All language subtitles for New Tricks - S07E03 - Left Field

CHILDREN: # Row, row, row your boat #

# Gently down the stream #

# Merrily, merrily,
merrily, merrily #

# Life is but a dream #

# Row, row, row your boat #

# Gently down the stream #

# Merrily, merrily,
merrily, merrily #

# Life is but a dream #

# - Row, row, row your boat #
-[ Clattering]

# Gently down the stream #

MAN:
Oh, baby!

You're really turning me on!

- You shouldn't say these things.
-# Life is but a dream #

# Row, row, row your boat #

MAN: You don't know
what you're doing to me.

But you're making me really hot.
You know what I mean'?

CHILDREN: # ...but a dream #

[Screaming]

# Row, row, row your boat #

# Gently down the stream #

[Keyboard clacking,
DVDs shuffling]

# Row, row, row your boat #

# Gently down the stream #

Silence!

This is a bloody library!

-[ Alarm wailing]
- Oh, Brian.

Come on.

# It's all right, it's okay #

# Doesn't really matter
if you're old and gray #

# It's all right,
I say it's okay #

# Listen to what I say #

# It's all right, doing fine #

# Doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine #

# It's all right,
I say it's okay #

# We're getting to
the end of the day #

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STANDING: Hold on.
We've seen all these.

- HALFORD: And these.
- Yep, we've read all of them.

And none of them
seemed Worth pursuing.

STANDING:
Well, then.

So now we're gonna
read them all again.

Why'?

Because the DAC has noticed
that a bunch of these files

never seem to get to the top
of the pile,

and he'd like to see
some of them progressed.

So that's what's gonna happen.

Smashing.

[indistinct talking]

[Door closes]

Well, is this all right'?

This is heaven.

They've got
over a million volumes.

And unlike the British Library,
they're on open shelves,

so you can browse them yourself.

Terrific.

LANE:
And you can take them home.

What, like a library, you mean'?

Look, there's no racks of CDs,
DVDs, no misery memoirs.

- No fun at all, then?
-It's a proper library.

It smells of books.

- Any progress with these files'?
- Nah.

LANE:
Yeah, this one's interesting.

Richard Symes, 2007,
suspicious death.

Died from traumatic injuries
apparently sustained in a fall.

It wasn't interesting
last time we looked at it.

Well, among the deceased's
possessions

was a London Library card.

Do leave off!

Don't you think you're getting
a little bit, uh --

forgive the expression --
obsessive?

Hang on a moment. I think
Brian's got a point to make.

- Thank you.
- At least I hope he has.

Richard Symes
had a load of books

out from the London Library,

some of which he'd taken out
just before he died,

which seems a bit odd
if you're feeling suicidal.

Accident?

What's he doing
falling off a roof

on a cold, Wet night
in November'?

Any motive for murder'?

Not according to
the original inquiry.

Coroner recorded
an open verdict.

What makes you think
we're gonna do any better?

Is there any new evidence?

No, but I was wondering,

did anybody ever read
these books?

Reading the books might tell
an investigator something.

All right, you go and read them.
You're a member --

Oh, well, now, no.
Now, Sandra, hang on a minute.

I've only just joined.

If I go barging in there
with me ex-copper's boots on,

I'll put everyone's backs up.

Just find the books
and have a look at them.

Any reader can do that.

Basically, Brian,
you'll be drawing your salary

for sitting on your ass
with your nose in a book.

Enough said.

Dr. Richard Symes, head

of the Department of the History
and Philosophy of Science,

London Municipal University.

He was an authority on botanical
sciences in the 18th century.

I've solved this already.
He died of boredom.

[Chuckles]

LANE: The body was discovered
November 2007.

Now, the postmortem
found injuries

consistent with a fall
from the roof terrace

of the university
library building.

- HALFORD: Witnesses?
- LANE: No, nobody saw the fall.

Body discovered by Pavel Illich,
a security guard.

Family?

Yes, a widow, Paula Symes.

Ooh, hello.
Maybe he didn't die of boredom.

So predictable, Gerry.

Described as an antiquarian
book dealer, no children.

- I'll talk to her.
- I'll come with you.

Jack, you can go
to the university

and check if the
security guard's still around

and see if any of his colleagues
are available for interview.

- Yeah.
- And, Brian'?

I'll get my reading boots on.

[indistinct conversation]

- Pavel Illich'?
-[ Russian accent] Yes.

My name's Jack Halford.

I'm with
the Metropolitan Police.

We're re-investigating the death
of Richard Symes.

You found the body'?

Uh, yes, about Where
you're standing now.

Hmm.

Can we get access
to the roof terrace'?

Sure.

- This way, please.
- Thank you.

Come this way, please.

HALFORD:
All this work.

Refurbishing the library,
are they?

Never. It's being turned
into student accommodation.

More money that Way.

So, Where are they putting
the library?

No more library.

HALFORD:
Did you know Richard Symes'?

PAVEL:
I knew who he was --

security, we have to know --
but not more than that.

HALFORD:
What was he doing up here'?

This roof terrace is hardly
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon,

is it'?

Library is a no-smoking area.

Students, staff come out here
for a cigarette.

According to my information,
Symes was a nonsmoker,

so what might have been
the attraction

on a Wet November night?

