1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,520 I just don't think you should start with a flashback. 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:03,760 Why not? 3 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,080 Well, first of all it's disconcerting. 4 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,400 Time moves forward. 5 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,120 From 1944 to 1953. That's what I've written. 6 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:12,440 Yes, but the bulk of your book takes place in 1953, 7 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:13,680 and I think 8 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,760 that's where your readers will feel most comfortable. 9 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:17,680 How do you know anything about my readers? 10 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:18,760 Alan! 11 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,600 I'm the one who sold 200,000 books. 12 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,920 Yes, and I'm the one who's helped you. 13 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,760 All I'm saying is, 14 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,720 we already know that Atticus Pund 15 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,160 was in a Nazi prison camp in 1944 16 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,400 because you told us so in the first two books. 17 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,560 He understands evil because he experienced it. 18 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,280 Yes, and I completely get that, 19 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,480 but showing him cold and hungry and miserable... 20 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:44,200 It... It... It doesn't add anything. 21 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,040 And all that horror, it's not why people buy your books. 22 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,160 And why do people buy my books, Susan? 23 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:52,800 Because they want to know who did it! 24 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,440 Well, yes, that's exactly my point. 25 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,840 Seven months of my time, 90,000 words, 26 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:00,440 just to find out it was the butler? 27 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,600 Alan, there's nothing shameful about it. 28 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,120 Your books are brilliant entertainment. 29 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,000 And anything serious, anything meaningful, 30 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,560 anything that actually relates to the human condition, 31 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:14,840 all that is irrelevant? 32 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,880 Your book is about a waitress who gets murdered 33 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,640 after receiving a bunch of roses. 34 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,960 I don't see how a chapter in Auschwitz helps! 35 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:24,400 Well, then maybe you shouldn't be editing it! 36 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,080 He was our most successful writer by a mile. 37 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,360 But he was the only one I didn't get on with. 38 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,440 We are of course devastated by his death. 39 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:38,640 But you have his new book. 40 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,240 Yes. We're working on it now. 41 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:42,960 Well, as long as we have the book and the backlist, 42 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,480 there's no issue as far as our deal is concerned. 43 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:46,560 What's more pressing for us 44 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,720 is that we're yet to have a decision from you, Susan. 45 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,280 - I understand. - I'm not sure you do. 46 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,600 The press are already circling. 47 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,640 It's important we make a confident statement 48 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:58,200 with no suggestion of internal conflict. 49 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,240 There is no conflict. 50 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,640 What if I don't want to be CEO? 51 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:02,960 We'd be disappointed. 52 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,560 But I could stay on in my role as senior editor. 53 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,240 We'd have to recruit a Chief Executive from outside. 54 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,000 I'd imagine it's something you'd have to discuss with him... 55 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,440 or her. 56 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:13,520 Right. 57 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,320 We'd like to make an announcement imminently, 58 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,040 and we have every confidence in you, Susan. 59 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,360 But we do need to have a decision from you soon. 60 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:21,840 Mm. Sure, sure. 61 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,960 "As long as we have the book and the backlist." 62 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,960 Yes... I heard. 63 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,240 So, did you find anything in Suffolk? 64 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,040 No, I told you. It had all been taken. 65 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,600 Notebooks, early drafts, photocopies... the lot. 66 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:50,880 Taken by... 67 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:52,520 Well, I presume whoever killed him. 68 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:53,920 What? 69 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:55,840 They killed him to steal his novel? 70 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,440 I know. It doesn't make much sense. 71 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:00,880 That house of his, Abbey Grange - 72 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,520 when was the last time you saw it? 73 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,040 Oh, I haven't been in Suffolk for five or six months. 74 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,840 He changed the name, did you know that? 75 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:08,960 It used to be called, uh... Ridgeway Hall when he bought it. 76 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,000 Huh. 77 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,760 The Adventure of the Abbey Grange. 78 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,360 A Sherlock Holmes story. 79 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,640 Sir Eustace Brackenhall killed during a burglary. 80 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,800 Except... it was a fake burglary. 81 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:23,960 It's funny, really. 82 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:25,800 Alan was never much of a Conan Doyle fan. 83 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,080 - He preferred Agatha Christie. - He stole from her. 84 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,680 He borrowed. 85 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,880 Yeah, like Robin Hood "borrowed" from the rich. 86 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,800 I'm gonna find that missing chapter, you know. 87 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,880 I'm gonna work out who killed him. 88 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,440 Are you really sure he was killed, Susan? 89 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,040 After all, you must admit it does seem a tad unlikely. 90 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,440 A murder writer... murdered. 91 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,720 Tell me about the dinner you had with him 92 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,440 when he gave you the manuscript. 93 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,520 Mm, Thursday night. You were in Frankfurt. 94 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,560 - Yeah. What happened? - Well, we went to La Maison. 95 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:56,840 You know, it's that restaurant club 96 00:04:56,840 --> 00:04:58,640 where you pay £1,000 membership fee 97 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,440 for the privilege of paying to eat there. 98 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:01,680 It was his choice, not mine. 99 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,480 And he gave you the manuscript in the restaurant? 100 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,480 That's why I paid. It was a celebration. 101 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,680 Or it should have been. 102 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,480 Down the hatch! Here's to you. 103 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,680 - Thingy... - Right you are, sir. 104 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:22,920 Well, you look tremendous if I may say so. 105 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,880 Two glasses of champagne 106 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,240 and then a bottle of Gevrey-Chambertin. 107 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:30,480 That was my mistake. 