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[jungle storm]

[percussion and woodwinds]

What is this place?

- Looks like an old temple of some kind.

Johnny! I found something.

- Butler, come here.

- That thing has to be worth a fortune.

- John Dell will be remembered

in countless ways.

He was an outstanding member of the community.

A good neighbor.

A kind and thoughtful friend to all.

A veteran of Vietnam.

His presence in our lives

will be missed by all of us.

Earth to earth,

ashes to dust,

in the sure and certain hope

of resurrection to eternal life.

John Dell is survived by his son Tyler Dell.

Amen.

[doorbell]

- Hey, Sam.

I just gonna head on back and get started on the pipes.

Is it okay if I head back?

- Yeah, I'm just surprised to see you.

- Man's got to make a living.

- I know, um,

I'm sorry about your dad. - Thanks.

- Are you sure you're ready to go back to work?

Our pipes have been faulty for so long,

what's another few weeks.

- I think getting back to work would be the best thing.

My Dad always said, 'You get more out of a days work

than just about anything.'

But thank you anyways.

- Sure.

- Alright, I'm going to get started.

- Oh yeah, Philby is back there.

- Hey, Sam.

- Hi - How are you?

Here, let me take those.

- Billy, would you take care of these please? - Sure.

- Thanks a lot.

How many arms did you twist to get all those blankets?

- No arm twisting.

I just have very generous friends

and some groceries are in the car.I can go get them.

- No, no.You've done enough.

Hey Murphy, come over here.

- What do you want?

- Miss Kinsey brought groceries.

They're in the back of her car.

You and Larry can bring them in.

- I don't need Larry.

- Get the groceries Murph.

- I haven't seen Murphy before.Is he new?

- He's been in and out of here a half dozen times.

A real hard case.

He won't stay sober.

- So what can you do? - Hope, pray.

And if he doesn't start following the rules,

throw him out.

My guys get sixty days to detox,

get sober, get a job and move on.

- That's tough. - Most of them do it.

I can't cut Murph more slack than the others.

Wouldn't be fair. - No, I get it.

Why should the other men follow the rules if Murphy gets a free ride?

- That's right.

- I have got to get back to the book store.

We're finally getting our plumbing fixed!

- Plumbing? That's exciting.

- And I've been collecting some jackets.

I'll bring them by. - Thanks again, Sam.

- See ya.

Thanks, guys.

[doorbell]

- It's breath talking.

Who's the photographer?

- I am.

- You have quite an eye.

Your pictures remind me of

Margaret Bourke-White.

- Wow, You flatter me.

I took these on the Navajo Reservation in Utah.

- The Four Corners area?

- You've been there? - Well not in person.

But I've read everything Hank Roman has ever written.

Nobody writes the Southwest like he does.

Oh. He diffidently paints a picture.

If I close my eyes I can see his detective,

Ray Creekwater, bouncing over those roads in his red pick-up.

- And he's whistling and thinking of Francie.

- Have you read Sacred Sand?

- Great characters,

clever mystery.

The clues are coded in the Shaman's sand paintings.

I used to come to this store years ago.

When it was called Mystery Man.

The owner Mister Kinsey, used to select titles for me,

that he thought I'd like

and sure enough, he was never wrong.

- That sounds like my Uncle Bob.

- Uncle Bob!

- I'm Samantha Kinsey.

- Jim Carter.

- So You knew him?

- Well, he's the fellow that

turned me into a Mystery fan.

Do you mind if I take a little peek around for old times sake.

- Oh not at all but,

I'm having some work down.

- Oh, I'll stay out of the way.

- It is what it is.

- Excuse me. - It's a lot more than Samantha had in the budget.

- Look, it has to be done,

if it's going to be done right.

- What's going on?

- Ah, hey Sam, I was just telling Philby,

it looks like we're going to have to cut into a wall

and turnoff the water for a few days.

You have a real problem.

Come on, I'll show you.

- I'll ship those rare books.

- I'm sure it's not as bad as you think it is.

- See for yourself.

I gave the wall little tap, the whole sink came crashing down.

Your pipes are worse than I thought,

but I could give you a good deal on a new sink, new tile, too.

- A rough estimate?

- Sam...Sweetie...

We've know each other since the first grade.

Do you think I'd cheat you?

- No!.

- Look I'm going to need a key to the store

so I can come in early or work late.

- I'll give you my spare.

- Samantha!

You got a minute?

- Yes Philby.

- I'm looking for The Bell Tower Murders.

- It's not here? Is it lost?

- It was right on top.

Now it's gone.

- That's our most valuable book.

The store's full of strangers.

This is no time to be polite.

I'm going to call Chief Connors.

- Chief Connors. Thank you for getting here so quickly.

I wouldn't call you unless

it was really, really important.

- Where do you need help?

- It's absolutely imperative

that we find this book soon.

- This is about a book?

- A valuable book, worth three to four thousand dollars.

- It's a first edition of The Bell Tower Murders by Jeremy Fletcher,

one of America's first mystery writers.

- We bought it for one of our collectors.

- You probably just misplaced it.

- I do not misplace rare books.

- Okay,

we'll treat it like a real robbery.

Max, Bill.Search 'em.

- Look, my guys aren't exactly the kind who steal books.

- Then they won't mind if my guys are the kind of guys that pat 'em down.

You too.Left 'em up.

- C'mon, Chief.We play poker together.

- I'm sorry about your father, Tyler.

- Yeah, thanks Chief.

- Boy's, find out who was where in the store.

- Sorry about this.

- Ah, it's okay.

- Are you staying in town?

- Yeah, Bells Bed and Breakfast.

- Who are you?

- My name's Jim Carter.

- You from around here?

- No, just passing through

on my way to Sacramento.

- Business trip?

- No, no.I'm a retired.

A teacher, middle school English.

Heading up to see my nephew.

- Jacket please?

Turn around.

So, did you see this missing book?

- No, no.I sure didn't.

But what I see some extraordinary photographs

and I browsed around a little.

- Just in case I need to get in touch with you.

- My nephew, Bob Carter,

he's with the Sacramento PD. He'll know where I am.

- Sacramento, good department.

The pat down, nothing personal.

[whispers] [Chief] Okay

- You guys can go back to work.

- Alright, come on guys. Let's go.