A mystery.

Type in as much information
as you have about a book.

[Keyboard clacking]

Mr. Lane'?

Yeah, sorry, sorry.

The display shows
that we've got it.

Now click on "availability."

Now you can see the book's
available for borrowing.

All you need to do
is note down the shelf mark,

and you can find it.

Well, I think
I've got the hang of that.

Thanks very much, Emma.

Just ask if there's anything
you need help with.

What's your particular area
of interest?

Yeah, well, oh, books, really.

[Chuckles]

Well, you've come
to the right place.

[indistinct conversations]

[Knock on door]

Mr. Halford,
the vice chancellor.

- Jeremy Ventham.
- Jack Halford.

Thank you for seeing me,
Mr. Ventham.

It's "Doctor" actually,

but we don't go in for formality
at LMU.

Oh, not being a varsity man
myself,

I don't grasp
all the distinctions.

- Sit down, Jack.
- Thank you.

I told your secretary
that we're, um,

investigating the circumstances
of the death of Richard Symes.

Yes, uh, very sad business.

Can you think of any reason

why he would have been
on the roof terrace that night?

Your guess is as good as mine.

I was hoping to see some
of his old colleagues,

but, of course, his department
doesn't exist anymore, does it'?

That's right, Jack.

History and philosophy
of science --

bit ivory-tower for us.

Doesn't out it
with LMU's target demographic.

Really?

A bright kid with straight A's

or the International
Baccalaureate

wants to hear about accountancy,
management economics,

company and commercial law.

She's made an investment.
She's heavily leveraged.

She wants to see
big-time payback.

When was the Symes department
closed down'?

Just after his death.

How did he feel about
the department closing down

and the imminent end
of his career?

Well, nobody wants to be
in a situation like that,

but, uh, I mean, the fact is,

poor old Richard wanted
to go on living in the 1960,

when he was a student.

Academia was a different world
back then --

jobs for life,
"grants," not loans.

Cloud-cuckoo-land.
It couldn't last.

We all had to grow up.

And he accepted it'?

I think he found ways
to live with it.

JASPER: Yes, all right.
Till after lunch, yes.

Am I right for Bibliography?

Dear me, no.
This is Biography, "A" to

Two more floors to go.

You're new here, aren't you'?

Yes.

Don't worry.
We still get lost.

And we've been regular users
for 30 years.

Follow us!

LANE:
Thank you.

I'm Jasper Urquhart, by the way.
This is my wife, Sophie.

Brian Lane.
How do you do'?

What's your field, Brian'?

LANE:
Sorry'?

What are you researching into'?
If it's not a secret.

Oh, well, uh, history
and philosophy of science

and so forth.

Oh, interesting.

That's rather close
to our own field.

LANE:
Oh'? What's that, then'?

The corn field.

SOPHIE:
Oh, Jasper, you Wicked man.

Or the fallow field
or the pasture.

We're economic historians,
Mr. Lane,

and we specialize
in the Agricultural Revolution.

Fantastic.

Not a fashionable topic
in today's academic world,

but we struggle on.

Religion that way,
Bibliography this Way.

HALFORD:
I must say, I'm a bit surprised

at the university
closing its library.

Wasn't cost-effective,
given the overhead.

If the students need books,

there's our excellent
and highly profitable shop,

but, quite frankly, Jack,

LMU's new Multimedia
Learning Resource Center

is a far better source
of information access

than any old library.

It's the digital age.

Books are history.

Yes, well,
thanks for your time, Jeremy.

Um, we may need to talk again.

Of course, Jack.

Uh, as a matter of interest,
what's your academic discipline?

Oh, I came up through
the business school.

Before I became vice chancellor,

I was head of the
Department of Financial Control.

There's no end to what people
study these days, is there?

[Chuckles]

Check out our prospectus, Jack.

You might find something
that appeals.

Oh.

Thank you.

[Light clicks]

Thought this might help.

Thanks.

Oh.

Any assistance we can give,
feel free to ask.

Thanks very much.

Shh!

STANDING:
Oh, that's a bit posh.

-[ Car alarm chirps]
- I've never met a rich widow.

PULLMAN: She doesn't own the
business. She just works here.

STANDING:
Well, maybe someday.

PAULA:
Richard's sudden death

was a deeply traumatic
experience for me.

These past three years,
I've moved on.

I really see no purpose
in reopening the matter.

PULLMAN: The cause of death
was never established.

The cause of death
was Jeremy Ventham.

What exactly do you mean
by that?

I don't mean that he pushed him
off the roof.

He just destroyed
Richard's life, that's all.

How'?

Richard believed in giving
his students the very best,

and he expected the best
from them.

I know that because
he was my teacher 20 years ago.

Richard believed
in academic standards.

So, what did Jeremy Ventham
do Wrong?

Ventham thinks that the
university is a degree factory

and that the students
are customers.

So they should get
what they want for their money.

Meaning'?

Meaning high marks
for average achievements

and pass marks
for no achievement at all.

Richard objected to this,

but Ventham told him
to teach to their expectations.

When Richard tried to defend
his department's integrity,

Ventham decided
to close it down.

When you say this was the cause
of your husband's death --

I don't know
whether he took his own life,

but I know he felt betrayed
and abused.

ESTHER:
Brian'?

