Episode 2

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0:00:29 > 0:00:33Esther, don't forget to smile, please.

0:00:33 > 0:00:34Do you have a drink?

0:00:34 > 0:00:38Enjoy the gardens, the literary festival will be starting very soon.

0:00:43 > 0:00:45It's funny because it's true.

0:00:48 > 0:00:51- You did it, darling. - WE did it.

0:00:51 > 0:00:54Would you give me an interview please?

0:00:54 > 0:00:56Oh, this is my husband, Dr Oliver Wolf...

0:00:56 > 0:00:59You know it's you they want, Professor.

0:01:03 > 0:01:06Esther, can I get you a glass?

0:01:06 > 0:01:09No, thanks.

0:01:09 > 0:01:11It's a three-day celebration of Caribbean Literature

0:01:11 > 0:01:13in all its forms.

0:01:13 > 0:01:16Tours, readings, book signings.

0:01:16 > 0:01:17APPLAUSE

0:01:17 > 0:01:20And of course our star guest, Sylvie Baptiste.

0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Welcome. - This is her family estate

0:01:22 > 0:01:27and the setting of her most celebrated novel, The Flame Tree.

0:01:27 > 0:01:32A pleasure to be hosting the first year of this wonderful festival.

0:01:32 > 0:01:34APPLAUSE

0:01:34 > 0:01:38- Oh, well, then! - After the reading, please.

0:01:38 > 0:01:42Remind me not to invite you to my next party.

0:01:48 > 0:01:50Esther?

0:01:50 > 0:01:52I was wondering if you had had a chance

0:01:52 > 0:01:56to think about our little chat?

0:01:58 > 0:02:01I have and the answer is still no.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12OK. We'll see.

0:02:12 > 0:02:14POLITE APPLAUSE

0:02:15 > 0:02:17Ladies and gents...

0:02:17 > 0:02:19MIC FEEDBACK Ooh.

0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Try again. - Ladies and gentlemen.

0:02:25 > 0:02:28Welcome to the very first Saint-Marie Literature Festival.

0:02:28 > 0:02:32To kick things off, we're starting with a talk from

0:02:32 > 0:02:36Sylvie Baptiste's long-time editor and assistant, Patricia Lawrence.

0:02:36 > 0:02:38APPLAUSE

0:02:45 > 0:02:47Thank you, Anna.

0:02:47 > 0:02:51When Donald and Iris first meet in The Flame Tree,

0:02:51 > 0:02:53they are worlds apart...

0:02:53 > 0:02:55Where did Esther go?

0:02:55 > 0:02:58..and it's easy to see how the beauty not only of this island...

0:02:58 > 0:03:00Maybe I should go and look for her.

0:03:00 > 0:03:01No, no. Not now.

0:03:01 > 0:03:07..but of the house where we are all gathered today inspired Sylvie Baptiste.

0:03:07 > 0:03:09This estate is very much...

0:03:13 > 0:03:17..it's in this sacred place that Donald learns

0:03:17 > 0:03:20about the power of Obeah...

0:03:20 > 0:03:21Sorry.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27It's here that he buys a love spell,

0:03:27 > 0:03:31one that will bind Iris to him, even against her will.

0:03:45 > 0:03:48..throwing a red haze...

0:03:48 > 0:03:51..the setting for Iris's attempted escape...

0:03:51 > 0:03:54..when she first found the estate and got lost

0:03:54 > 0:04:00exploring the many pathways that eventually lead to the ocean.

0:04:00 > 0:04:03Let me read you the text at this point.

0:04:03 > 0:04:06"Her heart was burning in her chest.

0:04:06 > 0:04:09"She heard his voice in the garden behind her,

0:04:09 > 0:04:12"calling her away from the cliffs,

0:04:12 > 0:04:14"but she wanted to see over the cliff,

0:04:14 > 0:04:19"over the water, all the way to the horizon and beyond it."

0:04:19 > 0:04:21WAVES CRASH

0:04:53 > 0:04:56HE WHISTLES

0:05:07 > 0:05:09PHONE BLEEPS

0:05:23 > 0:05:26Never realised the Commissioner's reports were so much fun, Sir.

0:05:26 > 0:05:28He's had that smile on his face all week.

0:05:28 > 0:05:30Just like my granny when she'd been at the rum.

0:05:30 > 0:05:33Do we take it things are going well with Martha?

0:05:33 > 0:05:36Could say that, Florence. Could say that.

0:05:38 > 0:05:40She's moving in for the rest of her stay.

0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Nice one, Chief!- Yes.

0:05:42 > 0:05:44- So when is she planning to move in?- Hello?

0:05:44 > 0:05:47End of the week, Florence. When she returns from Montserrat.

0:05:47 > 0:05:49Actually, I could do with a hand at the shack,

0:05:49 > 0:05:52I need to clear out some junk. Make it into more of a...

0:05:52 > 0:05:54- Love shack?! - Thank you very much.

0:05:54 > 0:05:56HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

0:05:56 > 0:05:59Sir, body of a young woman's just been found

0:05:59 > 0:06:01on the beach of the Malbonne estate.

0:06:01 > 0:06:03Malbonne?

0:06:03 > 0:06:06That's Sylvie Baptiste's home...

0:06:07 > 0:06:09So who is Sylvie Baptiste?

0:06:09 > 0:06:12She wrote a novel we all studied at school.

0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Set on Saint-Marie.- The Flame Tree? - You've read it?

0:06:15 > 0:06:18Heard of it, of course, but I had no idea it was set on the island.

0:06:18 > 0:06:21It's about an Englishman who falls in love with an islander,

0:06:21 > 0:06:23Iris, a former slave.

0:06:23 > 0:06:27He marries her against her will and when she realises

0:06:27 > 0:06:31she's enslaved again, in a different way, she kills herself.

0:06:31 > 0:06:34- How?- She jumps from the cliffs.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44Well, the paramedics say her injuries are consistent with

0:06:44 > 0:06:45a fall from this height.

0:06:45 > 0:06:48JP's up on the clifftop near where she fell, cordoning it off.

0:06:48 > 0:06:50Do we know who she is?

0:06:50 > 0:06:54Her name's Esther Monroe, a PhD student currently living in England.

0:06:54 > 0:06:56- Esther Monroe?- Mm-hmm.

0:07:05 > 0:07:07I went to school with her.

0:07:07 > 0:07:09Really? Was she a friend?

0:07:09 > 0:07:11For a while.

0:07:11 > 0:07:14But she and her family moved to England when we were teenagers,

0:07:14 > 0:07:16a long time ago.

0:07:16 > 0:07:19Well, I'm sorry, Florence. Are you OK to carry on?

0:07:20 > 0:07:22Sure. Of course.

0:07:22 > 0:07:25So, who found the body?

0:07:25 > 0:07:27Her tutor, Anna Wolf, and her husband Oliver.

0:07:27 > 0:07:30They went looking for her after she went missing from an event

0:07:30 > 0:07:33- up at the house.- An event? - Literary festival.

0:07:33 > 0:07:36You know, readings, lectures, you know, things like that.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39If you can call that a festival.

0:07:39 > 0:07:42So, watch smashed and stopped at 1.25,

0:07:42 > 0:07:44so I think we can call that time of death.

0:07:44 > 0:07:46Do we know how old she would've been?

0:07:46 > 0:07:50She was a year below me, so, 26.

0:07:50 > 0:07:54So young. OK, Dwayne. We can release the body.

0:07:54 > 0:07:57Then let's take a look up top.

0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Morning, JP. - Morning, Sir. Sarge.

0:08:07 > 0:08:11So, in the novel, this is where Iris jumped from, right?

0:08:11 > 0:08:14It's become a bit of a tourist destination.

0:08:14 > 0:08:16You've all read it, I suppose?

0:08:16 > 0:08:19Of course, Sir. It's required reading at school.

0:08:19 > 0:08:22I can't imagine anyone growing up on this island having not read it.

0:08:22 > 0:08:26And that includes me, Chief. It's one of my favourites.

0:08:26 > 0:08:28Really? Sounds like I've got some catching up to do.

0:08:28 > 0:08:30Right, JP, what've you got?

0:08:30 > 0:08:32Well, Sir, The victim's bag was found just here.

0:08:32 > 0:08:35I've gone through it. Nothing out of the ordinary.

0:08:35 > 0:08:39Purse, pen, diary, laptop cable. And then...

0:08:39 > 0:08:41this.

0:08:45 > 0:08:47"To My Family. I'm so sorry.

0:08:47 > 0:08:50"I tried but I couldn't do it any longer. Please forgive me.

0:08:50 > 0:08:52"I love you. Esther."

0:08:55 > 0:08:57Poor Esther.

0:08:57 > 0:09:00Yes. Strange, isn't it?

0:09:00 > 0:09:03- What is?- That she chose to write that letter on a computer,

0:09:03 > 0:09:05print it and then sign it.

0:09:05 > 0:09:08Seems somewhat impersonal, rather formal, wouldn't you say?

