Oh, as if! Inspector Cordeiro.
Not enjoying it? I heard there were compelling mysteries.
This case is full of holes, takes himself far too seriously.
Well, solving murders, I mean, it's not exactly a barrel of laughs.
Yeah, but a bit of gallows humour never hurt anyone.
Only way to get through it sometimes. Ah!
You're either a policeman...
Or a serial killer.
Miss St James, everything OK?
My darling, everything was OK until my neighbour here
started tearing apart my latest book.
Jack, what have you been saying to our star guest?
Stephanie St James. No way!
You'd better believe it, honey.
He's been giving me some constructive criticism.
No, no, no, no, no, just some feedback.
I'm a layman, what do I know? Nothing, that's what.
He is a complete philistine.
Stephanie, I'm sorry to interrupt, but Betrayal At Belem
has just gone to number one on the New York Times Best Sellers.
They need a quote.
Oh, and Oprah wants to do a podcast for her book club.
Well, no rest for the wicked.
I hope you haven't messed up my wheatgrass shots again, Lizzie.
Nice one, numbskull, insulting the world's number-one crime writer.
Just so you know, Beverley has been trying to get her
to do a personal appearance for the past five years.
Thank you for being a devoted reader...
..all my love, your beloved Stephanie.
Hello?
Hi. Fan mail.
There is so much excitement.
People are queueing up to see you already.
Of course, my wife is a living legend.
You're too much, Nero.
Did you receive your signed copy?
Oh, no, look, I've started it already.
It's absolutely brilliant. It's so complex.
Where do you get your ideas from? Stephanie's a genius. That is how.
Well, I don't know about that,
but Betrayal At Belem was my toughest yet.
Thought I'd never finish it.
The ending changed so many times.
"Hope the book is good. It's your last one before you die."
Not another one.
We have to find who's doing this.
You've had threats like this before?
Yes, but we never take them seriously.
OK, I'm gonna call my head of security.
I'm gonna make sure that he is with you
on the book signing, all right?
She's not going. Cancel it right now.
Nero, the publishers...
Someone on this ship is threatening to kill her.
Stop, please.
I refuse to live in fear, and I will not let my devoted fans down.
Most of them are only on this cruise because of me.
Mmm.
Form an orderly queue, please, ladies and gentlemen.
Don't crowd Miss St James, and one selfie per person.
Erm, we need to keep this under wraps,
but our star guest has received a death threat.
Someone's not messing about.
It's best she stays confined to her cabin until you can flush them out.
Right, it's not possible.
She's taking her fans on a guided walk today,
we've... waited months for it.
Well, in that case, might be best if I tagged along.
You can give her the lowdown on this, Inspector Cordeiro.
Good call, Jack.
The more eyes on the ground, the better. Right?
Stephanie, look who's here, all the way from Iowa.
Ah, our old friend Elmore.
How are you today?
All the better for seeing your sweet, sweet face, Miss Stephanie.
I made you something.
This is me, Cordeiro...
..and you're his fiancee, Susanna.
Oh, how delightful (!)
You know, I'm your number-one fan.
I don't like him.
He turns up everywhere.
So, you looking forward to spending the day
with your favourite cruise-ship cabaret singer? Ha (!)
No way, isn't that...? Anoushka Barrymore.
She played Susanna in the TV series, Cordeiro's fiancee.
She was killed off in the last book.
You haven't read any of them, have you?
Hello, Nero.
Oh, didn't realise it was a gold-digger's convention.
This woman, she's deranged.
She makes our lives hell. Ah, Anoushka.
So sweet of you to show up.
Oh, my old friend Stephanie.
How are you?
Stolen anyone else's husband recently?
Such over-the-top theatrics.
Have you ever considered am-dram (?)
I just want the money back you stole from me.
You are crazy, you cannot stand that I'm with the love of my life.
The only person you love is yourself, Nero. Hm.
He'll get rid of you soon.
Play away.
Probably already have someone on the side.
Just be warned, Nero.
I won't rest until you pay me back every penny.
That's a promise. Excuse me.
May I have a word with you outside?
Should be a fun afternoon.
'Bom dia, senhoras e senhores.
