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00:00Melissa James had no enemies, but somebody broke into her house and strangled her.
00:09We have information that could help you.
00:11My darling, darling, we have to tell the world about the love we share.
00:15This is not addressed to her husband.
00:17Mr. Marsh has suggested that he and Miss James are more than business partners.
00:21We had a very close relationship.
00:24She said that the hotel was crooked.
00:26An eyehole concealed in the wall.
00:28980,000 pounds.
00:31You are the sole beneficiary.
00:33He's my brother, I've got to tell him.
00:35I've got an interview.
00:37It's an independent publishing company and I know the CEO.
00:40Good luck.
00:41I'm hoping to speak to Stefan Leonido.
00:43He's in jail in Norfolk.
00:44I have a friend who works with the prison service.
00:47You can take whatever money the Traherns are stupid enough to pay you and get the hell out of here.
00:51But if I see you again, I will arrest you.
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01:27Oh, it was here.
01:28I knew it was.
01:29Cecily, what are you looking for?
01:31The pen.
01:32My dad's pen.
01:33He lent it to me for tomorrow.
01:35Why do you need it?
01:36Something borrowed.
01:38Ceci, relax.
01:39We can just find something else.
01:41It was expensive and he'd never even used it.
01:44You could have taken it.
01:48Hey.
01:50You're not having second thoughts, are you?
01:54No.
01:56Look, this is what we're going to do.
01:58We have this party this evening, but first,
02:01we're going to have a quiet drink.
02:03Just the two of us.
02:06And we're going to watch the sun come down, all right?
02:09I don't want to drink too much tonight.
02:11One is not going to hurt you.
02:14I wish Dad had closed the hotel for the wedding.
02:17Well, the wedding's here all the time.
02:19Nobody's ever complained.
02:21I know, but this one's special.
02:23I'm glad you think so.
02:25I can't believe that this time tomorrow
02:27we'll be on our way to Antigua.
02:29And marry.
02:35Oh, God.
02:37Aidan.
02:38Miss Parrott.
02:39What can I do for you?
02:41Well, you can start by introducing me to your lovely fiancée.
02:45Cecily, this is the guest that I mentioned to you,
02:47the one who didn't like his room.
02:49Ah, yes. I hope your new one's all right.
02:51Oh, it's perfect.
02:52Well, almost perfect.
02:55This is for you.
02:56Sorry.
02:57It isn't working.
02:58Have you had it next to your phone?
03:00That can demagnetise them.
03:02No, I don't think so.
03:04But I can see that I'm intruding.
03:06Can I offer you my congratulations for tomorrow?
03:09And I understand there's a party this evening.
03:11Yes, I hope it won't disturb you.
03:13Oh, not at all.
03:14I'm actually going out.
03:15There's an opera being performed at Snape Malting.
03:18What opera's that?
03:19Mozart.
03:21The Marriage of Figaro.
03:23One of my favourites.
03:29God, what a creep.
03:31Better get him a new key.
03:33I'm sure.
03:34There is one thing, though.
03:37Yeah, what's that?
03:38The opera he mentioned.
03:40The Marriage of Figaro.
03:41What about it?
03:43I was looking at the programme just yesterday.
03:46If he's going to Snape Malting tonight, he's wasting his time.
03:49It's not on.
04:20Oh, my God!
04:24Oh, my God!
04:33Oh, my God!
04:49Oh, my God!
05:02Craig Andrews!
05:03Susan!
05:05Oh.
05:06Wonderful to see you.
05:07Oh, this is so kind.
05:08Not at all.
05:09It's a pleasure.
05:10Where's your car?
05:11I'm in a bay round the corner.
05:13Perfect.
05:14Come on in.
05:16I hope I haven't disturbed your writing.
05:18How long was the drive down?
05:20About two hours.
05:21That's not bad.
05:22Still got that little red MG.
05:23Yeah, afraid so.
05:25Would you like some coffee?
05:27Yeah, I'd love some.
05:31These are for Louise.
05:33Louise.
05:34Oh, God.
05:37Didn't I tell you?
05:38What?
05:39She's not here.
05:42We, um...
05:44We went our separate ways.
05:49Right.
05:50When?
05:51Uh, last year.
05:54You didn't say anything on the phone.
05:56Well, I assumed you knew.
05:58No.
05:59Oh.
06:00I feel a bit embarrassed now.
06:01Um...
06:03I hope you don't feel, um, uncomfortable staying here.
06:07Oh, no, not at all.
06:09There's a hotel up the road.
06:10No, no.
06:11No, I'll be fine.
