1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:04,120 Don't forget the celebrant. I won't forget the celebrant. And then no 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:05,740 back. I don't want to turn back. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:07,120 You're the best. 4 00:00:07,260 --> 00:00:09,340 Cheers. The best man. 5 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:10,900 You're choking. 6 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:12,720 Brilliant. 7 00:00:13,140 --> 00:00:14,620 I've got to get cracking on a box night. 8 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:17,780 Not before I have a bed. 9 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,400 Let's get on the floor. Let's get on the floor. Get down here, okay? 10 00:00:25,020 --> 00:00:26,240 Hello? Hello? 11 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,240 You should probably take Frankie. 12 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,860 Permanently. so she's not pulled between two people. 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,180 Well, I dismember them with a rusty old circular saw. 14 00:00:46,420 --> 00:00:47,460 I mean, yeah. 15 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,580 One of those serrated blade jobbies, you know, really firing up stuff with their 16 00:00:52,580 --> 00:00:53,780 arms and legs. 17 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,180 Time fiction bestseller Brendan Cratmore starting our festival with a bang. 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:10,020 Bill Carrera, author of the critically acclaimed Alex Thorne Mysteries. 19 00:01:11,020 --> 00:01:12,440 What's your perfect murder? 20 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,940 If I had to choose, it would be something silent, untraceable. 21 00:01:17,140 --> 00:01:18,140 Bore them to death? 22 00:01:19,380 --> 00:01:21,860 I was going to suggest the pillow over the face. 23 00:01:22,220 --> 00:01:24,460 Leave no evidence, almost foolproof. 24 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:25,760 Gripping star. 25 00:01:26,060 --> 00:01:27,060 Lena. 26 00:01:27,340 --> 00:01:32,480 You had us all gasping for breath with the latest instalment of your mermaid 27 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,020 -themed romantic series, The Siren's Conch. 28 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,580 How would you do away with your victim? 29 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:44,580 Well, murder isn't something that I turn my mind to very often. I think that my 30 00:01:44,580 --> 00:01:46,880 readers prefer drowning in desire. 31 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:53,240 Brendan. 32 00:01:55,180 --> 00:01:59,580 You've always said that when you're writing Johnny Fox, you had to live his 33 00:01:59,580 --> 00:02:03,440 life. Wasn't it dangerous immersing yourself in the criminal underworld? 34 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:07,080 There's no other way to get inside a story. 35 00:02:07,380 --> 00:02:10,660 That's why Johnny Fox feels so real. 36 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,300 What about Lena's work? 37 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:17,180 Do you expect her to breathe underwater or to commune with Poseidon for her... 38 00:02:17,180 --> 00:02:21,020 Sorry, what's the genre again, Lena? Mermaid smut. 39 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:23,760 Romanticy. 40 00:02:24,330 --> 00:02:29,830 I think that the true appeal of my work is the celebration of women unashamedly 41 00:02:29,830 --> 00:02:32,350 owning and satisfying their desires. 42 00:02:35,570 --> 00:02:38,630 Maybe the idea of a satisfied woman is foreign to you, Brendan. 43 00:02:40,110 --> 00:02:44,950 Well, in the words of Johnny Fox, there's nothing as lethal as a woman's 44 00:02:46,430 --> 00:02:49,130 But hey, you know, whatever floats your boat. 45 00:02:49,550 --> 00:02:52,990 I mean, who cares if the critics call it thinly disguised pornography? 46 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,100 And they also called your novels Airport Pulp, as I recall. 47 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,380 Oh, there you go, Will. 48 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:01,860 There's your latest review. 49 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:03,840 Aren't you officially retired? 50 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:05,800 Writer's block. 51 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Wrong. 52 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:09,080 Coming soon, my new novel. 53 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,840 Branded a Johnny Fox mystery. 54 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,180 A bikey gang. 55 00:03:18,890 --> 00:03:22,610 It's cutting a murderous wave across the country, leaving a slew of bodies in 56 00:03:22,610 --> 00:03:25,810 their wake, each victim branded on their wrist. 57 00:03:26,870 --> 00:03:28,670 Please tell me you didn't brand yourself. 58 00:03:29,070 --> 00:03:31,670 I told you. I've got to live Johnny Fox's life. 59 00:03:32,510 --> 00:03:35,850 Okay, but you killed him off in your last book. He's dead. 60 00:03:36,090 --> 00:03:38,770 It's going to take more than death to stop Johnny Fox. 61 00:03:45,980 --> 00:03:47,780 We haven't even started the Q andA. 62 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,120 Yeah, make yourself useful. We have questions. 63 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:54,360 Okay, 64 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:59,260 well, I'm his publisher, ladies and gentlemen, and not even I knew about 65 00:03:59,260 --> 00:04:00,260 one. 66 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:22,420 And that was our last question. Please thank our panellists. Lena Shaw, Will 67 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:25,580 Pereira, and who knows where he's gone, Brendan Trutmore. 68 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,160 Don't miss our next panel, Wave of Hormones, Coastal YA. 69 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,140 He swiped me this before the panel started. 70 00:04:37,740 --> 00:04:41,600 Summoned. Whiskey and cigars with my girls after the panel. 71 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,520 Good, because he's got some explaining to do. 72 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,099 were brilliant. 73 00:04:51,100 --> 00:04:53,160 I'm going to go find a quiet place for this one. 74 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,260 I love you. I love you too. 75 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,580 Did you really not know about Brendan's new book? 76 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,600 He wasn't a guaranteed bestseller. I'd kill him. 77 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,580 Brendan, you owe me decals. 78 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:23,950 Brendan? 79 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:09,920 Blimey. Brendan Shrapmore. 80 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,640 I read three of his Johnny Fox books on the plane back from the UK once. Big 81 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,060 mistake. Oh, yeah, they're terrible. 82 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,280 Oh, I couldn't put them down. Didn't sleep a wink. 83 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,200 Brutality. 84 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,140 Guest access only. 85 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:30,540 Do we have a list of who was staying here? The only other ones that checked 86 00:06:30,540 --> 00:06:31,980 were the two panellists and the moderator. 87 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:33,360 OK. 88 00:06:33,570 --> 00:06:36,690 Reggie, can you tap off the area and Felix get statements from all the 89 00:06:36,690 --> 00:06:37,690 attendees? Yeah, sure. 90 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:38,930 Be done. 91 00:06:43,270 --> 00:06:45,650 Taylor dropped the knife then. Looks like it. 92 00:06:47,270 --> 00:06:48,270 Oh, Glenn. 93 00:06:48,710 --> 00:06:49,629 Already here. 94 00:06:49,630 --> 00:06:50,630 Morning, mate. 95 00:06:55,970 --> 00:06:57,230 That wound to the upper chair. 96 00:06:57,850 --> 00:06:59,370 Any defence wounds? 97 00:07:00,150 --> 00:07:01,370 Not that I can see, no. 98 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,600 A writer who died with his pen in his hand. 99 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:10,480 How poetic. 100 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,620 The patch means death. 