'This is Beverly, your cruise director,
'informing all guests that the ship has now arrived in Lisbon,
'one of the oldest cities in Europe.
'You're all invited to disembark
'and enjoy everything the capital has to offer.'
This way!
This way, folks!
Is this absolutely necessary?
Ah, I think it looks great on you. Brings out your eyes.
How fortunate we are today,
walking in the very footsteps
of Portugal's greatest fictional detective.
Nearly finished chapter one.
I've been busy. Page 74.
Quickly!
"As he rested in the ancient church square...
"..the midday sun burning through his Panama hat...
"..the great Cordeiro knew this..." You stay away from us!
"..was his toughest mystery yet."
He's a dangerous man.
This way, folks.
This way, please. Thank you.
Hey, Nero.
That American passenger, you having a spot of bother with him?
He's obsessed with Stephanie, follows us everywhere.
You think he could be behind the death threats?
Well, I suppose he's a little strange.
I could speak with him. No! No.
He means nothing to me. Nothing.
And as Cordeiro ponders a glass of vinho do Porto in his hand,
sitting at his favourite table...
On the corner, under the streetlamp.
Oh, you really are the best fans.
And now for some traditional music of Portugal, the fado.
Ah, amazing.
How do you like my new offering, Anoushka?
You think I'd actually read this drivel
if someone wasn't paying me?
Everyone, take a seat.
Our patron, my dear friend, the great chef Oliveira
is going to provide us with some tasty treats from his kitchen.
Did you get a special bottle of port for Oliveira?
I ran out of time.
You're forgetting so much lately.
I'll go and buy it now.
I'm going to try and get closer to Anoushka.
Wh-Wh...
Would you like to dance?
I thought I told you...
..that the money would be there today.
You know I'm good for it.
How did that lunatic Anoushka know we were going to be here?
She's a witch. She knows everything. This is all your fault.
Why do you always have to mess things up?
Me? What did I do?
You could stop blowing all Stephanie's money for a start.
Gambling is a roller-coaster.
I'm not sure how much longer I can keep doing this.
Hey!
Oh, just needed a moment. Work email.
It never ends, does it?
Are you... you walking back?
I have to pick something up for Stephanie.
It must be really awkward with Anoushka being here.
Stephanie doesn't deserve any of this.
She seems really happy with Nero, though,
and, well, he's obviously besotted.
With her money.
Nero can be a bit high maintenance. Oh, well, he's a bloke, isn't he?
Yeah...
Ooh!
Must be losing my touch.
I'm sorry.
When you bump into your ex with your ex-best friend,
puts a dampener on your holiday.
You have no idea how badly Nero hurt me.
Oh. I'm here if you need to talk about it.
I'm sorry.
I thought I could handle things. It's all a bit much for me.
Yes, no, it was lovely.
Weren't you supposed to be keeping tabs on Anoushka?
Oh, took the hump,
couldn't stand being near Stephanie and her fella.
Right, we best get them back to the ship.
I best put on my favourite jacket.
Oh, my...
Oh!
So, he fell from the bell tower?
And with all that blood, it looks like he was stabbed first.
His wedding ring is missing. There's a tan line on his finger.
A spurned lover.
Well, that's just like her new book, Betrayal At Belem.
A man falls to his death from the bell tower.
We need to be quick. The police will be here soon.
The caretaker said the only person to come up here was Nero.
Well, clearly, he must have missed someone.
Nero didn't stab himself. Well, everyone else was at the fado.
What about Elmore Patterson?
Yeah, I saw him a while ago.
I tell you what I did see -
I saw Nero and Lizzie having an argument in the square.
Any ideas what that was about?
No, I couldn't get close enough.
There's definitely some history there, though.
What is it?
Club Le Trop.
Nero came up here for a smoke?
They do say smoking can kill you.
So, somebody stabbed him... and then pushed him over the edge.
I mean, that's quite an effort, right?
The question is...
who wanted Nero De Wolfe dead?
I know you didn't like him, but this?
No, no, Stephanie, I swear...
Don't cry your crocodile tears at me.
I know you killed my husband. Not Nero. I would never!
Yes, this is your murderer!
Who wanted Nero De Wolfe dead?