You know, Esther, I ask myself
if I'm not wasting my talents

in the rough and tumble
of criminal investigation.

I'm sure I'm better suited
to the life of the mind.

Quite possibly.

Look, will you please
come and have a look

at the cracks in the plasterwork
upstairs?

I think we could be talking
about subsidence.

Why don't you get that Polish
bloke to have a look at it'?

He can't deal with subsidence.
It might need underpinning.

It could be an insurance job.

Well, whatever you decide,
my dear.

I'm beginning to feel I could
spend the autumn of my days

in scholarly seclusion,

unearthing the mental
and spiritual riches

of the world of literature.

Why not go the whole hog
and become a monk'?

You've already got the haircut.

Contrary to what you told my
colleague, it's been put to us

that you were forcing
Richard Symes out of a job

because he refused
to lower his standards

to get more students through
the system with higher grades.

Richard Symes wasn't a martyr
for academic standards.

He took the offer
of early retirement

because I gave him a choice --

either go quietly with
a generous retirement package

or face criminal prosecution
and dismissal.

For what?

The theft of books
from the university library.

Some valuable items
went missing.

Books of the same description

appeared
in the antiquarian market.

You know Paula Symes
is in the rare book trade?

Yes.

We believed she was in charge
of what you'd call the handling.

How did he get the books
out of the library?

I have no idea.

We had an electronic
security system.

If I'd known the details,

I could have sacked him
on the spot

instead of
buying the bugger off.

Was any of this
reported to the police?

That's not what I wanted,
for the sake of LMU's image.

But confronted
with my suspicions,

Symes seemed happy enough

at the prospect
of taking the money and going.

It's a sad, sordid story,
but that's all there is to it.

[Sighs]

[Clatter]

Look at the state of this lot.

I only hope they appreciated
what they're getting.

University wasn't an option
when I was young.

It was a privilege of the elite.

It's not much
of a privilege now.

In fact, most of them are up
to their necks in debt for it.

Yes, well, I hope it inculcates
a sense of adult responsibility.

- I doubt it.
- No, no, no. Now, look.

Is that deep,
or is it bloody obvious?

I think you'd have to have
a degree in philosophy

to work that one out, Jack.

Yeah, well, a bit late
in the day for degrees now.

-It's never too late.
- Come on, Sandra.

How could I possibly hold my own
with all these smart kids'?

When I was at university,
you didn't have to be a genius,

and it's certainly not
got any harder.

Well, maybe.

- Pavel, hello.
- Oh, hello.

Uh, this is Pavel Illich.
He found Symes' body.

This is my colleague, Detective
Superintendent Pullman.

Orr duty'?

Security is a part-time job.

I'm also a PhD student
in economics.

Working your way
through college?

Well done.

Isn't that Jasper Urquhart?

Yes, it is. Yes.

We were told the Urquharts
had retired.

Well, yes,
but they came back, part time.

Teach economic history as option
to economics undergraduates.

- Big demand for that, is there'?
- PAVEL: No, not really.

As Henry Ford say,
"History is punk."

- HALFORD: Bunk.
- PAVEL: Yes.

A soft option for wankers.

Economists with any brain
wants to do what I'm doing --

learn to build mathematical
models of derivative trading,

join the merchant bank,
and make megabucks.

So, why were the Urquharts
brought back?

Vice chancellor says
economics students

need more breadth
of cultural understanding.

If you excuse me, I have
a meeting with my supervisor.

Doesn't sound like
a Jeremy Ventham line to me.

Brian, join me.

Oh. Thank you.

Are you settling in
as a library member'?

Yeah, very well, thank you.

Good.

Now, Brian, tell me,
as a philosopher of science,

do you support Kuhn's idea of
revolutionary paradigm shifts?

Or are you tempted

by the radical antinomianism
of Feyerabend'?

I try to keep an open mind.

[Chuckles]

Mm.

I'm sure it's very wise.

So, what brings Jasper
and yourself to the library?

We're academics.
Where else will we go'?

Especially since our university
library has been taken over

by a Multimedia
Learning Resource Center...

full of undergraduates playing
with their mobile phones.

Point taken.

What exactly
are you researching, Brian'?

Bibliographical questions
in my field of interest.

So, how is the work progressing?

Mm...

I can't quite see the wood
for the trees at the moment.

Really?

You know, sometimes it helps
to talk things over.

Oh, I think I've got to
work this one out for myself.

HALFORD:
If Symes was a thief,

maybe that's what he was doing
on the roof.

STANDING; What?

The university library has
an electronic security system.

All the books
have to be checked at the desk.

Otherwise, they set off an alarm

when they go through
the turnstile.

But Symes may have found a way
'round that.

He takes the books
onto the roof,

chucks them down
to an accomplice,

who takes them off to Paula
to be fenced.

Okay, okay, if we go with that,

then we could be looking
at an accident.

Symes leans over too far.

Yeah, but what about
this accomplice,

the book catcher on the ground'?

At the very least, he would have
witnessed the death.

Right, so we're looking
for an accomplice/witness.

And murderer.

There was a criminal conspiracy.
Thieves fall out.

Nicking library books is hardly
a criminal conspiracy, is it'?

I mean, I can't see
middle-class professional people

killing each other over it.