101 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,000 A Johnny Fox mystery. 102 00:07:29,540 --> 00:07:31,400 That is absolutely savage. 103 00:07:31,820 --> 00:07:34,260 There's a scene in there with a pillowcase full of broken glass. 104 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,240 Gave me nightmares. 105 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:38,840 Branded. 106 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:41,520 The new Johnny Fox. 107 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:43,400 Get him. 108 00:07:56,140 --> 00:07:58,840 It's a few bits of broken gold chain. 109 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,560 Someone must have ripped the chain from around his neck. 110 00:08:01,980 --> 00:08:04,460 Did you check his pockets? Was there a wallet? 111 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:05,960 Nothing in there. 112 00:08:06,740 --> 00:08:10,940 A broken gold chain. No wallet. Signs of forced entry here. 113 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:12,680 Robbery gone wrong? 114 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:16,260 Brendan came in through the back, didn't see them. They got startled? 115 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:21,620 He's still holding his pen, so clearly he was at the desk signing when the 116 00:08:21,620 --> 00:08:22,620 killer came in. 117 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:29,500 The intruder broke the lock on the front door with... 118 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:34,260 With what? With what? With... That. 119 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:46,160 But it's already unlocked. 120 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,580 It snips to the right, so why smash it? 121 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:57,940 Unless you wanted it to look like a robbery gone wrong, a horrible 122 00:08:57,940 --> 00:09:01,340 accident with no premeditation. 123 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:07,780 The killer didn't exit through the front door. They dropped the knife here as 124 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:08,780 they left. 125 00:09:12,540 --> 00:09:14,040 We're surrounded by cliffs. 126 00:09:14,570 --> 00:09:16,610 There's only one way in, the guest -only gate. 127 00:09:17,210 --> 00:09:19,130 So the killer had to be a salon with access. 128 00:09:19,610 --> 00:09:20,610 Mm -hmm. 129 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:24,830 How's Frankie? 130 00:09:27,010 --> 00:09:28,010 Driving me nuts. 131 00:09:28,970 --> 00:09:30,550 Barking at every surfer that walks past. 132 00:09:32,370 --> 00:09:33,370 She misses you. 133 00:09:36,010 --> 00:09:37,530 Take her for a run if you wanted to. 134 00:09:38,730 --> 00:09:40,830 I think a claim breaks easier. 135 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,080 Victims are walking pharmacy. 136 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:48,680 Bathroom is full of prescription drugs. 137 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:50,320 We'll get them tested. 138 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:53,580 Hey, don't work too late. You've got to be at the surf club for seven. 139 00:09:54,580 --> 00:09:55,580 I'll book tonight. 140 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:57,419 I'll book. 141 00:09:57,420 --> 00:09:59,460 It's going to be debauchery and chaos. 142 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:02,360 I've, uh... I've booked a magician. 143 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:08,680 Glenn? 144 00:10:09,780 --> 00:10:10,780 Mackenzie? 145 00:10:18,990 --> 00:10:20,230 So who's on the body? 146 00:10:25,330 --> 00:10:28,050 Miranda East, I'm Brendan's publisher. 147 00:10:28,270 --> 00:10:34,070 I was hosting the panel for Brendan and my other writers, Will Pereira and Lena 148 00:10:34,070 --> 00:10:37,350 here. The panel was from 10 till 11am? 149 00:10:37,590 --> 00:10:43,230 Yes, but Brendan walked out early, about 10 .30. Not for the first time either, 150 00:10:43,290 --> 00:10:44,350 he hates the Q andA. 151 00:10:44,590 --> 00:10:45,590 We have questions. 152 00:10:46,970 --> 00:10:47,929 Typical Brendan. 153 00:10:47,930 --> 00:10:50,150 Made his big announcement and then waltzed off. 154 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:51,650 What was this announcement? 155 00:10:52,090 --> 00:10:54,190 His first book in five years, branded. 156 00:10:54,610 --> 00:10:56,230 But the manuscript was in his room. 157 00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:57,530 So it exists. 158 00:10:59,170 --> 00:11:01,410 Shouldn't his publisher know about his new novel? 159 00:11:01,690 --> 00:11:02,690 Well, you would think. 160 00:11:03,090 --> 00:11:08,290 I had no idea it was even happening. He sprung it on us while we were on the 161 00:11:08,290 --> 00:11:11,930 panel. Loved to keep me and everyone on their toes. Nightmare, really. 162 00:11:12,390 --> 00:11:14,250 Sounds like he was quite difficult to work with. 163 00:11:15,230 --> 00:11:16,250 No, no, not at all. 164 00:11:17,230 --> 00:11:20,750 I mean, he could be a bit erratic. 165 00:11:21,150 --> 00:11:22,250 You knew him pretty well? 166 00:11:22,610 --> 00:11:24,030 I used to be his assistant. 167 00:11:25,310 --> 00:11:28,330 Brendan always encouraged me to write. 168 00:11:28,990 --> 00:11:32,150 Even when I didn't know what I was doing, he saw something in me. 169 00:11:34,090 --> 00:11:37,510 So Brendan left the panel, the rest of you stayed for the Q andA. 170 00:11:39,270 --> 00:11:41,110 Why go to his villa afterwards? 171 00:11:41,730 --> 00:11:44,010 Oh, he slipped me this note. 172 00:11:47,939 --> 00:11:51,580 Whiskey and cigars with my girls after the panel B. 173 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,420 With my girls. 174 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:56,100 I know. 175 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,120 I'm a slightly patronizing. 176 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:00,920 What happened when you got there? 177 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:09,060 So we went inside and he was, you know, covered in 178 00:12:09,060 --> 00:12:11,000 blood, still holding his pen. 179 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:16,860 And I tried to call the police, but I couldn't get any reception at the villa, 180 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,780 so I had to run back out. 181 00:12:19,380 --> 00:12:23,560 In those... I broke a heel on the stupid drain. 182 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,040 Do you know if Brendan had any enemies at all? 183 00:12:29,340 --> 00:12:35,160 Well, according to him, he had enemies baying for his blood from Hobart to Cape 184 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,960 York. What about today? Anyone suspicious in the audience? 185 00:12:40,740 --> 00:12:41,780 Ginny would have noticed. 186 00:12:42,980 --> 00:12:43,980 My wife. 187 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:45,600 She was filming the panel. 188 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:48,700 I'll introduce you. 189 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,900 No, no one's there. Just your usual book festival crowd. 190 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:03,980 And you were at the panel the whole time? 191 00:13:04,380 --> 00:13:05,380 Yeah. 192 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,080 Did you see anyone following Brendan when he left? 193 00:13:08,860 --> 00:13:12,160 Arlo was grizzling. I was trying to film it. Will made the footage. 194 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,040 Yeah, I'll send it when I get a chance. 195 00:13:14,420 --> 00:13:15,720 Now? Please. 196 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:17,960 Fine. 197 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:19,800 But my camera's in the room. 198 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:26,700 Oh. 199 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,120 When Miranda left, what did you do? 200 00:13:30,660 --> 00:13:31,900 Well, I was right behind her. 201 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:33,560 That's when we ran into Will. 202 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:36,560 Brendan's dead. 203 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:38,680 He's coming up the path. 204 00:13:54,660 --> 00:13:58,900 Will Ferreira. Sorry, I'm not signing anything right now. 205 00:13:59,220 --> 00:14:03,660 Oh, I was so hoping you could make one out to Detective Sergeant Mackenzie 206 00:14:03,660 --> 00:14:04,660 Clark. 