0:09:10 > 0:09:12Montblanc fountain pen.

0:09:12 > 0:09:14These aren't cheap.

0:09:20 > 0:09:22Is something troubling you, Sir?

0:09:22 > 0:09:25Well there is a bit, JP, if I'm honest.

0:09:25 > 0:09:28It's that suicide note. It doesn't quite make sense.

0:09:28 > 0:09:29That it wasn't handwritten?

0:09:29 > 0:09:33Yes, that. But also that Esther's signature is written in Biro.

0:09:33 > 0:09:36Esther uses a rather expensive fountain pen to write all her

0:09:36 > 0:09:37appointments in her diary.

0:09:37 > 0:09:40But when it comes to signing her final letter to her family,

0:09:40 > 0:09:42she plumps for a Biro.

0:09:42 > 0:09:45Like I say, strange, isn't it?

0:09:54 > 0:09:58So, Chief, there were around about 100 guests here today.

0:09:58 > 0:10:00Anna Wolf is pretty sure Esther didn't have any contact with

0:10:00 > 0:10:02any of them until they arrived here this morning.

0:10:02 > 0:10:04OK then, talk to the other guests,

0:10:04 > 0:10:06confirm whether Anna's right about that.

0:10:06 > 0:10:09Also, the laptop cable we found in Esther's bag would imply she has a laptop.

0:10:09 > 0:10:11- See if you can find it hereabout. - Chief.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18DI Humphrey Goodman. DS Florence Cassell.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21I understand you both found Esther?

0:10:21 > 0:10:25Do you have any idea what happened? Was it accidental?

0:10:25 > 0:10:27- We found a note.- Oh, God.

0:10:27 > 0:10:30I know this is a difficult time, but I need to ask a few questions.

0:10:32 > 0:10:34When did you last all see Esther alive?

0:10:34 > 0:10:38I noticed her leaving the garden, at about...

0:10:38 > 0:10:40Quarter past one.

0:10:42 > 0:10:44- You're sure?- Quite sure. I was on stage...

0:10:44 > 0:10:46- about to start my talk. - I saw her then too.- So did I.

0:10:46 > 0:10:48Leaving the garden alone?

0:10:48 > 0:10:51Yeah.

0:10:51 > 0:10:53And where were you all for the next ten minutes?

0:10:53 > 0:10:57In the audience listening to Patricia. All of us were.

0:10:57 > 0:11:00Can you tell me about how Esther seemed over the last few days?

0:11:00 > 0:11:02Her mood, behaviour?

0:11:02 > 0:11:06She'd barely left her hotel room - since we arrived five days ago.

0:11:06 > 0:11:07Do you know why?

0:11:07 > 0:11:10She was working late every night on a new chapter of her thesis.

0:11:10 > 0:11:12It was on The Flame Tree.

0:11:12 > 0:11:14She was doing some research here on the island.

0:11:14 > 0:11:15What sort of research?

0:11:15 > 0:11:18She hadn't shared it with me yet. It was obviously preoccupying her.

0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Obsessing her, even.- Really?

0:11:22 > 0:11:27Esther was a very dedicated student. Cared about her work.

0:11:27 > 0:11:29Perhaps a little too much.

0:11:30 > 0:11:32Did you have any contact with Esther?

0:11:32 > 0:11:35She was here yesterday, helping me with the festival admin.

0:11:35 > 0:11:39Printing the programmes, setting up the equipment.

0:11:39 > 0:11:42And, Sylvie, did you speak to her then?

0:11:42 > 0:11:45Yesterday, no more than a word or two.

0:11:45 > 0:11:48Didn't she go to see you on Thursday, to interview you?

0:11:50 > 0:11:54She did and we spoke a little more then.

0:11:54 > 0:11:56What did she want to talk about?

0:11:56 > 0:11:59Oh, my writing. She had some research questions.

0:11:59 > 0:12:03Like Anna said, I did notice she seemed a little tense.

0:12:03 > 0:12:06- Do you know why? - I have no idea.

0:12:06 > 0:12:10Presumably she was already planning to throw herself off my cliff.

0:12:12 > 0:12:14Mmm.

0:12:14 > 0:12:17And you say you were still all present at Patricia's talk at 1.25.

0:12:17 > 0:12:19Are there other guests who can confirm this?

0:12:19 > 0:12:21Ask anyone else in the audience.

0:12:21 > 0:12:24There were 100 people here and we were sitting in the front row.

0:12:25 > 0:12:28But Esther jumped, didn't she? She wasn't...

0:12:28 > 0:12:30Well, we're not ruling anything out just yet.

0:12:33 > 0:12:35OK, thank you.

0:12:35 > 0:12:38We'll be in touch with any further questions. Bye.

0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Sir?- Yes.

0:12:44 > 0:12:46We looked around and there's no sign of Esther's laptop.

0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Mm-hmm.- And we've spoken to most of the other guests.

0:12:48 > 0:12:51And it's true - they only know Esther from meeting her after they

0:12:51 > 0:12:52arrived earlier this morning.

0:12:52 > 0:12:54Listen, a couple noticed Esther leaving the grounds

0:12:54 > 0:12:56during Patricia Lawrence's talk.

0:12:56 > 0:12:58Any of them notice anyone following Esther?

0:12:58 > 0:13:01Apparently everyone remained in their seat for the duration of the talk.

0:13:03 > 0:13:05What are you thinking, Sir?

0:13:05 > 0:13:06Well I'm thinking that if, as I suspect,

0:13:06 > 0:13:09that suicide note was faked and Esther was pushed to her death.

0:13:09 > 0:13:12Then, as there seem to be only four people at the festival who

0:13:12 > 0:13:14knew her, it has to be one of them that did it.

0:13:14 > 0:13:16But Chief, if they were all in full view when it happened,

0:13:16 > 0:13:19- it can't be, can it? - No, Dwayne. It can't.

0:13:19 > 0:13:20You're right.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23We need to get that note dusted for prints as soon as possible.

0:13:23 > 0:13:26Also, Dwayne, JP, find out if there was anyone else present

0:13:26 > 0:13:29on the estate at the time of death, apart from the guests, I mean.

0:13:29 > 0:13:32Any staff, neighbours, anyone who may have witnessed anything.

0:13:32 > 0:13:34Also, there's a small bungalow over there, I noticed.

0:13:34 > 0:13:35Might be worth checking out.

0:13:35 > 0:13:38In the meantime, Florence, let's take a look at Esther's hotel room.

0:13:38 > 0:13:41If she's pretty much been holed up there since she arrived on

0:13:41 > 0:13:45Saint-Marie, then it might give us a clearer idea about what she's been up to this last week.

0:13:45 > 0:13:46Good idea, Sir.

0:13:46 > 0:13:48Oh, and we should call Esther's parents.

0:13:54 > 0:13:58Of course we will. And again, I am so sorry.

0:13:58 > 0:14:00We'll speak soon. Bye.

0:14:00 > 0:14:02How were they?

0:14:02 > 0:14:04Shocked and devastated, of course,

0:14:04 > 0:14:07but they refused to believe Esther would kill herself.

0:14:07 > 0:14:10They were aware she was stressed by her studies.

0:14:10 > 0:14:11But not to the extent she...

0:14:11 > 0:14:14Well, that tallies with our thinking.

0:14:14 > 0:14:16The receptionist says she saw Esther arguing with

0:14:16 > 0:14:18a male English guest two nights ago.

0:14:18 > 0:14:20Sounded like Oliver Wolf, from her description.

0:14:20 > 0:14:23We should get in touch with Esther's university - see if they can offer

0:14:23 > 0:14:27us any insight into her relationship with Professor and Doctor Wolf.

0:14:27 > 0:14:29DOOR OPENS

0:14:31 > 0:14:34Looks like she really was burning the midnight oil...

0:14:35 > 0:14:40What a mess, right, let's see if Esther's laptop is here.

0:14:45 > 0:14:48Strange. She left her phone here.

0:14:54 > 0:14:57These look like notes for her thesis.

0:15:05 > 0:15:07We used to love collecting shells as kids.

0:15:07 > 0:15:09We used to go to the beach after school.

0:15:09 > 0:15:13And then she moved to England? Did you stay in touch?

0:15:13 > 0:15:16Yeah. Wrote a few times, but that was it.

0:15:16 > 0:15:20Until today, I haven't thought about her for years.

0:15:21 > 0:15:23Anything on her phone?

0:15:23 > 0:15:25I've only had a quick look through,

0:15:25 > 0:15:28but it seems to me that Esther liked to keep herself to herself.

0:15:28 > 0:15:31Hardly any personal texts or photos, even.

0:15:31 > 0:15:33There's no sign of her laptop either, is there?

0:15:33 > 0:15:36No, there isn't. Someone's taken it, haven't they?

0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Why?- I don't know, Florence.

0:15:40 > 0:15:42But as we now not only have a suspicious suicide note,

0:15:42 > 0:15:44but also a laptop that's gone missing,

0:15:44 > 0:15:47I'm sorry to say that we're treating Esther's death as murder.