There could be a lot at stake,
Gerry.

Talking about book theft's
made me realize

what Symes' reading list
was all about.

Go on.

Well, I thought it must be
about particular subjects

or authors
or periods of history.

But that was all Wrong.

All these bibliographies
and catalogs include information

about books that are
quite exceptionally valuable.

That's the common factor.

So, Symes was doing his homework
for the thefts?

So, are we talking
serious money, for old books'?

Tens of thousands of pounds,
in some cases, millions.

Yeah, but the university
was just a poly a few years ago.

They Wouldn't have had
rare books lying around, surely?

They might not have known
what they'd got.

Right, I want to know more about
Paula and her book business.

- Jack, you haven't met her.
- No.

So keep an eye on her for a few
days, see how she operates.

Right.

PULLMAN: Brian, are you finished
in the library?

Oh, dear me, no, no.
I still need to be there.

There's some very funny stuff
going on.

Like what?

Well, my documents have been
suspiciously disturbed.

So have you, from time to time.

And there's something very odd

about the way the Urquharts
are behaving towards me.

Just who do they think you are,
Brian'?

Just another member of
the intelligentsia, obviously.

Morning, sir.

HALFORD:
Thank you.

Oh.

[Sighs ] Mr. Lane,
this is a library.

According to
the original inquiry,

you were both working
in the university library

the night Richard Symes died.

- Yes.
- Yes, that's right.

PULLMAN:
And in your interviews,

you said that you suspected
nothing suspicious.

Is that still your recollection?

The first we knew of it

was the sound of the ambulance
and the police arriving.

Did you speak to him
that evening'?

No, not at all.

PULLMAN:
How well did you know him'?

Well, we were
in different departments,

but we had interests in common.

Richard was a specialist in
18th-century botanical science,

and obviously that was relevant

to our study
of agricultural history.

SOPHIE:
In fact, we three collaborated

on an academic paper.

In the Journal of the History
of Economic Thought.

Was there anything
in Richard's behavior

that might lead you to believe
that he would take his own life'?

No, no, not at all.

But you can never tell
with people, can you'?

Did he have any enemies?

None that we know of.

What can you tell us
about the allegations

that he was systematically
stealing the university's books'?

Well, we were aware that books
were missing from the library,

but we never suspected Richard.

Item 17 on your list,

a copy of Lewis Carroll's
"Through the Looking Glass,"

1872, first edition.

A reserve price of £500
had been set.

However, it's been brought
to my attention

that this item is not complete
as described in your catalog.

Page 63 is missing.

Due to the incomplete nature
of the item,

the reserve has been removed.

Nevertheless, I'll start
by asking for £500.

£400'?

£300'?

£250'?

£250 I have.
Any advance?

£260, anyone?

£260 I'm bid.
Any advance?

Madam?

The bid is £260.

Anyone?

[Gavel bangs]

Sold to the gentleman
in the second row.

MAN:
Good afternoon, sir.

TIMOTHY: Afternoon.
The name is Timothy Mortimer.

- MAN: Mortimer.
- TIMOTHY: Mortimer.

And the address is flat 3.

-75 Winchfield Road.
- Winchfield.

Winchfield Road, West Hampstead.

Lovely.

[Keyboard clacking]

Great system, this, eh'?

What's your particular field
of interest?

Business.

Oh,
yes?

Particularly my own
and how to mind it.

[indistinct whispering]

[indistinct talking]

[Glasses clink]

HALFORD:
His name is Timothy Mortimer,

and he was Richard Symes'
research student

at the time of Symes' death.

So, Symes' widow
and his research student

are involved
in their own book scam.

And now they're getting
up close and personal.

And maybe Mortimer was also
involved in the library thefts.

We'll call them both in
for interview.

You and I will take her.
You two, do the boyfriend.

Oh, no, no, no Way.
No, Wrong.

Sorry'?

Well, if I show me hand as --
as an investigator,

me cover's blown at the library,
isn't it?

Brian, you're not there
undercover.

You're just doing
a bit of reading.

This has gone way beyond that.
I'm definitely being spied on.

And you've said that before.

This is not about my medication.

This case is all about books
and libraries,

and that's where
it will be solved.

I know it is!

Oi! I'm the governor here.

Yes, we are all clear
about that, aren't we, Brian'?

There's no argument who gives
the orders around here.

But, I mean, think about
this interview with Mortimer.

It's all gonna be
about ducking and diving,

a bit of rumpy-pumpy
on the side.

I mean,
that's my territory, innit'?

I mean, poor old Brian
would be way out of his depth.

Maybe Gerry would be better off
on his own.

I'm sorry. Look, I just think
I'll be more cost-effective

if I can do another couple of
days in the library, that's all.

A couple of days.

Yes!

The meter's running.

STANDING: So, what exactly
do you do for a living, Tim'?

Well, I suppose I've got what
you'd call a portfolio career

at the moment.

I'm still finishing my PhD.
I do a bit of teaching.

I make a bit of money
as a runner in the book trade.

- What does that mean'?
- I buy and sell books.

But I don't have
a business premises

or issue catalogs
or carry much stock.

If I see a book at a good price,
I'll buy it,

try to sell it on quickly
to a more established dealer.

See, we've got a little problem.

