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00:00Did you ever read about the murder of a man called Frank Paris?
00:06At our hotel, Branlow Hall?
00:10He's dead!
00:11We called the police. His name was Detective Superintendent Locke.
00:15Why was I afraid you were going to say that?
00:17Stefan Leonida, he wasn't guilty.
00:19You began by saying that your daughter had disappeared.
00:22The real killer is named in the book.
00:24Atticus Prull takes the case.
00:26Susan, we'll pay you £10,000 if you help us find Cecily.
00:29Just a week.
00:30Melissa James, the British actress, had an accident which brought a sudden end to her career.
00:36Even when the hotel is full, we are still losing money hand over fist.
00:40I have the script, the director, the contract.
00:42We just have to find somebody else.
00:44I need to cash in my shares.
00:46I gave up everything for you.
00:48I don't want to have this argument now!
00:51I should leave this alone.
00:52But you won't.
00:59I love you.
01:29Dear passengers, in a few moments you will be able to purchase refreshments, snacks and a selection of alcoholic drinks.
01:42Alan Conway.
01:45I'm sorry?
01:46I've read all his books.
01:48Oh.
01:49You know he died last year.
01:51Yes, I heard.
01:52A great shame.
01:53He was a brilliant writer.
01:55So clever.
01:57And I'm sure he was a lovely man.
02:18I'm so sorry I'm late.
02:19I couldn't get a taxi.
02:21Have you been here long?
02:23Since the time we agreed.
02:24I see you already ordered.
02:26What can I get you?
02:27No, no, no. I'm getting rid of this.
02:28Oh, can I have a hot chocolate, please?
02:30Yes, sir.
02:31Thanks.
02:32Yes.
02:33It's good to see you, Alan.
02:35How have you been?
02:36Well, thank you.
02:37Good.
02:38And the new book?
02:39God, it didn't take you long, did it?
02:41I'm not a machine, you know.
02:42That's hardly fair, Alan.
02:45It's been nearly two years since No Rest for the Wicked.
02:48And we do have a three-book contract.
02:51I think we've been more than patient.
02:52It's not that easy, Susan.
02:54I mean, have you any idea what it's like being a writer?
02:57You really think you can push a button
02:59and another idea will simply pop out?
03:01No.
03:02I work with a lot of writers, Alan.
03:05And, yeah, it's actually your interests I'm trying to protect.
03:09You have to think of the market.
03:11Your first two books have done fantastically well.
03:13But we have to keep up the momentum.
03:15Yeah, we also have to keep up standards.
03:17I mean, what do you want?
03:19Someone kills someone else,
03:20there are clues and suspects and a detective,
03:22and it's all so boring.
03:24I'm trying to do something new.
03:28I thought you'd be more cheerful.
03:31You've got a huge following.
03:33You've made a tonne of money.
03:35Oh, and I heard that you're leaving the school.
03:38Who told you that?
03:39My sister Katie.
03:41Well, at least I won't have to spend any more time
03:43with those overprivileged, stuck-up kids.
03:46My niece and nephew go there.
03:48Well, I didn't mean them, not Jack and Lucy.
03:51Daisy.
03:52Daisy.
03:54Look, if you're blocked, maybe...
03:56I didn't say I was blocked.
03:58I'm just waiting for the right idea,
03:59something that actually sparks my interest.
04:02And putting pressure on me will...
04:05Frank Paris.
04:07What?
04:08No, the man in that paper.
04:09I once knew him.
04:10May I?
04:15He was murdered.
04:16Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.
04:19Was he a friend of yours?
04:20I knew him.
04:21Killed in a hotel.
04:23A hotel?
04:26That would be a good setting for a book.
04:30Do you think so?
04:31Mm.
04:33At a wedding.
04:34Oh, I like that.
04:36That would be a great opening.
04:40Bloodstains on the bridal gown.
04:42Oh, that's gothic.
04:45Well, I might give it a think.
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05:33It was the start of a quiet day for Atticus Pund.
05:38It seemed that no one had been murdered for a while,
05:41and he found himself unusually at a loose end.
05:44Oh, yes.
05:46Yes, oh, thank you, Miss Kane.
05:50Now, I believe I have a fairly quiet week, which will allow
05:53me to continue with my book.
05:55Yes, here is chapter four.
06:01You have already typed it for me.
06:03I had nothing to do last night, so I thought I'd get ahead.
06:07I have some news for you.
06:08Oh, yes?
06:09Mrs. Allingham has canceled.
06:10Oh, the missing husband.
06:12She has found him?
06:13No, she decided she didn't want to.
06:16There is one thing, though.
06:17Mr. Schultz is coming in at 11.
06:20And who is he?
06:21He works for the William Morris Agency in New York.
06:24He's a senior partner.
06:25Oh, and he's in London?
06:27Yes, he called yesterday morning from the Savoy Hotel.