0:15:50 > 0:15:53Oh, I have never been to the Baptiste estate before, Dwayne.

0:15:53 > 0:15:55Me neither.

0:15:55 > 0:15:58Yes, to think this is where the book actually takes place, you know,

0:15:58 > 0:16:01it really brings it to life, don't you think?

0:16:01 > 0:16:02Oh, yes, JP.

0:16:02 > 0:16:05I'm seeing it very much in a new light now.

0:16:05 > 0:16:08What's your favourite part of the book, Dwayne?

0:16:08 > 0:16:11Honore Police. Can you open up, please?

0:16:11 > 0:16:15You know what, JP, I don't think there's anyone at home, you know.

0:16:15 > 0:16:17Wait a minute, Dwayne.

0:16:23 > 0:16:26Oh! Good afternoon, madam.

0:16:26 > 0:16:29We're investigating an incident that's taken place near here.

0:16:29 > 0:16:32Did you happen to see a young woman, early 20s,

0:16:32 > 0:16:35heading towards the cliff at about 1.15 today?

0:16:35 > 0:16:38Sorry. No.

0:16:38 > 0:16:41Do you live here alone? Excuse me!

0:16:41 > 0:16:43Can we take your name...?

0:16:43 > 0:16:48Nice to meet you, too! Some people, eh?

0:16:52 > 0:16:54JP?

0:16:56 > 0:16:59Well, it does look like the same handwriting to me.

0:16:59 > 0:17:01But then it could just be a good forgery.

0:17:01 > 0:17:04- It's not hard to do.- Sir?- Yes?

0:17:04 > 0:17:07I've just spoken to the dean of the university.

0:17:07 > 0:17:11He said Esther had made an appointment with the union welfare officer.

0:17:11 > 0:17:14He didn't know why but I've asked her to get in touch.

0:17:14 > 0:17:17Mm-hmm. So our victim dies in an apparent suicide.

0:17:17 > 0:17:19She'd been on the island five days and we've established

0:17:19 > 0:17:23she only had contact with four people. They were...

0:17:23 > 0:17:26Professor Anna Wolf, 44, Esther's tutor

0:17:26 > 0:17:29and head of the English faculty at Esther's university.

0:17:29 > 0:17:32The dean spoke very highly of her.

0:17:32 > 0:17:36Seems to be the star of her department. Married to...

0:17:36 > 0:17:37Oliver Wolf, 43.

0:17:37 > 0:17:40An academic too, but we can't find much about him online.

0:17:40 > 0:17:42Hasn't published anything for some years, it seems.

0:17:42 > 0:17:44Sylvie Baptiste, 66.

0:17:44 > 0:17:47Big-deal novelist, lived on Saint-Marie all her life,

0:17:47 > 0:17:50and Patricia Lawrence, 46, lives at the estate.

0:17:50 > 0:17:52Originally from Lewisham in the UK.

0:17:52 > 0:17:54How long has she been here?

0:17:54 > 0:17:5525 years.

0:17:55 > 0:17:57Apparently she came here whilst travelling,

0:17:57 > 0:18:00got a temporary job as Sylvie's assistant and ended up staying.

0:18:00 > 0:18:03And the woman in the bungalow, did she give a name?

0:18:03 > 0:18:06Name? She slammed the door in my face.

0:18:06 > 0:18:08Seemed very reluctant to talk to us.

0:18:08 > 0:18:09Suspiciously so?

0:18:09 > 0:18:12I don't think so, Sir. There's something about her.

0:18:12 > 0:18:15- She didn't seem well, you know? - OK, well, call Patricia.

0:18:15 > 0:18:16PHONE RINGS

0:18:16 > 0:18:18See if she can tell us who lives there.

0:18:18 > 0:18:20Right, Dwayne, get the suicide note fingerprinted.

0:18:20 > 0:18:22And get in touch with Esther's internet provider.

0:18:22 > 0:18:24See what her e-mails show up.

0:18:24 > 0:18:27Also check with immigration and find out about Sylvie

0:18:27 > 0:18:29and Patricia's travels over the last few years.

0:18:29 > 0:18:32See if there's any chance that either of them may have

0:18:32 > 0:18:33crossed paths with Esther before.

0:18:33 > 0:18:35Chief.

0:18:35 > 0:18:38Sir, that was the university welfare officer.

0:18:38 > 0:18:43Apparently Esther had reported a case of sexual harassment...

0:18:43 > 0:18:46against Oliver Wolf.

0:18:47 > 0:18:50It comes with the territory, the odd flirtation.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52Nothing more than that.

0:18:53 > 0:18:55What exactly happened between you?

0:18:55 > 0:19:00Well, it was at a seminar recently,

0:19:00 > 0:19:01drank too much red wine.

0:19:01 > 0:19:03We ended up kissing.

0:19:04 > 0:19:07Look, these girls are young, they're hormonal,

0:19:07 > 0:19:12if you're halfway decent-looking and under 50 - they do flirt.

0:19:12 > 0:19:13HUMPHREY CHUCKLES

0:19:13 > 0:19:15Yes, thing is, Oliver,

0:19:15 > 0:19:18we just spoke to the union welfare officer at your university.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21They told us that Esther's version of that seminar is rather

0:19:21 > 0:19:24different from yours. You were the one drunk.

0:19:24 > 0:19:26You were the one who cornered her in your office,

0:19:26 > 0:19:29and the next morning Esther made an appointment to report you for sexual harassment.

0:19:29 > 0:19:33But I think you already know that, don't you?

0:19:33 > 0:19:35We spoke to the receptionist at your hotel.

0:19:35 > 0:19:39She said she saw you and Esther arguing - two nights before she died.

0:19:39 > 0:19:41I had...

0:19:41 > 0:19:44nothing to do with her death.

0:19:44 > 0:19:45What were you and her arguing about?

0:19:48 > 0:19:50I was just trying to get her to be reasonable.

0:19:50 > 0:19:52Had she threatened to tell your wife?

0:19:52 > 0:19:53After all, Anna was her tutor.

0:19:53 > 0:19:55I swear, I was only going there...

0:19:55 > 0:19:58Perhaps you wanted to shut Esther up before she could do any more damage!

0:19:58 > 0:19:59Anna knew!

0:20:00 > 0:20:02Anna always knows.

0:20:02 > 0:20:04She turns a blind eye.

0:20:04 > 0:20:06Why on earth would she do that?

0:20:06 > 0:20:08Because I've sacrificed everything for her!

0:20:08 > 0:20:11She's the star academic, her career always comes first,

0:20:11 > 0:20:12while I'm the one who rubs her feet,

0:20:12 > 0:20:15does the laundry and makes sure there's food in the fridge.

0:20:15 > 0:20:18And in return she allows you a few discreet...dalliances?

0:20:18 > 0:20:20Yes.

0:20:23 > 0:20:26It may seem a little dysfunctional to you, Inspector,

0:20:26 > 0:20:28but it works for us.

0:20:28 > 0:20:31Except, with Esther making a complaint - things had become

0:20:31 > 0:20:35- slightly less discreet, hadn't they?- I suppose so.

0:20:38 > 0:20:42Which makes me wonder how Anna felt about it all. Huh?

0:20:49 > 0:20:51He told us you knew all about it.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53Of course I didn't.

0:20:53 > 0:20:55He told us you had a deal. About you turning a blind eye.

0:20:55 > 0:20:58Of course you couldn't turn a blind eye to that, could you?

0:20:58 > 0:21:00I mean, he'd pushed it too far, wrecked your cosy agreement.

0:21:00 > 0:21:03I mean, a few discreet affairs, fine, but a sexual harassment charge?

0:21:03 > 0:21:07I mean, that would really take the shine off the university's golden couple.

0:21:07 > 0:21:08I had no idea about this "charge".

0:21:08 > 0:21:11OK. Florence, call Ms Hoskins, would you?

0:21:11 > 0:21:12See if she can clear this up for us.

0:21:14 > 0:21:16Wait!

0:21:18 > 0:21:23Look, he...he wasn't meant to go after students!

0:21:23 > 0:21:25It was only ever meant to be women I didn't know,

0:21:25 > 0:21:28things I would never have to hear about,

0:21:28 > 0:21:30but of course Ollie couldn't resist a girl like Esther.

0:21:30 > 0:21:33I'm sure he saw her as a challenge.

0:21:33 > 0:21:34So you knew Esther had reported him?

0:21:34 > 0:21:37Yes, I knew.

0:21:37 > 0:21:40And it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.

0:21:40 > 0:21:42I thought it was a good deal,

0:21:42 > 0:21:45that I needed his support in my career,

0:21:45 > 0:21:49but the truth is, I could've coped on my own.

0:21:49 > 0:21:51Then, why let him get away with it?

0:21:53 > 0:21:57Because I loved him. Idiotic, I know.