We think that you conspired
with Paula Symes

to defraud the auction house
and the vendor

when this book was sold.

Well, that's putting

a particular interpretation
on events.

This book was on sale
in the shop where you work,

described as complete
and offered at £600.

Now, a page has recently
been tipped in.

I believe
that's the technical term?

A repair has been effected.

That's nothing unusual.

I think what I witnessed
between you and Timothy Mortimer

speaks for itself.

A copy of a book
changed hands at auction.

A copy of the same book
was for sale in the shop.

You're making a lot
of inferences

after snooping
into my personal life.

I think you'd have a hard time
proving anything.

PULLMAN: Maybe.

But then you
and the business you work for

would also have a hard time

whilst we were conducting the
investigation, don't you think?

STANDING:
We want your cooperation

in our investigation
into the death of Richard Symes.

Now, in view
of your recent conduct,

you'd be well-advised
to come clean

about what you were doing
in the past.

Do you understand?

Yeah.

Richard Symes
was stealing valuable books

from the university,

and you were putting them
onto the market for him.

That's right, isn't it, Paula'?

Richard thought
that Jeremy Ventham

was subverting the standards
of the university.

He knew Ventham wanted
to destroy his department

and to get rid of him.

The library itself
was scheduled for closure.

Collections that had taken
decades to build up

would be dispersed,
probably at knockdown value.

That's if they Weren't
just dumped into skips.

Surely that Wouldn't happen.

PAULA:
It's happened before,

with libraries being wiped out
by bean-counting barbarians.

So Richard decided to go

for what Ventham
would no doubt call payback.

He smuggled out
some salable books,

and I found buyers for them.

When you say "salable books,"
what are we talking about'?

Nothing very rare or precious --

maybe, What,
£50 to £100, mostly.

And can we be clear about
the method and who was involved?

[Camera shutter clicks]

[Camera shutter clicks]

Richard brought the books
out onto the roof terrace

and then threw them down to me,
and then I took them to Paula,

and she sold them on
in the trade.

Thank you, Tim.
That's very good.

So, you were in the car park the
night of Richard's fatal fall.

- No, not that night.
- Oh, come on!

He was at it that night,
and you were his accomplice!

No, I didn't know he was
taking books that night,

-so I didn't go.
- So, Where were you'?

That's difficult.

[Camera shutter clicking]

Oh, Brian,
I wanted a word with you.

We need a free and full exchange
of views, Jasper.

When did your affair
with Tim Mortimer begin, Paula'?

Um, Tim was very supportive

in the months
after Richard's death.

Eventually
a relationship developed.

Okay, so, just to be clear,

you're saying that it started
sometime after Richard died'?

Yes.

We don't believe you.

STANDING: Paula was, what,
20 years younger than Richard?

Something like that.

And you met her
when you were his student.

Graduate student, yes.

Very attractive woman, eh'?

Intelligent, independent.

When did the affair start?

I tried to help Paula out
as much as I could

after the shock
of Richard's death.

We started seeing each other
quite frequently,

and then we both realized

that we were strongly attracted
to each other.

I don't doubt it.

But what I do doubt
is when it started.

I think it happened
While Richard was alive.

Look, son, we're gonna
be talking to people --

friends, neighbors colleagues.

We're gonna be checking
hotel registers,

credit-card bills,
bank accounts.

Now, believe me,
I've been there,

and if you were at it,
someone will know about it.

Someone always does.

So you'd be better off
to come clean right now.

Okay, the truth is, Paula and I
started a relationship

about six months
before Richard's death.

Was he aware of it'?

I don't know.

LANE: So, why have you two
been spying on me'?

Why are you so interested
in Richard Symes'?

I'm a scholar in the same field.

No, you're not, Brian.

You've no scholarly publications
to your name.

And you're quite ignorant
about the basics.

Look, we're not here
to discuss my credentials.

We're here because of your
outrageously underhand conduct.

Well, the truth is,

we realized you must be looking
for the same thing as ourselves.

Yes, and you thought
you'd take a shortcut

by plagiarizing my research.

Well, let's see
just how far you've got.

We are, of course, talking about
a particular book, aren't We'?

Stolen by Richard Symes
from the university library?

[Laughs]
He shouldn't have done that.

We're the ones who found it.

We took it to Richard because
it was in his specialist field

to ask if it really was --

No, shush!

Let's see what Brian
thinks it might be.

Well, we're obviously
talking about a work

of considerable value,
aren't we'?

We're talking about a major work

about 18th-century
botanical science.

Look, I'm not prepared to reveal
my hand any further Without --

Without having some convincing
evidence of your good faith.

Bullshit.

Don't forget
I could ruin your reputations

with the evidence I've got.

Right, what have we got here'?
Photos.

[Cellphone beeping]

And you've just deleted them.

Pleasure talking with you,
Brian.

It was both amusing
and instructive.

Now, you've
a well-supported alibi

for the night
of your husband's death.

But, of course, Tim could have
killed him, couldn't he'?

The night Richard died,
Tim was with me.

HALFORD: The police found you
at the hotel

to notify you of the death,

but they don't record
the presence of anyone else.

I got a call from reception

to say that the police
wanted to speak with me.

I didn't know what it was about.

Tim hid out in the bathroom.

I didn't particularly
want the police

in on my adulterous
relationship.

