Swindon. Or so we thought.

With Darian threatening to go to the police, Marjorie asked him to hang fire

she would fly out here and speak to him in person.

Marjorie was here? On this island? At the exact same time we were? Yeah. She

arrived the night before Darian was shot and flew back to the UK the next

morning.

Unable to convince Darian to keep quiet and carry on with the lie, Marjorie

started to grow desperate, worried he'd tell the police.

We give you more money. How much? Just tell me and I'll give it to you.

We know Darian was searching around for a gun for self -protection.

I just want you to leave.

Now!

He never expected Marjorie would use it against him.

What are you doing? Put the dog down!

After shooting Darian, Marjorie left and headed for the airport.

Before getting back on the plane, arriving at Dugdale's offices just in

meet with our very own Commissioner Patterson.

If Marjorie shot Darian at his house, how did he end up at our villa?

Marjorie thought she'd killed him. But what she didn't know when she left

Darian's place was that he was still alive.

It was the fact that he smelled so strongly of someone else's aftershave

helped us work it out.

Neil's aftershave, in fact.

We thought it was there to cover up another smell that we now know was

antiseptic.

The stuff used to clean up a wound.

Because as soon as Marjorie quit the scene, Darian regained consciousness and

patched himself up.

As far as he was concerned, the bullet was just lodged in his shoulder. It

wasn't life -threatening.

So he put on a fresh T -shirt and headed off for the hospital to get it properly

seen to.

But on the way, he passed your villa, which was just half a mile down the

And I think Darian intended to alert you to what had gone down. He stopped here

to tell you the truth about Ashley and to warn you about what Marjorie had

That's why he came here that morning.

To tell you what your colleague had done to Ashley and in turn to him. To make

sure it didn't happen to anyone else. But what Darian didn't know was that his

wound was worse than he thought. And he was bleeding internally.

And so despite his brave effort to alert you all to the truth, he died here in

your villa.

But then someone proceeded to stage the scene.

As if he was shot in this villa.

Didn't you, Mr Bradbury?

Me? What?

No, of course not.

No. And you did it because Ashley told you to.

You're crazy. Ashley?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Let me have your phone.

Gavin, please.

Unlock it.

Bingo.

Text messages seemingly from Ashley Sims from the moment she disappeared right

up to today. But all of these were sent by Marjorie Dodds.

Who kept Ashley's phone after she killed her? What? No. You know, you're wrong.

She can't be... You've been texting her? No.

This whole time? Karen, I'm sorry. Look, look. No!

Karen!

And here.

Proof of what happened.

Messages exchanged on the morning of Darian's death.

Because despite what you told us, Gavin, you were actually the first to discover

Darian's body.

You knew who Darian was because Ashley had told you all about him.

And so you contacted Ashley, left a message telling her that Darian had

up to the villa and died, and asking her what was going on. A few minutes later,

she, or rather Marjorie, texted back.

See, Marjorie realized that if the police were called and found Darian with

wound patched up, they'd know he was shot somewhere else, and the trail would

lead right back to her.

So, she had to do two things.

First, she texted you with instructions.

Second, she had to clear up the real scene of the crime.

Marjorie's confessed to her colleague in the UTA that she quickly doubled back

from the airport and returned to Daringthal before disposing of the gun

T -shirt he was wearing when she shot him. Meanwhile, you moved the body

to the swimming pool.

There's also mention here of that bullet you kept as a memento in the text

messages you sent to Ashley.

Well, that's how Marjorie knew.

So is Ashley... She asked you to remove the bullet she killed Darian with and

replace it with the one she knew you had.

However, in your haste, you must have dropped the bullet you extracted into

swimming pool.

But you knew you could come back and retrieve it later.

Once you switched the bullet, the heartbeat was over.

You disposed of the dressing, then made a hole in his T -shirt.

and let the blood around the wound soak in. So now, it looked like Darian had

been shot after he entered the villa, not before.

The last problem you had was getting rid of that antiseptic smell, because that

stuff lingers, right? And if the police noticed it, we'd certainly be asking,

who cleaned up the wound, and why? So you ran into the bathroom and got hold

some aftershave, kneeled, and doused him in it.

So now all you had to do was pretend to be asleep.

when Mrs. Dugdale discovered the body.

Gavin, we need to get to the airport.

You've got to pack.

Leaving us without a scooby after how a man was shot with a gun that was locked

in a death drawer 5 ,000 miles away in a Swindon warehouse.

In the end, it wasn't just the police that Marjorie Dodds had duped.

It was you as well, Gavin. You see, you thought you were helping the woman you

loved. A woman you'd do anything for when you were actually helping her

Off with the rose.

Mr Bradbury, I'm arresting you on the suspicion of perverting the course of

justice. You don't need to say anything.

But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something

later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be used as evidence.

I need to know.

Why did you come to the train station that night and invite me into your home?

I take that risk.

Because I didn't want to spend Christmas on my own again.

I'm so sorry I spoiled it all.

Inspector?

Commissioner? The arrest has been made. I'm pleased to see.

Same here.

We couldn't have done it without you, sir.

Oh, and are you doing all right?

Me? Yes, of course.

I'm fine.

Merry Christmas, sir.

Chief Commissioner, it's Selwyn Patterson.

And to you, and apologies for calling you during the holidays, but I

wanted to know if you'd found my replacement as yet.

I see.

I've been doing some thinking.

And I wondered if there was any chance of...

My returning to the room, if it's still vacant.

The thing is, Terry,

the classic Christmas Day, Sunday roast lunch is all well and good. But when

push comes to shove...

The real culinary high point is the turkey and stuffing sani. Because, my

friend, in my humble opinion, it is one of the greatest delicacies known to

mankind.

Like bacon and egg.

Oh, dear, Thomas, you're just in time. Come in, come in.

Grab those for me, would you?

Oh, uh...

What is this about, sir?

I promised I'd make up for spoiling Christmas Day.

And that is exactly what I'm doing.

Come on.

I don't know why I didn't think of this before.

My front room on the beach.

That's a good idea, don't you think?

Yeah, why not?

So we're watching something.

We certainly are, dear Thomas.

Not the... The Great Escape. Yeah.

Beers and buddies, everyone.

And thank you to our local mayor for letting me have the leftovers from the

And you've put it all between two slices of bread?

Yeah. How English.

Excited for this film, Inspector.

Sounds dope.

Um, sir?

Is this really your favourite thing about Christmas?

Well, yeah.

When I was a little boy, Growing up, most times I didn't know where I was

to end up spending Christmas, right?

With a foster family or in a care home.

But wherever I ended up, the one constant every Christmas was this film.

And it was a comfort to me.

I bet that little boy never thought he'd be here in the Caribbean.

All these years later, watching...

That same film.

Surrounded by his friends.

You certainly didn't, Catherine.

So, um... To him.

To him.

Okay,

then. Showtime.

Yeah.

Look, just give me a few minutes, yeah?

Yeah.

Solomon, how you doing, man?

You got my message, yeah?

Look, I'm sorry I had to cut you off like that before, yeah?

It was just an emergency at work I had to deal with.

So, how's your Christmas been?

Yeah? Good.

Mine, um... Yeah, yeah, it's been really good.

Look, um... I don't know how you feel about this, but... I was wondering if

wanted to meet up sometime?

Yeah?

Yeah, I definitely would like to.

Thank you.