Well, Anoushka seemed hell-bent on getting revenge.
And everyone thinks Elmore Patterson has stalker-y tendencies,
but enough to want Nero out of the picture?
That argument that Nero and Lizzie had,
it was the way he grabbed her wrist, just seemed a bit...
overfamiliar.
And the smallest detail can be the biggest clue.
Hm?
Great Inspector Cordeiro, one of his favourite sayings.
Which brings us back to the murder in the Cordeiro book.
Well, a powerful politician
kills the man that was having an affair with his wife.
Sounds like he had it coming.
We could be looking at a copycat killer.
Great buffet, innit? Outstanding.
Just wanted to check up on everyone after what happened yesterday.
Oh, that was a dreadful turn of events, just awful.
My heart goes out to Miss St James.
You weren't there in the square when Nero fell,
but we didn't establish exactly where.
I was taking some shots of the mezzanine.
See anyone else from the ship?
Only that crazy actress lady...
..the one who caused a scene at the cafe.
But you and Nero seemed to be having some sort of altercation
earlier on the tour.
You mind telling me what it was about?
None of your business, sir. That's what.
Hi.
Are you OK?
I can't believe what's happened.
But yesterday, when we were dancing at the fado...
..I asked you about Nero, and you got upset.
Now, what happened between you two?
Four years, we were together.
He was a model. I was on a hit TV show.
The golden couple. Everything was perfect.
Then we got engaged, threw a party.
I introduced him to Stephanie.
And that was the end of a beautiful friendship.
Once that vampire sinks her teeth in,
there's no escape.
She sucks you dry, scoops out your guts,
and then puts it all in one of her books.
Well, Lizzie does.
What? She helps Stephanie write her novels?
Let's just say she's more than a glorified typist.
Stephanie and Nero took everything I had,
ruined my reputation, left me penniless.
Then the final nail in my coffin...
..she killed off my character, Cordeiro's beautiful fiancee.
Susanna, Lisbon, runaway tram.
That's when the rumours began to appear.
I was "a nightmare on set, turning up late, drunk, unstable".
You can guess who was spreading them.
I never work again.
So, yes, I wanted him dead. I wanted them both dead.
Yes, of course he always wore his wedding ring.
He even had it engraved - "non posso vivere senza di te".
I can't live without you.
Stephanie, do you think Nero had any enemies,
like someone who wanted to make problems for him?
Everybody adored Nero.
Oh, thank you, Lizzie. So loyal.
But we have to acknowledge some things.
Nero was a complicated character. In what way?
He got swept up in the high life.
I'm afraid he succumbed to some of its temptations,
gambling, drinking...
..other women.
I tried to keep him happy, amused, entertained.
But somehow, I just wasn't enough.
You were the perfect wife, Stephanie.
You could not have done more for him.
Perhaps I should never have indulged him.
Haven't you heard enough?
I'm sorry, Miss St James. Erm, we'll leave you in peace.
I want to go to the church where we exchanged our vows,
Santa Maria Clara.
Perhaps there, I shall find some solace.
The small chapel where Cordeiro was christened.
And was supposed to be married to Susanna.
But instead, they had her funeral.
Would you mind?
I just need a moment to pray...
..to talk to Nero.
Yeah.
Oh, no, thanks. I'm allergic.
Even the smell of them makes me come out in hives. Oh.
How's she doing?
Yeah, she just needed a moment. Wanted to be alone.
Look, this super fan, Elmore Patterson.
He seems a bit weird. Do you know much about him?
Nothing, really.
He started appearing, I don't know, maybe six months ago.
Book signings, personal appearances.
Oh, but there was one time
Nero swore he saw him outside Stephanie's house in London.
Well, that's a bit strange. What was he doing?
He was stood on the pavement, just looking up... taking photos.
Oh, was that why Nero was arguing with him on the walking tour?
Oh, I don't know, maybe. Well, they weren't the only ones.
You and Nero were having a few cross words.
So you were spying on us. I knew it!
She knows more than she's letting on.
Some weird dynamic with Stephanie.
No, she worships the ground she walks on.
Anoushka reckons she's more involved in her Cordeiro books
then Stephanie gives her credit for.