06:13It's just, you know, if I'd have known...
06:15Well, I love flowers.
06:17Oh!
06:18There you go.
06:20Mmm.
06:21Why don't you make yourself comfortable?
06:23Um, your room's at the top of the stairs,
06:25first door on the right.
06:26Okay.
06:27I'll get the coffee on.
06:28Sure.
06:29So, what happened?
06:31What, me and Louise?
06:32Mm.
06:33You know what it's like being married to a writer.
06:35What?
06:36I'm not sure there's a more selfish,
06:38inward-looking profession in the world.
06:40Anyway, we had three good years,
06:42and, um, then she met someone else.
06:44I'm sorry.
06:45No, don't be.
06:46I mean, we're still good friends,
06:48and, um, I'm very happy.
06:51This house, the books,
06:53which I owe it all to you, by the way.
06:55Oh, Craig, that's not true.
06:57Well, you found me.
06:58You encouraged me.
06:59Somehow you made the books, um...
07:01Bestsellers?
07:03Exactly.
07:04You and Alan Conway.
07:06Yeah, I was sorry about Clover Books.
07:08Me too.
07:09I'm looking for another job.
07:11Well, anyone in their right mind would snap you up.
07:14Actually, I've got an interview today.
07:16Oh, really? Who with?
07:17Parker Chance. Do you know them?
07:19They're an independent.
07:20They're small, but, you know, successful.
07:23I thought you were happy in Crete.
07:25I am, but I miss publishing.
07:27What does Andreas think about all of this?
07:33It's not easy.
07:36God, we've got so much to catch up on.
07:38Why don't we do it over supper?
07:40There's this new little bistro that's opened up
07:42just around the corner, if you're up for it.
07:44It's very informal.
07:45Yeah, I'd... I'd like that.
07:48Great.
07:49Oh, by the way, I managed to track down your prisoner, um...
07:54Stefan Leonida.
07:56He's being held in H&P Waystone in Norfolk.
07:59Right. Um...
08:00Can you get me in?
08:02As it happens, I know the governor.
08:04Basically, I've added you to their literacy programme.
08:07Obviously, there are some forms to fill in
08:09and Mr Leonida has to agree to a one-to-one.
08:11Brilliant. Thank you.
08:13I'm glad to help.
08:14Did you know that last year my books were the third most popular in prison
08:17after James Patterson and Geoffrey Archer?
08:19I'm not surprised.
08:21Well, you know.
08:42What are you talking about, Andreas?
08:44I don't have the money.
08:45Come on, Yannis.
08:47You know I can't make it without Susan.
08:50I know you.
08:51I know you too.
08:53But I need her.
08:55I can't fight her without her.
08:57Did you spill something in your coffee?
08:59No.
09:00I'm leaving for England tomorrow.
09:04I'll talk to her and if she doesn't want to come back with me,
09:07I'll probably stay there.
09:12Like you.
09:14Kind of funky.
09:23Susan.
09:24Nathan.
09:25Sorry to keep you waiting.
09:26Oh.
09:27Great to see you again.
09:28And you.
09:29How are you?
09:30Yeah, I'm good, thank you.
09:31Please, come on up.
09:33So you've been in Athens.
09:35How long is it now?
09:36Oh, a year.
09:37And actually, it's Crete.
09:38Yes.
09:39That's it.
09:40And you've been running a hotel.
09:42Mm.
09:43The Trifoli.
09:44Yes, it's Greek for clover.
09:46Andreas named it after...
09:48Clover books.
09:51I was very sorry to hear about what happened.
09:53Yeah.
09:54Yeah, it was horrible.
09:55So, you want to come back?
09:57That's why I'm here.
09:59Yeah, I miss publishing.
10:01And I heard you were looking for a senior editor.
10:04If you don't mind, I'll just say right from the off,
10:07I feel a little awkward.
10:09A little awkward interviewing you, Susan.
10:12Oh.
10:14I thought it was just a conversation between two friends,
10:17one of whom had given the other his first job in publishing 15 years ago.
10:21I'm still grateful.
10:22You don't need to be.
10:24You did a brilliant job.
10:26OK, then.
10:28Look, as a friend, I'll be honest with you, Susan,
10:31I'd love to have you on board.
10:32If it was my decision, you'd start tomorrow.
10:35But I'll have to talk to my partners.
10:37Persuade them.
10:38But they don't know you.
10:39But they know Alan Conway.
10:4218 million copies sold.
10:44I mean, they've heard of the White Dagger series.
10:47They've read Craig Andrews.
10:49Alan Conway's dead.