Thanks, Paula.

I think we've made
significant progress.

Richard Symes,
married to a much younger woman,

who in turn
takes a young lover --

classic scenario for murder.

Paula gave Mortimer an alibi.

Well, she would, Wouldn't she'?

STANDING:
Yeah, but Mortimer

could easily have traveled
to the book fair with her,

but he would still have had time
to get back in the evening

and push Symes off the roof.

No, the book's the key to it.

Not more bleeding books.

Go on.

I fronted up the Urquharts
today.

They've admitted spying on me.

They're trying
to track down a book

stolen by Symes
from the university library.

- What book'?
- I don't know.

They cottoned on to the fact
I was bluffing and clammed up.

Brian, does this help us
with Tim and Paula'?

Symes stole the book.

Symes was killed.
The book's missing.

If Tim or Paula are now
in possession of it...

Well, we can hardly
confront them with it

if we don't know what it is.

It's something the Urquharts
wanted Symes' opinion about.

So it's got to be in an area
Where they had shared interests,

history of agriculture
or botany.

They did all
write a paper together.

What about?

It was some kind of journal,
wasn't it'?

LANE: No, no, no.
This is important.

Journal of the History of --

- Turnips, probably.
- Turnips'?

No, no, no, Journal of the
History of Economic Thought.

That's it.

The library's still open.
I can check this out tonight.

It's not that urgent, Brian.

Sandra, it's the thrill
of the chase.

[Keyboard clacking]

The Journal of the History
of Economic Thought.

Yes?

Well, Where is it'?

Learned journals are on level 7,
right at the top.

[Sighs]

PULLMAN:
Going-home time, Jack.

Uh, yes, yes.
I'm on my Way.

L, uh, had an e-mail
from the university.

There's an Emma Curran.

She was the librarian on duty
the night that Symes died.

I couldn't track her down
at all.

Turns out she's now using her
married name -- Emma Woodford.

Works for the London Library.

There's a job for tomorrow.

Yeah.

You know, when we were still
in the job,

Brian applied to a university
as a mature student.

Really?

What happened'?

They interviewed him.

Oh.

Ah!

2005.

"Arboriculture
in the French Enlightenment."

You've lost me already.

Arboriculture -- the science
of tree cultivation.

LANE: Richard Symes
and the Urquharts

Wrote this paper together.

I thought you were trying
to work out

what this mystery book Was.

Well, have a bit of patience,
and I'll get there.

Now, part of this paper is about
a fellow called Henri Duhamel,

and a lot of the references
are to Symes' PhD thesis

on French botanical scientists,

so I'm assuming that Symes
Wrote that bit of it.

Now, the Urquharts wanted
Symes' opinion on a book,

so they must have thought it was
potentially rare and valuable.

And remember, the Urquharts knew

that Symes was an authority
on Duhamel.

Hold on, hold on.

So, are you saying that
this unheard-of French bloke

Wrote a book
that was Worth nicking'?

A list of the top 10 antiquarian
book prices of all time.

In 2006, Duhamel's
"Traite des Arbres Fruitiers" --

that's "A Treatise
on Fruit Trees" --

sold for $4.5 million.

Good God!

- Bugger me!
- LANE: Worth nicking, eh'?

Worth killing for.

Sandra'?

[Police radio chatter]

If I had a copy
of Duhamel's "Traite,"

I would have disposed of it
through the trade,

and I'd be living
in the Bahamas.

As well as searching
your premises,

We'll be investigating
your financial records.

Waste as much time
and public money as you like.

[indistinct talking]

Sit down, Mr. Halford.

Thank you.

EMMA: Uh, I don't think
I can really add anything

to the statement I made
at the time.

I was on duty
at the university library,

but I didn't know
anything was wrong

until the police
and ambulance arrived.

Did you speak to Richard Symes
that evening'?

Only to say hello.

How well did you know him'?

Well, we knew each other
professionally but not socially.

Did you notice anything
out of the ordinary

in his mood or behavior
that evening'?

Not at all.

HALFORD: As a member
of the library staff,

you must have noticed
that books were going missing.

EMMA: Yes.

Jasper and Sophie Urquhart
made a lot of fuss about it.

Did they'?

EMMA: Yes, but books
do go missing from libraries.

Quite apart from readers
failing to return them,

they can be mislaid
or mis-shelved.

Or stolen.

Yes.

Did you know that Richard Symes
was suspected?

No.

[sighs ] Right.

Some decisions need to be made.

- Mm.
- About the work on the house.

Whatever you decide, dear.

ESTHER: If we don't
do something, and soon,

this house could fall down
'round our ears.

Did you hear what I said'?

House fall down around us.

Well, you got anything
to say about that?

Poe!

What?

"The Fall
of the House of Usher."

Made me think
of Edgar Allan Poe.

[Grunts]

[Sighs]

What are you looking for'?

"Tales of Mystery
and Imagination."

- Why?
Because that's the answer!

[Sighs]

There you are.

Esther...you're a genius!

[Smooches]

Hey, hey, I've cracked it!

[Laughs]

I know Where the book is.

Really?

Yes, I said from the start

this whole case would be solved
in the library.

Is that it'?

No, that's Edgar Allan Poe.

What's he got to do with it'?

