1 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:36,100 Morning, Selwyn. 2 00:00:37,980 --> 00:00:39,280 There's no hot water. 3 00:00:40,140 --> 00:00:41,420 Okay, come and take a look. 4 00:01:13,610 --> 00:01:14,529 in here. 5 00:01:14,530 --> 00:01:18,410 I think we've sprung a leak or... 6 00:01:18,410 --> 00:01:23,370 Right. 7 00:01:27,550 --> 00:01:32,790 I think the most important thing is not panic. 8 00:01:33,090 --> 00:01:35,010 Need to think logically. 9 00:01:39,970 --> 00:01:41,530 Does the engine work? 10 00:01:43,530 --> 00:01:44,530 Ancient. Brilliant. 11 00:02:13,740 --> 00:02:15,120 I'm not entirely sure. 12 00:02:15,420 --> 00:02:16,500 It's dripping oil. 13 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,560 Have we got life jackets? 14 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,420 Well, I didn't think we'd need them. 15 00:02:26,660 --> 00:02:28,400 You know, being parked up. 16 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:31,300 Wood. 17 00:02:31,860 --> 00:02:33,320 We could make a raft. 18 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,920 Pumpery! I need two pencils and a pair of underpants, please. 19 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:48,360 One morning in the month of June, down by a rolling river, there a weary 20 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,880 traveler chanced to stay, and he bailed his lover. 21 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:57,600 Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown, her hair in ringlets hanging 22 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,480 had a lovely face without a frown, just as the tide was flowing. 23 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:24,510 Get out on the ocean. 24 00:04:24,810 --> 00:04:26,630 Sail out on the sea. 25 00:04:27,070 --> 00:04:29,110 Get up in the mountains. 26 00:04:29,430 --> 00:04:31,290 Before climbing all the trees. 27 00:04:31,670 --> 00:04:33,590 Don't feel every emotion. 28 00:04:33,970 --> 00:04:35,790 When you know that they don't care. 29 00:04:36,370 --> 00:04:38,290 Darling, I can't hold you. 30 00:04:38,530 --> 00:04:40,550 Oh, I'll go if you don't worry. 31 00:04:50,010 --> 00:04:52,130 Get up and get ready. 32 00:04:53,210 --> 00:04:54,210 What happened? 33 00:04:54,250 --> 00:04:58,250 We're really worried. Yes, the mooring rope snapped and the current dragged us 34 00:04:58,250 --> 00:04:59,270 out to sea, Carby. 35 00:04:59,830 --> 00:05:01,410 Thank heavens for the RNLI. 36 00:05:02,150 --> 00:05:05,330 Yes. Oh, Anne said to phone her the second you get back. 37 00:05:09,090 --> 00:05:10,310 You all right, sir? 38 00:05:12,030 --> 00:05:13,030 Yes. 39 00:05:13,930 --> 00:05:16,230 Oh, it's just a bump. 40 00:05:17,470 --> 00:05:21,630 Only you're needed after what's gone on ahead. 41 00:05:22,110 --> 00:05:23,970 Where? Kenneth Lindu's house. 42 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:53,880 Are you okay? 43 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,040 How's Martha? 44 00:05:55,580 --> 00:05:56,580 We're both fine. 45 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:57,880 Thank you. 46 00:05:59,060 --> 00:06:00,060 Oh, Kenneth. 47 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:03,000 You know, I only spoke to him last night. 48 00:06:03,340 --> 00:06:04,340 Oh, of course. 49 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:06,120 You went to the book signing. 50 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:12,760 Yes, here we are. 51 00:06:16,340 --> 00:06:18,660 I'm still not sure this qualifies as a date. 52 00:06:19,790 --> 00:06:23,450 In my defense, I was coerced into your Mamma Mia karaoke night. 53 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:27,710 Coerced? Well, maybe not coerced, but if those photos ever get into the wrong 54 00:06:27,710 --> 00:06:30,010 hands... Here we are. 55 00:06:31,870 --> 00:06:33,870 So consider this payback. 56 00:06:42,610 --> 00:06:48,690 This week... 57 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:53,380 sees the launch of the new Kenneth Linda novel, The Final Breath. 58 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:59,400 Now, since he's moved to Shipton Abbot, we are brazenly claiming him as one of 59 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,159 our own. 60 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,880 So, as your new local counsellor and treasurer of the Devon Literary Group, I 61 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,500 would like you all to give a huge welcome to our guest, Kenneth Linda. 62 00:07:12,780 --> 00:07:14,820 His daughter, Helen, found him in the bath. 63 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,820 The electric fan in the water at his feet. 64 00:07:19,260 --> 00:07:20,880 It looks like he's been here all night. 65 00:07:21,380 --> 00:07:25,360 Looks like the power tripped eventually, but not quick enough to save him. 66 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,580 Well, this is something of a conundrum. 67 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:30,880 Why? 68 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:35,500 Because in his latest novel, serial killer Jeremy Cook is walking to the 69 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:40,000 electric chair, which is where the last book left him. But it turns out he 70 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,880 bribed the guard to short -circuit the prison power, therefore delaying his 71 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,160 execution until the next day. 72 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,800 But that night, he murdered the guard that helped him and stole his uniform to 73 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:51,900 escape. Nice. 74 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:58,640 Then he found the judge that sentenced him and, like his nine previous victims, 75 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:03,280 killed him by dropping an electrical appliance into his bath. 76 00:08:38,570 --> 00:08:39,610 Thank you, Sergeant. 77 00:08:49,470 --> 00:08:52,570 We've got some outside too. 78 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:16,060 Trampled flowerbed by an open rear door. 79 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:21,940 We did a quick check, and the footprints are probably male, judging by size and 80 00:09:21,940 --> 00:09:25,400 weight, but they're not an obvious match for any of the footwear found in the 81 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:30,320 house. We've taken moulds, but there's a difference in indent depth, so we're 82 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,900 pretty sure whoever made them had a distinct limp. 83 00:09:34,260 --> 00:09:35,660 Limp? Yeah. 84 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,740 Much less weight put on his left leg. 85 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,340 The main road runs across the back of the garden, so someone could have got 86 00:09:42,340 --> 00:09:43,580 the fence and along this path. 87 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,060 Cameras? Nothing this side. 88 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,920 Doorbell camera at the front. We've got him being dropped off last night by his 89 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,600 daughter, Helen, and then her coming back this morning. 90 00:09:55,180 --> 00:09:56,460 I know you, don't I? 91 00:09:57,380 --> 00:10:01,300 From the book signing last night. You were with your father? 92 00:10:01,620 --> 00:10:03,100 That's right. D .I. Goodman. 93 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:07,640 Humphrey Goodman. 94 00:10:08,810 --> 00:10:12,890 Huge fan. This is my wife, 95 00:10:14,650 --> 00:10:15,650 Martha. Hi. 96 00:10:16,370 --> 00:10:19,550 So, Humphrey, do you have a favourite case? 97 00:10:19,830 --> 00:10:24,030 Oh, yes. The first of the bathtub trilogy, Death by Design. The bottle 98 00:10:24,030 --> 00:10:25,550 MacGuffin. Genius. 99 00:10:25,830 --> 00:10:28,250 Oh, thank you. 100 00:10:29,810 --> 00:10:30,810 Wait. 101 00:10:32,070 --> 00:10:35,270 You're not Detective Humphrey Goodman? 102 00:10:36,630 --> 00:10:38,650 Yes. How do you know that? 103 00:10:38,890 --> 00:10:42,170 Well, I'm something of a fan of yours, too. 104 00:10:42,390 --> 00:10:45,570 I read the newspaper report about the case you solved. 