10:51White Dagger's out of print.
10:53And even Craig Andrews doesn't sell like he used to.
10:58Well, that's told me, I suppose.
11:00I don't mean to do that.
11:01I'm just saying, you've been away for a year, Susan,
11:05and things have been changing very fast.
11:07The people, the industry...
11:08Are you saying I'm out of touch?
11:10I didn't say that.
11:11I think you implied it.
11:13OK, then, fine.
11:14Let me ask you something.
11:15Do you have an Instagram account?
11:18No.
11:19Are you on TikTok?
11:20No.
11:21What do you think of Romantici?
11:22Why do you ask?
11:2340 million copies sold, mainly through BookTok.
11:26I'm not on BookTok, either.
11:27That's what I mean.
11:28That's what I'm talking about.
11:30No, what you're talking about is genre fiction.
11:32Romantici may sell millions, but...
11:35You're really a fan?
11:37I'm a fan of the sales.
11:39And some of the biggest writers in the world aren't writers,
11:42in the old-school sense, not any more.
11:45They're influencers.
11:46Ah, right, yeah, OK.
11:48Do you really believe that?
11:50Do you?
11:53Times have changed, yes.
11:54Of course they have.
11:55But you know as well as I do that what sells books
11:58isn't social media in any shape or form.
12:01It's writers who can tell stories
12:03that mean something to people's lives.
12:05That's my world.
12:06And if you want to make me feel like I'm Methuselah's great-aunt,
12:09then I'm disappointed in you, because that is not who I am,
12:12and it's not how you were when you started out.
12:17OK, then.
12:20All right, let me ask you something else,
12:22if you want to talk old-school.
12:25We're publishing a crime novel by Lucy Foley.
12:28Very good.
12:29Here's the cover.
12:31What do you think?
12:32It's a good title, I like the colours,
12:34but I'm not sure about the image.
12:36Why not?
12:37Because it's crass and clichéd and it's actually rather horrible.
12:42Lucy Foley's an intelligent writer.
12:44She needs this sort of an image, like a hole in the head,
12:46which is actually what it shows.
12:47Well, our marketing team liked it.
12:49Well, they're wrong.
12:50Lucy's readers use their brains.
12:52They don't need to see them splattered all over the page.
12:56And it was my idea.
12:59Well, I don't think it's a good one.
13:04We'll let you know.
13:06I think you already have.
13:09Is everything all right, Richard?
13:11Yes, very good.
13:12Top of the morning to you.
13:16We'll have a bottle of the Chablis Premier Cru.
13:21Perfect.
13:22Thanks.
13:24I shouldn't be drinking at lunchtime.
13:26Richard will be mad with me.
13:27I'm not going to be.
13:29I'm not going to be.
13:30I'm not going to be.
13:31I'm not going to be.
13:32I'm not going to be.
13:33I'm not going to be.
13:34I'm not going to be.
13:35I'm not going to be.
13:36I'm not going to be.
13:37Who's Richard?
13:39My current live-in.
13:42Actually, it's more than that.
13:43We're thinking of getting married.
13:44God, isn't that awful?
13:46Must be getting old.
13:48You've done very well for yourself.
13:50Me and Alan Conway did well for me.
13:53I got two million for that house, Susan.
13:57Wow.
13:58Did you ever think I was the one who did him in?
13:59Oh, you were my number one suspect.
14:01Glad to hear it.
14:03Poor Alan.
14:04Poor Alan.
14:06Even after all this time, it's still hard to believe he was murdered.
14:10Mm, it is.
14:13Oh, it's good to see you again, James.
14:15Coffee.
14:17Yeah, that's fine. Just pour it.
14:21Now, second murder.
14:23Oh.
14:23You never stop, do you?
14:25Well, the whole world believes that a Romanian hotel worker,
14:30Stefan Leonida, killed Frank Paris.
14:33Cecily Traherne had her doubts, and now she's disappeared.
14:37Now, it may be that Alan hid something in the book,
14:41and you knew him better than anyone.
14:43Yeah, well, I knew Frank Paris, too.
14:46Did you?
14:46God, yes.
14:48In the bad old days, when I was working,
14:51Frank took me to bed maybe half a dozen times at 300 quid a pop.
14:59To be honest, he wasn't a very nice man, Susan.
15:02In what way?
15:03He liked to have all the power.
15:06He liked to play games.
15:09Not to all my cup of tea, but he was paying top wax, so I didn't complain.
15:14And actually, I should be grateful to Frank.
15:16It was Frank who introduced me to Alan.
15:18That was before Alan came out?