108 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,160 He didn't like Gevrey-Chambertin? 109 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:33,720 Oh, God no, he loved it. 110 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,360 - Two hundred quid a bottle. - Woah, sorry. 111 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:37,560 So, what was the mistake? 112 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,240 I let him get drunk. You think you had it bad, 113 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,440 but he could be just as nasty with me. 114 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:43,920 I remember... ah! 115 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,000 We talked about the title of the book. 116 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,400 At that stage it was all I knew. 117 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,920 I have to say, I liked it from the moment we announced it. 118 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,240 "The Magpie Murders". Very strong! You know, I... 119 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,200 I think I can see that on the bestseller list. 120 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,840 "Magpie Murders". 121 00:05:58,520 --> 00:05:59,960 Mm, no, I'm sorry? 122 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:02,880 Not "The Magpie Murders"! "Magpie Murders". 123 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,600 That's the bloody title! 124 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,200 There's absolutely no need to take umbrage. 125 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,440 There's no 'the'. I know that. 126 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:09,600 "Magpie Murders" it is. 127 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,400 Well, you know how volatile he could be after a drink or two. 128 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,600 Things could've turned quite nasty, 129 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,200 except that just then something rather strange happened. 130 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,880 It's not something you'd expect to see 131 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,240 in a restaurant like that. 132 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,680 It sounded like a bomb had gone off. 133 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,240 Idiot. 134 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,120 Anyway, I managed to change the subject. 135 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,880 And from then on, things went very much OK, 136 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,240 and then Alan went home in a taxi to his London flat. 137 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,760 And the next day, Friday, he wrote you a letter... 138 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,040 ...apologising for his behaviour, 139 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,880 and on Saturday he went back on the train to Suffolk. 140 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,720 So as far as Alan was concerned, 141 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,680 he'd given you a complete manuscript. 142 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,280 He certainly didn't say otherwise. 143 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,400 I'm going to have to go back to Suffolk. 144 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,960 Well! Uh, you can come up with me, if you like. 145 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,800 When we go up for the funeral. 146 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,920 Bastard. 147 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,400 Didn't even invite me to that. 148 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:19,720 Excuse me. 149 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,520 Uh, who's being buried here? 150 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,240 Sir Magnus Pye. Tomorrow, I think. 151 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,760 And, uh, I suppose Mary Blakiston is buried here, too? 152 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,480 That's her over there. 153 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,200 - Did you know her? - Everyone knew her. 154 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:34,280 And she knew everyone. 155 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,440 A right busybody she was. 156 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,160 Just a body now. 157 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,080 Hmm. 158 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,560 Death, the great leveller. Eh, Pund? 159 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,800 Yes. That is most certainly true. 160 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,200 He was the lord of the manor, the land owner, the developer. 161 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,320 She was just the housekeeper. 162 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,280 You do have to wonder about the connection between them. 163 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,280 That connection, I think, is straightforward. 164 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,440 It is the connection between their deaths 165 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,040 that is of interest to me. 166 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,600 Ugh! I hate graveyards. 167 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,720 Glad to be getting out of here. 168 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,040 Not everyone has that choice. 169 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,960 - How can I help you? - You are Robert Blakiston? 170 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,040 - Why do you want to know? - My name is Atticus Pund. 171 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,760 Oh, Pund? The famous detective? 172 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,080 I thought you said you weren't interested in Saxby-on-Avon. 173 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,800 That was before the murder of Sir Magnus Pye. 174 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,200 I suppose you think I did that, too, ey? 175 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:04,040 Mr Pund! What are you doing here? 176 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:05,880 He's here about the murder of Sir Magnus. 177 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:07,600 Have you invited him in? 178 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:08,600 I'm working. 179 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:09,760 Harry can look after the pumps. 180 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,120 "Come in, Mr Pund. 181 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,280 "Harry returned to the pumps, 182 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,600 "while Robert led Pund into the flat he occupied 183 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,600 "above the garage." 184 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,320 Sorry, I didn't hear you come in. 185 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,320 No, don't apologise! You should carry on reading. 186 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,320 Maybe you can tell me who did it. 187 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,120 I guessed the last one. 188 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,880 - "Atticus Pund Abroad"? - It was the nun. 189 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:30,440 Yes! 190 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,640 With a candlestick in the cloisters. Huh! 191 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,200 Any thoughts so far? 192 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,680 Well, I'm only on page 50, 193 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:41,000 but right now I'd say... 194 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,880 Joy Sanderling is my number one suspect. 195 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:44,680 Oh. Any reason? 196 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:46,440 She's the least likely. 197 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,040 Isn't that how it always works? 198 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:50,800 Mm. 199 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,480 I don't see why we should talk to you. 200 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,280 We came to you for help, and you ignored us. 201 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,880 Your anger is quite understandable, Robert. 202 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,120 To be unfairly accused of the death of your own mother 203 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,920 must have been unpleasant for you. 204 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,360 "Unpleasant"? That's one way of describing it. 205 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:12,560 So why wouldn't you help me? 206 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:14,080 Because, as I explained, 207 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,680 I did not believe there was anything I could do. 208 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:19,040 Rumour, village gossip, they are like the tide. 209 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:20,520 They cannot be turned back. 210 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,600 But now that Sir Magnus has been killed... 211 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,000 Exactly! Exactly! It gives me a reason to be here. 212 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,480 And first, I have some questions for you, Robert. 213 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,240 - Will you answer them? - About Sir Magnus? 214 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,720 About your mother and Sir Magnus 215 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,960 and the relationship between them. 216 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:37,320 Robert? 