207 00:14:04,780 --> 00:14:06,360 Hello, Detective Sergeant. 208 00:14:08,810 --> 00:14:09,870 Was he really stabbed? 209 00:14:10,190 --> 00:14:11,530 Miranda said something about a knife. 210 00:14:11,730 --> 00:14:14,010 Yeah, but perhaps if I ask the questions? 211 00:14:14,290 --> 00:14:15,290 Of course. 212 00:14:16,870 --> 00:14:18,030 When did you last see Brendan? 213 00:14:18,670 --> 00:14:19,670 When he walked off. 214 00:14:20,170 --> 00:14:21,930 And you didn't leave the panel at all? 215 00:14:22,170 --> 00:14:23,089 No. 216 00:14:23,090 --> 00:14:24,290 What about after the Q andA? 217 00:14:24,590 --> 00:14:26,810 I signed some books and then headed back to my villa. 218 00:14:27,890 --> 00:14:29,610 Where did you bump into Miranda and Lena? 219 00:14:29,870 --> 00:14:33,650 In the garden. They were very shaken. I told them not to go back into Brendan's 220 00:14:33,650 --> 00:14:34,650 villa. 221 00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:35,750 Why? 222 00:14:35,870 --> 00:14:37,770 They'd already disturbed the crime scene once. 223 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,280 Not great for forensics if they kept going back in. 224 00:14:42,060 --> 00:14:43,060 Expert, are you? 225 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:44,440 Not detective. 226 00:14:44,660 --> 00:14:45,980 I've read a lot of crime novels. 227 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:47,440 I know the basics. 228 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:49,120 I've read them. 229 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:50,180 You don't. 230 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:00,340 Ah, yes. 231 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,220 Now, this is interesting. 232 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,020 I wonder who did the cover art. 233 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,440 Now, that one, that's boring. 234 00:15:17,319 --> 00:15:20,720 Yeah. A copy of Will's book has been placed in front of all of Brendan. 235 00:15:21,980 --> 00:15:25,840 So, nobody's reported a robbery or anything suspicious. 236 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,280 Staff accounted for. They were all at a meeting, nowhere near the village. 237 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,080 I just got to chase up a couple, but they'll get back to me soon. 238 00:15:32,380 --> 00:15:33,380 Who else had access? 239 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,440 Just the four people on the panel. 240 00:15:35,660 --> 00:15:39,240 And Ginny, who was filming. One of them must have snuck out. 241 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,920 Doesn't look like it. I've just skimmed through Ginny's footage. 242 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:44,200 They were present the whole time. 243 00:15:47,630 --> 00:15:52,170 Brendan surprises everyone with the announcement of a new book, and then 35 244 00:15:52,170 --> 00:15:53,410 minutes later, he's dead. 245 00:15:55,610 --> 00:15:58,430 One of the enemies that Miranda and Lena mentioned? 246 00:15:58,710 --> 00:15:59,710 They couldn't have got in. 247 00:16:01,130 --> 00:16:05,170 The only people who could have killed Brendan had guest access, and they were 248 00:16:05,170 --> 00:16:07,470 all on that panel. I saw them on the footage. 249 00:16:08,070 --> 00:16:09,070 It's impossible. 250 00:16:20,699 --> 00:16:26,620 Sure. Author of mermaid -themed erotica. What are we calling it? 251 00:16:26,980 --> 00:16:28,720 Romantic -y. Yeah, not my thing. 252 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:30,120 Romance, absolutely. 253 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:31,280 No, 254 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:32,880 thanks. 255 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:39,740 Okay. She is the former assistant to Brendan, Miranda East, his publisher, 256 00:16:39,740 --> 00:16:45,400 Will Pereira, who's, yes, another crime fiction author. 257 00:16:45,780 --> 00:16:47,540 Yes, that is the panel. 258 00:16:48,479 --> 00:16:51,840 And then Ginny Shaw, Lena's wife, she was filming the whole thing. 259 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,520 Just, can I, why, what, what? 260 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,120 Oh, it's for the books. 261 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,440 Has that been airbrushed? No, it has not. 262 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:08,400 Mackenzie, I've been reviewing the footage from the panel and Will is no 263 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,400 Brendan, I can tell you that. 264 00:17:09,540 --> 00:17:10,819 But listen to this. 265 00:17:11,619 --> 00:17:14,000 My heroine, Elka, isn't based on myself. 266 00:17:14,260 --> 00:17:15,540 She's more of a combination. 267 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:16,900 She's our baby boy. 268 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:18,950 Ah, Luna and Ginny's baby. 269 00:17:19,710 --> 00:17:20,710 Arlo. 270 00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:25,109 Oh, it's getting fainter. 271 00:17:26,349 --> 00:17:29,470 Ginny said she was at the panel the whole time, but it sounds like she left 272 00:17:29,470 --> 00:17:30,470 the baby. 273 00:17:30,890 --> 00:17:34,350 Wait, I also just got an email from one of the staff that left early. 274 00:17:34,770 --> 00:17:39,150 He said he saw Brendan arguing with the woman holding a baby before the panel. 275 00:17:39,430 --> 00:17:42,210 She said, you have no idea who you're dealing with. 276 00:17:42,510 --> 00:17:44,990 Well, we need to speak to Ginny again. 277 00:17:46,010 --> 00:17:47,010 Colin. 278 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,440 I want that out of here. 279 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:17,460 So sorry. 280 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,540 Did you leave the panel this morning at any point? I took Arlo outside to change 281 00:18:29,540 --> 00:18:31,120 in. I've gone, like, five minutes? 282 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:36,520 Yeah. Six minutes, actually. We can hear your return on the footage. 283 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,120 I wasn't trying to hide it. I just forgot. 284 00:18:39,540 --> 00:18:42,320 I'm so sleep -deprived, I nearly brushed my teeth with nappy cream this morning. 285 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:45,400 Did you have an altercation with Brendan prior to the panel? 286 00:18:46,670 --> 00:18:47,670 A small one. 287 00:18:48,030 --> 00:18:51,570 I'd just gotten Arlo to sleep and Brendan bumped into us. Woke him up. 288 00:18:52,970 --> 00:18:55,590 You have no idea who you're dealing with. 289 00:18:56,110 --> 00:18:57,250 That sounds like a threat. 290 00:18:59,330 --> 00:19:00,330 Did I say that? 291 00:19:00,830 --> 00:19:05,430 I didn't mean to threaten him. I'm just on a very short fuse at the moment. 292 00:19:05,710 --> 00:19:08,730 I haven't slept more than a few hours in the three months since we had him. 293 00:19:09,070 --> 00:19:11,010 And we went to so much trouble to have him. 294 00:19:11,810 --> 00:19:12,970 Wasn't smooth sailing. 295 00:19:13,950 --> 00:19:14,950 Putting it lightly. 296 00:19:15,820 --> 00:19:17,280 But he was worth it. 297 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,260 Actually, do you mind? No. 298 00:19:21,140 --> 00:19:23,120 Oh, hello. 299 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:26,360 You're okay. 300 00:19:26,740 --> 00:19:27,740 Yeah. 301 00:19:31,620 --> 00:19:33,580 Must be tough travelling with a baby. 302 00:19:34,260 --> 00:19:35,660 Wouldn't you rather stay at home? 303 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:37,200 Oh, no. 304 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:40,720 Lena's worked so hard to get away from Brendan to focus on her career. I just 305 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:41,960 want to be as supportive as I can. 306 00:19:43,060 --> 00:19:44,180 Get away from him. 307 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:45,640 I thought he encouraged her. 308 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:51,360 She'd say that, but back when she was his assistant, she did everything for 309 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,060 His cleaning, his research, signed his books for him, the work. 310 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,620 Sorry, he's a bit of a spewer. 311 00:20:04,540 --> 00:20:06,960 The Brendan Trapmore Brandon manuscript? 312 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:08,300 Oh, gosh. 313 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,180 Inconsistent tenses, spelling all over the shop, and the women... 