0:21:59 > 0:22:03You don't think that I had anything to do with Esther's death, do you?

0:22:03 > 0:22:04Well, you can see how it looks.

0:22:04 > 0:22:07She was a threat to your marriage and your career.

0:22:07 > 0:22:08My marriage is over.

0:22:10 > 0:22:12It has been for a long time.

0:22:18 > 0:22:22Now, our victim was on the cusp of reporting Oliver Wolf

0:22:22 > 0:22:24to the university authorities for sexual harassment.

0:22:24 > 0:22:28Which means that both he and his wife had a great deal to lose.

0:22:28 > 0:22:31Either - or indeed both of them - had reason to kill her.

0:22:31 > 0:22:34Yeah, but as they were sat next to each other in the front row

0:22:34 > 0:22:38during Patricia Lawrence's talk at the exact moment Esther died...

0:22:38 > 0:22:42In theory, neither of them could have done it.

0:22:42 > 0:22:44Dwayne. How're you getting on?

0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Well, Chief, I've fingerprinted the suicide note.- And?

0:22:47 > 0:22:50I'm afraid only Esther's prints are on it.

0:22:50 > 0:22:52I also checked with Immigration.

0:22:52 > 0:22:55Seems Sylvie and Patricia travel a lot, all over the world.

0:22:55 > 0:22:57The life of a celebrated novelist, eh?

0:22:57 > 0:23:01Whilst Patricia's never been back to the UK, Sylvie's made four

0:23:01 > 0:23:03trips there in the last seven years for other literary festivals.

0:23:03 > 0:23:07But after a quick check, Esther wasn't in attendance at any of them.

0:23:07 > 0:23:11So it's highly unlikely they met prior to Esther's arrival on the island.

0:23:11 > 0:23:12Thank you, Dwayne.

0:23:12 > 0:23:15JP, anything of interest from our victim's e-mail account?

0:23:15 > 0:23:18Well, I've looked back over the last six months

0:23:18 > 0:23:21and there are four e-mails sent to Patricia Lawrence

0:23:21 > 0:23:23requesting an interview with Sylvie Baptiste.

0:23:23 > 0:23:26All politely refused. Esther pretty much...

0:23:26 > 0:23:28Keeps herself to herself. Yes, well that's the impression we got.

0:23:28 > 0:23:32Oh, also, I left a message for Patricia to call

0:23:32 > 0:23:34me back about whoever lives in that bungalow.

0:23:34 > 0:23:35But in the meantime,

0:23:35 > 0:23:38I checked the Electoral Register - and the owner is Sylvie Baptiste.

0:23:38 > 0:23:42- No occupier registered. - How odd.

0:23:42 > 0:23:44Chase Patricia - we need to find out who her mysterious tenant is.

0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Yes, sir.- But do it first thing in the morning. It's getting on.

0:23:47 > 0:23:49We should call it a day.

0:23:49 > 0:23:52I'd also like to pop into the library before it closes,

0:23:52 > 0:23:55get a copy of The Flame Tree to read,

0:23:55 > 0:23:57but if anyone fancies a beer after I've done that...

0:23:57 > 0:23:59Chief is buying.

0:23:59 > 0:24:01That's very good of you, Chief.

0:24:01 > 0:24:03Yes, well, I'd like to pick your brains about Sylvie's novel.

0:24:03 > 0:24:05As you've all read it.

0:24:05 > 0:24:06Of course!

0:24:06 > 0:24:09Florence? Beer, maybe?

0:24:09 > 0:24:11I just want to finish going through Esther's notes.

0:24:11 > 0:24:13I'll see you there.

0:24:13 > 0:24:16Yes, yes.

0:24:30 > 0:24:35Ah! On the Chief's tab, Catherine. Mm-hmm.

0:24:35 > 0:24:39Victor Pearce standing for mayor.

0:24:39 > 0:24:42Eurgh. Just as bad as the last one.

0:24:42 > 0:24:44I love this island,

0:24:44 > 0:24:48but I wish that, just once, we could elect a mayor who deserves the job.

0:24:48 > 0:24:50What's so bad about him?

0:24:50 > 0:24:54A bully and a crook. Out drinking every night.

0:24:54 > 0:24:56And it all goes on his expense account.

0:24:56 > 0:24:59Never pays for a thing.

0:24:59 > 0:25:01Well, maybe you should stand, Catherine.

0:25:01 > 0:25:03I mean, I personally think you'd do a great job.

0:25:03 > 0:25:06- HE SNORTS - What's so funny about that?

0:25:06 > 0:25:09Nothing. My drink went down the wrong way.

0:25:16 > 0:25:17OK, here we go, Sir.

0:25:17 > 0:25:21Ah! Fine beer and classic literature.

0:25:21 > 0:25:23- What more could a man want? - Indeed.

0:25:23 > 0:25:25You enjoying the book, Sir?

0:25:25 > 0:25:28Mmm. Very much. You liked it as well, Dwayne?

0:25:28 > 0:25:30Me?

0:25:30 > 0:25:32Yes, what did you make of it when you first read it?

0:25:32 > 0:25:34Well...

0:25:34 > 0:25:37You know...

0:25:37 > 0:25:40It's...richly evocative.

0:25:40 > 0:25:43A classic tale of destiny and desire.

0:25:43 > 0:25:46- Crikey.- Wow!

0:25:46 > 0:25:50It's a triumph of post-co...colonialism.

0:25:54 > 0:25:57Kathy Morrison, New York Herald.

0:25:59 > 0:26:02OK, OK, so maybe I didn't quite get to the end.

0:26:02 > 0:26:05Where is Florence? I thought she'd be here by now.

0:26:58 > 0:27:00Excuse me...

0:27:07 > 0:27:09- Morning, all, morning. - Morning, Chief.- Morning, Chief.

0:27:09 > 0:27:12Sorry I'm late. I didn't get to sleep till five.

0:27:12 > 0:27:14I could not put this down.

0:27:14 > 0:27:16Esther's parents called me first thing this morning.

0:27:16 > 0:27:19They'd remembered something she said about uncovering

0:27:19 > 0:27:22a secret during the research she'd been doing here on the island.

0:27:22 > 0:27:23A secret? About what?

0:27:23 > 0:27:27They didn't know but they said she'd seemed worried about it, nervous.

0:27:27 > 0:27:30I started going through her notes here,

0:27:30 > 0:27:33- seeing if there's any clue as to what it was...- But no joy?

0:27:33 > 0:27:37Not yet. It looks like some kind of textual analysis,

0:27:37 > 0:27:41comparing different works by Sylvie Baptiste, word usage,

0:27:41 > 0:27:43styles of phrasing.

0:27:43 > 0:27:47I'll keep looking. Also, I found this matchbox from a bar,

0:27:47 > 0:27:49in amongst the things we took in Esther's room.

0:27:49 > 0:27:52I went to visit it last night and showed them her picture.

0:27:52 > 0:27:53Did they recognise her?

0:27:53 > 0:27:56The barman said Esther didn't really talk much

0:27:56 > 0:27:59but she showed some interest in this.

0:27:59 > 0:28:01- It was hanging on the wall. - Sylvie Baptiste.

0:28:01 > 0:28:04Not just her. Look at the caption.

0:28:04 > 0:28:07- Lizzie Baptiste, too. - Lizzie Baptiste?

0:28:07 > 0:28:09Turns out it's Sylvie's sister.

0:28:09 > 0:28:12There's a record of birth and where she went to school,

0:28:12 > 0:28:14but after that - nothing.

0:28:14 > 0:28:17It's like she just...disappeared.

0:28:17 > 0:28:21Gosh, how strange. Could this be the secret Esther discovered?

0:28:21 > 0:28:25I can't see any secret exactly. Just not many records of her.

0:28:25 > 0:28:27I think this is the woman from the bungalow.

0:28:28 > 0:28:33I mean, she's a bit older now, but same eyes. No?

0:28:33 > 0:28:34Mm-hmm.

0:28:34 > 0:28:37So Sylvie's sister is living on her estate, not 100 metres

0:28:37 > 0:28:40away from the scene of the crime, and Sylvie neglected to mention it?

0:28:40 > 0:28:43I think you need to pay this Lizzie another visit.

0:28:43 > 0:28:45Chief.

0:28:55 > 0:28:57Morning.

0:28:57 > 0:29:00It's Lizzie, isn't it?

0:29:00 > 0:29:01I'm JP Hooper.

0:29:01 > 0:29:03This is Officer Myers.

0:29:03 > 0:29:06You need to speak to my sister.

0:29:06 > 0:29:09I don't like to have visitors.

0:29:19 > 0:29:21Lizzie?

0:29:22 > 0:29:26I see your plants need a bit of a weeding.

0:29:26 > 0:29:30Would you like us to help you tidy them up a bit?

0:29:30 > 0:29:32It'll be our pleasure.

0:29:47 > 0:29:51- So you live alone, Lizzie? - Mm-hmm.

0:29:52 > 0:29:55And does your sister come and visit you?