217 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,760 I'll tell you anything you want to know. 218 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:44,680 - I've got nothing to hide. - Thank you. 219 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:46,200 To begin... 220 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,040 your mother and Sir Magnus were close, hmm? 221 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,640 Oh, they were more than close. 222 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,440 She worshipped him. 223 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,000 The way she saw it, he wasn't just her boss. 224 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,680 He was an aristocrat. 225 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:58,000 Lord of the manor. 226 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,520 See, we used to live on a farm, but when my dad left, 227 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,800 we moved into the Lodge House at Pye Hall, so... 228 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,440 it was almost like he owned us. 229 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,320 - "We..."? - My mum and me and... 230 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:10,640 my little brother, Sam. 231 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,920 Oh, yes. There were three of you. Hmm. 232 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:16,840 Bella. 233 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,360 Here girl. 234 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,360 Bella, you're too fast. Slow down. 235 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,120 Sam, Sam! 236 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,480 Keep up, Bella! 237 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,480 Sam died. 238 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,880 In an accident. 239 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,120 Oh, I'm sorry. 240 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,080 I prefer not to talk about it, if you don't mind. 241 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:51,360 It happened when I was a child, 242 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,000 and it's got nothing to do with any of this. 243 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,840 As you wish. 244 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:08,080 Hello? 245 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,040 - 'It's me.' - Oh! 246 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:16,880 What happened to your key? 247 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:18,800 - Hands full. - Use your teeth. 248 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,680 Mwah! I hope you haven't eaten. 249 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:24,080 - A packet of Jaffa cakes. - For tea? 250 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,960 - For lunch. - Irresponsible. 251 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:29,920 So, how was Suffolk? 252 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,280 Flat. 253 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,440 The landscape? 254 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,120 The experience. 255 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,960 No sign of the missing chapter, everybody hated Alan, 256 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,600 and seeing that house just made me jealous. 257 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,080 Did you see his solicitor? 258 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,040 Yeah. Why do you ask? 259 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,640 I was just thinking that if you wanted to hide papers, 260 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,600 you might leave them with your solicitor. 261 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,880 Yeah, I had the same thought, but they weren't there. 262 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:02,360 You still think they were stolen? 263 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,120 Oh, I'm sure they were. 264 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,560 His notebook had gone as well, and his computer was wiped. 265 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:10,720 Mm. The sauce thickens. 266 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:11,960 Any suspects? 267 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,880 Oh! They're all suspects. 268 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,680 He divorced his wife, he rowed with the neighbour, 269 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:19,280 he was about to disinherit his boyfriend, 270 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,560 and then there's his sister, Claire... 271 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:24,080 Yes? 272 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,200 I wonder if I might have a word. 273 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,040 Did you know that he based a character on you? 274 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,280 No. What character would that be? 275 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:32,560 - Miss Pye? - Yes? 276 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:34,040 I wonder if we might have a word. 277 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,640 I could tell that she'd read the manuscript. 278 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,520 She was just lying to me. 279 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,480 Kill her brother and steal the book, 280 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,920 so that it never appears in print? 281 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,040 Seems a bit extreme. 282 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,960 Yeah, I agree. 283 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,720 Oh! This is good. 284 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,240 This is Kotsifali. 285 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:55,760 From Crete. 286 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,080 So what was Alan like at Woodbridge, 287 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:02,760 when you were both teachers? 288 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,560 I told you. 289 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:07,240 He wasn't very pleasant, but I hardly knew him. 290 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:09,440 You went to his wedding. 291 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,600 That's because Melissa invited me, not him. 292 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:15,840 It's funny to think about you and Alan and Melissa and Katie 293 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,440 all being together way before I came along. 294 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,360 You didn't do too badly out of it. 295 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,680 You got eight bestsellers. 296 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,000 And you! 297 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,080 Sir Magnus was almost like a father to me. 298 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:30,640 You know, he looked after my schooling, 299 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,600 and he helped me get a job here at the garage. 300 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,880 He got you this flat, too. 301 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,520 It came with the job. 302 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,440 So you were close to Sir Magnus, but not your mother? 303 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,000 Well, she'd never leave me alone. 304 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,560 See, that was the trouble. She was always on at me. 305 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,520 She never seemed to understand that I had a life of my own. 306 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,240 - Why did you threaten her? - I didn't. 307 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,400 - But you argued. - It was nothing. 308 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,600 We were at the pub, and I'd just finished work, 309 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,120 and there she was, going on at me again. 310 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,440 You should be ashamed of yourself. 311 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,240 I'm having a drink, Mum, all right? 312 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,000 Every minute of every bloody day you never leave me alone. 313 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,640 Don't use that language with me! 314 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,080 - Well, I'm not a child anymore. - No? 315 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,760 I'll tell you what you are. 316 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,840 You're the biggest disappointment of my life. 317 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,760 Well, then get someone else to do it! All right? 318 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:12,880 If you can't find anyone, 319 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,320 then just drop dead and give me a bit of peace! 320 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,680 Mary Blakiston was a horrible woman. 321 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,000 There! I've said it. 322 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,200 I'm sorry, Robert, but it's true. 323 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,320 She was horrible to you? 324 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,320 Yes. 325 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:35,800 When you came to my office in London, 326 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,320 you told me that she'd been opposed 327 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,960 to your marriage to her son, but you would not tell me why. 328 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,160 It's very personal, Mr Pund. 329 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,400 Nothing's more personal than murder, Miss Sanderling. 