314 00:20:13,390 --> 00:20:17,330 The characters aren't well -rounded at all. I mean, they're well -rounded, if 315 00:20:17,330 --> 00:20:20,810 you know what I mean, but their personalities are... Like you could do 316 00:20:21,450 --> 00:20:23,710 That is uncanny that you should say that, Felix. 317 00:20:28,750 --> 00:20:35,330 The Rocco files sophisticated crime fiction from a mature female 318 00:20:35,630 --> 00:20:38,150 Now, this little baby, she's ready for her first review. 319 00:20:38,650 --> 00:20:41,010 So, are either of you keen to give it a go? 320 00:20:42,570 --> 00:20:43,570 Yeah? 321 00:20:44,890 --> 00:20:45,890 Yes. 322 00:20:46,570 --> 00:20:47,870 Felix! Good. 323 00:20:48,110 --> 00:20:49,230 Thank you so much. 324 00:20:49,730 --> 00:20:52,070 I cannot wait to hear your thoughts. 325 00:20:52,690 --> 00:20:53,690 Biggie? 326 00:20:54,090 --> 00:20:55,210 Good on you, Felix. 327 00:21:01,790 --> 00:21:02,790 Whoa! 328 00:21:03,810 --> 00:21:04,810 Watch him. 329 00:21:05,830 --> 00:21:07,130 Oh, come on. 330 00:21:07,510 --> 00:21:09,690 All this space and they parked this close. 331 00:21:12,460 --> 00:21:13,560 I think that's Miranda's car. 332 00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:14,900 This old bum? 333 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:17,560 Did you not see her high heels? That's a week's wages right there. 334 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,420 And that broken heel. What a waste. 335 00:21:19,940 --> 00:21:20,940 Why do you think it's hers? 336 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,520 Loafers. Under the steering wheel. 337 00:21:25,820 --> 00:21:27,940 You shouldn't drive a car in stilettos. 338 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:33,640 Felix? 339 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:35,960 A fight? 340 00:21:36,900 --> 00:21:37,900 Who? 341 00:21:38,580 --> 00:21:40,340 This is you and Brendan. 342 00:21:53,179 --> 00:21:54,320 Last year's festival. 343 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,160 Looks like you took a real swing at Brendan there. 344 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,020 Almost took out Lena as well. 345 00:22:00,540 --> 00:22:01,620 Not my finest hour. 346 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:03,520 What was the fight about? 347 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:09,100 Brendan harangued Miranda for an advance copy of my book and decided to use this 348 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:11,020 very public forum to spoil the ending. 349 00:22:12,220 --> 00:22:13,280 But no one was hurt. 350 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:18,340 I wasn't. And nothing stopped Brendan when he was in the mood. He took a fan 351 00:22:18,340 --> 00:22:23,300 back to his villa that night, probably some poor moon -eyed aspiring writer who 352 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:24,500 thought he was the real deal. 353 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:25,920 You're saying he wasn't? 354 00:22:26,820 --> 00:22:30,980 He was very good at selling a certain image, especially to people he wanted to 355 00:22:30,980 --> 00:22:31,980 sleep with. 356 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:36,140 Your image is very different, though, isn't it? 357 00:22:37,580 --> 00:22:41,060 I mean, you know, I've read the Alex Thorne novels. 358 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:42,560 So you said. 359 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:45,520 What did you think? 360 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:47,040 Yeah. 361 00:22:47,140 --> 00:22:48,740 I guess the killer in the first one. 362 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,740 When? Page 20. 363 00:22:51,140 --> 00:22:52,140 Oh, 15. 364 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:54,640 The serviette. 365 00:22:55,460 --> 00:22:57,720 I mean, where else is the powder going to come from? 366 00:22:58,180 --> 00:22:59,180 Yeah, of course. 367 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:03,300 Well, you should read the new one. It's out now, and there's a red herring in it 368 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:06,560 that I'm very proud of. Putting the reader one way so they don't look the 369 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:08,120 I've improved, Detective. 370 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:11,760 Well, your sales have at least. 371 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,240 A huge jump in the last five years since Brendan stopped writing. 372 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,640 Almost as well as Brendan in his prime. 373 00:23:18,460 --> 00:23:19,460 It's not a competition. 374 00:23:19,820 --> 00:23:23,020 So why did you put your book in front of his on the display table this morning? 375 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:28,680 No idea what you're talking about. 376 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:35,760 I think you were livid that he was back with a new novel because you knew it 377 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:36,760 would eat into your sales. 378 00:23:37,220 --> 00:23:40,120 Brandon, the Johnny Fox mystery. 379 00:23:40,910 --> 00:23:43,070 You're suggesting I killed Brendan over a book. 380 00:23:43,930 --> 00:23:45,070 Not just absurd. 381 00:23:45,670 --> 00:23:46,670 Impossible. 382 00:23:47,170 --> 00:23:51,170 I was on the panel, on camera, while he was being murdered. 383 00:23:55,050 --> 00:23:56,930 Oh, Brendan took his research seriously. 384 00:23:57,710 --> 00:23:59,110 Miranda's financials? 385 00:23:59,950 --> 00:24:01,070 Absolute shambles. 386 00:24:01,790 --> 00:24:03,630 She's deep in the red with debts. 387 00:24:04,330 --> 00:24:08,640 Everywhere. Brendan announcing a new Johnny Fox novel must have been very 388 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:09,519 news for her. 389 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,940 That's a shame he didn't put the same effort into his prose as he did his 390 00:24:12,940 --> 00:24:16,100 handwriting. Son of a... Who are they? 391 00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:17,560 A local bikey gang. 392 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,880 He must have been talking to them about his book. 393 00:24:20,780 --> 00:24:21,780 Hang on. 394 00:24:25,340 --> 00:24:26,340 Huh. 395 00:24:26,980 --> 00:24:29,200 Brendan used biro in all of these. 396 00:24:30,460 --> 00:24:32,080 Until his most recent one. 397 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:34,040 May I switch pens? 398 00:24:34,850 --> 00:24:35,850 Yes. Huh. 399 00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:40,450 To this rather expensive -looking fountain pen. 400 00:24:41,310 --> 00:24:43,490 Going by his journals, he'd never used it before. 401 00:24:43,870 --> 00:24:45,030 A gift, maybe? 402 00:24:45,610 --> 00:24:46,750 I'll chase it up. 403 00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:51,550 Stationery is my thing, so... Oh, how did you go with the branded manuscript? 404 00:24:51,890 --> 00:24:53,410 Oh, Lord, where do I start? 405 00:24:53,690 --> 00:24:55,610 You know what? I'll just read it myself. 406 00:24:55,870 --> 00:24:57,070 I'd love to know. 407 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,220 Frankie! It's not him! 408 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:13,880 I'm sorry. 409 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:29,100 How's Brandon? 410 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,800 Do we know how Johnny survives being chopped up into a thousand pieces by 411 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:33,800 propeller in the last book? 412 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,000 No. 413 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,580 All he said about it is that... No helicopter blade is as lethal as the 414 00:25:39,580 --> 00:25:40,580 a treacherous woman. 415 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:42,940 He's not wrong. 416 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:47,500 Frankie? 417 00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:55,480 Nate. Did it get him? Was she bitten? 418 00:25:58,380 --> 00:26:00,380 Well, Colin, I've got to get him a vet. 419 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,940 Shall I call Glenn? 420 00:26:03,140 --> 00:26:04,960 No, no, no. Just let him enjoy his night. 