105 00:10:45,790 --> 00:10:47,850 The poor chap murdered by his partner. 106 00:10:48,290 --> 00:10:50,110 Made it look like a car crash. 107 00:10:51,010 --> 00:10:52,010 Brilliant. 108 00:10:52,670 --> 00:10:53,670 Thank you. 109 00:10:54,810 --> 00:10:55,810 Well, 110 00:10:59,450 --> 00:11:00,810 a pleasure to meet you, Humphrey. 111 00:11:01,390 --> 00:11:02,610 And you, Martha. 112 00:11:03,170 --> 00:11:04,170 Thank you. 113 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,840 It must be difficult for you. Is there family we can call? 114 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,160 No. It's just me and Dad. 115 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,040 Are you up to a few questions, Helen? 116 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:16,840 I'll try. 117 00:11:17,380 --> 00:11:21,720 When was the last time you saw your father before this morning? 118 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,020 Last night. I dropped him home after the book signing. 119 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,560 Promise me you'll have an early night. 120 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:40,320 Oh, a nightcap first, I think. 121 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,100 One. At least. 122 00:11:44,340 --> 00:11:45,340 Love you. 123 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,400 Love you too. 124 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,600 And how did he seem in himself? 125 00:11:58,180 --> 00:11:59,180 Quiet? 126 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,460 But I know he was tired. 127 00:12:01,740 --> 00:12:05,040 Can I ask, was your dad a particularly tidy man? 128 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:06,560 Tidy. 129 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:07,680 God, no. 130 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:14,440 He was bloody -minded, intelligent, playful, and a rather wonderful 131 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:15,440 father. 132 00:12:16,260 --> 00:12:18,200 But Tidy, no. 133 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:23,920 There's something else you need to know. 134 00:12:26,540 --> 00:12:27,620 He was dying. 135 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:33,500 He had end -stage amyloidosis, an abnormal build -up of proteins. 136 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:35,980 Stopped his organs working properly. 137 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,240 Said he refused to die until he'd finished his damn book. 138 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:44,760 But he'd been going downhill pretty rapidly these past few weeks. 139 00:12:45,780 --> 00:12:47,140 We knew it wouldn't be long. 140 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:53,640 But this... Do you think he took his own life? 141 00:12:54,460 --> 00:12:55,460 Do you? 142 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:02,900 I know he was in a lot of pain, but he refused the palliative care he was 143 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:03,900 offered. 144 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:11,520 People are coming in. 145 00:13:16,540 --> 00:13:18,240 You sure you're up to this, Dad? 146 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:19,760 Stop fussing. 147 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:22,060 I'm strong as an ox. 148 00:13:27,020 --> 00:13:30,040 We need to take care of your dad, too. 149 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:31,860 You might be better at home. 150 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:37,780 They'll take him to the Chapel of Rest, and I promise I'll call and let you know 151 00:13:37,780 --> 00:13:38,780 when he's there. 152 00:13:46,510 --> 00:13:47,630 Do you think that's it? 153 00:13:48,070 --> 00:13:49,190 He did this himself? 154 00:13:49,770 --> 00:13:54,570 There was a towel, neatly folded, by the side of the bath, dressing gown and 155 00:13:54,570 --> 00:13:55,329 slippers ready. 156 00:13:55,330 --> 00:13:59,190 So why go to all that trouble if you know you'll never be getting out of the 157 00:13:59,190 --> 00:14:00,190 bath? Exactly. 158 00:14:00,430 --> 00:14:01,830 So it has to be an accident? 159 00:14:02,490 --> 00:14:03,490 Possibly. 160 00:14:04,030 --> 00:14:05,030 Wait. 161 00:14:05,870 --> 00:14:07,050 You're thinking it's murder? 162 00:14:07,430 --> 00:14:08,430 We should consider it. 163 00:14:08,810 --> 00:14:12,190 Why? Because the victim wrote murder mystery novels? 164 00:14:12,490 --> 00:14:14,850 No, Sergeant, because there are some things that don't make sense. 165 00:14:15,130 --> 00:14:15,929 Such as? 166 00:14:15,930 --> 00:14:17,110 Well, it's all rather neat, don't you think? 167 00:14:17,390 --> 00:14:20,450 Too neat, perhaps, for a man not known for his tidiness. 168 00:14:21,070 --> 00:14:22,049 That's it. 169 00:14:22,050 --> 00:14:23,870 It was too neat. 170 00:14:24,310 --> 00:14:28,510 So what if someone put those things in place to make it look like an accident? 171 00:14:29,230 --> 00:14:33,230 And what about the fact that he died in exactly the way described in his own 172 00:14:33,230 --> 00:14:36,290 book? Can we really accept that's just a coincidence? 173 00:14:39,010 --> 00:14:42,370 No. So, if we can rule out suicide... 174 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:47,200 accident and coincidence, which we can because there's no such thing, then what 175 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,300 happened to Kenneth Linda must be by design. 176 00:14:51,940 --> 00:14:56,820 Let's confirm cause of death. Let forensics finish up. And I want an 177 00:14:56,820 --> 00:14:59,000 report. Why didn't the power trip out immediately? 178 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,500 Oh, and have his clothes checked too. 179 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:04,620 See if this belongs to any of them. 180 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:06,080 Please. 181 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:07,940 Okay. Thank you. 182 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,140 And we should talk to his agent. 183 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:12,500 Yeah. 184 00:15:14,830 --> 00:15:16,230 And... 185 00:15:47,470 --> 00:15:49,390 Pothole Pete was on the RNLI boat. 186 00:15:49,750 --> 00:15:53,930 He said if they overslept, they could have ended up in Guernsey. 187 00:15:55,950 --> 00:15:56,950 Pothole Pete? 188 00:15:57,190 --> 00:16:00,130 Oh, they call him that because people try to avoid him. 189 00:16:00,490 --> 00:16:02,090 He goes on a bit. 190 00:16:04,350 --> 00:16:05,350 Shipped an abbot. 191 00:16:06,370 --> 00:16:07,910 No, that's not here. 192 00:16:08,390 --> 00:16:10,390 The press office is at the hub, darling. 193 00:16:10,810 --> 00:16:11,890 Do you need the number? 194 00:16:12,570 --> 00:16:13,810 No problem. 195 00:16:14,290 --> 00:16:15,290 Bye. 196 00:16:15,590 --> 00:16:22,300 OK. I've got a criminal damage and also an assault on a shopkeeper 197 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:23,300 in town. 198 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:24,940 I'll be a couple of hours. 199 00:16:25,340 --> 00:16:26,340 OK. 200 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:32,240 Ship the nabber. As his agent, you knew he was ill? 201 00:16:32,460 --> 00:16:33,460 Of course. 202 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:34,980 But it wasn't public knowledge? 203 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,220 The way Kenny wanted it. 204 00:16:37,540 --> 00:16:41,820 He's a very... He was a very proud man. 205 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,600 He didn't want people fawning over him. 206 00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:48,260 I saw you at the book signing last night. 207 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:49,980 How did he seem to you? 208 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:57,920 Oh, you were wonderful, but calm, considering this was his last roll of 209 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:58,920 dice. 210 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:00,040 Why do you say that? 211 00:17:01,340 --> 00:17:06,940 His last book was a decade ago, and that did appallingly. 