330 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,720 Well, it was the obvious reason. 331 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:54,800 The colour of my skin. 332 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,120 Ugh! 333 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,000 - I'm sorry. - Don't be. 334 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,720 Living in a place like Saxby-on-Avon, 335 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:03,760 people have different attitudes. 336 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:04,800 You get used to it. 337 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,160 Yeah, why should you have to get used to it? 338 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,080 I mean why do people have to be so bloody stupid? 339 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,640 If it will not offend you, Miss Sanderling, 340 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,320 please tell me in what way did it manifest itself, 341 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:15,440 this prejudice? 342 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,440 Was she always hostile to you? 343 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,600 No! Not at all. 344 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,640 She'd always been quite kind to me, 345 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,160 but that changed the moment we told her we were engaged. 346 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,240 We're getting married up at the church in July. 347 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,640 No. 348 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,360 I'm sorry? 349 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,680 - You're not gonna marry my son. - Mum! 350 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:35,840 I'm thinking about future generations. 351 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,600 They can't be tainted. 352 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:38,720 I won't have it. 353 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,400 You're not being serious. 354 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,480 - You can't think that. - I won't even discuss it. 355 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,480 I'm warning you, Robert. 356 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,000 This marriage will not go ahead. 357 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,040 It shocked me the way she came out with it. 358 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,920 But I'll tell you something, Mr Pund. 359 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:56,880 I know that Robert did not kill his mother. 360 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,360 I was will him all morning the day she died. 361 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,000 But if he turned round now and told me that he'd did it, 362 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,720 that he pushed her down those stairs, 363 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,720 I wouldn't blame him. 364 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,920 I'd forgive him. 365 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,120 Because I know how he felt. 366 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,160 What a simply dreadful woman. 367 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,320 - Who? Mary Blakiston? - She'd be lucky 368 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,040 to have a daughter-in-law like Joy Sanderling. 369 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,040 Oh, God. 370 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,280 - I say. Are you all right? - Oh, no, it's nothing. 371 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,880 It's just... a headache. Huh. 372 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,000 The pub's open. Maybe we should get you a glass of water. 373 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,760 No. Fully recovered. 374 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,360 Thank you. 375 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,240 - You should've told him. - What? 376 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,160 You know what. 377 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,320 About Sam. 378 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,280 - The lake. - Why? 379 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,400 It's got nothing to do with it. 380 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:02,880 Three deaths at Pye Hall. 381 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,160 Three deaths twelve years apart. 382 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,520 You still should've told him. 383 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,480 You know what this place is like. 384 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:11,880 He'll find out anyway. 385 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,240 So, tell me about this hotel. 386 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,600 Have you bought it? 387 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,040 My cousin Yannis has, yes. 388 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,080 I thought he was completely broke. 389 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,160 He borrowed the money. 390 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,560 Where did he find someone mad enough to lend it? 391 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,560 That's not fair. 392 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:37,960 Sorry. 393 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,840 So, does it have a name? 394 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,560 It's called Polydorus. 395 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,520 Polydorus was the King of Thebes. 396 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,360 The son of Cadmus. 397 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,920 Hmm. Nice. 398 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,880 A ten-minute walk from Agios Nikolaos. 399 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:01,120 It has seven rooms, 400 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:03,640 a terrace restaurant and a bar. 401 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,920 - It's profitable. - So, why are they selling? 402 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,960 The owner is ninety-two. 403 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,120 I've told the school I'll be leaving at the end of term. 404 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,520 You've already decided. 405 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,000 I told you in the car, Susan. 406 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,480 N-no... no. 407 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:21,920 You told me you were thinking about it. 408 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,080 Yeah, well, I thought. And I decided. 409 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,720 And you want me to come with you. 410 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:32,400 Yes. 411 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,080 I don't think I can do that. 412 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,600 It's just not my world, Andreas. 413 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,880 I... I don't know anything about hotels - 414 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,400 beds, sheets, guests - nor do you. 415 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,440 - We'll learn. - We'll go broke. 416 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,560 We won't know until we try. 417 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,560 God, you're really serious about this, aren't you? 418 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:01,960 Susan, we've been seeing each other, 419 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,200 how long is it now, six years? 420 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:05,800 I love you. 421 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,000 And I think you love me. 422 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,440 But we need to change. 423 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:11,840 I have a job I don't like. 424 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,040 You have a job that consumes you and makes you angry. 425 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,400 I love my job! 426 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,600 Well, maybe that's our problem. 427 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,280 Whoa. 428 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,880 Didn't know we had a problem. 429 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,720 The timing's perfect. 430 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,440 Charles is leaving. The buy-out. You don't want to be CEO. 431 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,040 - I don't know what I want. - Yeah. Well, I do. 432 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,320 I want to be with you, but properly. 433 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,560 I want to spend my life with you, Susan. 434 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,120 But in Crete? 435 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:49,960 I'm going home. 436 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,160 With or without me. Is that what you're saying? 437 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,320 Why does life have to be so bloody difficult? 438 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,280 Never makes any sense. 