Well, that's ridiculous. Mmm.
Stephanie St James is a genius.
And this, this is her best book yet.
Heh, so good,
clearly, one of her fans thought they'd like to re-enact it.
The second murder.
A stabbing at the Chapel of Santa Maria Clara.
What happened? Are you OK?
I was kneeling down to pray,
and I could sense somebody behind me.
I couldn't see. There was a face behind a scarf.
And then I just put out my hand, and...
Stephanie, all right, listen. You're gonna be fine.
It's a surface wound, OK?
Just breathe for me... breathe for me.
Nice deep breaths, OK?
Mind telling us your whereabouts this morning?
I have already told you, sir,
I do not want to answer any of your questions.
OK, sorry.
Oh, er, could I just ask you one question?
Cordeiro's dog.
What was he called?
He's in every book. He's had him since he was a pup.
And I just can't, for the life of me,
remember his name.
Paolo.
No, Pedro!
Cordeiro didn't have a dog.
He had the pet parrot, Benedita.
Yes, Benedita!
What was I thinking?
No, I made that up. He didn't have any pets.
It's clear you are no superfan, Elmore.
Time you told us the real reason you are here.
I'm overdue for an afternoon siesta.
Stephanie St James was attacked today.
She was?
Is she OK?
We just wanna rule you out as a suspect.
So unless you've got anything to hide...
William J Callaghan.
IRS.
Bill Callaghan, undercover operative.
We've had Miss St James under observation for the past 12 months.
Now, I can't go into details, but...
let's just say she's not only writing books,
she's cooking them as well.
Or someone's helping her do it.
She's a tax dodger.
There are anomalies.
Huge discrepancies between her reported income
and, well, her lavish lifestyle.
Homes all over the world. It just does not add up.
Is this connected to your argument with Nero yesterday?
Well, he's listed as Miss St James's PR.
He receives...
received a very handsome salary.
I offered to cut him a deal,
on the condition he testify against Stephanie.
But he was having none of it?
If you ask me, he's in it up to his neck.
Casino crazy - three, four nights a week.
Nine times out of ten, he loses, and loses big.
You think he was embezzling his wife.
Well, he sure as hell got his cash from somewhere.
If you've been following her around all this time,
you must know quite a bit about her private life.
There's a lot I suspect Miss Saint James
would rather not know about happening behind her back.
Is there anything you'd like to share with us?
Let me help you with that.
I shouldn't, really. I'm trying to give up.
Club Le Trop.
Legendary.
Bardot, Johnny Hallyday.
Good as they say it is?
We were there two nights ago.
Best table in the house. The owner's a huge Cordeiro fan.
We were so happy, celebrating the launch of the book.
So Stephanie had no idea about you and Nero?
You were having an affair.
You were siphoning off money from Stephanie's accounts, weren't you?
To bail out the man you loved.
But you felt entitled.
After all, you were helping Stephanie write her novels.
I didn't want any part in it.
But Nero, he had an addiction. He blew a fortune.
He'd plead, beg, tell me every time would be the last,
swear that he loved me as much as...
Do you know why Nero had gone up to the bell tower?
Stephanie wanted some photos for the website.
I asked Nero if he'd mind taking them.
Right, so you knew he'd be up there.
Out of sight of any prying eyes.
You were about to be exposed as a thief,
and Nero was becoming a liability.
You think I killed him? You were there at the tower.
You was outside the chapel when Stephanie was attacked.
One of Cordeiro's favourite sayings...
"The best revenge is not to kill your enemy.
"Kill the thing they love."
Isn't it obvious who did it?
Miss Barrymore, we're asking for voluntary cabin searches.
It's not convenient. You'll have to come back.
Hey, where did you find that? It's yours?
Lisbon police would be very interested to speak to the owner.
Thank you.
You're all under Stephanie's spell.
Do you really think I've murdered Nero?
Nobody said that.
But there's a few things we'd like to clear up.
Do you mind me asking how you paid for this trip?
Paid?
I was invited.
By who?
It was anonymous.
Last week. A gift from an ardent admirer.
And that just happens every day, does it?
You'd be surprised by the things my fans send me.