421 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,120 That's actually my body. 422 00:26:16,820 --> 00:26:19,220 I believe that. I believe that. 423 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,020 All right, team. The fun bus is arriving out front. So finish your drinks and 424 00:26:23,020 --> 00:26:24,020 let's go. 425 00:26:26,260 --> 00:26:28,900 Which of the two bars are going to your sticky floor or the other one? 426 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,240 Oh, you little faith. I know you're better than that. 427 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:32,620 You're a legend, Carl. 428 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:34,920 You are the best man. 429 00:26:37,020 --> 00:26:40,120 The night's not started yet. Let's go, people. 430 00:26:43,770 --> 00:26:46,410 Can't beat it, mate. You've had some knocks lately, but you always come 431 00:26:48,370 --> 00:26:49,229 Come on, mate. 432 00:26:49,230 --> 00:26:50,230 All right, let's do it. 433 00:26:57,210 --> 00:27:04,150 How is 434 00:27:04,150 --> 00:27:05,150 she? 435 00:27:06,950 --> 00:27:12,730 Yeah, they gave her the antivenom, and it put on an IV drip. 436 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:14,100 Hi, Sarah. 437 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:16,920 Hi, Glenn. 438 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:20,800 They said that we should prepare ourselves. 439 00:27:43,020 --> 00:27:44,020 No change. 440 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,820 Colin told you? 441 00:27:50,540 --> 00:27:51,540 I'm glad he did. 442 00:27:52,540 --> 00:27:54,140 I yelled at her earlier. 443 00:27:54,780 --> 00:27:56,680 She was barking and barking. 444 00:27:56,940 --> 00:27:58,180 She was barking at the snake. 445 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:01,900 She was trying to warn you, Michael. 446 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,740 Why would you let her go off like that? 447 00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:07,100 No, that's not fair. 448 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,920 Ever since she was a puppy, she's been running around at Mum's place and at 449 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:16,160 place. This was an accident. This is not my fault. I'm not saying it's your 450 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:21,700 fault. I'm saying that since you've come back, these things just keep happening. 451 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:23,560 What are you talking about? 452 00:28:23,780 --> 00:28:24,780 Come on, Mac. 453 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,040 You know exactly what I'm talking about. 454 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:31,280 And since you've come home, everything is harder. Oh, your life. It would just 455 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,500 be so much easier if I'd never come back. 456 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:35,980 Yeah, I guess it would be. 457 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,040 Uh -huh. 458 00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:43,250 I'm going to go. 459 00:28:46,990 --> 00:28:48,490 Mary, you let me know if there's a change. 460 00:29:36,490 --> 00:29:37,490 How's Frankie? 461 00:29:38,090 --> 00:29:40,450 Um, it could go either way. 462 00:29:42,410 --> 00:29:43,410 Or think. 463 00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:46,770 Um, how are you? 464 00:29:47,030 --> 00:29:53,070 Colin, can we... Can we just... work? 465 00:29:56,870 --> 00:29:57,870 How's Johnny Fox? 466 00:29:58,510 --> 00:30:03,470 Well, he's heartbroken because he found out his lover, Calypso, has found love 467 00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:05,270 with someone else because, well, she thought he was dead. 468 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:06,499 What birth date's it on? 469 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:07,500 Found love. 470 00:30:08,380 --> 00:30:09,380 With a woman. 471 00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:12,159 Go on. 472 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:13,760 Do you know who Calypso is in Greek mythology? 473 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,400 Would it surprise you if I told you I didn't? 474 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,060 The one who can feel. 475 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:22,360 And she's a mermaid. 476 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:25,120 A mermaid? 477 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:33,700 I was in love with him. I mean, it felt like love, but then everything does when 478 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:34,700 you're 25. 479 00:30:35,190 --> 00:30:40,290 Eventually, I realised that what I really wanted was his approval, which is 480 00:30:40,290 --> 00:30:45,490 of why I had to stop working for him, to make my own way as a writer and a 481 00:30:45,490 --> 00:30:46,490 person. 482 00:30:46,790 --> 00:30:49,310 You were tempted back to him, though, weren't you? 483 00:30:52,410 --> 00:30:57,530 You talk quite a lot about giving in to your desires. 484 00:30:59,170 --> 00:31:04,130 Is that what happened last year, when he took a fan back to his room? 485 00:31:04,810 --> 00:31:09,190 This poor moon -eyed aspiring writer who thought he was the real deal. 486 00:31:11,990 --> 00:31:12,990 One. 487 00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:14,710 A moment of weakness. 488 00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:20,870 Ginny and I had been going through hell with IVF and Brendan could be very... 489 00:31:20,870 --> 00:31:22,510 charismatic. 490 00:31:25,230 --> 00:31:26,230 Ginny doesn't know. 491 00:31:29,190 --> 00:31:30,550 She was the thing about Brendan. 492 00:31:30,930 --> 00:31:33,830 She thought that he mistreated me when I was his assistant. 493 00:31:34,380 --> 00:31:35,099 Did he? 494 00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:37,460 Maybe. He was a terrible boss. 495 00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:40,900 But he was an amazing writing teacher. 496 00:31:41,140 --> 00:31:42,140 And now he's dead. 497 00:31:43,540 --> 00:31:46,080 The man who holds a secret that could ruin your relationship. 498 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:49,440 You're wrong. 499 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,540 Ginny and I went through the ringer to have Arlo. 500 00:31:53,220 --> 00:31:58,580 Years of IVF. If we can survive that, then me having a one -nighter with 501 00:31:58,580 --> 00:31:59,780 isn't going to make a dint. 502 00:32:05,550 --> 00:32:06,830 You look up to someone for years. 503 00:32:07,070 --> 00:32:10,490 They take advantage of you, then sell you out in their book. 504 00:32:11,010 --> 00:32:12,590 Yeah, but would you kill for it? 505 00:32:13,570 --> 00:32:15,550 She's right. Her and Ginny have been through a lot. 506 00:32:16,570 --> 00:32:18,330 Mackenzie, I have a word with you. 507 00:32:19,970 --> 00:32:20,970 Hmm? 508 00:32:27,650 --> 00:32:32,270 Is there any news on Frankie? 509 00:32:33,590 --> 00:32:34,590 Oh, uh, no. 510 00:32:35,710 --> 00:32:37,750 Well, if you need some time off, you need to go to the vet. 511 00:32:39,630 --> 00:32:41,250 They'll update me if anything changes. 512 00:32:42,150 --> 00:32:43,610 Or Glenn. 513 00:32:44,510 --> 00:32:45,510 Glenn. 514 00:32:50,970 --> 00:32:52,470 He's very upset about this. 515 00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:54,490 You know, he was quiet. 516 00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:00,450 Is everything okay there? 517 00:33:02,690 --> 00:33:03,690 Professionally? 518 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:05,560 Yeah, of course. 519 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:06,999 It's fine. 520 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,100 Yeah, of course. 521 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:12,800 Oh, well then. 522 00:33:12,860 --> 00:33:13,860 Off you go. 523 00:33:14,260 --> 00:33:18,940 Are you glad I came back? 524 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,000 Am I glad? 525 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:25,440 Hmm. 526 00:33:27,540 --> 00:33:32,540 Is me being here something that's made your life easier? 527 00:33:34,510 --> 00:33:35,510 You mean professionally? 528 00:33:35,870 --> 00:33:37,170 Yes, I do, of course. 529 00:33:37,690 --> 00:33:38,690 Absolutely. 530 00:33:42,510 --> 00:33:47,130 What about on any other level? 531 00:33:54,710 --> 00:33:57,830 Don't you have something you have to be doing? Yeah, I do. Yeah. 532 00:34:08,170 --> 00:34:09,009 What are you up to there? 533 00:34:09,010 --> 00:34:10,370 Nothing. Nothing. 