439 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,960 You know, that's why I like books so much. 440 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,320 In books, the characters do it all for you, 441 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,720 and it all manages to work itself out in the right way. 442 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,200 Elizabeth and Darcy. 443 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,960 Jane and Mr Rochester. Oh... 444 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,560 Even whodunits! 445 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,320 I mean, especially whodunits. 446 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,400 The final reveal. 447 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,240 Everything wrapped up. 448 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,920 Something so reassuring about that. 449 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,680 Unless, of course, you are missing the last chapter. 450 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,080 Yes, that does put a slight dent in it. 451 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,640 I don't suppose you can tell me... 452 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,160 I've read it three times. 453 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:06,240 Start to not-quite-the-finish, and it's hopeless. 454 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,480 It might help, perhaps, 455 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,920 to take events in the order in which they occurred. 456 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,120 Yes? 457 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:17,200 The death of Mary Blakiston, her funeral, 458 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,520 and then the burglary. 459 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,240 Ah, yes! 460 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,160 I had an idea about the burglary, actually. 461 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:24,160 Oh, yes? 462 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,480 Well, it wasn't actually a real burglary at all, was it? 463 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,000 You said as much yourself when you found the silver. 464 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,760 That is true. 465 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,080 How did you know it would be there? 466 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,320 I didn't. 467 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,200 But even when a crime appears to be unfathomable, 468 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,080 one should try not to overlook the obvious. 469 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:58,800 Can I help you? 470 00:22:58,800 --> 00:22:59,920 Mr Whiteley? 471 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,160 How do you know my name? 472 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,440 - The name on the shop. - Oh, yes! That's me. 473 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,040 Uh, are you looking for something? 474 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,160 Oh, I was just passing. 475 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,200 I noticed the silver brooch in the window. 476 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:12,960 Yes, nice piece. Quite old. 477 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,240 - Roman, I think. - Ah, medieval, I'd say. 478 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:16,840 Oh, may I see it? 479 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,960 I'm afraid you're too late. 480 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:20,360 We sold it this morning. 481 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:22,720 A customer had seen it and telephoned in. 482 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:23,960 Ah. 483 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,200 Shouldn't you have taken it out of the window, then? 484 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:27,880 Slipped my mind. 485 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,760 I wonder if you could tell me, uh... how you acquired it? 486 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,280 I'm sorry. I'm afraid that's confidential. 487 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,520 Most of my customers demand a certain discretion, you know? 488 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,080 Selling the family silver. 489 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,080 Even so, a man has been murdered. 490 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,800 Actually, it came from a market. 491 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,400 Oh, uh, I'm sorry? 492 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,520 This is my wife, Gemma. 493 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,080 A flea market in Campsey Ashe. 494 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,280 Here today, gone tomorrow. 495 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,040 We've no idea who the seller was. 496 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,600 I'm sorry. I'm afraid we can't help you. 497 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,960 No matter. Thank you. 498 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,520 - Who was that? - Who'd you think it was? 499 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,640 - Only Atticus bloody Pund. - Here? 500 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,520 They said there was a detective in the village. 501 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,040 I didn't know it was him. 502 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,480 I told you it was too soon to put it in the window! 503 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,160 - What are we gonna do? - I don't know. 504 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,040 I didn't believe a word they said. 505 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,440 It's a shame the wife arrived when she did. 506 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,000 - They knew it was stolen. - Yeah. 507 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,640 Stupid of them to put it on display. 508 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,800 I will tell you this, James - 509 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,360 never underestimate the stupidity of criminals. 510 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:40,600 I've devoted a whole chapter to it in my book. 511 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,360 - Mm. "Criminal Stupidity". - Exactly. 512 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:03,720 Do you think the burglary had something to do 513 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,520 with the death of Sir Magnus? 514 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,440 The question I would ask is, 515 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,120 was it actually a burglary at all? 516 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:11,640 Why are you so interested in Brent? 517 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:12,800 He's only the gardener. 518 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,280 He was here at the time of the burglary and at both deaths. 519 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:17,680 Always it is Brent. 520 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,040 First Mary Blakiston, 521 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,880 then the burglary... 522 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,240 then Sir Magnus. 523 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:30,640 Oh, I tell you, 524 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,680 it's not good for my blood pressure working here. 525 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,120 Let us take them in that order, Mr Brent. 526 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:37,160 You were here the day Mary Blakiston died. 527 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,160 Yes. 528 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:39,640 I knew something was wrong 529 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,600 when the phone kept ringing and nobody answered it. 530 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,480 In the end, I looked in through the window, 531 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,360 and there she was, lying on the floor. 532 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:48,960 I called a doctor, but I could tell she was dead. 533 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,480 There was blood everywhere. 534 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,680 - Did the two of you get on? - Not really. 535 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,720 She never talked to me. She thought herself above me, 536 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,280 her and Sir Magnus being all lovey-dovey. 537 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,320 Are you suggesting they were romantically involved? 538 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:04,760 Not her. 539 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,240 She was an old battle-axe. 540 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,080 He wouldn't have had any interest in her. 541 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,480 But he did have the roving eye, and there were plenty of others. 542 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,440 Maids, one of the cooks... 543 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,320 And then Miss Darnley. 544 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,240 She left here with a little Pye in the oven. 545 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,160 - Who was Miss Darnley? - The governess. 546 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,920 Looked after Frederick. 547 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,160 And you could say Sir Magnus looked after her. 548 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,360 Were you here the night of the burglary? 