0:29:55 > 0:29:59She's good to me. She takes care of me.

0:30:03 > 0:30:04How long have you lived here for?

0:30:06 > 0:30:08A long time. Since...

0:30:10 > 0:30:12..I came out of the hospital.

0:30:14 > 0:30:15You weren't well?

0:30:15 > 0:30:18Hmm. Things went a bit wrong...

0:30:20 > 0:30:21..up here.

0:30:26 > 0:30:29She wanted to know about...a poem.

0:30:36 > 0:30:37Who did?

0:30:37 > 0:30:39The girl...

0:30:40 > 0:30:42The one whose body you found.

0:30:43 > 0:30:46I told her I don't know anything about any poem.

0:30:49 > 0:30:50Ah, where exactly did you speak to her?

0:30:50 > 0:30:52She came here.

0:30:53 > 0:30:57I told her I don't like having visitors, but...

0:30:59 > 0:31:01..she wouldn't listen.

0:31:01 > 0:31:02And when was this?

0:31:04 > 0:31:07Couple of days ago, I think.

0:31:09 > 0:31:12Lizzie, where was you yesterday lunchtime?

0:31:14 > 0:31:16Yesterday?

0:31:16 > 0:31:18Just before the first time we visited you.

0:31:22 > 0:31:25I was here. All morning.

0:31:30 > 0:31:31A poem?

0:31:31 > 0:31:34Apparently, that's what Esther was interested in.

0:31:34 > 0:31:35I wonder why?

0:31:35 > 0:31:37And why on earth would she want to talk to Lizzie about it?

0:31:37 > 0:31:41I mean, Sylvie doesn't write poetry, does she? She writes novels.

0:31:41 > 0:31:43That's what Esther was researching.

0:31:43 > 0:31:46I think I saw some poetry in the notes

0:31:46 > 0:31:48that Esther was making for her thesis.

0:31:48 > 0:31:51And she can't say for sure where she was

0:31:51 > 0:31:52at the time Esther was pushed off the cliff?

0:31:52 > 0:31:54No, Chief.

0:31:54 > 0:31:56But I don't think that that's our killer, though, Sir.

0:31:56 > 0:31:59I mean, I know she's vulnerable. Had some sort of...

0:31:59 > 0:32:01Yes, yes, I know, JP. And I'm sorry.

0:32:01 > 0:32:03But she currently has no alibi,

0:32:03 > 0:32:05and she was in the vicinity of the murder

0:32:05 > 0:32:06at the time it happened.

0:32:06 > 0:32:09We have to do due diligence and add her to the board.

0:32:09 > 0:32:10I'm sorry.

0:32:19 > 0:32:20There it is.

0:32:20 > 0:32:24Thank you. "Perhaps if I jump, I will fly.

0:32:24 > 0:32:27"Perhaps if I jump, I will be free."

0:32:27 > 0:32:30I'm sure I've seen that in the novel somewhere.

0:32:30 > 0:32:33That's when Iris goes to the cliff for the first time.

0:32:33 > 0:32:34That's it! That's it!

0:32:34 > 0:32:35Now where is that?

0:32:35 > 0:32:37Er, about halfway through.

0:32:37 > 0:32:40Just after Donald visits the Obeah woman.

0:32:40 > 0:32:45Oh, here we are. "Perhaps I'll fly if I jump.

0:32:45 > 0:32:47"Perhaps I'll be free..."

0:32:47 > 0:32:48That's almost identical to the poem.

0:32:48 > 0:32:51The phrasing's just slightly different.

0:32:51 > 0:32:53And what's that number next to it?

0:32:53 > 0:32:56I don't know. There's a few of them in the notes.

0:32:56 > 0:32:57All eight digits.

0:32:57 > 0:32:58It's a phone number, maybe.

0:32:58 > 0:33:00- No.- I don't think so.

0:33:00 > 0:33:02There's a number on the book, Chief. Eight digits.

0:33:02 > 0:33:04- Where?- There.

0:33:06 > 0:33:08They're library reference numbers.

0:33:08 > 0:33:10So Esther was researching all this at Honore library.

0:33:10 > 0:33:12Dwayne, I want you to get down there.

0:33:12 > 0:33:14See if you can find whatever it was Esther was digging out.

0:33:14 > 0:33:15Right away, Chief!

0:33:21 > 0:33:23Where would the library be, exactly?

0:33:25 > 0:33:27I'll come with you.

0:33:39 > 0:33:40HE BLOWS AND COUGHS

0:33:42 > 0:33:44Shhh.

0:33:44 > 0:33:46Why do they keep all this old stuff, Sarge?

0:33:46 > 0:33:48It's a library.

0:33:48 > 0:33:50It's a fire hazard, is what it is.

0:33:52 > 0:33:56You should read it. I think you might enjoy it.

0:33:56 > 0:34:00510 pages? You must be joking!

0:34:00 > 0:34:01Shhh.

0:34:01 > 0:34:02What?

0:34:09 > 0:34:13Dwayne, Elizabeth Baptiste.

0:34:13 > 0:34:15Listed here in the index.

0:34:15 > 0:34:16Oh!

0:34:20 > 0:34:21It's the poem Esther wrote out,

0:34:21 > 0:34:24similar to the lines in the novel.

0:34:24 > 0:34:25But it's by Lizzie Baptiste,

0:34:25 > 0:34:28published two years before The Flame Tree.

0:34:28 > 0:34:29So Sylvie stole her lines?

0:34:29 > 0:34:32Maybe that's not all she stole.

0:34:32 > 0:34:34Esther's notes compare The Flame Tree

0:34:34 > 0:34:35to Sylvie's other works.

0:34:35 > 0:34:37There are significant differences.

0:34:37 > 0:34:41It's almost like she's comparing two different authors.

0:34:41 > 0:34:44Is it possible that the secret Esther discovered is that...

0:34:44 > 0:34:46There ARE two different authors?

0:34:46 > 0:34:48That Sylvie didn't write The Flame Tree at all?

0:34:48 > 0:34:49That Lizzie did?

0:34:49 > 0:34:51And Sylvie found the manuscript?

0:34:51 > 0:34:53I think that's what Esther's research was about,

0:34:53 > 0:34:56and that's why she was writing a new chapter for her thesis.

0:34:56 > 0:34:58It explains why she was so stressed,

0:34:58 > 0:35:00why she hadn't felt able to tell anyone.

0:35:00 > 0:35:01But why would Lizzie allow her sister

0:35:01 > 0:35:03to take the credit for all her work?

0:35:03 > 0:35:05Well, Lizzie doesn't remember the poem.

0:35:05 > 0:35:07So maybe she didn't remember the novel, either?

0:35:07 > 0:35:09Is it possible that you'd forget you wrote a novel?

0:35:09 > 0:35:10Well, if her breakdown was as severe

0:35:10 > 0:35:12as she says it was, then, yes, maybe.

0:35:12 > 0:35:16But if that is the case, then Sylvie Baptiste must have thought

0:35:16 > 0:35:17she'd committed the perfect fraud,

0:35:17 > 0:35:19until the day Esther came along.

0:35:19 > 0:35:21And threatened to ruin it all.

0:35:23 > 0:35:26Esther came to see me here, yes, as I already told you.

0:35:26 > 0:35:28A strange girl.

0:35:28 > 0:35:30What did she want to talk about?

0:35:30 > 0:35:33Oh, my creative methods,

0:35:33 > 0:35:35my inspirations.

0:35:35 > 0:35:38I told her I have only two.

0:35:39 > 0:35:42The beauty of this island,

0:35:42 > 0:35:44and single malt whisky.

0:35:45 > 0:35:47Did she tell you about her research?

0:35:47 > 0:35:49I don't believe she did.

0:35:49 > 0:35:51I've read the novel. It's incredibly powerful.

0:35:51 > 0:35:56Soucriants flying round the island as balls of flame. Obeah magic.

0:35:56 > 0:35:58Must need a very vivid imagination to write that.

0:35:58 > 0:36:00No imagination required.

0:36:00 > 0:36:03My grandmother was an Obeah woman.

0:36:03 > 0:36:06She had the power of love and death.

0:36:06 > 0:36:08Real power...

0:36:08 > 0:36:11because the people believed in her.

0:36:11 > 0:36:14Amazing what people will buy, isn't it?

0:36:14 > 0:36:16If it's sold to them with enough panache.

0:36:19 > 0:36:22Ms Baptiste, we have a warrant to search your house.

0:36:28 > 0:36:30- RECORDING:- 'Idea for a short story.

0:36:32 > 0:36:34- 'A married woman in a close-knit community...'- Sylvie..?

0:36:34 > 0:36:36'..begins an affair with a parish priest.'

0:36:36 > 0:36:38What's going on?

0:36:39 > 0:36:42She was obsessive. She was losing her mind.

0:36:42 > 0:36:45Obsessive, yes. Losing her mind? No.

0:36:45 > 0:36:46Esther knew she was onto something.