- Sorry Ms Kinsey no book.

You can go, Carter.

- Ah, Thank you sir.

It's been a pleasure

and you're a true artist kiddo.

Don't forget that.

- Thank you.Come back anytime.

- I still say that Philby misplaced it.

- I guarantee you, he did not.

- Call me when you find it.

Boys, let's go.

We've got some real crimes to solve.

- Well, Samantha!

Nice to see you. Can I make you some tea?

- Oh, I wish I had time but I have got to get back.

- Your guest, um Mr.Carter. Left this at my store.

- Jim Carter? Yes. - Is he here?

- Reverend Tucker called him just before breakfast.

So, my bet is that Mr. Carter's at The Haven.

- Okay, Thank you very much.

- See ya.

- Oh, I almost forgot.

Philby wanted me to ask if you had any rooms available.

I'm having some work done at the book store

and he has to move out for a few days.

- Well I will make room for that man.

- I thought you might.

[overlapping chatter about checkers]

- Hey Sam.

- Hey. - Back so soon.

- I'm looking for Jim Carter.

He left his wallet at my store. Is he here?

- Jim is leading a meeting.

Just go on in.

He'll be happy to have his wallet back.

- Are you sure I won't be intruding?

- It's an open meeting. Everyone's welcome.

- Thanks.

- Time to straighten up, time to get clean.

Fellas,

we've all got our own little

sad, long stories

so does everyone else on this planet.

- You're full of it!

- You want to share, Murphy?

- Just because you say you got this licked

don't mean everybody can!

You ain't got my problems.

What do you know anyway?

-Murphy, I know you're interrupting the meeting.

And, if you don't have anything to share.

You need to sit down and shut up.

- You holier than thou son of a...

- Come back when you're sober.

- I'll get you for this!

You'll see.

I'll get you for this.

- Coffee break.

Miss Kinsey.I'm sorry you had to see all that.

- It's okay and it's Samantha.

Bonnie said you might be here.

- You left this

at my store, Mr.Carter.

- I never missed it and it's Jim.

- I couldn't help but notice the picture in your wallet.

She's a beautiful child. Is she your daughter?

- She is.I've never met her.

- You haven't? Why not?

- I walked away from her mom before she was born.

She's all grown up now.

Her name is Kerry

and she ah,

she grew up without ever having

met her father.

- Well,

if you've never met her, then

how do you have her picture?

- Oh, I've kept my eye on her over the years.

Leaving her was the worst thing I ever did.

- Wouldn't you like to meet her?

- What would I say?

I left you and your mama?

Now I'm sad and sorry and you gotta love me?

Not fair, Samantha.

- You were a kid then.

- Nineteen.

And now I'm a man.

And men don't hurt the people they love on purpose.

I've got to get back to the meeting.

Thanks for the wallet.

[siren in background]

[agitated dog barking]

[background police radio chatter]

- How was he killed?

- It appears his cause of death

was a wound to his chest.

- A knife? - It's an odd shape wound.

More like a hole.

We'll have to wait until we get the results back from the lab.

but, there's something else.

His fingerprints were obliterated.

- Why would anyone do that. And how?

- A sick mind.

My guess is they used acid.

Ms.Kinsey, is there anything else

you know about Mr.Carter that you haven't told me?

- He regretted some things in his past,

but nothing criminal or illegal, that I know of. Just personal.

- What about you?

- I only knew Jim

because of his work with alcoholics.

- Where were you and your buddies?

- In town.

I took them all to a dental clinic for checkups.

- How long were you gone?

- We left at seven AM and just got back.

- And nobody noticed the dead guy? - No.

- When's the last time you saw Carter?

- He was here yesterday. Hung around until

the sun went down and then he left.

- Any idea where he went?

- He was staying at Bells B&B.

- Bonnie's place?

She's got to be more careful

of the people she let's in there.

- She likes Jim Carter. You didn't even know him.

- A stranger come to town, gets murdered.

I've got a killer running around my town.

That's all I need to know. [phone rings]

- Hey Chief.

- Excuse me?

- I can't tell you how badly I feel about this.

- I know.So do I.

- From what he said and the way he said it,

he seemed like he had a good heart.

- Jim was a better man than I am.

Or will ever be.

- Tyler Dell's place got robbed.

- Somebody broke into his house?

- His office. They ransacked the whole place.

That reminds me. You ever find that old book?

- Still looking. - Two robberies and a murder.

Maybe three robberies.

Carter didn't have his wallet on him.

- Well he had one yesterday. He left it at my bookstore.

I returned it to him.

- Maybe one of your buddies

decided to rob him.

- If I thought that

of the men here killed Jim,

I would tell you.

- You and your buddies.

Nobody leaves town.

Got it? You too Ms.Kinsey.

Get a clean page.

Time to question the reverend's men.

- I don't think that Jim Carter's death was a robbery.

- Why not? - Chief Connors said that whoever killed him,

poured acid on his hands.

- He's right.Traces of Muriatic Acid were found on the body.

- Who would do that? - It's a drug-land thing.

Kill a person, destroy his finger prints.

It a very symbolic removal of one's existence.

- Jim Carter was not dealing drugs!

- I didn't say he was.

- What if Jim Carter wasn't really Jim Carter?

And whoever killed him didn't want anyone to find out.

- Good morning Philby.

- Hey, I'm sorry about Carter.

- I felt like I knew him.

- I suppose you've heard?

Some scumbag broke into my office.

I'm not sure what was taken

but the place was wrecked.

Old files of my dad's all over the floor,

receipts, account books,

unpaid bills.

You've never seen such a mess.

- Yes Tyler, I have.

- Not to worry Sam. I'm fixing it.

- Soon, please.

[ Sam's phone rings]

- Excuse me.

- Oh hey Bonnie what's...

Okay,

I'll be right over.

- That was Bonnie.

Jim Carter left something for me at her place.

- See ya later.

Try and get it done as soon as you can, please.

- No problem.

- He said

that if anything ever happened to him,

I was to give this to you.

- Why me?

- Well, what he said, exactly, was that

'you like mysteries and here's one to remember him by.'

Oh my!

He asked that you give

what's inside to his daughter.

Her name is Kerry.

He didn't mention his wife.

- Did he mention his her last name?

- Well, I imagine it's Carter.