549 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:33,560 No. 550 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,080 I live in the village. 551 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,400 I usually leave about eight, 552 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,000 and I didn't know anything about it 553 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,320 till Sir Magnus got back from his holiday. 554 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,440 He was the one who found out, and he certainly let me know. 555 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:46,680 What do you mean by that? 556 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,840 He blamed me. That's what I mean. 557 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,880 Even though it was nothing to do with me. 558 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,520 You're meant to look after the place when I'm away. 559 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,520 I can't be here all the time. 560 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,400 It looks like they came in through the back. 561 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:02,960 There's a broken window. 562 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,360 Didn't you see anything? 563 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:06,840 No. 564 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:08,320 You're worse than useless, Brent. 565 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,480 I've had enough of you. 566 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:11,760 I want you out of here. 567 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,200 He gave you notice? 568 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:15,880 I don't know. He often talked like that. 569 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:16,960 I don't know what he meant. 570 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,640 And of course you aren't able to find out 571 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,960 because that very night Sir Magnus himself was killed. 572 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,520 What are you suggesting? 573 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,000 That I did it? 574 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,400 That I didn't want to be fired, so I cut his head off? 575 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,200 But you were not here the night of his death. 576 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,400 I told you. I left at eight o'clock. 577 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,240 And Sir Magnus was killed at nine. 578 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:33,360 Yes. 579 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:35,040 What a shame, isn't it? 580 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:36,480 If I'd hung around another hour, 581 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,000 I might've been able to help you. 582 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,920 But I didn't see anything. 583 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,360 So I can't. 584 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:50,960 Miss Darnley. 585 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,600 Now... here's an interesting question. 586 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,960 She's the governess who was made pregnant by Sir Magnus Pye. 587 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,480 She never actually appears in the book, 588 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,640 so why does Alan Conway even bother to give her a name? 589 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,440 Perhaps she appears in the last chapter. 590 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,240 Why can't you just tell me? 591 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,400 Excuse me? 592 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,960 Who did it! You're in the story, you must know! 593 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,080 It's not the death of Sir Magnus Pye that interests you, 594 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,000 it's the death of Alan Conway. 595 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,440 Aren't they related? 596 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,560 Let me give you some advice, Miss Ryeland. 597 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:25,720 Uh, yes, all right, 598 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,400 but can you please stop calling me "Miss Ryeland". 599 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,800 It's so bloody fifties. 600 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,480 It's not what Mr Conway wrote that matters. 601 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,160 You need to understand why he wrote it. 602 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,200 How do I do that? 603 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,640 At the moment that he delivered the manuscript, 604 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,840 which may or may not have been complete, 605 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,640 what was his state of mind? 606 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,280 I don't know. 607 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:49,720 He was at a restaurant with Charles. 608 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:51,240 He was drunk. 609 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,640 Then that is where you should begin. 610 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,000 Thank you. 611 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,440 Oh! 612 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:16,640 Hi. Hello. 613 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,400 Um, I wondered if you could help me. 614 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:19,920 My name is Susan Ryeland, 615 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,840 and I'm a friend of someone who used to be a member here. 616 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:23,840 Yes? 617 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,520 Well, actually, um, 618 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,360 I'd like to talk to one of the waiters 619 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,240 who was working here last Thursday. 620 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,120 Um... 621 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,400 He dropped some plates. 622 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,000 Yeah, that was me. 623 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,720 They were short-staffed, so I was called in the last minute. 624 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,520 That's why I was late. 625 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,680 I came in from the kitchen. I saw him straight away. 626 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,000 Alan Conway... bastard. 627 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,920 I didn't realise he was a member. 628 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,400 I just stood there. 629 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:51,960 I was holding some plates, 630 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,480 didn't realise how hot they were till they burned through. 631 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:57,720 Idiot. 632 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,160 Why didn't you like him? 633 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,480 - You say you're his editor. - That's right. 634 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,320 - Clover Books. - Yes. 635 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,480 Well, then you're part of it. 636 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,160 I'm sorry? Part of what? 637 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,280 I think you know. 638 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,040 I honestly haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about. 639 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,120 "Magpie Murders". 640 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:16,600 Yes, that's his new book. 641 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,360 Oh, I know. I read about it when it was announced. 642 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,320 That was my title. I gave him the idea. 643 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,040 So, how well did you know Alan Conway? 644 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,280 I met him once. 645 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,600 I'm a writer. I've written four novels. 646 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,880 Whodunits - a bit like his. 647 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,160 The only difference is, I haven't made millions. 648 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,360 I haven't been published. 649 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:36,800 It's not easy. 650 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,240 It's not easy when someone steals your ideas. 651 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:40,480 Where did you meet him? 652 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,560 I did a course, a place in Wiltshire. 653 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,400 Cost me two hundred quid. 654 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:45,960 I thought it would be worth it. 655 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,600 It was the worst money I ever spent. 656 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,280 Alan Conway was the guest tutor. 657 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,240 "The very countryside ravaged by a locust cloud 658 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:57,560 "of modern politics and ancient hatreds. 