06:30For what purpose?
06:32He said it was to do with a client of his, Melissa James.
06:37Oh, yes, ah, the actress who was killed two days ago.
06:41I read in the paper.
06:42I think he wants you to investigate.
06:46And you agreed to an appointment.
06:48Well, without Mrs. Allingham, you had nothing on your desk.
06:52And he has come all the way from New York.
06:54But even so.
06:55Melissa James was a very well-known actress, Mr. Punt.
06:59It's absolutely dreadful that she's been murdered.
07:02And if you were involved in the investigation,
07:04I think it might be very good for your profile.
07:06Sometimes, I think you know me better than I know myself,
07:10Miss Cain.
07:13It is my job, Mr. Punt.
07:2011 o'clock.
07:25The timing is of great interest to me.
07:28The timing is of great interest to me.
07:31Hey.
07:58It's good of you to see me, Mr. Punt.
08:00It's my pleasure, Mr. Shultz.
08:03This is a bad business.
08:05Melissa James was one of our greatest stars.
08:08A fine actress and a wonderful human being.
08:12Did you ever see her in Harem Nights?
08:15I do not often go to the cinema.
08:18She was sensational.
08:19Nominated for an Academy Award and she should have won it too.
08:23I understood that she had retired from acting.
08:27That's right.
08:28She was injured during the shooting of a movie with Hitchcock five years ago.
08:33And then she moved somewhere called Tawley and Devonshire, is that right?
08:39But she was still our client.
08:41And, for what it's worth, she was talking about making a comeback.
08:45So, why are you here, Mr. Shultz?
08:48For the funeral, obviously.
08:50I got on a plane the moment I heard.
08:52So quickly, yes?
08:54But we want to do more than that.
08:56We want you to help the police with their investigation.
09:01We at William Morris, we're not going to let the killer get away with this.
09:06The police, he may not welcome outside intervention.
09:10I'm sure they know your reputation, Mr. Punt.
09:13And they'll welcome you with open arms.
09:16We'll pay your usual fee.
09:18You can put your assistant in touch with our finance department.
09:23Melissa was one of the kindest and most considerate people I ever had the privilege to meet.
09:30And my partners agree.
09:32We feel we owe this to her.
09:36What do you say?
09:54One is you make me happy.
09:56Two is you set me free.
09:58From all the things that held me.
10:00That from just being me.
10:02Thank you for all the sweetness.
10:04Now I can finally breathe.
10:06Now I can finally breathe.
10:07But baby, don't you see?
10:10I still get frustrated in life.
10:14When you keep on doing things I don't like.
10:17And I hate your friends.
10:19And I hate your mood.
10:21And I still love you.
10:22I got 21 reasons why I do, do, do, do.
10:26Do, do, do, do.
10:28Do, do, do, do.
10:30I got 21 reasons why I do, do, do, do.
10:34Do, do, do, do.
10:36Do, do, do, do.
10:38I got 21 reasons why I do.
10:41Three is the way you hold me.
10:43That's what I'm waiting for.
10:45That's the way I am.
11:01Do you never learn to drive, Mr. Poont?
11:03I have no appetite for it, Miss Kane.
11:06Often seems to me we live in a world that's in too much of a hurry.
11:10The pace of change.
11:12And not just cars.
11:13washing machines, televisions, telephones.
11:16And now these new computers, I do not like machines.
11:20You could say it was the machines that won us the war.
11:23The spitfire, radar.
11:25But Nazism itself was a machine, so it always seemed to me...
11:30You mean with no humanity?
11:32Exactly.
11:34The more mechanical the age, inevitably it becomes less humane.
11:44Oh.
11:46Interesting.
12:14Excuse me.
12:16Oh!
12:17I'm so glad you've come. I can't tell you how grateful I am.
12:20I just hope I can help.
12:22Well, I'll show you to your room.
12:24Oh.
12:25I'll get someone to bring you your luggage up.
12:28Please.
12:29Oh, is this your dog?
12:31No, that's Chase and Cecily's.
12:34Oh, poor dog.
12:36Look.
12:38How's Hayden?
12:40Ah, it's awful for him.
12:42There's nothing we can say or do.
12:44Am I going to be able to see him?
12:46Yeah, of course. I've told him you're coming.
12:48He wants to talk to you.
12:50And Lisa, Cecily's sister.
12:52She's joining us for lunch.
12:54Right.
12:55That wing is Barn Owl.
12:57We put you in Moonflower, but that's all right.
12:59Yes.
13:01I'm going to have a look.
13:03We put you in Moonflower, but that's all right.
13:05Yes.
13:08Oh, that's pretty.
13:10That's been there forever.
13:12It's for Gein.
13:14A sort of Irish brooch.
13:18That's the room Frank Perry stayed in.
13:20We don't use it as a bedroom anymore.
13:22It's just storage.