212 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:12,900 Obviously, he couldn't get a publishing deal, so started borrowing against the 213 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:13,868 house. 214 00:17:13,869 --> 00:17:15,290 So that he could write this one. 215 00:17:15,589 --> 00:17:16,950 He was in financial difficulty. 216 00:17:17,609 --> 00:17:20,930 This book was his last chance of avoiding bankruptcy. 217 00:17:21,930 --> 00:17:25,270 He kept his money problems from Helen, of course. 218 00:17:25,690 --> 00:17:28,690 He didn't want her to worry about that on top of everything else. 219 00:17:28,950 --> 00:17:30,070 They seem very close. 220 00:17:30,510 --> 00:17:33,210 They lost Helen's mum when she was seven. 221 00:17:33,730 --> 00:17:36,670 So it's only ever really been the two of them. 222 00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:40,170 Everything Kenny ever did, he did for her. 223 00:17:40,550 --> 00:17:42,590 But Mr. Linda confided in you. 224 00:17:43,150 --> 00:17:44,850 About his financial difficulty. 225 00:17:45,250 --> 00:17:46,250 And his agent. 226 00:17:46,410 --> 00:17:47,630 Goes with the territory. 227 00:17:49,330 --> 00:17:50,750 Can I ask? 228 00:17:57,350 --> 00:18:02,370 Do the initials PM mean anything to you? 229 00:18:03,170 --> 00:18:04,370 No, should they? 230 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:05,750 No. 231 00:18:08,990 --> 00:18:12,470 There was another man at the book signing last night. 232 00:18:13,130 --> 00:18:17,890 He didn't look like a fan, but I saw you speaking to him. That would be Kent's 233 00:18:17,890 --> 00:18:20,470 publisher, Anthony Westley. 234 00:18:21,890 --> 00:18:24,390 Nice to see you pushed the boat out, Anthony. 235 00:18:25,290 --> 00:18:31,070 I think your client's Oxford Street soirees were over a long time ago. 236 00:18:31,670 --> 00:18:32,649 Don't you? 237 00:18:32,650 --> 00:18:35,930 He's made you a lot of money. He's made us all a lot of money, dear heart. 238 00:18:36,210 --> 00:18:40,070 But I'm slightly surprised that as a literary agent you don't understand the 239 00:18:40,070 --> 00:18:41,770 of the past tense. 240 00:18:43,210 --> 00:18:44,710 Your loyalty is staggering. 241 00:18:45,770 --> 00:18:47,550 Jump off your high horse, will you? 242 00:18:47,870 --> 00:18:49,010 He's washed up. 243 00:18:49,470 --> 00:18:53,990 We're both just hovering, waiting for him to die so we can revive his back 244 00:18:53,990 --> 00:18:54,990 catalogue. 245 00:18:56,810 --> 00:18:58,430 Not the nicest man. 246 00:18:59,290 --> 00:19:00,890 No, his time was over. 247 00:19:02,070 --> 00:19:06,030 Metaphorically speaking, people are just not buying his books anymore. 248 00:19:06,430 --> 00:19:10,790 And yet you still publish this latest novel. True, but on very, very different 249 00:19:10,790 --> 00:19:15,520 terms. No advance, and on the condition that he brought back the bathtub murders 250 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:16,520 trilogy. 251 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:22,200 They were his most successful books, so I thought they will guarantee our best 252 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:23,200 chance of a return. 253 00:19:23,420 --> 00:19:27,140 But with no advance, would that mean that he was writing for free, 254 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:31,540 Yes, but he would get the lion's share if the book sold well. 255 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,740 But you don't expect it to? 256 00:19:35,980 --> 00:19:36,980 No. 257 00:19:38,140 --> 00:19:41,020 So a much better deal for you than him, then? 258 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:43,480 What can I say? 259 00:19:44,140 --> 00:19:46,140 Business is business. 260 00:19:46,900 --> 00:19:50,580 Plus, I tend to come out in a rash when I lose money. 261 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:56,860 Do you know how Mr Linda died? 262 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,560 He was electrocuted in his bath. 263 00:20:02,140 --> 00:20:03,140 Oh. 264 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,040 Exactly the same way as the first murder in his new book. 265 00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:11,060 To be honest, I haven't read it, but it does sound a tad ironic. 266 00:20:11,740 --> 00:20:13,860 You haven't read a book you've just published? 267 00:20:14,260 --> 00:20:15,780 I have people. 268 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,820 Do the initials PM mean anything to you? 269 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,900 No, I don't... No, I don't think they do. 270 00:20:26,540 --> 00:20:29,400 If it is murder, can we make him a suspect, please? 271 00:20:30,380 --> 00:20:32,600 I'm not sure that's quite how it works, Sergeant. 272 00:20:33,020 --> 00:20:34,020 Pity. 273 00:20:35,340 --> 00:20:40,300 This PM thing, could it be something else rather than initials? 274 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:41,700 Such as? 275 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:42,840 I don't know. 276 00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:47,900 Afternoon? No, PM only really works as a suffix, doesn't it? 277 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,660 And why have it in your hand unless you're trying to tell us something? 278 00:20:53,980 --> 00:20:55,060 The name of his killer? 279 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,680 Why not? 280 00:20:56,940 --> 00:20:58,360 We don't believe it was an accident. 281 00:20:59,180 --> 00:21:01,260 Agreed. Why take your own life if you're dying? 282 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:03,120 Life insurance. 283 00:21:03,860 --> 00:21:05,000 His daughter would benefit. 284 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,080 But you get that when he died anyway. 285 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:13,400 If the prognosis was right, he may have only had weeks left, a day's bounce. 286 00:21:13,860 --> 00:21:16,020 Which brings us right back to the question. 287 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:20,300 Who could possibly benefit from the death of a dying man on the verge of 288 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:21,300 bankruptcy? 289 00:21:39,850 --> 00:21:40,850 They threw this. 290 00:21:43,150 --> 00:21:44,270 But you didn't see anyone? 291 00:21:44,590 --> 00:21:47,090 Nothing. Just a bang and the whole window caved in. 292 00:21:47,710 --> 00:21:48,750 Lucky no one was hurt. 293 00:21:49,170 --> 00:21:50,290 And this was what time? 294 00:21:50,750 --> 00:21:52,490 Nine, yeah. Just after we opened. 295 00:22:01,330 --> 00:22:02,530 Financials are on your desk. 296 00:22:02,790 --> 00:22:04,390 Makes for pretty grim reading. 297 00:22:04,810 --> 00:22:06,850 What? And he had no life insurance. 298 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,020 Counseled his policy two years ago and never renewed. 299 00:22:10,740 --> 00:22:13,060 And the phone's been ringing off the hook. 300 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,880 Journalists all wanting to know how Kenneth Linda died. And if it's true, he 301 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:18,839 in the bath. 302 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:23,100 I didn't think we'd released anything yet. No, we haven't. Well, I passed them 303 00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:24,380 all on to the Hubbs press office. 304 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:25,800 Well done, Margot. 305 00:22:25,980 --> 00:22:28,480 Was there anything on Kenneth Linda's social media? 306 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:30,100 That was easy. 307 00:22:30,860 --> 00:22:32,380 He's all my faithful friends. 308 00:22:32,900 --> 00:22:33,900 You knew? What? 309 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:38,840 Back in the day, when he was an angry young writer and I was a redcoat of 310 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:39,840 fans. 311 00:22:40,180 --> 00:22:44,520 What? You were a redcoat? Well, only for eight months. 312 00:22:44,940 --> 00:22:46,140 I got sacked. 313 00:22:46,540 --> 00:22:51,740 Why? They said I rigged the over -70 fancy dress competition just because 314 00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:52,740 Grandad won. 315 00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:55,560 And Kenneth Linder? 