659 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:02,160 "And so the poor dog has none, he murmurs, 660 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,920 "unaware that the dog is, in fact... 661 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:09,800 "himself." 662 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,400 I'm not sure I get it. What's it about? 663 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,200 It's about empire. 664 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:16,960 About the aristocracy. 665 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:18,640 About the collapse of civility. 666 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:19,880 To be honest, 667 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,560 I didn't have a clue what he was on about. 668 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,400 But, anyway, I approached him during a coffee break. 669 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,560 - And you told him your idea. - Got it in one. 670 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,640 He seemed friendly enough. We got chatting. 671 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,840 I told him my title, "Magpie Murders". 672 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,360 It was going to be based on the old nursery rhyme. 673 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,120 You know, "One for sorrow, two for joy," and so on. 674 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,120 Set in a village where the local squire gets killed. 675 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,200 - How? - His head's chopped off. 676 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,240 Ah. 677 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,320 What did I see when it was announced? 678 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,000 The ninth instalment of the Atticus Pund Adventures. 679 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,680 Same title. Same plot. Same everything. 680 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,080 How much did Alan read? 681 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,520 Only the first chapter, but I told him all of it. 682 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,520 So, what did you do when you saw the announcement? 683 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:56,520 What could I do? 684 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,400 Drive up to Suffolk and have it out with him? Nah. 685 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,000 He was a big-shot writer. 686 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,240 I was nobody. 687 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:03,840 Who would've believed me? 688 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:05,720 I wrote to someone at Clover Books, 689 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,640 sent them some chapters. 690 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:08,720 They didn't even reply. 691 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:10,880 You're an editor. 692 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,600 Would you look at it? I could email it to you. 693 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,520 Uh, yeah. Yes, of course. Um... 694 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,320 I'll give you my email address. 695 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:23,080 Um, can you just tell me one thing, if you don't mind? 696 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,640 In your version of the book, who did the murder? 697 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,040 Won't it spoil it for you if I tell you? 698 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,800 Well, I always work backwards. 699 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,480 That way I can just focus on the style, so... 700 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,400 All right, then. It was the wife. 701 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,840 - Lady Frances. - Uh, Lady Penelope. 702 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,880 Yeah. She'd been having an affair with her tennis coach. 703 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,760 He found out about it. He was going to throw her out. 704 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,480 And you told Alan that? 705 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,080 I told him everything. He took loads of notes. 706 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,680 I thought he was interested cos he wanted to help, the bastard! 707 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:02,440 Thank you, Lee. 708 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,480 I will read your book, but I can't make any promises. 709 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,360 - Just read it. - Yeah. 710 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,400 Um, one last thing. 711 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,240 Do you remember who you wrote to at Clover Books? 712 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,840 Of course I remember, although I never heard back from her. 713 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,520 Her name was Jemima. 714 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:39,880 We're here! 715 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:41,840 Oh! Thanks! 716 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,120 - Hey, Susan. - Hi, Alice. 717 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,960 Ragnar Jonasson rang you three times. 718 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,720 He wants to talk to you about the notes you sent him. 719 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,560 Your sister Katie rang twice, wants you to call her back, 720 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,080 and Steven can't make the Waterstones launch. 721 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:02,760 Where's Jemima? 722 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,840 Well, haven't you heard? She's gone. 723 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:06,000 What do you mean, "gone"? 724 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,800 Well, she's handed in her notice. She's left. 725 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,400 - Do you know why? - Not really. 726 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,000 No, she didn't much like it here. 727 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,120 It was the money. I know she was looking around. 728 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:16,920 Do you have a number for her? 729 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,560 Is this about the missing chapter? 730 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:19,920 Well, partly, yeah. 731 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:20,920 I think Charles has it. 732 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:22,280 I know he's been trying to reach her, too. 733 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,640 Right. 734 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,280 You never saw a submission 735 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,080 from a man called Lee Jaffrey, did you? 736 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,480 Mm, name doesn't ring a bell. 737 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,640 Well, the title might. 738 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,040 - "Magpie Murders"? - Mm. 739 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:40,840 - That's a bit of a coincidence. - Well... 740 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,640 If you believe in coincidence. 741 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,080 Huh! Oh. 742 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,080 - Oh. It's your sister again. - Let it go to voicemail. 743 00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:51,080 'Hi, you've reached Susan Ryeland. 744 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:52,640 'Please leave me a message.' 745 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:04,440 Excuse me. 746 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,960 I'm looking for Max Ryeland. He's my father. 747 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,960 - Is he... - He's resting now. 748 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:10,680 But he's still very ill. 749 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,040 - Can I see him? - Yes, of course. 750 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,040 Is he in there? 751 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:31,760 Dad. 752 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,200 How are you feeling? 753 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:40,360 Susan? 754 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,560 No, Daddy. Susan's not here. 755 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,440 It's Katie. 756 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,640 I want to see Susan. 757 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,360 I want to see Susan. 758 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,200 Charles, uh... 759 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,000 I need to talk to you. 760 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,760 Did you know that Alan plagiarised "Magpie Murders" 761 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,280 - from another writer? - What? 762 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,040 Well, he wasn't exactly a writer. 763 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,680 He stole the idea from a waiter 764 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,560 who worked at that restaurant where you took him for dinner. 765 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,200 How do you know? 766 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:21,480 Well, I've seen him. I've spoken to him. 767 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:22,480 Oh! Oh, my God. 768 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,440 You're not going to let this go, are you? 769 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,040 Charles, this is serious. 