13:24Is there any way up here apart from the main stairs?
13:26Yeah, there's a lift to the far end.
13:28Takes you down to the bar.
13:29And there's a fire escape that way.
13:31Leads directly outside.
13:40There you are.
13:42I'll leave you to freshen up.
13:44Shall we say lunch in ten?
13:46Fine.
13:48Look, there's something else I should mention.
13:50Perhaps by way of a warning.
13:52Lisa can be rather direct.
13:55In that respect, she takes after her mother.
13:58Where is Pauline?
13:59She's at home.
14:00She's terribly worried.
14:03We both are.
14:04Try to stay positive.
14:06There might be a perfectly innocent answer.
14:09The answer's in the book.
14:30Hey!
14:32Daddy!
14:33Oh, my God!
14:41Come on, Dad.
14:56Hello, you must be Lisa.
14:58No need to ask who you are.
14:59My father won't stop talking about you.
15:01We've ordered the set menu.
15:02I hope that's all right.
15:03Oh, perfect.
15:04How's the room?
15:05It's really comfortable, thank you.
15:07You've a hotel in Greece?
15:08Yes, I run it with my partner, Andreas.
15:10Surprised he didn't come to.
15:12He's busy.
15:14I think I just saw Aidan.
15:16Does he live in the hotel?
15:18No, he has a cottage in the grass.
15:20I used to live there.
15:21But I moved out when he and Cecily got together.
15:24You run the hotel with your sister?
15:26Well, you could say that, yes.
15:27I'm general manager and Cecily does the accounts.
15:30And Aidan?
15:31PR.
15:34Right.
15:36Yes, he was with a child.
15:38Roxana.
15:40This is very hard for her, missing her mother.
15:43She's just turned eight.
15:45Eight?
15:46Cecily was already expecting him when she got married.
15:48That's Aidan for you.
15:50Fast mover.
15:52No need to be like that.
15:53Well, you know how I feel about him, Daddy.
15:55I take it you're not his number one fan.
15:57Well, the one thing you need to know about Aidan
15:59is he hit the jackpot when Cecily walked into his life.
16:02Job, family, this hotel.
16:05He had it all handed to him on a plate.
16:07That's not fair.
16:09Aidan was working as an estate agent when they met,
16:11and a very successful one.
16:13He had his own flat in Bayswater.
16:15Not bad for a young man, not even out of his twenties.
16:17And he does a brilliant job here.
16:19Well, he smiles nicely and he swans around making friends.
16:23It would be nice if he actually did any work.
16:25What do you think's happened to your sister?
16:27I think they've had a round. She's gone off.
16:29Is that what you told the police?
16:31They haven't found it. The police don't know anything.
16:34And it would be just like her wanting to be the centre of attention.
16:37That's not true at all.
16:39You don't know her, Daddy. You don't know either of them.
16:41Aidan?
16:52That's it. Thank you.
16:55Look, if you don't mind, I have a ton of things to do
16:57and I really don't feel like eating.
16:59I have nothing against you, Susan.
17:01I just find it incredible
17:03that you're being paid £10,000 to read a book.
17:08Well, I'm glad you have nothing against me.
17:11Enjoy your lunch.
17:16Ooh.
17:18Sorry.
17:20Sorry.
17:22You did warn me.
17:24Can I ask you,
17:26how did Lisa get her scar?
17:31I'm afraid that was Cecily.
17:34They were always fighting when they were young girls.
17:38Toys, clothes, boyfriends.
17:41Cecily threw a glass at her, it broke,
17:44and she didn't know what she was doing.
17:48She certainly didn't mean for it to hit her.
17:51Did Lisa ever want to be an actress?
17:54No, you're thinking of the book.
17:56Melissa had a scar.
17:59You knew Alan Conway.
18:01Why would he do that?
18:04He liked playing games.
18:19PHONE VIBRATES
18:29Are you missing me?
18:30We all are.
18:31Yeah, Susan!
18:33To be honest with you, I'm amazed we're still in business.
18:36In one day!
18:37Come back, we need you.
18:39You need the money.
18:40You're right, we need that more.
18:42How's the hotel?
18:44Huge, expensive, classy.
18:47Very well run.
18:49You'd hate it here.
18:50Not if I was with you.
18:53I want to help these people, Andreas.
18:55What Alan Conway did to them was unforgivable.
18:58He's responsible for everything that's happened,
19:00and I'm responsible for him.
19:02You can't blame yourself.
19:05But I do.
19:07I'm going to have to get back to it.
19:11I love you.
19:12Love you too.
19:13Take care of yourself.
19:18SIGHS
19:25It had taken Atticus Pund six hours to reach the Moonflower Hotel,
19:30travelling by train from London.
19:33The arrangements all made, of course,
19:36by his trusted assistant, Madeline Kane.
19:39Here's your keys.
19:43Here you are.