Same as his.

- She could have gotten married.

- He didn't say.

Are you going to open it?

- Not just yet.

- Well, you be sure to let me know what's in it.

And Samantha, be careful.

- I'm always careful.

Thanks Bonnie.

- I wonder what's inside.

- There's only one way---

- To find out.

- Bah da bum.

Jim Carter may not have any fingerprints now.

- But he did when he handled this box.

-Oh yeah.

[slow music]

Give me the powder.

Brush

Tape.

Give me one of those white cards please?

The box is all yours.

That's a Silver Star.

- It's a letter.

Dear Kerry, You don't know me.

You've never seen me but I've seen you.

It was a long time ago

but my heart stopped

the moment I saw your face.

You were such a beautiful child.

Before you were born, I made a terrible mistake.

- What's wrong? - I shouldn't be reading this.

It's not for me and it's really personal.

- Is there anything that has to do with his murder?

- Doesn't look like it.

- I think there's a safety deposit box somewhere

but this isn't a bank key.

- It's looks like a door key but smaller and older.

What are these, post-its?

- I don't what to make of those.

But it's reminiscent

of a crude code.

- Sun and wavy lines.

I don't get it.

- Jim Carter said

he was going to leave you a

mystery to remember him by.

He expects you to solve it.

- Not by myself.

- I'll get on these fingerprints.

Do you mind if I take a look at this stuff?

- Not at all.

I'm going to take the box home with me tonight.

- Look how pretty this looks out here.

- Oh yes, inside as well.

- We should have dinner here tomorrow night.

- Sure good idea.

- Hi Bonnie.

- Good night.It's nice to have you.

- Thanks. - Good night.

- Good evening, Bonnie.

- How did you know it was me?

- That third eye in the back of my head,

I knew it would come in handy.

- I feel so secure with you staying here.

What with some whacko running around killing people.

- I'm flattered,

but I don't think you have anything to fear.

Who ever killed Jim Carter meant to kill him and only him.

- You're so confident.

So what was in the box that Carter left for Samantha?

- You're buttering up my ego for information.

- Come on Philby. You can tell me.I mean, after all I am involved.

- It was a treasure of memories.

- Can't you be more specific?

- You'll have to ask Samantha.

- You mean you don't know.

- Jim Carter left the box with Samantha.

It's not up to me to talk about.

I'm going to go inside the parlor and read.

Your dinner was magnificent.

Thank you.

[doorbell]

[Sam cries out]

- Philby!

- Samantha?

- I was leaving the store.

I was taking the box home with me

and someone hit me from behind

and I was out for a few minutes, the box is gone.

- You were mugged? - Are you hurt?

You need a doctor. - I broke a finger nail.

- You broke one finger nail.

That's not bad for a mugging.

- Jim's letter to his daughter!

His Silver Star!

How could I let this happen?

- It's okay, Samantha.

Didn't your mother tell you,

never to put all of your eggs in one basket?

- Yeah, but what's this have to do with the box?

- I took the contents out of the box.

I have the letter, I have the medal,

I have the key and the Post- its.

They are all right here.

- Philby, you're a genius!

- They taught me well.

Too bad about the box, though.

The carving was unique.

It might have led us to it's point of origin.

- I know that box was important.

But still if I had lost Jim's letter,

it would have broken my heart.

- But you didn't.Did you see who did it.

- No.

But this has to have something to do with Jim's death doesn't it?

- There's got to more to this than Carter looking for his daughter.

You said he was here before,

maybe he has enemies.

- I don't know about before, but I know about now.

I'm going to the Haven.

- I'm going with you.

- That's Murphy.

That's the guy we're looking for.

- Hey Murphy.

Can we ask you a few questions?

- I didn't do anything.

- We're not accusing you of anything.

We just want to ask you

what you know about Jim Carter.

- He's dead and who cares?

- We do! - Get away from me.

I don't have to talk to you.

- Ms.Kinsey and her friend have some questions.

You're going to answer them.

Go ahead.

- Where were you tonight?

- Right here. - Where were you last night?

- Right here.

Passed out on my bunk.

- Can anyone vouch for that?

- I can. I saw him.

- You said some pretty

threatening things to Jim Carter

at the meeting yesterday.

- So I fell off the wagon

- Anything else?

- No, not right now.

- Okay Murphy, you can go.

- Reverend Tucker, This is my friend, Philby.

- I've heard good things about your work.

- I do my best to help these men.

Some are harder nuts to crack than others.

- And you've been here all night?

- You mean how I know Murphy was here?

- Yes.

- All tonight. - And last night?

- I was gone for a couple of hours,

in town at the food bank getting supplies.

When I left Murphy was face down in his bunk.

Still there when I got back.

Not likely he woke up sober

and went out while I was gone.

- But you can't be certain.

- No. - Thank you

Good night Reverend.

- It was good meeting sir.

- Same here.

Good Night. - Good night.

- Tyler, why does this keep happening?

- I'd like to choke the idiot who yanked on that pipe.

Pulled it straight out of the wall.

Some of the wall came with it.

- One of your crew did that?

- I didn't say that.

We gotta redo the whole thing.

- You're not doing anything until you tell me what happened?

Did you do this?

- Heck, no.

Alright, I might as well tell you.

One of my regular guys had a back problem

so I had to pick up a temp. - From where?

- Out there at The Haven.

Hey, some of those guys used to work in the trades.

They can still turn a wrench.

This time I got an idiot.

- What was this guy's name?

- I think I heard somebody call him Eddie.

Look, Sam.Please don't tell anybody I've been picking up temps.

I have a rep to maintain.

- Mister 'destrocto' is at it again.

- Does this look anything like the carvings on the box?

- That's really good Philby.

But why's your dragon smiling?

- Smiling?

That's fire coming out of his nose.

- Looks like a smile to me.

- Oh, I tracked down Jim Carter's tattoo.

Army 5th Cavalry.

By his age, it's probably Vietnam.

- Anything on the fingerprints you lifted from the box?

- No, not yet.

- You know, Tyler just told me that the day

our book went missing

he hired a temp from out at The Haven.

- I'll go with you.

- I don't remember an Eddie,

but that doesn't mean much.

- Thanks Don.

Most of these guys are so shy they stay out in the yard.