316 00:22:56,060 --> 00:22:59,140 Oh, we met at a Mary Hopkin concert. 317 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,880 Turned into a weekend of debauchery in Norwich. 318 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,320 We mostly lost touch after that. 319 00:23:05,620 --> 00:23:09,800 Although people do say he based one of his characters on me. 320 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:11,520 Which one? 321 00:23:12,220 --> 00:23:13,260 Melody Alcott. 322 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,480 She was the waitress in the first bathtub murders. 323 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:17,800 Yes, she was, yes. 324 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,180 She was the killer's ex -girlfriend. She was the one who helped unlock the whole 325 00:23:22,180 --> 00:23:26,160 case. She was the one who eventually led Horace Bishop to Jeremy Cook at the 326 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,039 third book. 327 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,660 And that was you? 328 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:31,800 Supposedly. But I never saw it myself. 329 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,120 She was a bit... strange. 330 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,980 Can you give me a description of the man who hit you, Mr Bevan? 331 00:23:41,220 --> 00:23:42,840 He was a lot taller than me, like. 332 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,820 He had on a tracksuit, one of them with a hood. 333 00:23:46,340 --> 00:23:47,460 Did you see his face? 334 00:23:47,740 --> 00:23:50,180 No. He had a scarf over his face. 335 00:23:50,780 --> 00:23:53,000 I came out on my way to the bank. 336 00:23:53,340 --> 00:23:54,780 I only took three steps. 337 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:56,960 He stood right in front of me, just like you are now. 338 00:23:57,580 --> 00:23:59,940 And he hit me with a rolled -up newspaper. 339 00:24:00,780 --> 00:24:03,900 So he just... came up to you and hit you on the head with a rolled -up 340 00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:08,840 newspaper? I'm telling you, Kelly, this area's gone to the dogs. Yesterday, a 341 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:09,840 similar thing happened. 342 00:24:09,980 --> 00:24:13,060 A man came up to me, tried to punch me in the face. 343 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:14,800 A different man? 344 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,180 Yeah, dressed the same like. 345 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:18,760 He was taller than me, too. 346 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:21,800 And he tried to punch you? Yeah, but he missed. 347 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,400 Then he started crying and ran off. 348 00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:27,860 Crying? It's Kelly. 349 00:24:28,220 --> 00:24:31,320 They're all sniffing glue and smoking something. 350 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:36,180 Day before, one of them stole my dog poo. 351 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:37,920 Dog poo? 352 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:43,680 Honey Butcher, my dog, got into the shop from upstairs, left a little present, 353 00:24:43,780 --> 00:24:49,860 see? So I bagged it up, went outside to the bin, and this lunatic ran up, 354 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,540 snatched it and ran off. 355 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,210 Wait... Can you describe him? 356 00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:55,730 He's a border terrier. 357 00:24:55,950 --> 00:24:57,750 No, no, no. The man who stole your poo. 358 00:24:58,010 --> 00:24:59,350 Oh, dressed the same like. 359 00:25:00,030 --> 00:25:01,410 Tracksuit and face covered. 360 00:25:01,730 --> 00:25:03,070 And was he taller than you? 361 00:25:03,610 --> 00:25:04,610 What do you mean? 362 00:25:05,350 --> 00:25:09,770 You said the others were... I'm just trying to get a description. 363 00:25:10,190 --> 00:25:12,110 Oh. Well, yeah. 364 00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:14,090 Have you mentioned a Kelly? Kelby. 365 00:25:14,490 --> 00:25:16,430 And he was wearing a tracksuit. 366 00:25:16,630 --> 00:25:18,090 With his backside hanging out. 367 00:25:19,510 --> 00:25:20,970 That's good for you these days, though, isn't it? 368 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,540 I know you've got all these face recognition cameras these days. You'd be 369 00:25:25,540 --> 00:25:26,900 off with arse recognition. 370 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:35,700 OK. Um, well, leave it with me, Mr Bevan. I'll talk to the other 371 00:25:35,860 --> 00:25:39,120 see if anyone's seen anything, but I'll be in touch. 372 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:40,520 Right -o, Kelly. 373 00:25:41,900 --> 00:25:42,900 Hey, Kelly! 374 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Bloody good idea! 375 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:46,320 That's what they need! 376 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,160 Stop calling me Kelly. 377 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,920 Hello, boy. Boy. See anything happen down there at the bottom? 378 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,200 No. 379 00:25:55,740 --> 00:25:56,740 Susan? 380 00:25:58,680 --> 00:25:59,780 Thank you. No problem. 381 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:04,280 Hello? 382 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,160 That was the boatyard. 383 00:26:10,620 --> 00:26:13,180 The lilybond might be out of the water for months. 384 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,180 It needs a complete overhaul. 385 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:17,560 I can't say I'm surprised. 386 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,500 It had bits falling off. Oh, no, staying on it. 387 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:22,820 Well, you know you're always welcome at mine. 388 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:24,680 Humphrey will be mortified. 389 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:26,100 Thanks very much. 390 00:26:26,380 --> 00:26:28,600 No, not about staying with you, about the boat. 391 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,960 Really loves that boat, doesn't he? Yeah, but it's only ever supposed to be 392 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,760 stopgap until we've found somewhere more permanent. 393 00:26:35,020 --> 00:26:38,600 So maybe it's time we did just that. 394 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:41,360 Find a house. 395 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:43,600 Good for you, Morty. 396 00:26:45,220 --> 00:26:46,220 It won't be easy. 397 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:48,580 There's always loads of places up for sale. 398 00:26:48,820 --> 00:26:50,100 No, I don't mean finding a house. 399 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:52,920 I mean telling Humphrey. 400 00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:10,240 So you've heard, then? 401 00:27:10,740 --> 00:27:11,740 Heard what? 402 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:12,960 About Archie. 403 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:15,100 What about him? 404 00:27:15,290 --> 00:27:16,390 I heard he was dating. 405 00:27:17,530 --> 00:27:18,530 Good for him. 406 00:27:18,650 --> 00:27:20,610 Don't you want to know who it was? No. 407 00:27:25,030 --> 00:27:26,030 Who? 408 00:27:27,150 --> 00:27:30,450 No idea, but very pretty by all accounts. 409 00:27:30,910 --> 00:27:33,410 They were seen coming out of Kitty J's arm in arm. 410 00:27:36,290 --> 00:27:37,290 Hi, Nick. 411 00:27:37,910 --> 00:27:39,250 OK, thank you. 412 00:27:40,410 --> 00:27:43,610 The button doesn't match any of the clothes found in the wardrobe. 413 00:27:44,090 --> 00:27:49,480 Right. And the RCD switch was disabled, which meant the power didn't cut off 414 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:54,440 instantly. So, if it was murder, then it was premeditated. 415 00:27:55,020 --> 00:27:56,680 What were those initials you found? 