19:45I'll put Mr Pound in the captain's room.
19:47Miss Pund.
19:48I'm sorry?
19:49I did ask for the best room for Mr Pund.
19:51And that's what he's got.
19:52It's at the back of the hotel with its own bathroom en suite.
19:55A lot of the furniture came from the Mary Celeste.
19:57Oh, the ship that disappeared.
19:59And the title of Melissa James' second film.
20:02That's right.
20:03The film company gave us some of the props,
20:05including the captain's bed.
20:07And I'm sure I'll be most comfortable.
20:10Eh, Pund?
20:12They told me you were coming down.
20:14Can I introduce myself?
20:16I'm Detective Inspector Chubb.
20:18You're not, I think, from this part of the world.
20:21Oh, no, sir.
20:22Subbot born and bred.
20:24We married a Devlin girl.
20:25Ah, and she enticed you here.
20:27One day I'll entice her back.
20:29Well, it's a great pleasure, Detective Inspector.
20:31I hope that you do not consider my presence here to be an intrusion.
20:36Not at all, sir.
20:37To be honest with you, I'd be glad of the help.
20:39Well, then may I introduce my assistant, Miss Kaye?
20:42Pleasure to meet you, Miss Kaye.
20:44Have you checked in?
20:46I've got a car outside.
20:47I don't want to drive you to the scene of the crime.
20:49Well, we've only just arrived.
20:50You can leave your luggage down here.
20:52Could you ask someone to read her?
20:54That would be most helpful.
20:56In which case, Detective Inspector.
21:03Yes, miss.
21:05From what I can tell, Melissa James had no enemies.
21:08She was very much part of the local community.
21:11But sometime between 6.28 and 6.38 in the evening,
21:15somebody broke into her house and strangled her.
21:17You're very precise with your timings, Detective Inspector.
21:20She called her physician, Dr. Leonard Collins, at 6.28.
21:23He drove straight round, but by the time he arrived, she was dead.
21:27So who do you think may have been responsible?
21:30Well, I do have a few suspects.
21:33Lance and Maureen Gardner at the hotel.
21:36She had her doubts about them.
21:38And there's a film producer called Oscar Berlin.
21:40Now, he had a row with Miss James just one hour before she was killed.
21:44Was she making another film?
21:45She'd strung him alarm, but then changed her mind.
21:48Who is?
21:50Well, there's her financial advisor, a man by the name of Algernon Marsh.
21:54And a dirty customer, if ever there was one.
21:56I'm looking into him now.
21:58But it may be it was no-one who actually knew her.
22:02What do you mean by that, Detective Inspector?
22:04Well, Mrs. James was still famous.
22:07She had fans and followers all over the world.
22:09A lot of them angry with her because she'd given up the acting.
22:12Well, maybe one of them come down here and had it out with her.
22:15What if they loved her work?
22:17Would they want her dead?
22:19Well, if they weren't in their right minds, they were seeing what they might do.
22:33It's a gorgeous house.
22:35It certainly is, Miss Kay.
22:37That's out for the trouble.
22:38Everyone knew who lived here.
22:40When did she buy it?
22:42Same time as the hotel.
22:44Now, the story goes, she fell in love with it and paid twice the asking price.
22:49Oh, yes.
22:51Well, that's a good story.
22:53It's a good story, isn't it?
22:55It's a good story.
22:57It's a good story.
22:59It's a good story.
23:02Oh, good afternoon, sir.
23:05Where is he, Mr. Spencer?
23:07I'm afraid Mr. Spencer is not here, sir.
23:09He's gone for a walk.
23:11Well, then we'll wait for him.
23:13After you.
23:27Forgive me.
23:28Your name is?
23:30Phyllis Chandler, sir.
23:32I imagine you've worked here a long time.
23:34Since Miss James arrived, sir.
23:36I can't tell you how sorry I am.
23:39I'm sure.
23:41Well, take a look upstairs, if you don't mind, Mrs. Chandler.
23:44Let us know when Mr. Spencer returns.
23:46Yes, sir.
23:54That's the housekeeper.
23:56She lives here with her son, who works as a chauffeur and general help.
23:59The two of them went out on the evening that Melissa James died,
24:02visiting a relative in Bidderford.
24:04So Miss James, was he on her own?
24:06Till she let someone in.
24:10Oh, look at this.
24:13That's a prop from one of her films.
24:15A Turkish dagger. It's a wicked-looking thing.
24:18No, she was strangled, not stabbed.
24:22Fifteen minutes after the Chandlers had gone,
24:25Miss James called her doctor.
24:27Dr. Collins.
24:28That's right, Mr. Punt.
24:29She said she was terrified.
24:31There was somebody in the house, and she was in danger.
24:33Would it not have been more sensible to call for the police?
24:36Nearest police station's ten miles away.
24:38The doctor was near her.