Just come in to eat. I don't hassle them.

- Maybe you can help us.

I'm assuming this is Vietnamese art

but I don't know what it means.

- It's not Vietnamese, it's Cambodian.

It's often found on Buddhist temples.

It indicates that the place is sacred.

- How do you know that? - How 'bout some coffee?

This way.

I was in Vietnam.

A few of us spent some time in Cambodia,

but that's still classified.

No soldier comes back the same as he left.

The wounded can recover from wounds

but not all of them heal.

- You mean emotionally?

- Soldier to civilian is a tough transition for some.

- Well, you made it.

- That's because I found my calling.

- The Haven.

- When I first opened this place

it was strictly for veterans.

Now we're open for anyone.

- Anybody can come here?

- Well not anyone. Anyone who's looking for help,

not a hand out. - You chose a tough calling.

- No one chooses their calling.

Who would have thought? When I was a kid all I thought about was money.

That sketch you showed me.

Where did you see it?

- It was carved on a red lacquered box.

- Do you have any idea what might have been in a box

with cravings like these?

- Those are religious symbols.

The box probably held religious artifacts.

Maybe even the cremated ashes of a holy man.

- And what do you think about these?

-Uh,

The sun

and maybe a river.

- Makes sense.

- On field maps, two wavy parallel lines mean water.

This could be a river.

Where did you get these? - Jim drew them.

- Then it's code.

Jim liked a good mystery.

What's this about?

- Well, Jim had a daughter.

- I didn't know that. - I'm trying to find her.

- Jim left you clues to finding his daughter?

Why wouldn't he just tell you?

- I don't know. Thank you so much for your help.

We really appreciate it.

- You tired?

- No.I'm just thinking about Jim's daughter.

We've to find her.

- I checked with the Sacramento PD.

There's no Bob Carter in the Department.

- It doesn't surprise me.

- He made up a quick story to satisfy Chief Connors.

But he had to know that Connors would check out his story.

- Maybe he planned to move on before Connors figured it out.

- I've got a match for those finger prints .

- Jim Carter was really Jim Wolfe,

5th Cav., United States Army.

- And he and a couple of others were briefly assigned to a unit

that was sent on illegal incursions into Cambodia.

- So I'm looking for a girl with the last name Wolfe.

But where is she?

- And I'm looking for our missing book.

It's got to be somewhere.

- Philby!

This picture of the sun isn't about the sun.

It's about the sun's rays.

And these wavy lines.

They're not a river, they're a creek.

Ray Creekwater!

- The answers in that book.

- He meant Ray Creekwater,

not Navajo Sunset.

Hank Roman wrote a dozen Ray Creekwater mysteries.

- That's a good code but why so elaborate?

- Someone else is after what we're trying to find!

- His daughter? - I don't know.

I'm going to start reading Navajo Sunset

and see if I can find out.

- I'll keep on looking for our book.

- If there's a clue in this book, I can't find it.

- Why do I get the feeling

that Tyler's temporary worker

is somewhere in LA

pawning a very rare book for two bucks.

- Don't even say that!

I told him, he had to pay for that book.

- Good luck collecting.

I liked Tyler's father, Johnny.

I can't understood why he is so bitter.

- His business was successful.

- He lost his wife. - He had Tyler.

- Yeah, Tyler's a good kid,

but he's in way over his head.

- So, maybe Johnny hated plumbing.

- Maybe his feet hurt.

- Okay, we're getting a little punchy.It's time to go.

- I still haven't found that book.

- Tomorrow. I'll drive you to Bell's.

[ominous music]

[gunshot, glass breaking] [Sam screams]

[Philby] Stay down! [another gunshot]

[tense music]

- Anybody you know of that's mad at you or Philby?

Any crazed customers?

Any angry mystery fans?

Any whacked out, psycho stalker boyfriends?

- No, no, no and no.

- Somebody took shot at you Ms.Kinsey.

That means somebody wanted you dead.

Either you or Philby.

- I don't have any enemies.

- You sure about that?

- I've been coming

in and out of this town for years

and I've never had a problem.

- Then it's you, Ms.Kinsey.

- Maybe not. - You have an idea?

- This shooting

has to have something

to do with Jim Carter's murder.

- Whoever wanted that guy dead, got him.

The big question is

why would somebody take a shot at you?

- Isn't it possible that whoever killed Jim

was looking for something he might have left behind?

- You mean here in the store?

- Like a personal item.

- What kind of personal items?

- A letter to his daughter.

- Maybe his daughter's a fake,

like his cop nephew in Sacramento.

I checked him out.

Carter lied just like I thought.

- He must have had a reason.

- Sure he had a reason.

He's a liar.

The guy's dental records

don't check out with any

Jim or James Carter

of his age group on this planet.

Either the guy had the greatest teeth in the world

or he's a phony. I'm bet'n phony.

Ms.Kinsey. You'd better start asking yourself.

Who'd want to hurt you?

[doorbell]

- I heard about the shooting on my police scanner.

- Everybody's a cop.

JT, call forensics,

wake the guy up if you have too.

I want those slugs found.

Lageson, Pope, this is a crime scene,

act like you know what you're doing.

- Are you okay? - I'm fine.

- Look, I'll get this boarded up

until you can get the glass replaced.

- Tyler, you need to tell Chief Connors about that temp you hired.

It's important.

- I wish Tyler would get here with

that plywood so we could leave.

Philby, what were you doing up there?

We just got shot at and you're like surfing the net.

- I sent an e-mail to an old colleague.

Back in the day

he knew something about

our secret troop movements

in Cambodia. - Do you know something about

Jim Carter or Jim Wolfe?

- I'm just fishing, who knows.

He might come up with something.

Let me ask you a question.

- Sounds serious.

- How come you didn't tell Chief Connors

that Jim Carter was also a man named Jim Wolfe?

- Because he would have brushed it off.

You know how he feels about anyone

who has anything to do with The Haven.

I haven't told Cassie about Carter's alias.

She'd be obligated to tell Chief Connors.

- Well, when do you plan to tell her?

- As soon as we have more answers than questions.

But I am going to have her help me find Jim's daughter.

[car horn]

- There's Tyler.

- Someone shoots out the glass of your front door

and all you care about is Jim Carter's daughter.

- Her name is Kerry.