416 00:27:57,180 --> 00:27:58,480 P .M. Why? 417 00:27:58,920 --> 00:27:59,920 Well, I have something. 418 00:28:00,580 --> 00:28:02,060 On Kenneth Linda's page. 419 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,400 Someone posted a death threat. 420 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:09,040 Saying he's a fraud, that he's sold out doing a new book, that he's ruined the 421 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,300 trilogy by adding a force book. 422 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:13,080 Some of the messages are pretty vile. 423 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:14,960 The last one? 424 00:28:15,380 --> 00:28:18,860 Look. Be careful you don't end up like one of your own victims. 425 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:24,320 That fits, doesn't it? A deranged fan. Who better to copy a murder from the 426 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,200 book? Paul Mecca. M -E -C -A. 427 00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:27,379 Paul Mecca. 428 00:28:27,380 --> 00:28:31,080 Right, so what do we know about him? Nothing. Just the name. Not much 429 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,780 Looks like the account's going to be in open a few weeks. 430 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,740 I can put in a request for some more information, but you know what these 431 00:28:37,740 --> 00:28:39,020 media companies are like. 432 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,020 Yeah, I wouldn't hold your breath. 433 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:45,740 Okay. If he's a fan, then maybe he was at the book signing last night. And if 434 00:28:45,740 --> 00:28:47,640 he's not local, then he must have stayed somewhere. 435 00:28:47,980 --> 00:28:51,580 So let's check local hotels. Guess how they're all of that. 436 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:53,320 Right. 437 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:58,440 Ship that up. 438 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:03,520 You're wanted. 439 00:29:04,340 --> 00:29:06,160 What? Come up. 440 00:29:07,380 --> 00:29:08,840 They'll just have to wait, okay? 441 00:29:09,580 --> 00:29:11,160 I need to speak to Helen and Linda first. 442 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,080 Sergeant! 443 00:29:17,380 --> 00:29:20,660 I can't ever remember Dad mentioning a poor mecca. 444 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:25,900 It seems he disapproved of the new book, accusing your dad of selling out. 445 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,060 Oh, we had lots of that. 446 00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:31,880 The thing is, Dad didn't necessarily disagree with him either. 447 00:29:32,740 --> 00:29:36,260 But going back to the bathtub murders was the only way he could get published. 448 00:29:38,030 --> 00:29:39,270 I think he needed the money. 449 00:29:40,890 --> 00:29:43,050 Oh, he never said anything. 450 00:29:43,550 --> 00:29:45,270 But he hated Anthony Wesley. 451 00:29:46,110 --> 00:29:48,890 I know he'd never have gone back there unless he had to. 452 00:29:52,050 --> 00:29:53,150 Sorry, excuse me. 453 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,480 Goodman, I presume. 454 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,020 James Smith, please. 455 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,000 Sorry. 456 00:30:27,820 --> 00:30:30,720 I was expecting Chief Superintendent Woods. 457 00:30:31,380 --> 00:30:33,140 No longer with us, I'm afraid. 458 00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:37,440 Oh. Oh, not deceased. In Dartmouth. 459 00:30:38,430 --> 00:30:40,610 Some might argue they're much the same thing. 460 00:30:42,570 --> 00:30:43,750 Yeah, but I digress. 461 00:30:43,970 --> 00:30:47,550 Look, there's been a small restructure. 462 00:30:48,190 --> 00:30:52,070 We're not trying to boil the ocean, just a realignment. 463 00:30:52,430 --> 00:30:54,850 Bringing all the remaining substations under our control. 464 00:30:55,430 --> 00:30:57,310 Our? Our administrative planning. 465 00:30:57,830 --> 00:31:01,150 Which in turn reports to the local police and crime panel. In your case, 466 00:31:01,150 --> 00:31:03,550 would be Shipton Abbot, of course. 467 00:31:04,310 --> 00:31:05,310 Non -invasive. 468 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:07,390 Just building a loop. 469 00:31:08,260 --> 00:31:11,220 Everyone's in it and we all open our kimono. 470 00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:15,840 Kimono? Well, share what we have. Get all our ducks in a row. 471 00:31:16,420 --> 00:31:18,440 That's how we move the needle. 472 00:31:18,660 --> 00:31:19,459 You follow? 473 00:31:19,460 --> 00:31:21,920 Yes. No, not really. 474 00:31:22,260 --> 00:31:27,740 Now, the first carriage on the train to Efficiency Harbour is streamlining. 475 00:31:28,700 --> 00:31:29,720 Trimming the fat. 476 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,240 Cutbacks. 477 00:31:33,060 --> 00:31:34,060 Unclogging the pipes. 478 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,280 There's only four of us. Which is rather the point. 479 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:38,979 In what way? 480 00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:40,000 There should only be three. 481 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:46,560 Your staff -to -square footage ratio is... off -message. 482 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,340 Oh, but it's not all bad news. 483 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:55,040 No, the decision about who to lose... all yours. 484 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,720 Hey, Sam, it's Martha Goodman. 485 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,460 There's one of your properties I'd like to see if it's still available. 486 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:10,600 On Polkett Hill? 487 00:32:11,940 --> 00:32:13,880 Cheer up. It might never happen. 488 00:32:14,380 --> 00:32:15,380 That's the point. 489 00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:18,740 What? Everyone seems to have things going on. 490 00:32:19,260 --> 00:32:20,560 Martha's looking to buy a new house. 491 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,020 Anne's been made a new counsellor, going off on fancy lunches all the time. 492 00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:25,780 Or she's dating again. 493 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,420 And here's me, exactly the same as I was. 494 00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:33,500 Last week, last month, pretty much the whole of last year. 495 00:32:34,590 --> 00:32:36,970 Literally, nothing is happening in my life right now. 496 00:32:38,170 --> 00:32:43,790 One morning, I'm just going to wake up and find out I'm old, still on my own, 497 00:32:43,890 --> 00:32:46,350 and still living in Tipton Abbot. 498 00:32:47,690 --> 00:32:48,930 Can't think of anything worse. 499 00:32:49,390 --> 00:32:50,390 I know, right? 500 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:54,830 So who's I actually dating, then? Not that I'm bothered, just interested. 501 00:32:55,690 --> 00:32:56,690 No idea. 502 00:32:58,270 --> 00:32:59,910 Supposed to be really pretty, though. 503 00:33:17,659 --> 00:33:19,700 No one seems to have seen anything. 504 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,880 If it's the town centre, the CCTV should have picked them up. 505 00:33:23,780 --> 00:33:24,780 Hi there. 506 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:29,380 So, the name Mecca, I ran a quick trace. 507 00:33:29,660 --> 00:33:34,560 We have 34 families with that last name in Devon and Cornwall, but with nothing 508 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,960 to cross -check it with, it's tough to narrow down. 509 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:40,510 Right. So what do we know about him? 510 00:33:41,350 --> 00:33:43,790 He's a Kenneth Linder fan. He's got a limp. 511 00:33:44,430 --> 00:33:46,870 And he's got a button missing. 512 00:33:47,510 --> 00:33:48,369 Not much. 513 00:33:48,370 --> 00:33:49,370 All right. 514 00:33:50,150 --> 00:33:53,950 See if there's a Kenneth Linder fan club or a book reading group. 