24:40Dr. Collins came straight round,
24:42but by the time he arrived, it was too late.
24:45This is Melissa James's bedroom, and this is where he found her.
24:48On the bed.
24:50Room's been cleaned up, but you get the general idea.
24:53The telephone cord has been torn from the wall.
24:56That's right.
24:57It seems she called the doctor from downstairs.
24:59Why do you believe that?
25:01There's a second telephone in the living room,
25:03and we found several tissues there
25:05impregnated with her lacrimal fluid.
25:07It's tears.
25:09She makes the call downstairs.
25:11She comes upstairs to hide, and the intruder,
25:13and, you know, I'm assuming it's a man,
25:15follows her and finds her here
25:17and strangles her with the telephone cord
25:19tearing it from the wall.
25:21Now, she must have put up quite a fight.
25:23The sheets were crumpled, one of the lamps was broken,
25:26and there was two sets of abrasions round her neck.
25:28At some stage, she hits her head on the bedpost.
25:31There's a blood stain, look.
25:33Excuse me, Mr. Poole, do you think you could, um...
25:35Do you think you could just open the window?
25:37Miss Kane?
25:38It's just so...
25:39Open the window.
25:40Oh!
25:41Oh!
25:42Oh!
25:43Shame!
25:44Up you get.
25:45Oh!
25:46Come and sit on the bed.
25:48Not the bed!
25:49Come on.
25:50Sorry.
25:51This is too much.
25:52Oh, I'm sorry.
25:53It's just horrible what you're describing.
25:55Oh.
25:56Let's get you outside.
26:00You are in the ward.
26:02Take a seat, Miss Kane.
26:04I worked with Associated Biscuits for 12 years
26:07before I came to Mr. Pround,
26:09and I can assure you
26:10I've never experienced anything like this.
26:12Shall we call the doctor?
26:14No, no, I just need a minute to catch my breath.
26:17Hello?
26:18Oh, that's John Spencer.
26:20Oh, you go ahead and see him.
26:21I'll just wait here for a moment.
26:22You're sure?
26:23Yes, yes.
26:24I'll just wait in the car.
26:25You go ahead without me.
26:27This way.
26:28Yeah.
26:32Oh, thank you.
26:38Oh, Mr. Chubb.
26:40I saw your car.
26:41Do you have any news?
26:42This is Mr. Punt, sir.
26:44He's come down from London 12th.
26:46Can we have a word?
26:48Of course.
26:49Do come through.
26:55I want you to know that I...
26:57I loved her more than anyone in the world.
27:01May I ask, Mr. Spencer,
27:03how did you meet?
27:06Uh, well, it was six years ago.
27:09She was working down here.
27:11It was actually her last film.
27:12They shot some of it on my father's estate,
27:14and the moment I saw her,
27:17well, I knew straight away there was nobody else.
27:20You were not here on the evening of her death.
27:23No, I was at the opera,
27:25The Marriage of Figaro.
27:27There was a performance in Barnstow.
27:31She did not like the opera.
27:33No, she had a meeting.
27:34Her financial advisor was looking into the hotel,
27:39so I went alone.
27:42Oh, I wish to God I hadn't...
27:44You know, I wish I'd stayed with her, but...
27:49Do you have any idea who may have attacked her, Mr. Spencer?
27:55I already told the detective inspector.
27:58You should talk to Lance Gardner.
28:01She knew they were cheating on him and his wife.
28:05The hotel's been losing money hand over fist.
28:07She threatened to expose them,
28:09and then, you know, and then this happened.
28:13You should talk to them.
28:23Forgive me, Detective Inspector,
28:25but have you actually confirmed that he did indeed attend the opera?
28:30I hadn't thought to do that, Mr. Poynton.
28:32Well, perhaps you should.
28:36Well, uh, I'll wait to hear from you, Mr. MacNeil.
28:41Do you really think you'll help find Cecily, Detective Superintendent?
28:44A public appeal can't do any harm, sir.
28:48What if someone's holding her against her will?
28:51Well, they'll see it, and they'll know we're looking for her.
28:59These sort of broadcasts have helped in the past.
29:02These sort of broadcasts have helped in the past, sir.
29:09Sorry.
29:11Yeah, I'll do it.
29:13The television people will be here tomorrow morning.
29:15Shouldn't take too long.
29:33You just missed the police.
29:35Yes, I saw Detective Superintendent Locke just now.
29:42He wants me to do an appeal on TV.
29:45Reaching out to Cecily, asking the public for help.
29:49Well, might be a good idea.
29:51I'll do anything to get her back.
29:54Anything.
29:57The police use that photograph in all newspapers.
30:00Thank you. She looks very happy.
30:03Yeah. That's how she is.
30:07Please.
30:11Do you mind me talking to you about her?
30:13No, I want to talk about her.
30:15I can't think about anything else.
30:18I'm sorry.