Jim told me he left her mom before she was born.

He wasn't proud of that.

- I hope not.

- She's got to be near by.

I think Jim might have come here

to make amends with his daughter.

He wanted to give her his Silver Star.

- A Silver Star is for bravery above and beyond the call.

I have to get to court.

- I figure that Kerry could've been born in a local hospital

or christened in a local church,

but I can't get those records.

- I can. I'll start with all females born in what year?

- Late sixties, early seventies.

Kerry's mom wasn't married to Jim.

She didn't use his last name.

- Records that old are probably in storage.

It might take some time.

- Whatever it takes.

- Okay.

What have you got?

- Two men from Jim's unit went to Cambodia with him.

Alan Butler, now deceased and the other was

Tyler's father, Johnny Dell!

[Sam] Did you know that your father knew Jim Carter?

- Whoa, what! You're kidding!

- They served together in Vietnam.

- News to me.

Wow, I'll be darned.

Wait a minute! You think there could there be a connection

between my robbery and the Carter murder?

- Like what kind of connection?

- Well, whoever broke in stole mostly Dad's stuff.

Maybe whoever had a beef with this Carter guy

also had a beef with my dad.

- It's an interesting theory. Any idea who that might be?

- They were both in Vietnam. Maybe they ticked somebody off?

- Like who?

- Beats me. I wasn't there.

- What did your dad tell you about Vietnam?

- He didn't talk about the war.

He told me some funny stories about boot camp,

but that's about it.

- You said that some of your dad's stuff was stolen.

Anything related to Vietnam?

- Just account books and old family pictures.

Grandma and Grandpa.

Some old relatives I never even met.

- Who would break in to steal family pictures?

- Is that the only thing the robbers took?

- I'll check again. Maybe something else is missing.

- If you find anything just let us when you know.

- I will. If you'll excuse me.

- Don't you think it's time we clued in Chief Connors?

- No

- We're going to have to tell him sooner or later who Jim was.

- Later. - Samantha?

- Philby,

Jim gave me his Silver Star and his letter.

He trusted me to find his daughter

and give them to her.

I'm going to do it.

- You'll know where to find them.

They'll be downtown.

- Oh yeah, well I'm going to call my lawyer.

- I don't care about lawyers.

- I don't care what you care about.

- You're gonna to tell me where you're hiding this Eddie!

- I told you, I don't know any Eddie!

And you have no right to arrest men

who aren't breaking the law!

- I'm not arresting anybody.

I'm just detaining people that don't have proper ID.

And if I find out any of these guys have warrants on 'em.

I'm holding you responsible for harboring fugitives.

- Chief Connors, that's not fair.

- I'm not trying to be fair.

I'm trying to solve a murder.

- Can I ask you a question?

Did Jim Carter ever mention a Johnny Dell?

- No.If you'll excuse me,

I'm going down to the courthouse to help my men.

- Did you see the look on his face when I asked about Johnny?

- Yeah, he knows more than he's saying.

[doorbell]

Looks like the plumber took the day off.

- I'll be glad when the new glass is in the door.

And the plumbing is done.

- And Tyler's gone.

- I'm going start the next Ray Creekwater mystery.

At this rate I'll figure out what Jim was trying to tell me

oooh, in about twenty years.

- I'll leave you in peace.

- Philby.

I found our missing book!

It was in the Ray Creekwater section.

- Who could have put it there?

- And why?

- It had to be someone who was in the store,

the day the book went missing.

- Where was Jim Carter?

- He was looking through the books.

- Why would he take it, then hide it?

- And why would he stack it there?

- Jim knew that the books you were packing were valuable.

- And he heard me say I was shipping all the rare books.

What are you thinking?

- Jim knew we wouldn't stop

looking for this book until we found it.

He wanted us to find it.

- Yeah, but why?

- He said that he was leaving me a mystery

and he wasn't exaggerating.

But there has to be a reason

why it was on the Ray Creekwater shelf.

Tick-tock?

What is this?

- I don't know.

Tick-tock [Sam's phone rings]

- Hello.

- Hey Sam, it's me.

- I got a lead on Carter's daughter.

- What have you gotten?

- I found a nurse at Community General

that's worked maternity since 1970.

- She's still working? - She loves her job.

She kept a record of every birth in her career.

- And? - And she remembers one in particular.

- It was her second delivery. Single mom,

boyfriend deserted on her.

- A baby girl?

- Kerry, born June 17th 1970.

Her mother's name is Kathleen Moore.

- Do you have an address?

- Last known, 2240 Deerborn, Tatford, California.

- That's only like a half hour drive from here.

Cassie, thank you.

- You're welcome.

Hey, don't get your hopes up Sam.

- Too late.

We may have found the mother of Jim's daughter.

- I'm looking for Kerry Moore?

- She's not here.

- I'm Samantha Kinsey.

- I haven't heard from my daughter in years.

- You haven't? Why?

- Because she and my husband don't get along, okay.

- Excuse me, I really did not come here to cause trouble,

Mrs.Starkwell.

I have something for Kerry,

that her father wanted me to give her.

- Is Jim okay?

- He passed away.

I'm sorry.

Do you know where I can find Kerry.

- Last I heard.

She was in New York.

She's ah, she's a publishing executive.

If you find Kerry,

could you tell that,

her Mother misses her.

- I wouldn't get too relaxed.

A former military colleague of mine sent me a 5th Cavalry roster.

- Jim served most of his time in the Mekong Delta.

That's the name of his commanding officer.

- I would never have guessed.

Let's go

- Hi.

Where'd you get this?

- It doesn't matter.

- Whatever you tell us will not leave this room.

- Have a seat.

Please.

I'll tell you what I know.

What I heard.

What I saw.

- Jim Wolfe, Alan Butler, and Johnny Dell

were sent into Cambodia.

Since American troops weren't suppose to be in that area

their mission was top secret.

On their way out, they stumbled across a

wrecked Buddhist temple.

The Khmer Rouge did their best to destroy religion.

The boys poked through the Temple.

They found a religious statue, a Buddha.

The statue was decorated with a very large diamond.

They brought the statue back with them.

- The statue was a religious artifact?

- Yes.

The Khmer Rouge would have destroyed the statue and

taken the diamond.