515 00:33:54,570 --> 00:33:55,570 They'll have a list of members. 516 00:33:55,870 --> 00:33:56,849 Why don't I think of that? 517 00:33:56,850 --> 00:33:59,550 Yes, and maybe we could take a punt on the limp, too. 518 00:34:00,010 --> 00:34:02,430 Check for local hospital admissions in the last six months. 519 00:34:02,670 --> 00:34:05,170 Injuries to his left... Left leg. I'm on it. 520 00:34:05,490 --> 00:34:06,490 Yes. 521 00:34:08,190 --> 00:34:09,650 So, the hub. 522 00:34:10,270 --> 00:34:11,330 Anything to report? 523 00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:16,310 Yes. Yes, seems we're under new management, everyone. 524 00:34:16,650 --> 00:34:23,550 The chief super's moved on. We're now being overseen by the planning team and 525 00:34:23,550 --> 00:34:26,469 the local police and crime panel. 526 00:34:27,290 --> 00:34:28,830 So where's Charlie Woods gone? 527 00:34:29,250 --> 00:34:30,449 Dartmouth, I think he said. 528 00:34:30,730 --> 00:34:31,388 Oh, no. 529 00:34:31,389 --> 00:34:36,170 She was lovely. I really liked her. Yeah, she was definitely one of the 530 00:34:36,170 --> 00:34:40,330 ones. Is that it, though? Now Charlie's gone? No new directives or anything? 531 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:42,830 Er, er, no. 532 00:35:24,910 --> 00:35:29,130 Lab have confirmed Kenneth Linder as death by electrocution. 533 00:35:29,850 --> 00:35:33,990 Although they have listed his amyloidosis as a secondary cause. 534 00:35:34,210 --> 00:35:37,710 His body was so weak he was unlikely to survive the initial shock. 535 00:35:38,610 --> 00:35:40,270 This is madness. 536 00:35:41,010 --> 00:35:46,710 What's that, Kelby? The local bookmaker, David Bevan, assaulted three times in 537 00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:51,950 three days. Got the town centre CCTV footage, but not one of them makes any 538 00:35:51,950 --> 00:35:52,950 sense. 539 00:35:53,270 --> 00:35:54,270 Look, here. 540 00:35:54,710 --> 00:35:55,730 This is the first one. 541 00:35:56,150 --> 00:36:00,770 His dog makes a mess in his shop. He bagged it up and was taking it to an 542 00:36:00,770 --> 00:36:04,590 outside bin. Then someone snatches it off him. That's weird. 543 00:36:05,590 --> 00:36:11,850 Then the next one, same time, next day, near enough, a different bloke 544 00:36:11,850 --> 00:36:16,510 runs up and tries to punch him, misses, and then Mr Bevan said that he started 545 00:36:16,510 --> 00:36:18,350 crying and then ran off. 546 00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:24,720 Right. And then this morning, a third bloke... came out of nowhere, whacks him 547 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:28,900 on the head with a rolled -up newspaper for no reason, and then just runs off as 548 00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:30,620 well. It's all very odd. 549 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,540 Just kids messing about. 550 00:36:33,580 --> 00:36:36,520 I think I found your poor Mecca. 551 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,400 Yes, he arrived two nights ago. 552 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:43,700 I said he was here on business. 553 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:45,840 Kept himself to himself. 554 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,040 Thank you. 555 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,000 Would you know him if you saw him again? 556 00:36:54,620 --> 00:36:58,140 Undoubtedly. Don't pay much attention to overnighters. 557 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:01,280 Can I ask how he pays? 558 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:02,900 Cash. 559 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:04,280 Cash. 560 00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:07,740 Is anyone else dead in this room? 561 00:37:08,340 --> 00:37:09,340 No. 562 00:37:10,220 --> 00:37:13,880 A cleaner's supposed to check for things like this. 563 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,000 Did he give any personal details when he checked in? Address? Phone number? He 564 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,720 filled a registration card out. 565 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,960 Can we see it? It's downstairs, in the office. 566 00:37:24,260 --> 00:37:30,980 Do you have any security 567 00:37:30,980 --> 00:37:33,440 cameras? We have a doorbell camera. 568 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:34,880 Excellent. 569 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,380 Can't see him arriving. 570 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,680 Oh, but he might have come in through the side door. 571 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:43,420 Let's look at when he left. 572 00:37:43,940 --> 00:37:45,640 OK. Thanks, Margot. 573 00:37:47,020 --> 00:37:49,240 Address and phone number are false. 574 00:37:50,290 --> 00:37:51,290 There he is. 575 00:37:52,690 --> 00:37:53,690 He's got a limp. 576 00:37:58,830 --> 00:37:59,830 That's him. 577 00:38:05,290 --> 00:38:06,290 Come on. 578 00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:07,910 You should have gone an hour ago. 579 00:38:08,550 --> 00:38:09,550 Nearly done. 580 00:38:09,870 --> 00:38:13,230 Boy, your age. You'd be rushing home, getting ready to go out. 581 00:38:13,830 --> 00:38:15,130 Haven't you got a date or anything? 582 00:38:15,790 --> 00:38:18,230 Nah, I've given up on all them dating apps. 583 00:38:19,340 --> 00:38:23,640 Last one I met up with must have used a photo that was older than me. 584 00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:30,240 She keeps sending me photos of her lasagna. 585 00:38:33,140 --> 00:38:35,740 Well, don't be long. 586 00:38:36,100 --> 00:38:37,100 I won't. 587 00:38:58,030 --> 00:38:59,030 Bad day. 588 00:39:00,290 --> 00:39:01,510 Not as bad as Selwyn. 589 00:39:02,110 --> 00:39:03,110 Lucky he's homeless. 590 00:39:03,890 --> 00:39:06,030 Oh, your author's been all over the news. 591 00:39:06,490 --> 00:39:07,690 I think it was murder. 592 00:39:08,150 --> 00:39:09,150 I think so, yeah. 593 00:39:09,990 --> 00:39:11,070 Any idea who it was? 594 00:39:11,550 --> 00:39:12,870 Well, we've got a good suspect. 595 00:39:13,670 --> 00:39:17,150 A disgruntled fan who's sending threatening messages and we can place 596 00:39:17,150 --> 00:39:19,690 the seams, so... I'm sorry. 597 00:39:20,370 --> 00:39:21,490 I know you liked him. 598 00:39:22,210 --> 00:39:23,210 I did, yeah. 599 00:39:24,950 --> 00:39:25,950 But it's not that. 600 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:30,740 I got called into the hub. 601 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:32,600 Oh. 602 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,060 You've been told off again. 603 00:39:34,260 --> 00:39:35,260 Not this time. 604 00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:41,960 They're saying I've got to lose someone at the station. 605 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:43,620 What? Yeah. 606 00:39:44,820 --> 00:39:47,840 Apparently there should only be three of us at the station, so I need to lose 607 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,780 one of either Esther, Colby or Margot. 608 00:39:53,020 --> 00:39:54,020 That's awful. 609 00:39:54,580 --> 00:39:55,580 What will you do? 610 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:56,680 I have no idea. 611 00:40:02,850 --> 00:40:09,390 So, I've got something that might cheer you up or make you feel ten times worse. 612 00:40:10,370 --> 00:40:11,370 Right. 613 00:40:11,970 --> 00:40:15,950 If it's bad timing and you don't want to talk about it, then just say so. It's 614 00:40:15,950 --> 00:40:16,950 bad timing. 615 00:40:19,290 --> 00:40:24,210 But the lilybond will be out of the water for weeks, maybe months. 616 00:40:25,530 --> 00:40:28,390 And although we can stay at mum's again... 617 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,580 I was thinking that maybe it was time to move on. 618 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,040 And went back to our original plan when we first moved down. 619 00:40:37,420 --> 00:40:43,860 And... What house? 620 00:40:47,020 --> 00:40:48,320 Are you serious? 621 00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:50,660 No. 622 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,420 Hello, Peter. Where have you been? 623 00:41:06,820 --> 00:41:09,340 Oh, Art, it's still not better, that leg. 624 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,220 Oh. Hello, lovey. See you Friday. 