Well, he wrote a story
called "The Purloined Letter."

A compromising letter
goes missing,

and the great detective
discovers it in open view

in a domestic letter rack.

I thought we were looking
for a book.

It's the same principle.
Where do you hide a book'?

In a library.

And that's
what Richard Symes did.

He nicked a copy of Duhamel.

He re-bound it
with a fake title.

And he stuck it on a shelf
at the London Library.

Well, Wouldn't they notice?

No, they've got
a million volumes.

How are they gonna know
about an extra one

that's not in the catalog?

A book could sit there
for years,

especially if it's an obscure
subject with a boring title.

Yeah, but why did he do this'?

'Cause he couldn't cash in
on the book immediately.

Other people
were on the trail of it --

the Urquharts, in particular.

And he was right to be anxious,
wasn't he'?

- He was killed over that book.
- Maybe.

So, who is it'?

The Urquharts, Tim Mortimer,
person or persons unknown?

Oh, I haven't thought
about that.

Thank you. And Where
amongst the millions of volumes

is this book'?

Well, that's the question,
isn't it?

I haven't worked
that bit out yet,

but if I could just enter
into Symes' mind,

I'm sure I could reconstruct
his thought processes.

That would be
a very impressive trick, Brian.

But in the meantime,
tell you What,

why don't you just disappear
back into the library

and leave all the dreary stuff
to us'?

Witness statements,
interviews, suspects.

I'm sure I'll have the nub
of the matter in my grasp.

Mind you don't go blind.

[Laughs]

Oh, uh, I'm supposed to
give this to Dr. Urquhart.

We're expecting her any minute.

Uh, thing is,
I'm late for another class.

We'll make sure she gets it.

Cool.

That's not how you spell "plow."

It is in the States.

He's probably downloaded
the whole thing

from an American Website.

What?
Is that what they get up to'?

Yeah, I told you, Jack, doing
a degree is not rocket science.

Unless you're doing
rocket science, I suppose.

Actually, there are some bits
that must be his own work.

For "must have,"
he's got "must of,"

and he spelled "input"
with an

I could do better than this!

So, what's stopping you'?

Well, I Wouldn't come
to this place.

I want to be able
to stretch the old brain a bit

before it seizes up completely.

Oh, much better places
than this, Jack.

Yes, Well.

Oh, hello.

Hi, Sophie.

We would like you to come down
to the station with us

to do an interview about
the death of Richard Symes.

Oh.

Very well, then.

By the way, a budding Nobel
Prize winner left you this.

Oh, thank you.

Well, he's progressing.

Really'?
- SOPHIE: Oh, yes.

Last time, he printed out
the bit that said,

"For further information,
click here."

PULLMAN: There's one thing
that puzzles us, Sophie.

Jeremy Ventham seems very keen
to have got rid of departments

and teachers who, in his terms,
Weren't pulling their weight,

and yet he took you two back on.

So, what favors does he owe you'?

For keeping quiet.

About what?

One evening, we happened
to be passing through

the "dogmatic theology" section
of the university library,

which was somewhat underused.

And we came across Dr. Ventham

having it off
with the librarian, Emma.

Who is now
at the London Library?

SOPHIE: Yes.

And, of course,
they are both married.

So you blackmailed him'?

In a nutshell,
yes, we did, really.

STANDING:
What do you know about a book

written by Henri Duhamel
called --

well, in English,
"A Treatise on Fruit Trees"?

It's very rare
and very valuable.

We have information that
you found a copy of this book

at the London
Municipal University library.

Is that right'?

It's what we hoped
we might have found.

But we couldn't be sure.

The title page
was illegibly foxed.

Foxed'?

JASPER:
Brown staining

caused by metallic or chemical
impurities in the paper.

And you drew Richard Symes'
attention to the book'?

Yes. He was the authority
on Duhamel.

And you were willing
to out him in on the deal?

We Weren't thinking about
any kind of deal.

We didn't have any notion
of the potential value.

We asked a colleague to confirm
an academic discovery.

And Where was this'?

In the university library.
Richard was working there.

STANDING:
What did he say'?

He Wouldn't commit himself.

He asked us
to leave the book with him.

Said he needed to study it

and to consult some reference
books and bibliographies.

We had classes to teach.

When we looked for Richard
later, we couldn't find him.

And the book hadn't been checked
out of the university library,

but it wasn't on the shelves.

So we decided
to do our own research

on what the book might be worth.

And you realized
that you'd been closed out

of a multimillion-dollar scam'?

Oh. If you want to put it
in vulgar terms, yes.

And you confronted Symes on the
roof terrace the night he died.

SOPHIE:
No, no.

We saw him in his office.

He said he'd taken the book
to show to his wife

and that she had taken the view
that it wasn't a first edition

and that so many of
the plates -- the illustrations,

because that's what makes
these books so valuable --

were missing
that it was almost worthless.

And you didn't believe him'?

Well, we said, "In that case,

why isn't it back
on the shelves?"

Well, he didn't have an answer.

He treated us with contempt.

This gives you a motive
for killing him.

[Scoffs]
But we didn't.

What, you just shrugged
your shoulders?

I find that very hard
to believe.

SOPHIE:
We're not violent people.

We didn't try to hurt him.

We just grassed him up.

Grassed him up'?