- The boys wanted to keep it safe and then,

after the Khmer Rouge was gone,

return it to the Cambodians.

At least that was the plan.

- What happened?

- The Khmer Rouge didn't leave Cambodia.

- You said there were three men.

What happened to the third, Alan Butler?

- He died in Vietnam.

About that time

the plan to return the statue went the way of human greed.

Johnny Dell changed his mind about returning the statue.

Johnny talked Jim into a new plan.

They'd keep the diamond.

- That doesn't sound like Jim.

- He was a different guy back then.

They pried the diamond out of the statue

then started thinking of how to get it back home.

Alan Butler didn't want to go along.

- Odd man out.

What did Johnny and Jim want to do about Alan?

- Jim tried to talk to Alan.

Alan held out.

Jim was about to give up when something happened.

- What happened?

- How did Butler die?

- Don't lie to me. I know what you did on that patrol.

- You don't know nothing.

- You fragged Butler, that's what you did!

- You're out of your mind.

- Knock it off.

What's wrong with you?

Knock it off!

- I didn't know they had the diamond.

- When did you find out?

- When Jim showed up here.

He told me the rest of the story.

- Jim and Johnny kept going at each other

about who would carry the diamond.

On patrol, Jim made Johnny take the lead.

- Why don't you take one for a while Jim?

- What are you stopping for?

- Get up there.

- It's your day, go.

- They both knew that sooner or later,

one them would kill the other.

- Sniper! [yelling, rapid gunfire]

Then Jim came up with a plan.

They sent the diamond home

to a mutual friend with instructions to hide the box.

They asked him to send

the location of the hiding place to Jim

and the key to the hiding place to Johnny.

That way neither of them could find the diamond without the other.

- They must have really trusted this mutual friend.

- Yes, they did.

He was a very honest man.

- Then he came here to find that friend.

- No,

Jim knew that your Uncle had died a year ago.

- My Uncle?

- And Carter waited until Johnny Dell was gone.

- Johnny had threatened to kill Jim on sight. - Why?

- Jim spread the rumor that Johnny fragged Butler.

Nobody in the unit would trust him.

His buddies all turned against him.

Johnny never forgave Jim.

- At the time, Jim wanted the diamond.

I mean he couldn't have made some

kind of bargain with Johnny?

- Jim was wounded.

After Johnny had been rotated home,

Jim spent months in a VA hospital.

When he got out

he devoted himself to drinking for a lot of years.

- What changed him?

- He got sober.

- Jim told me he was a retired school teacher.

- He was.

He got sober, became a teacher and lived his life.

- And forgot about the diamond?

- He didn't forget.

He regretted the whole thing.

He wanted to return the diamond to its rightful owners.

- So he came here to get it?

- When he heard Johnny died,

he thought it was time.

First he had to make amends to his daughter

and then return the diamond if he could.

- I really appreciate you telling us all this.

- Thanks

- My Uncle was part of this?

- That explains why

Jim Carter was so interested in you and the book store.

- Jim put a key in the box that he left me.

That's got have something to do with where

my Uncle hid the diamond.

- And the key was sent to Johnny.

- The robbery at plumbing store!

Jim took the key!

- Hey, wha wait up!

I might know something,

really important about that dead guy.

- Yeah, and what's that?

- I ain't just going to hand it over for free.

What I know'll cost you a thousand bucks.

- No thanks.

- Okay, Wait up!

How 'bout seven-fifty.

Okay, okay, you can have it for five.

- Goodbye Murphy.

Our friend Reverend Tucker

is carrying a lot of baggage.

- You don't seem to be too surprised

that my Uncle has something to do with this.

- No

- I wonder if he hid it somewhere in the store.

- Obviously Carter thought he did.

- You mean, none of these clues have anything to do with Jim's daughter.

- It's the diamond!

- Tick-tock?

Watch?

Clock?

Time!

Philby.

Sands of Time.

[doorbell]

- You're here early.

- I took this home with me.

- It's a code?

- Numbers, connected by dashes.

I can't figure it out.

- A code has to be consistent or it doesn't work.

- So far every clue has been a reference to a Ray Creekwater Mystery.

- Hank Roman novels.

- But none of the book titles

have any remote connection to numbers.

- Code wasn't meant to be easy.

- Then this one is perfect.

Because, I haven't a clue.

- I have a friend at the agency.

I'll send this code over.

He use to breaks codes for the Cold War.

- Is he familiar with Ray Creekwater novels?

- No, he a Raymond Chandler kind of guy.

- I'll figure it out.

- Did you tell Cassie about the diamond?

Did you tell her about your Uncle?

- No.

[doorbell]

- Good morning.

- Where have you been?

- I had a little engine trouble with my truck

I just came in to let you know I'm going to fix your toilet.

But first I just have a few little things to do.

- Tyler! - Yeah.

- Where do you think you're going?

- Down to the donut shop to install a new water heater.

But I'll be back as soon as I can.

You know me Sam.

- That I do.

He'll be back, when pigs fly. -Yeah.

- Chocolate chip? Blueberry?

Or something sort of vanilla- ish with nuts?

- Yum.

What do you want from me?

- Well, isn't that cynical of you?

- So you don't want anything?

- I didn't say that.

- Well, then what do you want?

- Well, there's this man out at The Haven.

He's one of Reverend Tucker's guys.

His name is Murphy and he has a very, very bad attitude.

- How bad?

- Occasionally Reverend Tucker has to throw him out.

- Is he one of the men Chief Connors brought in?

- No. But I am pretty sure he has a record

and I need you to check him out for me.

- Without involving Chief Connors?

- Well, if he's wanted for something,

you can tell Chief Connors.

Tyler Dell says he picked up this

temporary workman out at The Haven named Eddie.

Reverend Tucker doesn't know any Eddie.

- So you think that Eddie might be Murphy?

- And that Murphy might have killed Jim Carter.

- My muffin.

- That is so rude.

You're rude!

Rude. Bye bye - Bye

[door turns, knocking]

- Who's there.

- Cassie.

- Cassie Hillman?

- Yes, open the door. [doorbell]

- I feel like a spy. On my way here,

I was actually looking over my shoulder.

- He has a very long rap sheet.

- His name Is Hilgard Murphy.

Complaints of drunk and disorderly conduct.