625 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:13,560 Ha! 626 00:41:21,420 --> 00:41:22,420 Oh! 627 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:23,960 You're in early. 628 00:41:24,140 --> 00:41:25,460 What's up with you? Weren't you bed? 629 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,780 No. So, I had a brainwave. 630 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,240 Oh. I was sitting in the bath. 631 00:41:32,870 --> 00:41:34,410 Listening to Billie Eilish. 632 00:41:34,790 --> 00:41:40,210 When I realised that all those things that happened to Mr Bevan outside the 633 00:41:40,210 --> 00:41:45,910 bookmakers all happened at the same time. Between five to nine and ten past 634 00:41:45,910 --> 00:41:47,850 nine. Three days in a row. 635 00:41:48,670 --> 00:41:53,130 So what if they're there again today? I can get there first and wait for them to 636 00:41:53,130 --> 00:41:54,130 show up. 637 00:41:54,290 --> 00:41:58,110 So, what's Billie Eilish got to do with it? 638 00:41:58,410 --> 00:42:00,530 Oh, nothing. I just like her. 639 00:42:18,410 --> 00:42:21,390 The fan club hasn't got a Paul Mecca listed. 640 00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:23,370 I'm still waiting on hospital reports. 641 00:42:23,810 --> 00:42:24,810 OK. 642 00:42:25,770 --> 00:42:26,770 That's sad. 643 00:42:27,330 --> 00:42:28,330 What is? 644 00:42:28,530 --> 00:42:30,190 It's an interview with Kenneth Linder. 645 00:42:30,590 --> 00:42:34,710 They asked him where the title of his book came from. When his wife was dying, 646 00:42:34,950 --> 00:42:37,310 she made him promise to look after their daughter, Helen. 647 00:42:37,630 --> 00:42:39,170 He said to her that he would. 648 00:42:39,950 --> 00:42:41,770 To his final breath. 649 00:42:42,870 --> 00:42:45,930 I think he kept his promise. They were very close. 650 00:42:46,310 --> 00:42:49,100 Yes. I only wish we had more answers for her. 651 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:54,200 Right. 652 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,340 Let's run through what we've got again. 653 00:43:37,380 --> 00:43:38,780 Go! 654 00:43:56,010 --> 00:43:58,470 The law of one. A cause for law. 655 00:44:47,470 --> 00:44:52,950 You lived here as a teenager, didn't you? 656 00:44:53,350 --> 00:44:54,350 Yes, I did. 657 00:44:54,370 --> 00:44:58,090 Didn't you find it weird seeing the same people every day? 658 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:00,280 I think they're always looking the same. 659 00:45:01,580 --> 00:45:02,580 Kelby? 660 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:07,500 Hello. Can I use your bathroom, please? 661 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:14,360 Neither can we roll out, huh? 662 00:45:15,020 --> 00:45:16,020 Kelby? 663 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,680 Kelby? Mum's washing my uniform. 664 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:23,920 I was chasing one of the kids that assaulted Mr Bevan, caught one of them 665 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:25,020 dobbed the other two in. 666 00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:27,760 They're in the hub at the moment being questioned. 667 00:45:28,270 --> 00:45:29,950 Well done, Kelby. Yes, indeed. 668 00:45:30,230 --> 00:45:32,730 Well done, Kelby. So, what was it all about? 669 00:45:33,310 --> 00:45:39,650 OK, so, Mr Bevan keeps the cash from the pills and the slot machines in a safe 670 00:45:39,650 --> 00:45:45,330 overnight, then banks it the same time every morning. They obviously found out 671 00:45:45,330 --> 00:45:48,070 about it and decided to rob him. 672 00:45:48,610 --> 00:45:50,950 But they weren't very bright. 673 00:45:53,170 --> 00:45:56,990 The first one thought Mr Bevan was on his way to bank his taking. 674 00:45:57,500 --> 00:46:00,200 But he wasn't. He was disposing a bag of dog poo. 675 00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:06,660 The next day, they had a different plan. 676 00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:11,840 The second one was going to throw pepper into Mr Bevan's face and steal the bag 677 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:12,399 of money. 678 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:13,980 But he didn't account for the window. 679 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:16,320 The 680 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:23,240 third one 681 00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:24,240 had another plan. 682 00:46:24,300 --> 00:46:26,900 He had put a big chisel in a rolled -up newspaper. 683 00:46:27,450 --> 00:46:29,830 Caution. We hadn't wrapped it tightly enough. 684 00:46:31,030 --> 00:46:34,450 So when he called his arm back... 685 00:46:34,450 --> 00:46:43,930 That's 686 00:46:43,930 --> 00:46:45,670 what happened to the barber's window. 687 00:46:46,250 --> 00:46:48,590 And lucky it did. It could have killed someone. 688 00:46:50,550 --> 00:46:52,770 Oh, what have you done? 689 00:46:53,270 --> 00:46:56,390 I turned my ankle when I was getting pulled out of the mud. 690 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,020 Have we got the doorbell footage of Paul Mecca? 691 00:47:06,260 --> 00:47:07,260 Uh, yes. 692 00:47:07,380 --> 00:47:08,380 Hang on. 693 00:47:08,620 --> 00:47:10,840 Oh, they're talking about us. 694 00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:14,300 The Ships and Abbott police have no comment on the theories that the author 695 00:47:14,300 --> 00:47:17,260 murdered in the same way as the victims in his latest thriller. 696 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:21,880 The new book is flying off the shelves, with fans saying his death is something 697 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:23,280 he could have written himself. 698 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:25,000 Yes, it could! 699 00:47:36,430 --> 00:47:37,590 Oh, that's exactly what it is. 700 00:48:06,410 --> 00:48:07,470 Oh, that's very clever. 701 00:48:08,170 --> 00:48:09,370 Do you know what happened? 702 00:48:09,810 --> 00:48:13,410 I think I do. 703 00:48:14,710 --> 00:48:15,750 So was it murder? 704 00:48:17,570 --> 00:48:18,570 Not exactly. 705 00:48:19,450 --> 00:48:23,870 He took his own life? Strictly speaking, both. 706 00:48:25,710 --> 00:48:30,390 The button, the memo pad, the footprints in the garden, the mysterious pool 707 00:48:30,390 --> 00:48:36,510 maker. The jacket he just happened to leave behind. All very convenient and 708 00:48:36,510 --> 00:48:40,750 to find. All ultimately leading nowhere. 709 00:48:41,610 --> 00:48:45,330 Why? Because they weren't clues at all. 710 00:48:45,730 --> 00:48:50,490 They were simply the pen strokes of a master storyteller. 711 00:48:51,210 --> 00:48:55,990 Kenneth Linda's books were no longer attracting the following they once did. 712 00:48:56,190 --> 00:48:59,950 And facing financial ruin. 713 00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:06,780 He was then, very literally, dealt a killer blow. 714 00:49:07,980 --> 00:49:08,980 He was dying. 715 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:11,460 But his thoughts were not for himself. 716 00:49:12,020 --> 00:49:13,760 They were for his daughter, Helen. 717 00:49:14,140 --> 00:49:18,900 Having kept his financial woes from her, he knew that when he was gone, she'd be 718 00:49:18,900 --> 00:49:19,900 left with nothing. 719 00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:24,320 So I think, when he was told he was dying, he concocted a plan. 720 00:49:25,240 --> 00:49:27,440 First, he had to get a publishing deal. 721 00:49:28,060 --> 00:49:33,280 He did so by agreeing to return to his most successful trilogy, The Bathtub 722 00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:39,180 Murders. But, more importantly, I think he's the one who suggested he write it 723 00:49:39,180 --> 00:49:44,060 without an advance, instead taking the lion's share of profits from book sales. 724 00:49:47,340 --> 00:49:50,480 But why would he do that if he was broke? 725 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:55,320 Because he intended to make sure the book was a runaway success. 726 00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:57,420 And I think he did so. 727 00:49:57,920 --> 00:49:59,020 By murdering himself. 