0:36:46 > 0:36:48She believed she'd discovered a secret.

0:36:48 > 0:36:50That the original manuscript of The Flame Tree

0:36:50 > 0:36:51had been written by Lizzie.

0:36:51 > 0:36:54Esther discovered a poem that Lizzie had written -

0:36:54 > 0:36:57about a young woman who, unable to cope with life,

0:36:57 > 0:37:00throws herself off a cliff.

0:37:00 > 0:37:02We've been researching your background.

0:37:02 > 0:37:04You were rejected by publishers many times.

0:37:04 > 0:37:07And then, suddenly, you came up with The Flame Tree,

0:37:07 > 0:37:10and you were an instant critical hit.

0:37:10 > 0:37:12Did you find a manuscript of Lizzie's,

0:37:12 > 0:37:14decide to keep it for yourself?

0:37:17 > 0:37:19Lizzie would never have done anything with it!

0:37:21 > 0:37:23She never worked at it.

0:37:23 > 0:37:25She didn't deserve it.

0:37:25 > 0:37:29She would write things and forget them, like a child.

0:37:29 > 0:37:32I was the one who took things seriously.

0:37:32 > 0:37:36I was the one who gave it to the world.

0:37:36 > 0:37:38SHE COUGHS

0:37:41 > 0:37:45Chief? It's Esther's laptop.

0:37:45 > 0:37:46We found it in Ms Baptiste's room.

0:37:46 > 0:37:48You stole it.

0:37:50 > 0:37:52She did.

0:37:52 > 0:37:54On your instructions, no doubt.

0:37:54 > 0:37:55You said you'd got rid of it.

0:37:55 > 0:37:57Tell us exactly what happened

0:37:57 > 0:37:59when Esther came to see you on Thursday morning.

0:37:59 > 0:38:04She asked me if I had any original notes for The Flame Tree.

0:38:04 > 0:38:07Anything to prove that it had been my work.

0:38:07 > 0:38:09She said she had a new chapter for her thesis,

0:38:09 > 0:38:12which posited that I wasn't the author.

0:38:12 > 0:38:16I think a part of her was still hoping that I would prove her wrong.

0:38:16 > 0:38:17But you couldn't.

0:38:17 > 0:38:19So she said she'd go ahead and publish.

0:38:19 > 0:38:22She had the laptop with her.

0:38:22 > 0:38:24The new chapter was on it.

0:38:24 > 0:38:26Which you then instructed Patricia to steal from her

0:38:26 > 0:38:29while Esther was helping you prepare for the festival.

0:38:35 > 0:38:38But you knew she'd just rewrite the chapter?

0:38:38 > 0:38:41I panicked. I wanted to delay her.

0:38:41 > 0:38:43Esther's work threatened to destroy your reputation and career.

0:38:43 > 0:38:46You needed to deal with matters more permanently.

0:38:46 > 0:38:47I didn't kill her.

0:38:47 > 0:38:49You needed to make absolutely sure

0:38:49 > 0:38:50that she would never breathe a word about

0:38:50 > 0:38:52what a fraud her idol had turned out to be.

0:38:52 > 0:38:55You're right. I am a fraud.

0:38:56 > 0:39:00I told myself I could help Lizzie, could look after her better.

0:39:02 > 0:39:03The truth is, I did it for myself.

0:39:06 > 0:39:08I may be a fraud,

0:39:08 > 0:39:09but I am not a murderer.

0:39:15 > 0:39:17I need to go and lie down for a while.

0:39:17 > 0:39:19We've got the book signing at five.

0:39:19 > 0:39:20You can do that beforehand.

0:39:20 > 0:39:22Tell the guests I am not well.

0:39:24 > 0:39:26If you'll excuse me.

0:39:27 > 0:39:31You stole for Sylvie. I wonder, would you kill for her, too?

0:39:31 > 0:39:35Sylvie got nervous, didn't she? She knew Esther would just rewrite it.

0:39:35 > 0:39:37She asked you to do one more thing for her.

0:39:37 > 0:39:39The ultimate act of loyalty from an employee

0:39:39 > 0:39:41whose devotion knows no bounds.

0:39:41 > 0:39:43I'm afraid that's where you're wrong.

0:39:43 > 0:39:46I wish I could summon the sort of devotion you imagine.

0:39:46 > 0:39:49I wish to God Sylvie inspired it. I have no pension.

0:39:49 > 0:39:51No savings.

0:39:51 > 0:39:54I work 12-hour days that end in putting her to bed drunk,

0:39:54 > 0:39:55and mopping up her vomit.

0:39:56 > 0:39:59I draw the line at killing for her, too.

0:40:10 > 0:40:13Sylvie Baptiste. She had everything to lose.

0:40:13 > 0:40:16A lifetime's worth of reputation destroyed in an instant.

0:40:16 > 0:40:17Or Patricia Lawrence,

0:40:17 > 0:40:19loyal assistant protecting her employer.

0:40:19 > 0:40:20Either one of them could've done it.

0:40:20 > 0:40:22Maybe they were in it together?

0:40:22 > 0:40:23Maybe.

0:40:23 > 0:40:24But they, like Mr and Mrs Wolf,

0:40:24 > 0:40:26were in full view of an audience of 100

0:40:26 > 0:40:29in the ten-minute window when Esther was killed.

0:40:29 > 0:40:30Which leaves Lizzie Baptiste

0:40:30 > 0:40:33- as the only suspect who doesn't have an alibi.- Sir...

0:40:33 > 0:40:37But why would Lizzie want to kill Esther Monroe?

0:40:37 > 0:40:38She hardly knew her.

0:40:38 > 0:40:40And it seems,

0:40:40 > 0:40:43knew nothing of the long-held secret Esther was uncovering.

0:40:43 > 0:40:45And then there's that fountain pen.

0:40:47 > 0:40:50I'm afraid we're not going to solve this tonight.

0:40:50 > 0:40:53Let's call it a day for now. Pick up again tomorrow.

0:40:53 > 0:40:55Come on, I'll buy you a beer.

0:40:58 > 0:41:00Florence?

0:41:00 > 0:41:03I thought I might make a start looking through Esther's laptop.

0:41:03 > 0:41:06Actually, you said you'd help me tonight.

0:41:06 > 0:41:08Not often I pull rank.

0:41:11 > 0:41:12Come on.

0:41:18 > 0:41:23So, earlier, this gardening thing.

0:41:26 > 0:41:28You did well, JP.

0:41:28 > 0:41:30I was impressed.

0:41:32 > 0:41:34Ah, Catherine.

0:41:34 > 0:41:37So, JP, I decided to take your advice.

0:41:37 > 0:41:41Could use a little more idealism in politics. The spirit of protest!

0:41:41 > 0:41:43A woman's touch. Wouldn't you say, Dwayne?

0:41:43 > 0:41:44You'd better believe it!

0:42:01 > 0:42:02OK.

0:42:02 > 0:42:05If you haven't used it in three months, it goes.

0:42:05 > 0:42:09Very good. Ah, no, I wear that rather a lot actually.

0:42:16 > 0:42:17Thanks for helping me, Florence.

0:42:20 > 0:42:22I know you feel a responsibility to Esther.

0:42:26 > 0:42:29But I keep thinking, maybe if I'd stayed in touch,

0:42:29 > 0:42:31things would've been different for her.

0:42:31 > 0:42:34It's not your fault Esther died, Florence.

0:42:34 > 0:42:38She was harassed. She was stolen from.

0:42:38 > 0:42:42She spent a week on this island alone with no-one to turn to,

0:42:42 > 0:42:44and she ended up on that clifftop with someone who...

0:42:48 > 0:42:52If I'd been a friend to her, if I hadn't forgotten her...

0:42:52 > 0:42:53You can't think like that.

0:42:53 > 0:42:56Looking back and dwelling on the ifs, buts and maybes,

0:42:56 > 0:42:58it's a fool's game.

0:42:58 > 0:43:00What Esther needs most now

0:43:00 > 0:43:03is for a detective to catch the person that did this to her.

0:43:03 > 0:43:05OK?

0:43:05 > 0:43:06And you'll help me?

0:43:08 > 0:43:09I'm surprised you need to ask.

0:43:13 > 0:43:16Come on. Lots to do.

0:43:25 > 0:43:27Morning, Florence. JP.

0:43:27 > 0:43:28- Morning, Sir.- No Dwayne?

0:43:28 > 0:43:30Not yet, but, Sir, you should come and look

0:43:30 > 0:43:32- at what Florence has found... - Oh, yes?

0:43:32 > 0:43:34Something interesting on Esther's laptop.

0:43:34 > 0:43:36A video file, recorded on Thursday.

0:43:38 > 0:43:41- RECORDING:- 'Lizzie, can you remember this poem?

0:43:42 > 0:43:47'If we read it together, in the place where you wrote it,

0:43:47 > 0:43:49'it might help you remember...'

0:43:49 > 0:43:51The poem we read is set on the cliffs.