534 00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:11,590 Nothing. 535 00:34:15,090 --> 00:34:16,090 It's Reggie's book. 536 00:34:16,830 --> 00:34:19,409 I told her I'd give it a read and give her my thoughts. 537 00:34:20,090 --> 00:34:21,090 Is it good? 538 00:34:21,270 --> 00:34:24,810 Good. Uh, look, not my thing. 539 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:29,690 Generally, I prefer something a little less... adult. 540 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:40,238 Oh, my days. 541 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,860 I mean, people can read and write whatever they want. Who am I to judge? 542 00:34:44,159 --> 00:34:45,639 But she was my teacher. 543 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,699 Yeah, well, um... Good luck with that. 544 00:34:50,420 --> 00:34:51,420 Mamma mia. 545 00:34:53,260 --> 00:34:56,420 Enzo, potrei essere tua madre. 546 00:34:56,940 --> 00:34:57,940 Si. 547 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:03,080 Allora, se mai dovessi venire in Australia, chiamami. 548 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:04,640 Si. 549 00:35:05,780 --> 00:35:06,780 Ciao, ciao. 550 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:11,160 What a lovely bloke. 551 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:14,280 What? 552 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:19,980 Oh, oh, I've been learning Italian on my phone for the last few months. I'm on a 553 00:35:19,980 --> 00:35:20,980 200 -day streak. 554 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:28,940 Anyway, that was the charming Enzo from the Greste Company in Milano. That's 555 00:35:28,940 --> 00:35:31,180 Milan. That is where Brennan's pen comes from. 556 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:34,760 Expensive? Oh, yeah. 557 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:39,240 So, why would a killer wanting to sell us a robbery gone wrong leave it behind? 558 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,280 Maybe they didn't know it was expensive. 559 00:35:42,780 --> 00:35:45,980 Did Enzo... Enzo. 560 00:35:47,900 --> 00:35:52,660 Yep. Did they tell us who bought it? A company called 43 Global. 561 00:35:53,380 --> 00:35:55,400 And what do they do? 562 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:58,400 They're Brendan's new publisher. 563 00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:06,240 Signed contract from 43 Global, a massive media company with exclusive 564 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:09,900 the new... Johnny Fox series, starting with Branded. Not just the book. 565 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:15,660 Film adaptations, television rights, graphic novels, the works. 566 00:36:17,260 --> 00:36:20,300 43 such sharks they would have promised him the world. 567 00:36:21,220 --> 00:36:22,220 You knew. 568 00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:25,700 I had an idea. People talk. 569 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,680 Losing your best -selling author. 570 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,720 Tough break for a struggling publisher. 571 00:36:31,340 --> 00:36:32,460 Money and fame. 572 00:36:33,230 --> 00:36:36,350 were all that mattered to him, not loyalty and sure as hell not friendship. 573 00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:42,670 Do you know his first book was rejected nine times before I took it on? I built 574 00:36:42,670 --> 00:36:45,130 him up from nothing, and this is how he repays me. 575 00:36:45,730 --> 00:36:51,350 A writer of brutal crime novels gets brutally murdered. That's a story that 576 00:36:51,350 --> 00:36:53,870 guarantees his old bestsellers keep selling for you. 577 00:36:54,150 --> 00:36:55,029 I am. 578 00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:56,190 I'd kill him, all right. 579 00:36:56,830 --> 00:36:58,770 But he was already dead when I found him. 580 00:37:05,770 --> 00:37:06,770 Autopsy results, Fran. 581 00:37:11,750 --> 00:37:12,890 I haven't heard anything. 582 00:37:13,110 --> 00:37:14,110 Have you? 583 00:37:15,550 --> 00:37:16,550 No. 584 00:37:17,010 --> 00:37:19,090 I'm going to go there after this. 585 00:37:20,770 --> 00:37:21,770 Autopsy, then. 586 00:37:23,890 --> 00:37:26,890 Fatal wound to the right lung and the knife in the blood is a match. 587 00:37:27,890 --> 00:37:28,888 Any prints? 588 00:37:28,890 --> 00:37:32,410 No. No sign of struggle either, which I think I can explain. 589 00:37:33,170 --> 00:37:34,550 Stab wound was what killed him. 590 00:37:35,050 --> 00:37:36,650 But I've done a basic toxin. 591 00:37:37,330 --> 00:37:42,270 Well, there were a lot of drugs in his room. And he took all of them. He would 592 00:37:42,270 --> 00:37:43,810 have been, let's just say, slow. 593 00:37:44,510 --> 00:37:48,670 Yep. That explains why he was stabbed in the chest. But there was no sign of a 594 00:37:48,670 --> 00:37:49,670 struggle. 595 00:37:52,950 --> 00:37:58,610 His inner left wrist, was there any branding or scarification? 596 00:37:59,410 --> 00:38:01,310 No. No tattoos, no scars. 597 00:38:01,550 --> 00:38:04,330 But I suppose a tough guy, he didn't have much to show for it. 598 00:38:04,540 --> 00:38:06,960 Right. He had nothing to do with the funnel webs. 599 00:38:07,620 --> 00:38:09,880 He wasn't living Johnny Fox's life. 600 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:12,280 Doesn't look like it. 601 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:14,940 But someone would. 602 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:26,780 What do you want now? 603 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,600 Lena told me about Brendan, if that's why you're here. 604 00:38:29,820 --> 00:38:31,540 It was a dumb mistake that meant nothing. 605 00:38:31,980 --> 00:38:33,600 Actually, we're here about your tattoo. 606 00:38:36,330 --> 00:38:39,590 You've covered it in vine leaves, but it's a funnel web spider, isn't it? 607 00:38:40,350 --> 00:38:41,350 So? 608 00:38:41,590 --> 00:38:43,870 The symbol of the funnel web spiky gang, right? 609 00:38:44,550 --> 00:38:45,850 Can we please see your wrist? 610 00:38:48,010 --> 00:38:49,510 They call it the exit fee. 611 00:38:51,490 --> 00:38:52,490 Punishment for leaving. 612 00:38:53,630 --> 00:38:58,210 You hold out your arm, cut your teeth, and once it's done, you're free. 613 00:39:00,410 --> 00:39:03,470 When I was working for Brendan, I told him Ginny's story. 614 00:39:04,390 --> 00:39:05,490 Showing off, I suppose. 615 00:39:06,910 --> 00:39:09,150 Wanted him to think that I was cool and dangerous. 616 00:39:09,790 --> 00:39:11,390 I never thought that he'd use it. 617 00:39:13,170 --> 00:39:16,430 So you knew about Brenda before the announcement? 618 00:39:16,970 --> 00:39:18,990 Well, sort of. 619 00:39:19,310 --> 00:39:23,510 I mean, he rang me trying to get my permission to use Ginny's story. 620 00:39:24,450 --> 00:39:25,450 I said no. 621 00:39:25,610 --> 00:39:27,650 You have no idea who you're dealing with. 622 00:39:27,890 --> 00:39:28,890 It was a threat. 623 00:39:30,790 --> 00:39:31,790 Yeah. 624 00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:33,170 It was. 625 00:39:34,220 --> 00:39:36,280 And I assumed that was the end of it. 626 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,340 But then he announced it on the panel. 627 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,880 Branded as Johnny Foxx Mystery. 628 00:39:44,060 --> 00:39:45,860 He didn't even change the name of the gang. 629 00:39:46,940 --> 00:39:49,200 The connection to me is so obvious. 630 00:39:51,020 --> 00:39:53,440 The funnel webs would think you've spoken to Brendan. 631 00:39:53,740 --> 00:39:54,740 Yeah. 632 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,860 And the one thing they don't like is publicity. 633 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,600 You think they'd come after you in retribution? 634 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,140 I know they would. 635 00:40:04,759 --> 00:40:08,740 It's a pretty good reason to want to take Brendan out of the picture, 636 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:09,740 you to danger like that. 637 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:12,560 I have a dodgy past. 638 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:14,540 I was born into it. 639 00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:19,360 My dad was in it, my brothers, but it was never by choice. I'm not a killer. 640 00:40:19,900 --> 00:40:21,300 Not even to protect your family? 641 00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:23,680 I'd do anything to protect my family. 