15:20Well, yeah, long before.
15:21Alan was gay, obviously, but he didn't want anyone to know it.
15:25He'd just finished his second book, and he was married.
15:28He was terrified if anyone found out about him, it would just ruin his career.
15:32But it's Frank who changed all that.
15:34In what way?
15:35Frank was a sort of mentor to him, encouraging him to explore his sexuality.
15:44So Frank introduced you to Alan to help him?
15:48Absolutely. I was part of his therapy.
15:55I quite liked Alan when I first met him.
15:57He was so unsure of himself.
16:00It was only much later, when Alan's book sales went ballistic, he became a monster.
16:06Alan, you're gay, you like men, why don't you just admit it?
16:12I have a wife and son.
16:14And you think they don't suspect that maybe something isn't quite right?
16:18What do they think that Daddy's doing in London on his own half the time?
16:21It's not just that.
16:23I work in a school.
16:25Alan, there are hundreds of gay teachers out there.
16:29It doesn't make them dangerous or predatory.
16:32They're just scared, and you're making excuses, and you don't see it, but you're harming your own life.
16:36Be what you are. Be happy.
16:40I've got to dash. Leo's waiting for me outside.
16:43Why didn't you invite him?
16:44I'm spending enough on him as it is without buying him dinner.
16:48Nice to see you again, James.
16:50Look after my friend.
16:52I'm not just a commodity, you know.
16:54Actually, that's exactly what you are.
17:00But you're a very nice one.
17:05Have fun.
17:09That was the last time I saw Frank Paris.
17:13We were sitting at that table over there.
17:17Alan became a regular client of mine, and then we became an item.
17:20Finally, he came out of the closet.
17:22Of course, nobody gave a damn. Welcome to the 21st century.
17:25Tell me about Leo. Did you ever meet him?
17:27No.
17:29I'd heard his name mentioned quite a lot on the circuit.
17:31Alan met him with Frank a couple of times.
17:34He used to say Leo was much sexier than me.
17:37Exactly the sort of thing he would say.
17:40Nothing else?
17:41Not really.
17:43Do you know where he came from?
17:46Actually, maybe I do.
17:48I have a feeling he was Australian.
17:50Why do you say that?
17:52Alan made a joke about him once.
17:54He said Leo had just got back from Melbourne,
17:57so he was probably in bed with jet lag.
18:00Oh.
18:02You know, Alan's third book was dedicated to them.
18:07For Frank and Leo in remembrance.
18:11What do you think he meant?
18:14Maybe Leo died.
18:16AIDS was still killing loads of young men.
18:18Even then, 2013, 500 a year.
18:21Leo disappeared off the scene. That could have been why.
18:25I take it you never read the book.
18:27I never read any of them.
18:28Until I was in them.
18:29I only showed up in book number five.
18:31But I have got something that may help you.
18:34I managed to dig these out for you.
18:36They're the notes Alan made when he was riding out
18:38at Cospun Takes the Cakes.
18:39That's exactly what I wanted. Thank you.
18:42It's even better than that.
18:44I found all the interviews he did when he visited the hotel.
18:47Brand new all?
18:48Yes. He spoke to loads of people,
18:50and they're all on these memory sticks.
18:52Imagine that. You can actually hear Alan's voice again.
18:56That'll be an experience.
18:57I'll bet. You can keep it all.
19:00It's no use to me.
19:02Anyway, I suppose we should have a toast to Alan.
19:05No. To you and Richard.
19:09I hope you'll be very happy together.
19:17I hope you'll be very happy together.
19:47Do you mind if I record this?
20:16I don't know, really. Why do you want to?
20:19I like to keep a note of everything I do.
20:22I take it you know who I am.
20:24Oh, I can't say I do. I'm sorry.
20:27Alan Conway.
20:30Well, I'm a writer. You might have heard of me.
20:32Are you a journalist?
20:34It's been six weeks since the death of Mr. Parrish,
20:36and we've still got journalists turning up all the time.
20:39Some of them have even booked rooms.
20:42I don't think we really have any more to say.
20:45I am not a journalist.
20:47I used to teach at Woodbridge School,
20:49but I've just given him my notice.
20:50I'm a full-time writer now. Fiction.
20:53I write detective stories.
20:54Oh, yes. Yes, I'm sorry.
20:57I don't really have much time for literature.
21:01I was also a very close friend of Frank Parrish.
21:07Well, I'm very sorry.
21:10We were all shocked by what happened, you can imagine.
21:14I was thinking of writing a story based on what happened here.
21:18A novel? Yes.