30:20I'm sorry.
30:22I'm sorry.
30:24I can't think about anything else.
30:27Where do I start? I mean, she's...
30:30She's brilliant. Kind.
30:33Wonderful mum.
30:35Works her guts out at the hotel.
30:37One of the few things we ever argue about.
30:39She does so much.
30:41So what do you think's happened to her?
30:44I don't know.
30:46Can't think.
30:48It's all got something to do with that bloody book, hasn't it?
30:51Did you read it?
30:53To begin with, no.
30:55I'm not really into murder mysteries. Nothing personal.
30:57Oh, no, don't worry. I don't...
30:59I don't read them either. Well, not any more.
31:01Did she say where she got this?
31:03Charity shop.
31:05Alan Conway hated charity shops. No royalties.
31:10We met him. You know that?
31:12He came here, asked lots of questions about Frank Paris and his murder.
31:16Never heard from him again and forgot all about it
31:18until she picked up the book.
31:20What did she say about it?
31:22She recognised lots of things.
31:24I mean, I was in it. Her mum, her dad.
31:27She was annoyed.
31:29Thought we ought to sue. I dissuaded her.
31:31So you did read it?
31:33Yes. Yeah, she asked me to.
31:35I thought it was harmless.
31:37I mean, it wasn't set in Suffolk, didn't use any of our names.
31:40The author was dead. There was nothing we could do.
31:43Cecily knew that Stefan was innocent.
31:47Yeah.
31:49The evidence was all stacked up against him.
31:52She found the truth in the book?
31:54We talked about it in the morning. She disappeared.
31:56She said she'd read another chapter in bed and...
32:00..she'd found something.
32:02Oh. Which chapter?
32:04I don't know, Susan. I'm sorry.
32:06I should have asked, but I was in a hurry.
32:08I had to go to a meeting in Ipswich.
32:10New brochures.
32:12Roxy! Roxy!
32:14Hello, sweetheart.
32:17This is Susan. She's going to help us find Mummy.
32:20Hello, Roxy. I'm Roxanna.
32:22It's a very pretty name.
32:24Seth chose it.
32:26This is Gwyneth Endicott, Derek's mother.
32:29Derek's our night manager. Oh.
32:31Gwyneth helps us with Roxy.
32:33And we could not manage without her.
32:35I'll take her up for a bath, Aidan,
32:37and then I'll make tea for the both of you.
32:39Thank you, Gwyneth. It's nice to meet you.
32:41And you. Come on, my love.
32:43Come on, Susan.
32:47So, what happened when you came home?
32:49Hmm?
32:51From Ipswich?
32:53Oh, um...
32:55Cess wasn't here.
32:57I wasn't worried, not to begin with.
33:00I asked Gwyneth and she said she'd gone out with the dog.
33:03She said where she'd gone?
33:05Well, she usually walked over in Woodbridge,
33:07along the River Deben.
33:09But she hadn't said anything to Gwyneth,
33:11so I went upstairs with Roxy, read her a story.
33:14I only realised something was wrong
33:16when I heard the dog barking outside the door.
33:19He had his lead on, but he was alone.
33:22There was no sign of Cess.
33:24So, what did you do?
33:28I'm sorry, Susan, I can't talk about this right now.
33:31I've got to go to Roxy.
33:33Oh! I...
33:35I called her on her mobile,
33:37I looked in the hotel,
33:39I called her parents,
33:41and then I called the police.
33:43I'm sorry, can you, um...
33:45Can you show yourself out?
33:47Yes, sure.
33:49It's just, I've been over and over this.
33:51I just... I can't do this anymore.
34:12Hello, I'm Susan Ryland.
34:14You must be Derek.
34:16I think I just met your mum.
34:18Have you been with Aidan?
34:20Yes.
34:22I feel so sorry for him.
34:24He and Miss Trehearne are the loveliest people.
34:27They're made for each other.
34:29You were on reception the night it happened.
34:32You mean when Mr Paris died?
34:34Yeah. Yeah.
34:36Must have been awful for you.
34:38I actually met him. I helped check him in.
34:40I heard he wasn't easy.
34:43It's not my place to say.
34:45Well, if it was just between us two.
34:49He wasn't very polite.
34:51Why did I think you were going to say that?
34:53Well, it wasn't.
34:55I had to order a taxi for him.
34:57He didn't even say thank you.
34:59You were the key witness.
35:01That's right. I had to talk to the police.
35:03What did you see?
35:06Not sure I should really tell you.
35:09I'm trying to find Cecily.
35:11Derek.
35:13Before it's too late.
35:15Oh. All right.
35:18I was over there.
35:21Night reception.
35:23I was on my own that night.
35:25There'd been a party.
35:27I'd been invited, but I'm not the party sort.
35:30Anyway, I had my job to do.
35:33It was about midnight when I heard it.
35:40It was Chase.