642 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,000 But I told him he couldn't use my story and assumed that was it. 643 00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:33,140 You're the only... Only one that had opportunity. 644 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,160 I had a baby strapped to me all day. 645 00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:37,900 I couldn't have killed anyone. 646 00:40:40,940 --> 00:40:44,420 Ginny had good reason to hate Brendan, putting her family in danger like that. 647 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,040 And having a thing with Lena. 648 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:49,700 Lena said Ginny didn't know beforehand, but maybe she did. 649 00:40:50,020 --> 00:40:53,200 But she only had a six -minute window during that Q andA, not a lot of time. 650 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,620 And hard to imagine her doing a thing with Arlo there. 651 00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:57,240 Where are we going? 652 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:58,480 Fruit shop. 653 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:01,400 Baby Arlo? 654 00:41:02,299 --> 00:41:04,500 Straps. Wow, impressive skills, Felix. 655 00:41:04,860 --> 00:41:07,700 Yeah, I don't have a world's best uncle mug for nothing. 656 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:08,578 Okay, right. 657 00:41:08,580 --> 00:41:11,820 So, Judy left the panel at 10 .46, back at 10 .52. 658 00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:13,240 Ready? 659 00:41:13,380 --> 00:41:15,240 Wow, wow. Baby crying. Go. 660 00:41:24,220 --> 00:41:25,460 Oh, no, leave it. 661 00:41:26,500 --> 00:41:29,240 Oh, no, leave him. Don't pick him up. 662 00:41:34,609 --> 00:41:38,090 I'm Brendan, writing in my notebook with my expensive, beautiful pen. 663 00:41:38,570 --> 00:41:39,570 Stop! 664 00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:45,730 Okay, yep, stop. And you're back at the panel. 665 00:41:46,830 --> 00:41:48,430 Even if you legged it, you wouldn't have made it. 666 00:41:48,670 --> 00:41:49,670 Then how did it happen? 667 00:41:53,530 --> 00:41:58,330 You... You dropped your pen. 668 00:42:01,010 --> 00:42:02,970 Which makes sense, doesn't it? 669 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,000 Does it? 670 00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:11,140 If someone attacked you with a knife, you would drop your pen, wouldn't you? 671 00:42:11,140 --> 00:42:12,140 Brendan didn't. 672 00:42:12,340 --> 00:42:16,380 Maybe he didn't see them. The killer surprised him. How could they surprise 673 00:42:16,380 --> 00:42:17,380 when he was stabbed in the chest? 674 00:42:17,660 --> 00:42:21,660 There were no defensive wounds on his body. It's like he didn't fight back at 675 00:42:21,660 --> 00:42:22,660 all. Why not? 676 00:42:24,380 --> 00:42:25,380 Freeze response? 677 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:26,560 It happens. 678 00:42:27,580 --> 00:42:30,900 Well, he didn't freeze when Will hit him at last year's Writers' Festival. 679 00:42:31,780 --> 00:42:35,190 It's almost like he didn't see his... Sheila coming at all, but... 680 00:42:35,190 --> 00:42:42,350 He 681 00:42:42,350 --> 00:42:43,350 didn't see them. 682 00:42:43,750 --> 00:42:45,570 Because it hadn't happened yet. 683 00:42:49,570 --> 00:42:50,570 What are you doing? 684 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,260 The knife had to go somewhere. 685 00:43:06,020 --> 00:43:08,260 Yeah, in an evidence bag. 686 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,540 And this one? 687 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:25,920 Brendan Trapmore, best -selling crime writer, murdered in his 688 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,880 villa, but much like his infamous rogue detective, 689 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:31,519 Johnny Fox. 690 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:36,040 The story of his murder wasn't what it seemed. Act 1. 691 00:43:37,300 --> 00:43:39,180 Brendan returns to his villa. Act 2. 692 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,440 Lena and Miranda find his body. But the twist. 693 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:46,780 Brendan wasn't actually murdered until Act 3. 694 00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:53,880 Our killer crafted the story of a robbery gone wrong. The smashed lock on 695 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:54,598 front door. 696 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:58,580 The gold chain ripped from his neck. The bloodied knife on the deck. But I 697 00:43:58,580 --> 00:44:00,490 found... Some plot holes. 698 00:44:00,710 --> 00:44:01,710 I did. 699 00:44:03,470 --> 00:44:06,490 Including that expensive pen. 700 00:44:08,850 --> 00:44:14,230 Not just a gift from Brendan's new publisher, no. This pen was the 701 00:44:14,230 --> 00:44:15,950 complication in our killer's plot. 702 00:44:16,730 --> 00:44:22,410 Why would a killer who wanted to sell us a robbery not take it? I mean, it was 703 00:44:22,410 --> 00:44:24,010 such a dead giveaway. 704 00:44:27,470 --> 00:44:31,750 Because you had to leave the scene exactly as it looked when you discovered 705 00:44:31,750 --> 00:44:32,750 Brendan's body. 706 00:44:32,850 --> 00:44:34,310 Isn't that right, Lena? 707 00:44:38,690 --> 00:44:42,870 What? The lock on the front door, that was easy enough to fudge. You just lead 708 00:44:42,870 --> 00:44:45,410 Miranda round the back to see the knife that you'd planted there earlier. 709 00:44:46,770 --> 00:44:47,770 Look. 710 00:44:48,810 --> 00:44:51,890 And you pointed it out to her, setting your scene. 711 00:44:52,210 --> 00:44:54,210 A knife covered in... 712 00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:59,300 fake blood, just like your hands when you discovered Brendan's body. 713 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:04,600 It really is just such a lovely shade of red, that lip gloss. 714 00:45:05,300 --> 00:45:07,160 Why would I put a knife there? 715 00:45:07,380 --> 00:45:11,060 To sell the fiction that Brendan had already been stabbed and the fleeing 716 00:45:11,060 --> 00:45:12,260 had dropped the knife. 717 00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:16,520 A knife Brendan didn't see because he came in through the front door. 718 00:45:16,780 --> 00:45:21,220 So, what other conclusion could there be other than Brendan was dead? But he was 719 00:45:21,220 --> 00:45:23,080 dead. No, Miranda, he just... 720 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:24,440 looked it. 721 00:45:24,540 --> 00:45:28,020 He had fallen down there after struggling to sign his books because he 722 00:45:28,020 --> 00:45:30,480 drugged by a former assistant who knew his habits. 723 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:38,920 All you had to do was slip a mix of the barbiturates and sedatives that he had 724 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:40,820 on him into his whiskey before the panel. 725 00:45:42,820 --> 00:45:47,520 You knew that he never went to the Q andA, but he would go back for his usual 726 00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:49,020 smoke and drink. 727 00:45:54,060 --> 00:46:00,200 When the drugs took effect, Brendan tried to stand to get help or to get to 728 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:05,740 bed. I don't know, but the important thing is he was holding that pen when he 729 00:46:05,740 --> 00:46:07,900 slid to the floor and fell unconscious. 730 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:11,680 Which brings me to the note. 731 00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:18,160 Ginny said as his assistant, you did everything for Brendan. I did books for 732 00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:21,360 him, the works. It's a pretty good copy of Brendan's handwriting. 733 00:46:26,720 --> 00:46:28,240 Why would I do that? 734 00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:31,780 Invite myself and Miranda there to make sure you had a witness. 735 00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,600 Someone to say Brendan was dead when you found him. 736 00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:41,840 And then when Miranda left to call the police, that's when you took your 737 00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:49,940 And then you quickly... 