21:20Oh, I'm not sure I'd feel very comfortable being in a book.
21:24Oh, I wouldn't do that.
21:26I never use real people in my books,
21:28and certainly not without their permission.
21:32Oh, it's room, uh, 30 Mover.
21:45Interview with Cecily Trehearne, 24th of July, 2015.
21:52Can I just start by saying how sorry I was to hear about what happened?
21:58And on your wedding day, of all days?
22:02Did you manage to get away?
22:04No, we had to postpone.
22:06Oh.
22:07We hope to go to Antigua in a couple of weeks.
22:09Oh, thank you.
22:13I'm sure it will be lovely when you get there.
22:16How well did you know Mr Parrish, Mr Conway?
22:20Oh, no, Alan, please.
22:22Well, he was a very good friend.
22:26Although I hadn't seen him for a couple of years after he went to Australia.
22:30Did you know he was coming back to this country?
22:32No.
22:33I did hear about the collapse of his business.
22:36It was sad.
22:38Frank was a very generous man.
22:40He was quite a difficult guest.
22:42In what way?
22:43Didn't like his room, complained about the food.
22:46And I'd be interested to know, did he have a habit of making things up?
22:50What do you mean?
22:51Well, there were two things.
22:52First, he said his room key wasn't working.
22:55But later on when we checked it, it was absolutely fine.
22:58And there was something else that was strange.
23:00What was that?
23:01He told everyone he was going to the opera
23:03to see the Marriage of Figaro in Snape.
23:05Made a big thing of it.
23:06But it was nonsense.
23:08We actually double-checked and it wasn't on.
23:10Figaro.
23:12Why do you want to know all this, Alan?
23:14To be honest, I'm a little bit stuck with my newest book.
23:19I thought it might give me a few ideas.
23:21But don't worry, I'm not going to write about any of you.
23:24I'm setting my new book in Devon.
23:27Tell me about Stefan Leonido.
23:30He's on remand.
23:32His trial's coming up in a few months.
23:34Do you think he did it?
23:36Well, there was money in his room
23:38and Derek saw him in the corridor the night it happened, so...
23:40Derek is your night manager, yes?
23:43Yes, but it's all irrelevant.
23:45The police tell me he's made a full confession.
23:48Well, you don't sound so sure.
23:50I liked Stefan.
23:52I trusted him.
23:53He had a criminal record.
23:55He wasn't the only young offender working in the hotel.
23:57My father was running a programme.
23:59So who else?
24:01I don't think it's fair to give out names.
24:03No, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked.
24:06Cecily?
24:08This is Aidan, my husband.
24:11Yes, we've met.
24:13I showed Mr Conway to his room.
24:15I hope it's all right.
24:17Fine, thank you.
24:20Alan's been asking me about the murder.
24:22Yes.
24:24I was told you were talking to Lawrence.
24:27We had a brief chat.
24:29Forgive me, Mr Conway, I know who you are and what you write,
24:32but it's my job to look after the interests of this hotel.
24:35And all in all, I don't think we need any more publicity.
24:38Then I really don't think you could stop me writing what I want.
24:42No, but I can politely ask you to stop asking intrusive questions.
24:47No offence meant.
24:52Aidan...
24:54No.
24:58Archie...
25:00No.
25:04Algernon.
25:07Yes.
25:12Algernon Marsh had no decency,
25:15no scruples,
25:17and no loyalty to anyone.
25:22This was something his brother-in-law, Dr Leonard Collins,
25:25was about to discover.
25:27You are a swine, Leonard.
25:30You weren't going to tell me.
25:33How dare you search through my desk?
25:35I was looking for the bus timetable.
25:38This is what I found.
25:40The last will and testament of Clarissa Marsh,
25:44late of Brooklyn, New York.
25:47£980,000.
25:49She left it to Samantha.
25:51Not to you.
25:53She was my aunt too.
25:55She saw you for what you were, Algernon.
25:58And so did Melissa.
26:00Those shares you were selling her weren't worth the paper they were printed on.
26:03How do you know that?
26:05She told me.
26:07She knew you were lying to her.
26:10Well, you'd know a thing or two about lying, wouldn't you, Leonard?
26:14I don't know what you're talking about.
26:16£980,000.
26:19She didn't want you to have the money.
26:21And there is nothing you can do about it.
26:24See, that's where I think you might be wrong, Leonard.
26:27You can talk to Samantha.
26:29You can persuade her to divide it two ways.
26:3250-50.
26:34Why in God's name would I do that?
26:36Because there are things that Melissa told me about you, Leonard.
26:40Things that might make my sister see you in a very different light.