35:42Cecily's dog. He slept in a basket upstairs.
35:45He must have had a bad dream or something.
35:49What is it, Chase?
35:51What is it? It's all right.
35:54Yeah. It's all right.
35:56And it was while I was there that I saw him.
36:00Stefan?
36:03I wondered what he was doing in the hotel so late at night.
36:06But I looked down the corridor.
36:08There was no sign of him.
36:12There wasn't much more to say.
36:15I had to tell the police.
36:18I didn't really like doing that.
36:20Are you sure it was him?
36:22It did look like him.
36:24He had Stefan's woolly hat.
36:26He was carrying his maintenance kit.
36:27Did you see his face?
36:29Not completely.
36:31I did tell Mr Lock that.
36:33But he didn't listen.
36:35I just didn't want to get him into any more trouble.
36:37Not if it wasn't his fault.
36:40Stefan had already been fired.
36:42For stealing.
36:43That wasn't him.
36:46You won't tell Lisa I said this, will you?
36:48No.
36:49There'd been a lot of petty pilfering.
36:52Everyone knew it wasn't him.
36:54Who was it then?
36:55It was Natasha.
36:57Whenever she went into a room, something went missing.
36:59It's almost a joke.
37:01I'm glad when she left.
37:03I think she's out of the country now.
37:05You took the blame in the end.
37:06I mean, that must have upset you.
37:09There wasn't anything I could do.
37:11Anyway, after the murder happened,
37:13and he confessed and everything,
37:15it hardly mattered anymore.
37:19Thanks.
37:21Oh, um,
37:23you said when you first met Frank Paris,
37:25he asked you to order a taxi for him.
37:27That's right.
37:28Do you know where it went?
37:29I do know, because the police asked me.
37:31Anyway, I always wrote these things down.
37:35So where did he go?
37:36Oh, uh,
37:39he went into Framlingham
37:42for a meeting at a solicitor's office.
37:46Wesley and Khan in Framlingham.
37:48Sajid Khan.
37:51Huh.
37:52We've met.
37:58Ah.
38:00Hello.
38:02They made you bark.
38:04What was it?
38:05Hmm?
38:07What did you see?
38:10Darling, Chase will tell you anything.
38:13I don't think we've met.
38:15Liam Corby, spy manager.
38:17I'm Cecily.
38:18I know who you are.
38:19The whole hotel was told you were coming.
38:21Bit of a fool's errand, if you ask me.
38:23What, do you think Cecily's dead?
38:25She's been missing almost a week.
38:27A woman like Cecily Trehearne doesn't just run off
38:29or go into hiding because something upset her.
38:31So you think she's been killed?
38:33I didn't say that.
38:34Just because there was one gruesome murder at the hotel
38:36doesn't mean there has to be another.
38:38When did you leave Australia?
38:40When I came here.
38:41When was that?
38:43Why do you want to know?
38:44Frank Paris lived in Australia.
38:46Yeah.
38:47Big country, you know.
38:48Doesn't mean we ever met.
38:50But you were here when he died.
38:52Gruesomely murdered.
38:53Only exciting thing that never happened around here.
38:56Were you close to him?
38:58Were you close to Stuffer?
39:00Yeah, we were mates.
39:03Do you think he did it?
39:05Honestly, I've got no idea.
39:07Police said he did.
39:09Court said he did.
39:10He said he did.
39:11So it seems pretty likely.
39:13I feel sorry for the poor bastard, the way they treated him.
39:15But it's a long way behind us now.
39:17Nothing anyone can do about that.
39:20I suggest you just enjoy your free stay.
39:22Make the most of it.
39:24Massage is on the house.
39:29♪♪♪
39:38♪♪♪
39:48Who killed Melissa James?
39:51The last person to see her alive
39:53had been her financial advisor, Algernon Marsh.
39:57But her physician, Dr. Leonard Collins,
40:00had been the last to hear her.
40:03And so it was Dr. Collins that Atticus Pund had come to meet.
40:08Are you sure you're all right, Miss Kane?
40:11Oh, very much so, Mr. Pund, yes.
40:13I'm so sorry I made such a fool of myself.
40:15Not at all.
40:19This is the car driven by Dr. Collins?
40:21No, his brother-in-law, Algernon Marsh.
40:24Melissa's so-called financial advisor.
40:26You said you didn't trust him.
40:28That's right.
40:29Well, it would seem he's also not reliable
40:31behind the wheel of a car.
40:33♪♪♪
40:45If you've come to see Algernon, I'm afraid he's not here.
40:49No, it is you I have come to see, Dr. Collins.
40:52Oh.
40:53Well, I have already told Detective Inspector Chubb
40:55everything I know.
40:56And yet it would be helpful for me
40:59to hear it once again from you.
41:01Are you sure you won't have some cake, Mr. Pund?