- He has a habit of going into liquor stores,

ordering a pint of their cheapest

and not coming up with the money.

He says he'll be there tomorrow with the rest.

- The store owner rousts Murphy who gets belligerent.

- The owner calls the cops and they throw him out.

- The last complaint was the night Jim Carter was killed.

He was at Waring's liquor store.

- That's a couple blocks from here.

That can't be coincidence.

- That's what I'm thinking.

Can I keep this?

For a little while? - Give it.

Give me it.

Thank you - That's all I get?

- That's it.

- Good morning, Samantha.

- Hey, Mr.Waring?

- I heard about the shooting the other night.

I'm sure it was kids.

It's always kids.

Luckily no one was hurt, or worse.

- Chief Connors is working on it.

Did a man named Murphy come in here a few nights ago?

- Yeah, he was here just before closing time,

around eleven o'clock.

Made a fool of himself.

Wanted to buy a half- pint for seventy-two cents.

- Did you throw him out or did you call the police?

- I couldn't toss him out by myself.

These days if you touch a guy,

who's trying to rob you,

you can get sued.

Everyone has a lawyer.

I called a cop.

- And was Murphy arrested?

- Murphy left before the cop even got here.

- Do you have any idea where he went after he left?

- No, just staggered on out.

- He was that drunk?

Okay, well thank you.

I appreciate your help. - Anytime.

[Cassie] Hello. - Hey Cassie, it's me.

I think you need to tell Chief Connors

to bring Murphy in for questioning.

- Murphy's already here.

Come on down.

- Okay, bye.

Connors released him?

- Yeah, he practically accused him of killing Carter,

but he wouldn't budge. - What about the liquor store?

- He admitted being there. - And? Cassie!

- And he went back to the Haven and passed out.

Connors pressed him about Eddie

but Murphy said he didn't know any Eddie.

- Waring said that Murphy was pretty drunk,

but he still could have killed Jim.

- If he did kill Jim in a robbery gone wrong,

why would he try to hide his identity

by destroying his fingerprints.

- With that scenario, no reason.

Honestly, Murphy knows more than he's saying

and I'm intend to find out what it is.

- Judge!

[Reverend] Get this whole area.

Hi Samantha.

- Hey. I came to talk to Murphy. Is he here?

- Yeah he's in the bunk area.

Do you want me to go with you.

- Nah, I can handle Murphy myself.

- Anyhow, Why don't you give me and the lady some privacy?

- You said you had some information on Jim Carter.

- It'll cost you.

- No, actually it will could cost you.

About five to ten.

You don't want me to tell Chief Connors

you've been selling forged ID's do you.

- Not me!

- Ten years ago you served time for selling forged currency,

mostly fifties, wasn't it?

- How do you know about that?

- I have friends.

So tell me about Jim Carter.

- I lied about being here all night,

the night he was killed.

- I'm listening.

- I was on my way to the liquor store

when I saw him near your book store.

So I followed him.

- Why did you follow him?

- I knew I would catch him doing something.

He was a hypocrite,

just like all those do gooders

and I was right.

He picked the lock and broke into your store.

- And then what happened?

- I didn't wait around to find out.

I was getting',

I was getting' thirsty so

I headed over to the liquor store.

Got in a beef and came back here.

- So tell me about Eddie.

- Eddie?

Eddie who? I don't know any Eddie!

- Come on Murphy.

Which man here is Eddie?

- Nobody.

- You never forged an ID for a man named Eddie?

- No.

That's the truth.

Ask these other guys around here.

There ain't no Eddie.

[doorbell]

- So, I went to the Haven like you asked me to.

No one seems to know anything about any Eddie.

- I know.

- I tend to believe them.

They all seem to want to help Reverend Tucker not hurt him.

- Jim broke in here and planted his clues.

He knew that someone else was after the diamond.

- Maybe it was this mysterious Eddie.

- Murphy's not Eddie. No one knows Eddie.

- Sam, I think we need to go back to the beginning.

To Jim Carter's murder.

Was there anything at all that stood out? Anything obvious?

- Jim left this in 'Sands of Time.'

It's a page word code.

- So, how does it work?

- The first number is the page of the book.

The second number is the word.

Like 128-36. Its page 128 word 36th word.

Corners.

- So, what did you come up with?

- "Devil rises dry over Four Corners."

- Devil rises dry...? What does that mean?

- It means Jim left me a riddle.

Four Corners is the Navajo reservation in Utah.

- Right, that's where Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado meet.

- I shot a those pictures out at Four Corners.

Pretty desolate.

So what do you think the riddle means?

- Could be a reference to a Navajo ritual.

- I have gotta get back to work.

- Okay.I'll call you if I get a flash.

- Okay.

- Hey, thanks for your help. - Hmm mmm.

And thanks for the coffee.

- You're welcome

[doorbell]

- What are you doing?

- I'm just going to measure

so I can order some new drywall.

- Okay, I'm going out for a little while.

Be careful.

- I gotcha covered, Sam.

- Hey, I can't stay.

Philby is still at the dentist

and I left the 'one man wrecking crew'

at the store alone.

- Why did you hire that guy?

- I told you.

His bid was lowest

and he lost his dad.

I just felt bad for him.

- You're such a sucker.

Take a look at these photos.

- See the jagged shape at one end of the wound?

- Yeah, one side is jagged,

the other side is rectangular.

- Whoever killed Jim Carter used a weapon

that was broken on one end. - A knife?

- It's too small and too deep for a knife.

- What is it?

- We're still trying to figure it out.

You want to go get some ice cream?

- No. Call me!

- No ice cream.

- Call me.

[doorbell]

- How was your trip to the dentist.

- Wonderful.

Pain is my mistress and she never leaves me.

- Tyler's here.

What is he doing?

- He's in the bathroom,

up on a ladder,

measuring the top of a the wall.

- To fix a sink?

[crash]

Oh no.

- I'm okay. Nothing broken.

- What did you do?

- I must have grabbed at the ceiling when I started to fall.

It just...

- Came down.

- My crew will clean this mess up.

- When? - First thing in the morning.

- How about now?

- Well, they're on the Ferguson job.

- Now!

- Okay, I'll call them.

- And you will stay until they get here

and wait until they're done.

- Geez.

Pete, get over to the bookstore.