0:43:51 > 0:43:55So maybe Lizzie Baptiste did go to the clifftop with Esther.

0:43:55 > 0:43:57She is the only suspect not to have an alibi.

0:43:57 > 0:43:59Except the fake suicide note.

0:43:59 > 0:44:01I don't think she can plan something like that.

0:44:01 > 0:44:04If Esther was going to the clifftop to meet Lizzie,

0:44:04 > 0:44:09could someone have seen her going there and decided to follow her?

0:44:09 > 0:44:10No, no, it's too convenient.

0:44:10 > 0:44:12Whoever did this knew that Esther would be on the cliff

0:44:12 > 0:44:15and planned their alibi accordingly.

0:44:15 > 0:44:16I just don't know how

0:44:16 > 0:44:18they were able to make it appear like they were at the festival

0:44:18 > 0:44:19with the rest of the attendees,

0:44:19 > 0:44:22when they were actually on the clifftop committing murder.

0:44:22 > 0:44:24It's...

0:44:24 > 0:44:26Sorry I'm late, Chief. Overslept.

0:44:26 > 0:44:29Up late on a school night?

0:44:29 > 0:44:32No, Sarge, finishing The Flame Tree, actually.

0:44:32 > 0:44:34No way.

0:44:34 > 0:44:36Audio book.

0:44:36 > 0:44:39- Yeah, that's cheating! - What did you think?

0:44:39 > 0:44:40Loved it.

0:44:40 > 0:44:43Glass of rum, feet up, headphones in,

0:44:43 > 0:44:45I think I'll start reading more often.

0:44:45 > 0:44:47Mmm. Listen...

0:44:48 > 0:44:50AUDIO BOOK: 'Chapter 57.

0:44:50 > 0:44:54'Iris woke early the next morning and walked down to the beach.

0:44:54 > 0:44:58'The storm had cleared by then and the sea was calm.'

0:44:58 > 0:45:00Like she's there in my living room.

0:45:10 > 0:45:11Everything all right, Chief?

0:45:11 > 0:45:13"In your living room," you said.

0:45:13 > 0:45:15"Like she was there in your living room."

0:45:15 > 0:45:16Yes, Chief?

0:45:18 > 0:45:20So, watch smashed and stopped at 1.25.

0:45:20 > 0:45:22There were 100 people here,

0:45:22 > 0:45:24and we were sitting in the front row.

0:45:26 > 0:45:28What's going on?

0:45:28 > 0:45:30Didn't she go to see you on Thursday, to interview you?

0:45:30 > 0:45:32She did.

0:45:32 > 0:45:35She was working late every night on a new chapter of her thesis.

0:45:35 > 0:45:37If we read it together, in the place where you wrote it...

0:45:37 > 0:45:39Montblanc fountain pen.

0:45:42 > 0:45:44The suicide note...how did they manage that?

0:45:44 > 0:45:45How?!

0:45:45 > 0:45:47- PATRICIA:- 'We've got the book signing at five.'

0:45:47 > 0:45:50Of course! That's how!

0:45:50 > 0:45:52- Dwayne!- Chief?

0:45:52 > 0:45:54I need you to collect the laptop from Sylvie's estate

0:45:54 > 0:45:55and get it to the lab.

0:45:55 > 0:45:58I'm also going to need the folders containing our background checks

0:45:58 > 0:45:59and gather up the suspects.

0:45:59 > 0:46:02- Most importantly, Lizzie Baptiste. - Sir...- Please.

0:46:02 > 0:46:04Just trust me on this.

0:46:10 > 0:46:13This place is quite something, isn't it?

0:46:13 > 0:46:16The real-life setting of a famous novel.

0:46:16 > 0:46:19Esther Monroe died here three days ago,

0:46:19 > 0:46:21in what appeared to be a suicide.

0:46:23 > 0:46:25She was anxious,

0:46:25 > 0:46:27obsessing about her work.

0:46:29 > 0:46:33Jumping from the same cliff that her literary heroine had jumped from

0:46:33 > 0:46:36might seem like the ultimate escape from her problems.

0:46:38 > 0:46:40But this was no suicide.

0:46:42 > 0:46:44Esther was murdered.

0:46:47 > 0:46:50Now, Esther left the party at 1.15pm.

0:46:50 > 0:46:53When her body was found, her smashed watch had stopped at 1.25.

0:46:55 > 0:46:58100 witnesses vouch for you all being at Patricia's talk

0:46:58 > 0:46:59during that period...

0:47:00 > 0:47:04..in the front row, Patricia on stage.

0:47:04 > 0:47:05So it's impossible

0:47:05 > 0:47:08that any of you could have left to commit murder.

0:47:08 > 0:47:13Unless every one of those impartial witnesses were mistaken...

0:47:15 > 0:47:17..which is exactly what they were.

0:47:20 > 0:47:24Early on Thursday, the day before her death,

0:47:24 > 0:47:27Esther had been to visit Sylvie Baptiste.

0:47:27 > 0:47:29Esther had confronted Sylvie

0:47:29 > 0:47:32about the true authorship of The Flame Tree.

0:47:32 > 0:47:34She knew by then her theory was right.

0:47:34 > 0:47:38But she wanted one final piece of evidence.

0:47:38 > 0:47:40She wanted to talk to Lizzie herself...

0:47:40 > 0:47:41DOOR KNOCKS

0:47:41 > 0:47:45..to try and uncover Lizzie's long-forgotten memories of writing.

0:47:47 > 0:47:52Esther planned to record Lizzie's testimony on her laptop,

0:47:52 > 0:47:54which she did.

0:47:54 > 0:47:57- RECORDING:- 'Lizzie. Can you remember this poem?'

0:47:57 > 0:47:58But...

0:47:58 > 0:48:00Lizzie could remember nothing.

0:48:00 > 0:48:04So Esther suggested to visit the place where Lizzie wrote the poem -

0:48:04 > 0:48:06the clifftop.

0:48:07 > 0:48:10But we think Lizzie wasn't the only person present

0:48:10 > 0:48:11during this conversation.

0:48:13 > 0:48:16Which means that there would be someone else who knew about

0:48:16 > 0:48:18the plan to visit the cliff.

0:48:18 > 0:48:20In fact, I believe they suggested it in the first place -

0:48:20 > 0:48:24a helpful idea to tap into Lizzie's memories.

0:48:28 > 0:48:29Am I right, Lizzie?

0:48:31 > 0:48:33That someone else was in that room that day?

0:48:36 > 0:48:37Yes.

0:48:37 > 0:48:39In fact, this person told you to stay at home, didn't they?

0:48:41 > 0:48:45And went to meet Esther alone, intent on murder.

0:48:48 > 0:48:50So the following day,

0:48:50 > 0:48:54Esther left the festival reception at 1.15pm.

0:48:54 > 0:48:57She knew that her research would ruffle feathers.

0:49:00 > 0:49:02Esther went secretly to meet Lizzie at the clifftop,

0:49:02 > 0:49:05as she believed she had previously arranged.

0:49:05 > 0:49:09But the person who helped her to arrange it

0:49:09 > 0:49:10met her there alone.

0:49:13 > 0:49:14There are only two people

0:49:14 > 0:49:16who could've been the third presence in that room,

0:49:16 > 0:49:19who could've let Esther into Lizzie's house,

0:49:19 > 0:49:23been present at the interview, and, thus, known about the clifftop plan.

0:49:24 > 0:49:26Sylvie Baptiste...

0:49:27 > 0:49:28..or Patricia Lawrence.

0:49:30 > 0:49:32You can't possibly believe...

0:49:32 > 0:49:35You were the third person in that room. Am I right, Lizzie?

0:49:38 > 0:49:41Now, once you'd told Lizzie that the clifftop rendezvous

0:49:41 > 0:49:43wasn't happening any more,

0:49:43 > 0:49:44you then went and impressed on Esther

0:49:44 > 0:49:47the importance of telling nobody else

0:49:47 > 0:49:49about the planned meeting with Lizzie.

0:49:49 > 0:49:51And when the time came,

0:49:51 > 0:49:53you left the festival opening

0:49:53 > 0:49:55to meet with Esther at the clifftop.

0:49:55 > 0:49:56This is ridiculous.

0:49:56 > 0:49:58I was giving a speech at the time she died.

0:49:58 > 0:50:00They all heard me...

0:50:00 > 0:50:02'And this is the cliff right here on the estate...'

0:50:04 > 0:50:06Yes, they HEARD you.

0:50:06 > 0:50:07But did they see you?

0:50:09 > 0:50:10You see, I must say, you had me fooled.

0:50:10 > 0:50:12Sylvie?

0:50:12 > 0:50:15Until I remembered seeing you typing Sylvie's notes from her Dictaphone.

0:50:15 > 0:50:19See, you're quite adept at technology, aren't you, Patricia?

0:50:19 > 0:50:21MIC FEEDS BACK

0:50:22 > 0:50:23You told us yourself that you were

0:50:23 > 0:50:25in charge of setting up the laptop

0:50:25 > 0:50:27and the AV equipment for the festival.