26:45Are you threatening me?
26:47Do you know, I think I might be.
26:51I might be.
26:53Where is Samantha now?
26:55In the church?
26:57Because that might make a very good place to have a little chat.
27:02So, eight years ago, Alan Conway visits Brando Hall.
27:22He talks to Lawrence, he talks to Aidan and Cecily, to Derek.
27:27And he must have met Derek's mother, too, because she's in the book.
27:31And he turns them all into caricatures.
27:36Shall we get another one?
27:39Oh, my God, have we finished yet?
27:41It's been that sort of day, hasn't it?
27:45Just a glass.
27:47Excuse me.
27:48Two more glasses, please.
27:53He must have known who killed Frank Paris.
27:55Yeah, but it might have been...
27:57Oh, God, what was his name again?
27:59Stefan...
28:00Leonida.
28:01Yeah.
28:02Well, yeah, except if it was Stefan, it would have been an open-shut case.
28:06And DS Locke would have actually got it right for once.
28:09But I just don't think that would have interested Alan.
28:11No, it's quite a puzzle.
28:13No.
28:14Why did Alan have to be so bloody inscrutable?
28:17Inscrutable.
28:19I love that word.
28:20So Edgar Wallace.
28:21Oh, God, don't tell me you used to read him.
28:23Pulp Fiction. I loved him.
28:25I was about five.
28:29Do you have to go back to Suffolk tomorrow?
28:33I'm working for the Traherns.
28:35I'm on the payroll.
28:37They won't miss you for one more day, will they?
28:40I need to see Katie again.
28:43I'm worried about her. There's something she isn't telling me.
28:46I said we'd have supper.
28:48I'll be honest with you, Susan.
28:50It's really great to see you again.
28:56Hello, madam.
29:00Cheers.
29:02Cheers.
29:06She's always been the sensible one.
29:09Is she older than you?
29:11No. Younger.
29:13Oh, God.
29:15But Katie's married, she's got two children,
29:18she's got a sensible job.
29:23Part of me's always envied her.
29:25Well, I would have said that Crete was much more of an adventure.
29:29Yeah, you would have thought so.
29:32It hasn't really turned out like that.
29:35Here we are.
29:36Shall we have a little nightcap?
29:39Why not?
29:44Oh, wow.
29:48So, will you go back?
29:51Where?
29:52Crete.
29:53Um...
29:56I don't know.
29:58No.
30:01I don't think so.
30:03Sorry.
30:07No, you're right. You need to go back to Italy.
30:10Huh?
30:11Yeah.
30:12My books were so much better when you were working on them.
30:15That's not true.
30:18You should tell Parker Chance...
30:23that if they give you a job,
30:26I'll come over to them.
30:28Oh, well.
30:30I think they'd like that.
30:32Hm.
30:39I've really missed you, Susan.
30:41Oh.
30:49What are you doing?
30:53Don't tell me I've offended you.
30:57No.
30:59No, no, you haven't offended me.
31:01But I...
31:02But what?
31:03No, I...
31:08I'm really grateful.
31:09Craig, I... I am.
31:11But I'm still with Andreas, so...
31:14But you just told me...
31:16No, no, no, no, no.
31:18Oh, come on.
31:20Look, you're fed up with Craig, you're fed up with the hotel...
31:23Yes, but I'm not fed up with him.
31:25Then why have you been leading me on?
31:29What?
31:34No, I...
31:35No, Craig, you have completely misread this.
31:41It's not... I don't think that I have.
31:43Craig.
31:45I did not come here.
31:48Right, I think I'm going to have to...
31:50Oh, God.
31:51I'm going to have to go.
31:53What? No, no, you can't go.
31:55You're too drunk to drive.
31:56I'm going to get a cab.
31:58Oh, God.
32:17Taxi!
32:24Hi.
32:26Nearest hotel, please.
32:39Hi. Hi.
32:40Can I book a room? Yes, of course.
32:42Please, for the night.
32:45Where's my phone?
32:47My phone.
32:49Where's my...
32:51Oh, my God.
32:53I must have left it in the cab.
32:57Great.
33:01God.
33:22Oh, God.
33:44I have to say, this is very good of you, Mr Punt.
33:47Oh, the pleasure is all mine.
33:49It's one of the benefits of being a private investigator,
33:52that it is the client who pays.
33:54I'll send the bill to Mr Schultz.
33:56And who is that?
33:58He was Melissa James's agent.
34:00Her American agent.
34:03It's he who employed me.
34:04Well, I'm glad you're here.
34:06This case is a right puzzler and no mistake.