Isn't that what you say'?
Or is it "dobbed him in"?

We denounced him
to the authorities, anyway.

What authorities
are we talking about'?

We said to the security officer,
the nice Russian boy --

- Pavel Illich'?
- SOPHIE: That's it.

We said, "We're terribly sorry,
but we have an awful suspicion

that Dr. Symes has taken
a very valuable book."

Then you tried to find out
what happened to the book'?

JASPER: Yes.

To no effect, sadly.

Of course, we realized
he'd probably hidden it

in the London Library.

You worked that out'?

Well, any idiot
could have guessed that.

[Keyboard clacking]

We'd like you to tell us
what you know

about the death
of Richard Symes.

HALFORD:
All Of it this time.

We've been checking
your immigration status.

You're here on a student visa.

And you shouldn't be Working.

And anyhow, that visa expired
some years ago.

Where is Accountancy
and Financial Control?

We don't get many requests
for that.

That's what I thought.
Where is it'?

The basement, the rolling cases.

You were told that Symes
had stolen a valuable book

from the university.

The next thing that happened
was that Symes was found dead,

and the book
was never seen again.

And you kept quiet about it.

That'll take a lot
of explaining, Pavel.

Yes.

Well'?

You think I killed Richard?

Richard and me,
we were like this.

How come'?

He comes to me maybe
three months before he dies.

He says he wants me for private
security job, cash in hand.

Thinks his wife is shagging
that research student Tim.

I follow them both.

And it's true.

Richard gives me, uh, big bunk.

Yeah.

Then Richard says, "I have
this little earner going.

Do you want some?"

And I say yes.

He was stealing books
from the library.

Throws them off roof to Tim,
and his wife, Paula, sells them.

But Richard says,
"They're cheating on me.

I owe them nothing."

So I become his partner.

And you became the book catcher?

Yes, I became the book catcher.

So the Urquharts Weren't
actually giving you any news.

No. I had caught that book
myself.

What did you do with it'?

I gave it back to Richard.

He says, "I'll hide this until
I can put it on the market.

It's Worth megabucks."

And the night he died,
you were there'?

Yes.

I'm waiting in the car park.

Richard throws some books.
I take them to the car.

Then I look up,
and there's a fight going on.

Richard and vice chancellor.

Ventham was up there'?

PAVEL: Yes.

Richard falls,
vice chancellor disappears.

I check the body,
and Richard is dead.

How did Ventham know
he'd be there'?

The only person
who could have told him was you.

The small problem
with my student visa,

vice chancellor
also knew about it.

He said he'll keep quiet

if I gave information
about Richard

so he could give him the sack.

Oh, so you were spying on Symes
for Ventham'?

HALFORD:
Busy little bugger, Weren't you'?

Did you tell Ventham
about the really big scam,

the Duhamel book'?

Yes, I did.

WOMAN: You've missed
the vice chancellor, I'm afraid.

He's flying out
to Geneva tonight

for an academic conference.

Will he be at the airport now'?

No, he said he had something
to do in town on the way.

Thank you.

[Cranking]

Oi!
I'm in here!

Oi! I'm still in here!

Excuse me.

Help!

JEREMY: There's no one here
but us, Mr. Lane.

- You've found it, haven't you'?
- Found what?

- Aah!
- Don't ma . V silly buggers-

Give me the book,
and this will all be over.

I can't move!

Slide the book along the floor.

What book'?
There's hundreds in here!

Aah! Aaaaah!

Where's Brian Lane'?

Well, I believe
he's in the library somewhere.

He's an investigator
for the Metropolitan Police.

- Look, I really don't know --
- STANDING: Yes, you do.

You've been Watching him!

And reporting to your boyfriend,
Jeremy Ventham.

So, Where is he'?

The basement.

Jeremy said he was just trying
to recover university property.

[Groaning ] oi!
Hey, no!

Aah! No!

Aaah!

- Aaaaah!
-[ Cracking]

Aah!
[Groaning]

- Come here!
- STANDING: Oi!

All right, that'll do.
That'll do.

[Groaning]

- HALFORD: You all right'?
- LANE: I've got it.

I've got the book.
Look, it's French.

It's 18th century.

And it purports, according to
the cover, to be an exposition

of the merits
of double-entry bookkeeping.

- That's mine!
- Get off.

Whereas, in fact...

...it is an exposition

of the merits
of double-entry bookkeeping.

- Shit!
- PULLMAN: Come on.

Well, never mind, Brian.

Only another 999,999 volumes
to go.

[Sighs]

STANDING:
Well, I'm going for a pint.

You going to the library?

I've had it with libraries.

Eh'?

They're full of weirdos.

I thought that's why
you felt so at home.

Anyway, they're a thing
of the past.

- Oh, really?
- This is the way forward.

Linked to the Internet,

it allows me to access
the world's literary culture

from the comfort
of my own armchair.

Cool.
Let's have a go.

Can you play "Football Manager"
on it'?

LANE: No, you can't.
Be careful.

I've just downloaded

"The Complete Poems
of Philip Larkin."

Now, there's a man
who spent his life in libraries.

[Chuckles]
Here's a good quote.

What's that, then?

STANDING:
"Books are a load of crap."

I think you'll find
that's an example

of Larkin's use of irony.

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