41:03Oh, there is nothing like my wife's bat and bug.
41:07Not for me, thank you.
41:10I'll have another slice.
41:18I'm afraid I have some questions to ask you
41:20about Melissa James.
41:21Please, fire away.
41:24How well did you know her?
41:26Well, I was her doctor,
41:28so you could say I knew her as well as anyone.
41:31Well, she took advantage of you.
41:33She would call my husband day or night.
41:36And she often came here.
41:37It never seemed to occur to her
41:38that Leonard might have other patients.
41:40And to be fair to her, she was under a lot of strain.
41:43Yes, the hotel.
41:45Had it been losing money?
41:47She blamed the gardeners.
41:50She believed that they were stealing from her.
41:53Well, I don't think there's any doubt of it.
41:55The hotel was always full,
41:57but it had never shown a profit from the day she'd bought it.
42:00It made her quite anxious.
42:02She told you she was being watched?
42:04She did say that, yes.
42:06Watched?
42:07From the street?
42:09No, at home.
42:11And she said things were being taken from her room.
42:14Not valuable things, small things.
42:18Such as she wouldn't say.
42:25You received a telephone call
42:27from Miss James on the day that she died.
42:29That's right.
42:30Sam was here.
42:31It was 6.28.
42:33I remembered the time from the clock.
42:36Can you tell me exactly what occurred?
42:39Yes, yes.
42:40Um, I had just finished surgery.
42:45Hello?
42:46I have to speak to Dr Connors, please.
42:48Is he there? It's urgent.
42:50Please hurry.
42:51It's Melissa, for you.
42:54She's very upset.
42:56Please hurry, please.
42:58Miss James?
42:59Oh, my God.
43:00Please, please, please come round.
43:02I don't know what to do.
43:03I'm so frightened, please.
43:05He wants to kill me.
43:07Please don't leave me here on my own.
43:09Melissa, Melissa, please.
43:11Please try to calm down.
43:13Can you leave the house?
43:14I don't know.
43:15He's still here.
43:17Oh, my God, help me.
43:18Please hurry.
43:20I'm so frightened.
43:21He wants to kill me.
43:22Please hurry.
43:23Stay right where you are.
43:24I will be with you in two minutes.
43:36In fact, it took me ten minutes
43:39It took me ten minutes to get there.
43:42Finding my keys, the car wouldn't start,
43:44there was a tractor in the lane.
43:48I'm still kicking myself.
43:50If only I'd gotten there sooner.
43:51You could have been killed yourself.
43:53Well...
43:55You're certain she said there's a man in the house?
43:58I can't be certain, but that is what it sounded like, yes.
44:03And you heard this conversation too, Mrs Connors?
44:06Yes.
44:07It was definitely Melissa,
44:08and she was definitely in fear of her life.
44:15Oh.
44:17Thank you for cooperation, Dr Connors.
44:20Very good cake.
44:22I'll take you to the hotel, Mr Poole.
44:24You staying at the Moonflower?
44:25Yes, we have rooms there.
44:27Well, it won't be the same without Melissa.
44:31Do you think we should have told them?
44:34What?
44:35About the money.
44:37Well, I don't see that it's got anything to do with any of this.
44:40Melissa didn't know anything about it.
44:43Nobody did.
44:44No, no, no.
44:45It's nobody's business except ours.
44:48I think we should leave here, Leonard.
44:50I don't think we can stay anymore.
44:55This is a new chance for us, my dear.
44:58This is a new chance for us, my darling.
45:01It's a blessing.
45:03It's a chance for us to get away from Torley
45:05and build a new life for ourselves.
45:12Where will we go?
45:14Wherever you want to go.
45:16I just want to be with you.
45:19Somewhere far away.
45:28How do you do it?
45:30I mean, how do you even begin?
45:32Begin what?
45:33To work things out.
45:36I'm reading the book I've read.
45:39The book.
45:40There is nothing in it that has anything to do with what happened here.
45:43Is that really true?
45:44You tell me.
45:45Except you won't, will you?
45:46You never do.
45:48I will say only this.
45:49I've read the book.
45:50I've read the book.
45:51I've read the book.
45:52I've read the book.
45:53I've read the book.
45:54I've read the book.
45:56I will say only this.
45:58There is one thing that is indeed the same.
46:03From the moment I first arrived in Torley,
46:05I was aware of something wrong.
46:09It was a view like an atmosphere.
46:12A sense of evil in the air.
46:17It's here, too.
46:21Do you not feel it?
46:25You need, I think, to be careful.
46:29It might have been better not to have come.
46:35Yes, but...
46:36I'm sorry.
46:53I'm here because of the murder of Frank Paris.
46:55I need the money.
46:56Get out, Frank!
46:57We have information that could help you.
46:59You should have told her.
47:00It's none of her business.
47:02Why does everything have to be so complicated?
47:04The investigation or your personal life?
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