34:09Nothing makes any sense.
34:10Oh, I do not agree.
34:12Certainly on one level it's complicated,
34:14but on another, everything is straightforward.
34:17Go on, then.
34:19No fewer than seven people may have wished to kill Melissa James.
34:23All of them for the most ordinary reasons.
34:25Lance and Maureen Gardner.
34:27She knew they were defrauding her.
34:28Indeed so.
34:29Phyllis Chandler and that ghastly son of hers.
34:32A peeping Tom of all things.
34:34That was an unpleasant business, she discovered.
34:36Well, you think his mother was protecting him?
34:38It's possible.
34:40And then there is Algernon Marsh.
34:42Oh, a nasty piece of work.
34:43Also cheating her, in his case with an investment almost certainly valueless.
34:48Oscar Berlin.
34:50She decided not to appear in his film.
34:52That would have ruined him.
34:53And John Spencer.
34:55That's where I put my money, Mr...
34:58Do you think he knew Miss James was having an affair?
35:01Jealous husband who strangles his wife?
35:04Just like Shakespeare.
35:06Othello.
35:07He strangled Desdemona for exactly that reason.
35:11Well, the motivation is clear, but it is the order of events that perplexes.
35:15At 6.28, Melissa James is alone in the house.
35:18The Chandlers have the night off.
35:20Her husband is at the opera.
35:21Then she calls Dr. Collins.
35:23She's in tears, in fear of her life.
35:25She makes a call from downstairs.
35:27So it would seem.
35:28She tells Dr. Collins that there is an intruder in the house.
35:31She says quite distinctly,
35:33he wants to kill me.
35:35The call is overheard by his wife.
35:37That is correct.
35:38I wonder only why she then returns to her bedroom.
35:41If...
35:42If Miss James believed herself to be in danger,
35:45why did she not leave the house?
35:49I know you'll find out who did this, Mr. Pund.
35:51Forgive me for saying this, but...
35:53I hope they hang.
35:55I'd say that's unlikely, Miss Kane.
35:57Do you not think Mr. Pund will solve the case?
35:59I'm sure he will.
36:00The death penalty's all too rare these days.
36:03Judges no longer have the appetite for it.
36:05Judges no longer have the appetite for it.
36:07They were actually talking about changing the law.
36:10More's the pity in my view.
36:11What do you say, Mr. Pund?
36:14I've seen too much death in my life, Detective Inspector.
36:19It's my belief that to kill the killer is to descend to his or to her level.
36:23But to think someone could kill a woman as talented as Melissa James
36:26and get away with it.
36:28I agree with Miss Kane.
36:30Then we must at least ensure that they are apprehended.
36:36Oh!
36:38Almost forgot.
36:41I do have one piece of information which may be of help, Mr. Pund.
36:45I did as you said and checked out that theatre in Barnstable
36:49the night that Giles Spencer claims he went to the marriage of Figaro.
36:54The lead singer was struck down by a car that did not stop.
36:59And the performance was cancelled.
37:02So wherever he was, Mr. Spencer wasn't there.
37:07Cheers.
37:11I just don't get it.
37:13What is so important about the marriage of Figaro? It's an opera.
37:16You don't like opera?
37:18Well, I've never really got it.
37:22Stories are just so ridiculous and miserable.
37:25I mean, women throwing themselves off castle walls or dying of consumption.
37:31Oscar and La Boheme.
37:33Ah! You're a fan.
37:36No, I went often to the Vienna State Opera House.
37:39So it's before it was destroyed in the war.
37:44Will you have any breakfast?
37:48I think not.
37:54I shouldn't have come.
37:56To London?
37:57To England.
37:58But you've made progress.
38:01Well, yes. Yes.
38:04I've blown my one chance of returning to publishing.
38:08Which probably means I'll spend the rest of my life changing sheets
38:11and shouting at waiters in a language that I can't even speak.
38:14But you are perhaps closer to discovering the truth.
38:23Why did Frank Paris go to the hotel?
38:27He lied about his key not working and then again...
38:31The opera.
38:33John Spencer did exactly the same in the book.
38:39But if he didn't go to the opera, where did he go?
38:46Oh!
38:47Oh!
38:55Where's the next flight back to Crete?
39:11Service.
39:12Come in.
39:18PHONE RINGS
39:40Yes?
39:42Who's this?
39:43This is Craig Andrews.
39:46Sorry, can I speak to Susan Ryland, please?
39:49She's not here, I'm afraid.
39:52She was here last night and...
39:56She left her phone.