738 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:56,220 staged the scene to look like a robbery, smashing the lock, ripping the chain, 739 00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,960 lifting his wallet, but you couldn't take that pen. 740 00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:00,940 Miranda had already seen it. 741 00:47:03,940 --> 00:47:05,060 Robbery scene set. 742 00:47:05,460 --> 00:47:10,160 You swapped the real murder weapon for the knife covered in your lip gloss that 743 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,680 you had planted there earlier. 744 00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:17,440 Then there was only one thing left to do, drop the decoy knife down the drain, 745 00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:20,780 the same drain that Miranda broke her designer heel on. 746 00:47:22,060 --> 00:47:23,800 Your prints were all over it, Lena. 747 00:47:28,580 --> 00:47:33,580 Brendan Trapmore put your family at risk from the funnel web. 748 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:40,120 But as it so happens, he put your family at risk in more ways than one. 749 00:47:43,050 --> 00:47:49,270 As we all know, in Greek mythology, Calypso... A mermaid whose name 750 00:47:49,270 --> 00:47:51,430 as she who conceals. 751 00:47:52,230 --> 00:47:53,630 I had a one -night stand. 752 00:47:54,330 --> 00:47:58,790 So what? With Brendan at this venue at last year's festival, that's what. 753 00:47:59,230 --> 00:48:02,750 That is how you knew there was no phone reception in Brendan's villa and Miranda 754 00:48:02,750 --> 00:48:04,310 would need to leave to call the police. 755 00:48:05,350 --> 00:48:08,710 Giving you your chance to shut him up for good. 756 00:48:10,470 --> 00:48:11,890 Why would she do that? 757 00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:24,660 In your room, we found... Lactation medication. 758 00:48:25,340 --> 00:48:26,720 To help Ginny breastfeed. 759 00:48:28,460 --> 00:48:30,160 Because you're Arlo's birth mother. 760 00:48:31,420 --> 00:48:32,700 Aren't you, Lena? Not Ginny. 761 00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:36,600 Fine. 762 00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:40,200 I did the IVF. I carried Arlo. Ginny breastfeeds. 763 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:42,060 That doesn't prove anything. 764 00:48:44,980 --> 00:48:46,080 Are you going to tell her? 765 00:48:47,180 --> 00:48:48,180 Or am I? 766 00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:56,500 Arlo is Brendan's son. 767 00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:04,000 No. No, that's not possible. 768 00:49:04,660 --> 00:49:07,180 Conceived a year ago at last year's Writers' Festival. 769 00:49:07,820 --> 00:49:09,260 He's three months old, isn't he? 770 00:49:10,540 --> 00:49:11,920 You can't prove that. 771 00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:13,200 I already have. 772 00:49:14,260 --> 00:49:16,300 Sorry. He's a bit of a spewer. 773 00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:18,980 The DNA's a match. 774 00:49:20,020 --> 00:49:21,420 Brendan was Arlo's father. 775 00:49:22,860 --> 00:49:25,280 You knew he would hold that over you forever. 776 00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:30,880 You knew that even though you and Ginny have survived so much, that was the one 777 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:32,720 threat that could break your family apart. 778 00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:38,100 After everything we've been through. 779 00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:41,760 I couldn't risk losing our family. 780 00:49:42,100 --> 00:49:43,220 I couldn't. 781 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:46,480 And now you have. 782 00:49:53,130 --> 00:49:56,830 Lynn Shaw, you're under arrest for murder. Brendan Cameron, please. 783 00:50:00,750 --> 00:50:05,530 You don't have to say or do anything, but anything you do say or do, maybe use 784 00:50:05,530 --> 00:50:06,530 in evidence. 785 00:50:19,610 --> 00:50:20,670 Oh, no. 786 00:50:20,950 --> 00:50:26,190 No. Stealing someone else's story. I am all for artistic inspiration, but my 787 00:50:26,190 --> 00:50:28,770 writing comes from my own life. 788 00:50:29,110 --> 00:50:35,530 A real storytelling is about going deep into your own experiences. So your 789 00:50:35,530 --> 00:50:40,770 imagination and maybe your fantasies, yeah? And then spinning a yarn out of 790 00:50:40,770 --> 00:50:41,770 that. You know what I mean, Felix? 791 00:50:42,170 --> 00:50:45,610 Yeah. How did you go with the Rocco files there? 792 00:50:45,910 --> 00:50:47,890 Yeah, Felix. How did you go with the Rocco files? 793 00:50:50,530 --> 00:50:52,230 Very, uh, interesting. 794 00:50:52,730 --> 00:50:57,390 Love? Very interesting? Would only get you a four out of ten for a book report 795 00:50:57,390 --> 00:50:58,390 in my class. 796 00:50:58,810 --> 00:51:00,450 You can do better than that. 797 00:51:03,050 --> 00:51:06,610 Look, I just don't think it was quite for me. 798 00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:13,990 Ah, so you don't like well -plotted, with complex characters, and 799 00:51:13,990 --> 00:51:17,410 he gently touches her... Oh! 800 00:51:19,450 --> 00:51:24,810 Oh, I gave you the wrong one. 801 00:51:25,350 --> 00:51:27,450 I didn't mean to give you this. 802 00:51:27,770 --> 00:51:32,350 This is not crime fiction at all. No, it's not. 803 00:51:33,210 --> 00:51:37,270 It's like a personal story, an exploration. 804 00:51:38,610 --> 00:51:40,250 Yeah, I got that part. 805 00:51:40,490 --> 00:51:41,490 You actually read it? 806 00:51:41,590 --> 00:51:42,630 Most of it. 807 00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:46,560 I had to stop myself at the hot tub bit. You should have kept going. That's 808 00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:48,760 where the narrative really reaches its climax. 809 00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:51,440 Wow. Power of literature. 810 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:58,680 Oh. Speaking of power, I still have the real Rocco Files here. 811 00:51:58,740 --> 00:52:00,240 If anybody's keen, call. 812 00:52:01,240 --> 00:52:04,100 I've got a jujitsu. 813 00:52:04,340 --> 00:52:07,400 Same. I mean, I have a washing. 814 00:52:07,940 --> 00:52:08,940 Washing? 815 00:52:09,700 --> 00:52:10,820 Overdue for the eye check. 816 00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:12,180 Everything's a little bit... 817 00:52:12,910 --> 00:52:14,030 Blurry. Blurry. 818 00:52:19,170 --> 00:52:21,210 Always an excellent student, that one. 819 00:52:22,390 --> 00:52:23,690 Oh, Frankie! 820 00:52:24,450 --> 00:52:26,270 Hello. Oh, my goodness. 821 00:52:26,610 --> 00:52:27,690 Oh, Frankie. 822 00:52:29,590 --> 00:52:30,930 She's not supposed to run. 823 00:52:31,950 --> 00:52:33,530 You're not supposed to run. 824 00:52:34,370 --> 00:52:35,790 Such a naughty girl. 825 00:52:36,190 --> 00:52:37,730 Thought you'd want to see her the moment she got out. 826 00:52:44,100 --> 00:52:46,520 So, um, what, she's going to be okay? 827 00:52:47,140 --> 00:52:50,580 Yeah. Keep an eye on her, keep her fluids up, and she should be fine. 828 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:51,840 Oh. 829 00:52:52,500 --> 00:52:55,180 Oh, you're so clever. And make sure you keep her out of it. Keep her out of the 830 00:52:55,180 --> 00:52:56,860 garden? Yeah. Oh, I know. 831 00:52:59,260 --> 00:53:04,940 Look, at the vet last night, it was a really stressful situation. 832 00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:07,360 Yeah. 833 00:53:09,020 --> 00:53:10,300 I might have said some things. 834 00:53:11,500 --> 00:53:13,240 I bet it'd be easier if you weren't here. 835 00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:14,760 She's okay. 836 00:53:15,500 --> 00:53:16,720 Yeah, she's okay. 837 00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:21,900 So, uh, we're good to do the books? Like, properly this time? 838 00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:23,480 We must. 839 00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:25,980 Sorry, I interrupted. 840 00:53:26,220 --> 00:53:28,020 You finish what you're saying and we'll go. 841 00:53:29,380 --> 00:53:34,160 Uh, nothing important. Just to say, it's not true. 842 00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:37,320 What's not true? 843 00:53:41,310 --> 00:53:45,530 That once a dog is bitten by a snake, it's immune. 844 00:53:46,570 --> 00:53:47,570 Right. 845 00:53:47,950 --> 00:53:48,950 Not true. 846 00:53:49,650 --> 00:53:52,650 And it's a myth, and it is a dangerous one. 847 00:53:54,550 --> 00:53:55,550 Lesson learned. 848 00:53:56,090 --> 00:53:57,090 We're good to go. 849 00:53:57,150 --> 00:53:59,510 Got to get this box in the road. Wedding's only around the corner. 850 00:54:02,470 --> 00:54:03,470 That'll do it. 851 00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:17,380 Professional? Always.