770 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:29,160 - They met on a writer's course. - What's his name? 771 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:30,720 - Lee Jaffrey. - Is his book any good? 772 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:32,720 Well, I've read the first couple of pages... 773 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:34,280 Oh, and the ending, 774 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,840 which is completely muddled and doesn't help at all, 775 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,120 and no, in answer to your question. It's awful. 776 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,960 But the plot does have a lot of similarities. 777 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,000 He knew where Alan lived! 778 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,560 How do you know that? 779 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,640 Because he told me! 780 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,840 What could I do? 781 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,120 Drive up to Suffolk and have it out with him? Nah. 782 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,080 - He was a big-shot writer. - Idiot. 783 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:57,880 I was nobody. Who would've believed me? 784 00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,680 He knew Alan lived in Suffolk, 785 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,680 and it's a members' club, so they must've had his address. 786 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,120 Well, you don't think that he went... 787 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:04,560 Have you spoken to Jemima? 788 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,000 Ah, no. Um... 789 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,680 I left a message on her voicemail, 790 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,400 and I got an email from her this morning. 791 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:12,760 Oh, um... 792 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,400 "I don't know how many pages there were, 793 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:17,960 "but I'm sure I didn't miss any. 794 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,600 "I always checked the page count 795 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,000 "against the dial on the machine..." 796 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,520 It wouldn't have been like her to make a mistake. 797 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,480 She was always very reliable. 798 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,040 Why did she leave? 799 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,040 She got another job. 800 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,920 - What, and you just let her go? - I couldn't really stop her. 801 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,640 Do you believe her about the pages? 802 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,440 I think we have to. 803 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,360 - Yeah. - Tomorrow? 9am? 804 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:40,520 Alan's funeral. 805 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,080 I thought we were driving up together. 806 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:43,880 - Yeah. See you then. - All right. 807 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,480 'This is Andreas. I'm not here at the moment. 808 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,880 'Please leave a message after the beep. Thank you.' 809 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,440 Hello. It's me. Um... 810 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,280 I'm here on my own, and... 811 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,240 feeling a bit miserable. 812 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,120 I wish we could've talked a bit more... constructively. 813 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,520 Look, please don't... 814 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,000 Don't make any decisions about Crete. 815 00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:31,240 I mean, don't... 816 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:33,000 Don't get on a plane. 817 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,960 I just need a bit more time 818 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,960 to get my head round it, and then... 819 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,400 You know, maybe, I... I don't know, maybe... 820 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,080 we could make it work. 821 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,120 Anyway, I'm... I'm in tonight, so... 822 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:53,680 why don't you come over? 823 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,560 Oh! 824 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,240 Hi. Hi. 825 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:37,440 - Katie, I'm sorry... - 'Dad's had a stroke.' 826 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,840 Uh, ah... right. 827 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,120 - Um... - 'He's in Ipswich Hospital. 828 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,440 'I've spoken to the doctors. He's very weak. 829 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,200 'They think if he has another one, then he... 830 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:48,840 'he might not make it.' 831 00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:52,280 Well... 832 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,160 I'm really sorry. Um... 833 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,920 'He wants to see you.' 834 00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,400 Why? 835 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:00,960 'Why do you think?' 836 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,840 No, no... No, I'm sorry, Katie. 837 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,840 I've already told you I don't want to see him. 838 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,680 'Yeah, but I think you should.' 839 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,280 Katie! He walked out on us. You, me, and Mum. 840 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,560 We were children. I haven't seen him for thirty years. 841 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,240 Why would I want to see him now? 842 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:17,840 'For closure.' 843 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:21,360 - I don't think I owe him that! - 'Not for him, for you!' 844 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,880 Oh, you think I need it, do you? 845 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,120 No, I'm... I'm sorry, Katie. I... 846 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:28,600 I don't want to see him. 847 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:29,600 - I won't! - 'Ugh.' 848 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,200 Sorry, sorry, sorry! 849 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,400 - Infidelity... - Oh! 850 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,160 It's often struck me that in a murder investigation, 851 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:48,080 it's remarkable how often infidelity has a part to play. 852 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,160 There are in reality very few reasons 853 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,000 why one person will set out to kill another, 854 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,400 but the sense of betrayal, 855 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,720 the destruction of good faith, 856 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:59,160 mm, that can be deadly. 857 00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:02,600 I'm not interested in the murder investigation right now. 858 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,160 You wish to know who killed Sir Magnus Pye. 859 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,920 Well, you're not gonna tell me, so I'm gonna go to bed! 860 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,600 I would advise you to be careful, Miss Ryeland. 861 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,600 Betrayal hurts. 862 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,720 I've had enough! I'll tell you I've had enough! 863 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:24,560 Get a grip on yourself, woman. 864 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,040 - Never! - Oh, for God's sake! 865 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,200 How could you? You disgust me! 866 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:29,440 I did nothing. 867 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,840 You've made a laughing stock out of me. 868 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,440 Everyone knows about you and your filthy affairs. 869 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:35,800 You're like a rutting goat. 870 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,480 I wish I'd never married you! 871 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:41,520 That's not what you said when you saw the house, 872 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,000 the land, the title. 873 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,600 Oh, no! Lady Pye. 874 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,800 You couldn't get enough of it. 875 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,680 One day you'll go too far, Magnus. 876 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,680 One day, I swear to God, I'll put a knife in you, 877 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,160 and I won't care if I hang for it!