Nah, I don't care about the Ferguson job,

get over here now.

- Philby.

- Yeah.

- The Devil rises over Four Corners.

- A dust devil!

It's ingenious!

- Samantha.

A box within a box,

the laurel's victory crowns death.

- It's another riddle!

[crash from bathroom]

Okay, I can't thing.

We have to get out of here.

- Well, ff it's any consolation,

I once knew a couple whose

kitchen remodeling took thirty-four months.

- Consolation! That's a nightmare!

- All I'm just saying is that

Tyler's been at it less than a week.

- You know what bothers me

is that he lied.

He said he was going to re- plumb and that's all.

- Maybe he's just inept.

- Well that too, but he also lied.

He said he wanted to take down the ceiling and he did!

He said wanted to take out the sink and he did it.

He has done everything I asked him not to do.

- This is a small town.

I'd be surprised if he'd want to risk bad word of mouth.

- Philby. - What is it?

- We've been looking for a guy named Eddie.

Who told us about Eddie?

In fact who's the only person who had ever seen Eddie?

- Tyler Dell... Johnny Dell's son.

- Eddie doesn't exist.

- Carter had his fingerprints were eradicated with Muriatic acid.

The kind that plumbers use

to clear pipes.

- I'm calling Chief Connors.

Hi, this is Samantha Kinsey.

Can I please speak to Chief Connors?

[ominous music]

- Tyler lied about hiring Eddie.

He wanted to throw suspicion off of himself

and he knew that Chief Connors didn't like the men at The Haven

and sure enough, Chief Connors took his bait.

- Tyler said his father said nothing about Vietnam before he died.

Do we believe him? - I'm sure Tyler's dad told him the story,

about my Uncle,

Jim, the diamond, everything.

- And Carter must have figured that when he saw Dell's plumbing at your store.

That's why he planted the clues.

Just in case.

- Exactly.

- And then when he saw Jim's 5th Cav. tattoo,

he figured he must be Wolfe

and he was here for the diamond.

- And then when his shop got robbed,

Tyler thought that Jim must have had taken the key.

So se followed him and killed him.

- He took Jim's wallet thinking the key was in it.

- But when the key wasn't there,

Tyler thought that Jim must have stashed it in Mystery Woman.

- But after the robbery.

The cops went all through this place.

- He wouldn't have left anything in the office.

Lockers?

- Let's take a look.

- Here it is.

- A screwdriver.

- It's the murder weapon.

Cassie said it was metal,

broken and would produce a deep wound.

- Yeah but you know what Tyler will say.

- That anybody could have planted it in his locker.

So how do we prove that Tyler did it?

- Well, this will be hard for him to explain.

- He was there when you got the call from Bonnie.

He knew Carter left something for you.

- So he mugged me and took the box thinking

that the key and possibly directions were inside.

- And Murphy saw Carter break into the store

the night he was killed.

- But he wasn't looking for the diamond

he was actually planting the clues.

And then I had the key

so just in case something happened to him.

- And something did happen,

Tyler was following him

and killed him inside the store.

- And then he dumped the body at the Haven

to shift the blame to the non-existent Eddie.

[gun cock]

- Looks like you have it all figured out.

- I'm sorry you two came here.

- Tyler,

you're the one who shot at us.

You weren't trying to kill us.

You were just wanted to scare us.

- It didn't work.

Sam, you're very good at this.

You shouldn't sell mystery books,

you should write them.

- What are you going to do Tyler?

- We wait until dark.

Then we go to the book store

and you show me were the diamond is hidden.

- We don't know where it is.

- Yes you do, don't lie to me.

- It's not a lie.

- That diamond is rightfully mine now and I want it.

- What are you going to do Tyler?

You gonna kill us too?

- Stop talking to me.

- Tyler put the gun down. [approaching sirens]

- Don't move, either of you.

[police sirens, cars arriving]

- That's Chief Connors.

- What are you going to do Tyler?

- Put it down! Put it down!

Put your weapon down! [repeats]

- Fold your hand.

- All right,

all right, don't shoot.

- Step forward.

Cuff him and read him.

Are you okay? - Yeah.

- I suppose you two have this all figured out.

- There's still one more piece to this puzzle.

What was written on the back of that photograph?

- A box within a box.

The laurel's victories crowns death.

- Why does that sound so familiar?

- The Roman poet

Virgil.

He died around 19 BC.

His works were borrowed by modern authors.

Maxwell Chandler

he borrowed heavily from him when he wrote.

- The Norte Dame Murders!

- Page one hundred and fifteen.

- The laurel's victory crowns death.

Perhaps now one can see what the gargoyle sees.

- Your Uncle asked me to never move that.

- Where is he looking?

It couldn't be this simple.

- Hiding in plan sight.

- A box within a box.

It's magnificent.

- It's magnificent

enough to kill for.

- Jim wanted this to go back from where it came.

- Consider it done.

- I'll tell you Samantha.

I am so glad this matter is over.

- So am I.But I have one more question.

After Jim had the key,

he had everything he needed.

So why didn't he just go get the diamond?

- He knew he was being followed.

He didn't want to go straight to the diamond

until he could deal with whoever was following him.

- So, returning the diamond and closure with his daughter was more important.

- I guess intentions count for something.

- In this case they count for a lot.

- The meeting is over.

- Hey Rev.New guy got to clean the coffee pot?

- That's how it works.

- I'm gonna get dish pan hands.

- Sounds like you're getting with the program?

- I know when I'm licked.

I give up.

- He sounds like a man who just lost a battle.

- Oh, you just saw that white flag he was waving.

- I wish him the best.

Hi, Chief.

- Ms.Kinsey.

Here Reverend.

I was cleaning out the garage.

I figured instead of throw'n 'em out,

maybe your bum...

the men could get some use out of it.

- That's very kind of you Chief Connors.

- Yeah.

- I suppose that's his way of apologizing.

- I think that's as close as he'll ever get.

- Yeah.

[doorbell]

- Hi.

- Hi.

I'm looking for Samantha Kinsey.

- I'm Samantha.

- I got your letter.

I'm Kerry Wolfe.

- It's nice to meet you.

- You said you have something to tell me about my father.

- I have a lot to tell you.

The first and foremost he loved you very much.

- He wanted you to have this.

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