0:50:27 > 0:50:28And you gave a presentation,

0:50:28 > 0:50:31showing the slides of the locations of The Flame Tree.

0:50:31 > 0:50:34My colleague's audio book made me wonder...

0:50:34 > 0:50:36What if you read a recording of your speech?

0:50:36 > 0:50:39'And this is the cliff right here on the estate,

0:50:39 > 0:50:42'where Iris decides she can no longer live

0:50:42 > 0:50:44'with what Donald has done to her.'

0:50:44 > 0:50:46Now, you started the talk genuinely enough,

0:50:46 > 0:50:49onstage, holding a microphone.

0:50:49 > 0:50:51It's in this sacred place

0:50:51 > 0:50:54that Donald learns about the power of Obeah.

0:50:56 > 0:50:57Sorry.

0:50:57 > 0:51:00But then, I think you retreated to the sides to let the slides play...

0:51:00 > 0:51:04One that will bind Iris to him, even against her will.

0:51:04 > 0:51:08..where you then pressed play on the audio file you'd already set up.

0:51:08 > 0:51:10'The house itself, with its unique design,

0:51:10 > 0:51:13'seems to add a sense of foreboding

0:51:13 > 0:51:15'to every encounter that Donald and Iris have.'

0:51:19 > 0:51:23The second laptop vital to solving this case, your laptop.

0:51:23 > 0:51:27- RECORDING:- 'And this is the cliff, right here on the estate,

0:51:27 > 0:51:29'where Iris decides she can no longer live

0:51:29 > 0:51:31'with what Donald has done to her.'

0:51:32 > 0:51:35The recording lasted for five minutes.

0:51:35 > 0:51:37And while the audience would've sworn

0:51:37 > 0:51:39that you were still there giving that talk,

0:51:39 > 0:51:41in fact, you had slipped away to the clifftop,

0:51:41 > 0:51:43to push a young woman to her death.

0:51:50 > 0:51:52This is nonsense. The girl killed herself.

0:51:52 > 0:51:54It's obvious, she left a suicide note.

0:51:54 > 0:51:56Ah, yes, the note was a nice touch.

0:51:56 > 0:51:58The fact that you'd got Esther's fingerprints onto it,

0:51:58 > 0:51:59and no-one else's, was smart.

0:51:59 > 0:52:01And we already knew

0:52:01 > 0:52:03that Esther had helped you with the festival admin.

0:52:03 > 0:52:06I mean, there would've been reams of paper with her prints on.

0:52:06 > 0:52:09All you had to do was use some gloves

0:52:09 > 0:52:12to take a piece, print the note off and then sign it.

0:52:12 > 0:52:14Sign it? How could I...

0:52:14 > 0:52:17Well, you sign Sylvie's books for her when she's, um...

0:52:17 > 0:52:19indisposed.

0:52:19 > 0:52:21We've got the book signing at five.

0:52:21 > 0:52:24Can you do them beforehand? Tell the guests I'm not well.

0:52:26 > 0:52:28For someone so practised at forging signatures,

0:52:28 > 0:52:31it wouldn't be difficult to forge Esther's handwriting.

0:52:31 > 0:52:33I'm sure it would've been easy enough

0:52:33 > 0:52:35to lay your hands on a copy of Esther's signature.

0:52:35 > 0:52:38And then, all you had to do was slip the faked suicide note

0:52:38 > 0:52:40into her handbag - after you'd killed her.

0:52:43 > 0:52:47But as clever as it was, that suicide note was also your undoing.

0:52:47 > 0:52:51That it was a typed note meant that it somehow lacked credibility.

0:52:51 > 0:52:53But also the fact that Esther's signature was written

0:52:53 > 0:52:54at the bottom in Biro,

0:52:54 > 0:52:57rather than the fountain pen that she always used,

0:52:57 > 0:53:01confirmed to me that she neither wrote it, nor signed it.

0:53:01 > 0:53:03Tell me this isn't true.

0:53:06 > 0:53:10Did Sylvie's loyal assistant kill to protect her employer?

0:53:10 > 0:53:13I mean, you've implied to us that you were Sylvie's personal slave,

0:53:13 > 0:53:15working 12 hours a day,

0:53:15 > 0:53:17doing everything for her, even putting her to bed,

0:53:17 > 0:53:19all for a pittance of a salary.

0:53:19 > 0:53:20All true.

0:53:22 > 0:53:24You didn't even get the chance to visit home.

0:53:26 > 0:53:28That's not quite so true, is it?

0:53:28 > 0:53:30Because we know

0:53:30 > 0:53:32that Sylvie had visited the UK several times on work trips.

0:53:32 > 0:53:34Sylvie's made four trips there in the last seven years

0:53:34 > 0:53:36for other literary festivals.

0:53:36 > 0:53:41And our immigration checks show that you did not accompany her once.

0:53:41 > 0:53:43It's not that you didn't get the chance to go home.

0:53:43 > 0:53:44You CHOSE not to.

0:53:48 > 0:53:49We've looked into your background.

0:53:49 > 0:53:5226 years ago, you came here travelling,

0:53:52 > 0:53:54and through luck and perseverance

0:53:54 > 0:53:57you landed a job working for a successful author.

0:53:57 > 0:54:00And what a life you've lived over those last twenty-odd years.

0:54:00 > 0:54:02You got to travel the world, meet other famous authors.

0:54:02 > 0:54:04And when you haven't been doing that,

0:54:04 > 0:54:08you've been living in this Caribbean paradise.

0:54:08 > 0:54:09Fantasy made real.

0:54:11 > 0:54:14Unfortunately, you realised that's exactly what it was.

0:54:14 > 0:54:17A fantasy that could be destroyed at any time.

0:54:17 > 0:54:19Was it when Esther first got in touch

0:54:19 > 0:54:22that you first realised that Sylvie was a fraud?

0:54:28 > 0:54:30No, I think you've known for years, haven't you?

0:54:32 > 0:54:35That's why you stopped Esther meeting her.

0:54:35 > 0:54:37You knew what Esther was onto.

0:54:37 > 0:54:39And if Sylvie's fraud had been exposed,

0:54:39 > 0:54:41you would be the one person who had even more to lose

0:54:41 > 0:54:42than Sylvie herself.

0:54:42 > 0:54:44The dream would be over forever,

0:54:44 > 0:54:47and so you killed an innocent young woman to protect it.

0:54:49 > 0:54:51She left me no choice, don't you see?

0:54:52 > 0:54:54She was going to destroy it all.

0:54:56 > 0:54:57Take her away.

0:54:57 > 0:55:00I had no choice. I had no choice!

0:55:01 > 0:55:03I had no choice!

0:55:05 > 0:55:07I want to fund a scholarship in Esther's name,

0:55:07 > 0:55:09for the students of my work.

0:55:09 > 0:55:12We spoke to the head of faculty at Esther's university.

0:55:12 > 0:55:16They're planning to award her PhD posthumously.

0:55:16 > 0:55:18So I'm afraid it's Lizzie's work from now on.

0:55:20 > 0:55:23Do you understand? It's YOUR novel.

0:55:55 > 0:55:57You know...I don't say this nearly enough.

0:55:59 > 0:56:01But you are a brilliant detective, Florence Cassell.

0:56:03 > 0:56:04And a good friend,

0:56:04 > 0:56:06to Esther and to me.

0:56:09 > 0:56:10If ever I was in trouble,

0:56:10 > 0:56:12I can't think of anyone else I'd rather have on my side.

0:56:17 > 0:56:18You hungry?

0:56:18 > 0:56:21Fancy braving my cooking and coming for dinner at the shack?

0:56:21 > 0:56:23Is Martha back tonight?

0:56:23 > 0:56:24In an hour.

0:56:24 > 0:56:25If it's just the two of you...

0:56:25 > 0:56:28Harry'll be there too.

0:56:28 > 0:56:30I'm making shepherd's pie.

0:56:30 > 0:56:33Then, how can I resist?

0:56:33 > 0:56:36I'd better go and get the spuds on.

0:56:36 > 0:56:38Join us when you're ready.

0:57:01 > 0:57:03Welcome to La Maison Cecile...

0:57:03 > 0:57:05- We've been expecting you. - Let's get you up to the hotel.

0:57:05 > 0:57:08It's been lovely, our little holiday romance. To chance encounters...

0:57:08 > 0:57:10To chance encounters...

0:57:10 > 0:57:11WOMAN SCREAMS

0:57:11 > 0:57:14- We should call the police.- Actually, I am the police.

0:57:14 > 0:57:15HE GRUNTS

0:57:16 > 0:57:19We know that the hotel is in financial trouble.

0:57:19 > 0:57:21We have five possible suspects.

0:57:21 > 0:57:23You want to know why he kept it secret?

0:57:23 > 0:57:24Who's the key witness?

0:57:24 > 0:57:26It's me. What are the chances, eh?