40:15MUSIC SWELLS
40:45MUSIC CONTINUES
40:50Katie?
40:51Katie?
41:14Sir?
41:22Are you bearing up, Mr Spencer?
41:25I'm not so bad, thank you.
41:27Do you have any news?
41:29Yes, sir. We do.
41:32Are you making arrest?
41:34We're about to.
41:35We just have a few questions, if you don't mind.
41:38Well, of course.
41:40Anything.
41:42Mr Spencer, although it is painful to ask you this,
41:48even so it is necessary,
41:51were you aware that your wife was having an affair?
41:57We do need an answer, sir.
42:01I didn't know.
42:03But I'm not surprised.
42:06Why are they here?
42:08They didn't say.
42:14What do they want?
42:16What do you think they want?
42:19They're here about you.
42:24But you still loved her.
42:26She meant everything to me.
42:29We found a letter.
42:31It's written in her hand.
42:35My darling, darling,
42:37I can't go on living this lie any more.
42:40I simply can't.
42:42We have to be brave and tell the world
42:45about the love we share.
42:47Any idea who this might have been written to?
42:49Of course I don't. I have no idea at all.
42:51Do you mind if I...
43:01Mr Spencer, on the night of your wife's death,
43:03you told us she was at the opera.
43:05Ten-minute performance of The Marriage of Figaro.
43:07That's right. She was meant to come with me,
43:09but she changed her mind.
43:10So you went alone?
43:11Yes.
43:12Did you enjoy it?
43:13No.
43:14Why are you asking me that?
43:15Because on the night in question,
43:16the opera was cancelled, sir.
43:19So you couldn't have gone, do you?
43:22So where were you?
43:32It would not be wise to tell us further untruths,
43:35Mr Spencer.
43:36It's too late now for that.
43:39I was here.
43:42You never left?
43:44No, I left. I drove as far as the village.
43:48But I was in no mood for the opera.
43:50I came back and...
43:54And you confronted your wife?
43:56Oh, we had a terrible row.
43:59She told me she was leaving me.
44:03And?
44:04You murdered her.
44:07You murdered her.
44:11Yes.
44:12Yes, I strangled her in the bedroom.
44:18Oh, thank God.
44:21Oh, thank God it's over.
44:23You won't believe it, but it's all I've wanted,
44:25just for it to be over.
44:27I'll make a full confession. I'll tell you everything.
44:29Am I under arrest?
44:31If you come with me, sir,
44:32we'll formally charge you when we get to the station.
44:34May I go upstairs to get my shoes and a jacket?
44:39Of course, sir.
44:41We'll wait for you here.
44:43You have no idea how sorry I am,
44:45how much I hate myself.
44:49I couldn't have lived with this any longer.
44:57Forgive me, Detective Inspector, but...
45:00Is that wise?
45:01He could make a run for it.
45:03I don't think so, Miss Kane.
45:04We have two men outside.
45:06Yet it is interesting, though.
45:09There's so much that is not right.
45:11In what way?
45:12With the argument.
45:14Did it take place here or in the bedroom?
45:17Maybe it happened in here and he followed her up.
45:19And if he was angry with her, violent even,
45:23why did she not lock the door?
45:25Or better still, and I've asked this question before,
45:28why did she not leave the house?
45:30I agree, there are plenty of questions we still need to ask, Mr. Pund.
45:33That's why I'm taking him to the station.
45:35But you heard him.
45:36We had him back and rightfully confessed.
45:38You can't argue with that.
45:40Oh, Mr. Pund, there's someone outside.
45:43She's right, I saw him too.
45:45But who?
45:46That's what I mean to find out.
45:48Will you stay here?
45:49Oh, yes, of course.
45:54Either of you two see anything?
45:55No, sir.
45:56Right, there's an intruder in the grounds.
45:57One of you stay here and make sure Mr. Spencer doesn't leave
45:59and you, go round the other way.
46:11There's nobody.
46:12Anything?
46:13Nothing, sir.
46:14Right, keep looking round.
46:15There was definitely someone in here.
46:16I think a man.
46:19Where does that go?
46:20It's the kitchen, I think.
46:26Has anyone come in here?
46:27No, sir.
46:28And neither have you been out?
46:30No, sir, we've been here all the time.
46:36Miss Kane?
46:38Oh, no.
46:41Miss Kane?
46:59You met Alan Conway.
47:01What actually happened?
47:02One thing led to another.
47:04I think you'd better sit down.
47:05Mr. Pund has something to tell you.
47:07I'm trying to help you find Cecily.
47:09The only way I can do that is to know what she knew.
47:12Susan.
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