728 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:05,560 Knowing he only had weeks, perhaps days left to live, Kenneth Linda said goodbye 729 00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:06,560 to his daughter. 730 00:50:06,780 --> 00:50:11,560 But as he wasn't insured, he knew he had to find a way to secure her future. 731 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:13,640 Promise you'll have an early night. 732 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:16,240 A night kept first, I think. 733 00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:17,700 One. At least. 734 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:19,960 I love you. 735 00:50:20,940 --> 00:50:21,940 Love you, too. 736 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,600 To fulfill the promise he made to her mother. 737 00:50:25,580 --> 00:50:26,660 All those years ago. 738 00:50:29,130 --> 00:50:33,290 I doubt that any right -minded person would consider such a thing. But once he 739 00:50:33,290 --> 00:50:35,870 made his plan, his course was set. 740 00:50:36,330 --> 00:50:38,050 First thing he did was plant his clues. 741 00:50:38,790 --> 00:50:42,050 First, the footprint, adding a limp for dramatic effect. 742 00:50:43,430 --> 00:50:45,690 Then, the mysterious note. 743 00:50:47,690 --> 00:50:53,850 And the button. 744 00:50:59,850 --> 00:51:05,830 And then, with everything in place, carried out his plan. 745 00:51:10,510 --> 00:51:15,050 A few days before, he booked into Sandals Guesthouse in the name of the 746 00:51:15,050 --> 00:51:18,890 character he created, making sure that he left the jacket with the missing 747 00:51:18,890 --> 00:51:25,030 button behind and to get caught on the doorbell camera, allowing us to see the 748 00:51:25,030 --> 00:51:29,090 supposed limp he'd orchestrated in the flowerbed to confirm. 749 00:51:29,630 --> 00:51:30,630 his identity. 750 00:51:30,930 --> 00:51:33,730 I also think he sent himself the death threats. 751 00:51:33,950 --> 00:51:37,830 The account used by Paul Mecker had only been operating a few weeks. 752 00:51:38,090 --> 00:51:39,510 So he did it all himself? 753 00:51:41,230 --> 00:51:42,230 Yes, Carly. 754 00:51:42,770 --> 00:51:44,170 I think he did. 755 00:51:45,150 --> 00:51:50,830 As news spread of the fictional matter that became real life, he ensured that 756 00:51:50,830 --> 00:51:52,710 his new book became a bestseller. 757 00:51:54,550 --> 00:51:59,000 Remember the words... Then he spoke to his dying wife all those years ago when 758 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:00,800 she begged him to look after their daughter. 759 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:06,420 That he'd look after her until his final breath. 760 00:52:06,980 --> 00:52:08,540 And that's exactly what he did. 761 00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:10,920 So what gave him away? 762 00:52:11,260 --> 00:52:12,680 Who's Paul Mecker? 763 00:52:13,060 --> 00:52:16,680 Why, okay. Two things were his undoing. 764 00:52:17,580 --> 00:52:23,500 Footprint casts from the garden show that the weak leg was on the left. Yes. 765 00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:30,400 Walking away from the guesthouse, the limp was clearly on his right leg. 766 00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:31,840 And the other thing? 767 00:52:32,140 --> 00:52:33,140 What, the hubris? 768 00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:52,920 It's an anagram. 769 00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:57,420 Paul. Mecca, mea culpa. 770 00:52:58,380 --> 00:52:59,380 Latin? 771 00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:01,080 An admission of guilt. 772 00:53:01,620 --> 00:53:05,460 Quite literally, it was me who did it. 773 00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:09,440 Thank you 774 00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:18,320 for 775 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:19,660 taking the time to stop by. 776 00:53:20,580 --> 00:53:22,020 We thought you'd want to know. 777 00:53:22,670 --> 00:53:24,030 Though I doubt it's much comfort. 778 00:53:25,210 --> 00:53:27,450 No, none at all, to be honest. 779 00:53:28,850 --> 00:53:33,750 The truth is, I'd swap every penny of the fortune he worked so hard to leave 780 00:53:33,750 --> 00:53:36,130 for one more day with him. 781 00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:52,180 Piling and stuff. Here we go. Don't think I've forgotten anything. 782 00:53:52,420 --> 00:53:53,420 Oh, there you go. 783 00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:54,720 Want to come in? 784 00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:55,900 Want some good news? 785 00:53:56,180 --> 00:53:57,180 Yes, always. 786 00:53:57,980 --> 00:54:02,260 Kenneth Linda's publisher, Anthony Wesley, just got sacked. 787 00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:03,520 Why? 788 00:54:04,420 --> 00:54:07,820 For signing a contract that gives most of the money from the book sales to the 789 00:54:07,820 --> 00:54:08,820 Linda estate. 790 00:54:08,860 --> 00:54:11,440 Yes, the book is bigger than ever. It's a bestseller. 791 00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:14,540 Losing all that money, you must have a nasty rash. 792 00:54:17,740 --> 00:54:21,520 Well, I think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that a daughter lost her 793 00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:24,460 father, but well done, everyone. 794 00:54:24,940 --> 00:54:31,180 And well done, you, to our amazing inspector, Martha, who saved him from a 795 00:54:31,180 --> 00:54:36,260 watery grave, our brilliant Kelby, who cracked his own case and waded through 796 00:54:36,260 --> 00:54:41,620 mud to bring his prisoner in, and Margot, who is the font of all 797 00:54:41,620 --> 00:54:45,700 Esther, the voice of reason and the glue that holds us all together. 798 00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,240 And not forgetting our new counsellor. Oh! 799 00:54:50,220 --> 00:54:51,220 Cheers! 800 00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:53,720 OK, 801 00:55:00,340 --> 00:55:03,000 so the pictures I showed you are a bit old. 802 00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:05,980 And no -one's lived here for a while. 803 00:55:06,220 --> 00:55:07,860 Really? Close your eyes. 804 00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:17,520 I can't see anything. 805 00:55:18,020 --> 00:55:19,020 This way. 806 00:55:20,060 --> 00:55:21,060 There's the step. 807 00:55:22,020 --> 00:55:23,020 Okay, yep. 808 00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:24,720 Do we have a key? 809 00:55:25,220 --> 00:55:26,220 Don't need one. 810 00:55:26,340 --> 00:55:27,340 There's no one. 811 00:55:27,460 --> 00:55:29,740 Up, up, up. 812 00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:31,160 Sorry. 813 00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:36,420 Oh, exactly. 814 00:55:37,780 --> 00:55:39,000 Oh, what's that smell? 815 00:55:40,100 --> 00:55:41,100 That's not us. 816 00:55:41,260 --> 00:55:42,238 Right. 817 00:55:42,240 --> 00:55:43,240 Okay. 818 00:55:47,660 --> 00:55:48,660 Are you ready? 819 00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:50,040 I'm not sure. 820 00:55:51,220 --> 00:55:52,220 Open your eyes. 821 00:55:55,720 --> 00:55:56,720 Okay, two questions. 822 00:55:57,180 --> 00:56:02,020 One, are you sure we're in the right house? And two, if we are, what on earth 823 00:56:02,020 --> 00:56:03,020 possessed you? 824 00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:04,500 I'm glad you asked. 825 00:56:39,690 --> 00:56:43,510 to attempt to undo those crimes. I am not mad. 826 00:56:43,990 --> 00:56:48,650 You think someone trashed the place, then immediately put everything back. 827 00:56:48,730 --> 00:56:52,310 Smith is still pounding me for a decision on who I'm going to let go. 828 00:56:52,770 --> 00:56:54,970 Oh, my God, Mum, there's Archie in that woman. 829 00:56:55,550 --> 00:56:58,930 Pausing fostering still feels like the right thing to do. Especially now we're 830 00:56:58,930 --> 00:56:59,930 back living with your mum. 831 00:57:00,590 --> 00:57:03,070 Remember, you are enough. 832 00:57:03,610 --> 00:57:05,830 I've definitely had enough. Know that much? 833 00:57:06,250 --> 00:57:07,330 The kids this morning.