You're a Cordeiro expert. You were in how many TV adaptations?
Eleven.
They always topped the ratings.
And how's the latest plotline shaping up?
Between you and me, I think she's losing her touch.
Miss Barrymore, did you use this bag yesterday?
In Lisbon? Yes. So what?
Care to explain why Nero's ring is in your bag?
What the...
Police have taken Anoushka in for questioning.
I'm sure she'll crack soon enough.
How's the book?
Mm. Yeah, nearly finished.
Hey. If you were going to murder someone and nick their wedding ring,
why would you just leave it at the bottom of your handbag?
Well, Anoushka's hardly the brightest soul, is she?
I mean, she's an actress. She's... airy-fairy.
Exactly. She's too emotional.
A crime of passion isn't planned out.
But this was an execution. Needs a cool head.
What happens again in that book?
Well, I told you, the politician kills his love rival.
Uses a fiendish delaying tactic
so that the body falls from the Belem Tower to...
Well, practically in front of the murderer's feet.
So it effectively looks like the murderer
was in two places at once.
Clever, huh?
Listen...
I can't hear anything.
Exactly.
You want to tell me what we're looking for?
There's a reason the bell isn't chiming.
Somebody burned through the rope.
The matches?
"Henriques tied the bell rope to the body,
"lit the match and watched as it smouldered.
"Then he ran for the stairs." Da-da-da-da-da-da...
"He reached the bottom of the Belem Tower
"as the body of his rival landed at his feet -
"the perfect alibi."
So, how did they manage to leave the fado
and sneak up here without being seen?
The Devil's Own Hand. There's a reference to Cafe Carmelo.
It's, erm, some sort of priest hole thing.
Come on.
So, the door was hidden in the cellar of the restaurant,
and it led to a secret passageway.
A lot of these old buildings have secret passageways.
Come on!
So, our killer slipped out through that door...
Through the secret passageway... and under the square.
Now, that's clever.
It's too clever by half for Anoushka.
Then back up to the bell tower through the side entrance.
Just enough time to murder Nero.
Back to the fado before they were missed.
No-one would have seen them.
If Lizzie was helping Stephanie to write her novels,
she'd know the plots better than anyone.
She would absolutely know about this secret passageway.
Well, she was at the chapel when Stephanie got stabbed.
She arrived a few seconds later.
She could have planted that earring and then just doubled back.
Why would Lizzie want Nero dead?
Well, she was about to be exposed as an embezzler.
She killed him to cover her tracks. Come on.
So, how many murders are there in that book?
Oh, there's the bell tower, the stabbing at the chapel...
Wait, what?
In the final act of revenge,
Henriques murders his unfaithful wife.
The woman he'd do anything for.
We need to get back to the ship.
I spoke to security, and Lizzie got off the ship with Stephanie.
They've headed for dinner in Lisbon.
"Gabriela's legs twitched
"as Senhor Henriques removed the pillow from his wife's face.
"Her treacherous beauty... now immortal."
I was right. Total crap.
But it still feels like we're missing something.
I did like it better
when Senhor Henriques' wife is killed when he poisons her.
The ultimate sacrifice for his lust for power.
Poison?
No, the third murder was suffocation.
No.
Er... This is Stephanie's original manuscript.
Where did you get this? I found it on the deck.
Must have blown off someone's balcony.
I mean, these are Stephanie's very own notes.
It's virtually every page.
She told me that she changed the ending of the book.
The writing on the manuscript matches the writing on the card.
See?
Classic diversion tactics.
She's sent us on a wild goose chase
so she could make plans for the final murder.
As requested...
bolo de castanhas.
Delicioso, Oliveira, as always.
We need to speak to you both about Nero's death.
Anoushka's already been arrested. May we not mourn in peace?
Look, Stephanie, you're aware
that Cafe Carmelo has a secret priest hole
that leads straight to the bell tower?
Course. I used it in one of my earlier novels.
That was handily placed
for the murderer to slip away from the fado.
'The killer took the cleaning lady's overall and gloves
'and then climbed into the priest hole.
'Nero had already been tricked into going up into the bell tower.
'Now she needed to buy herself some time
'to safely get back down to the square.
'The bell rope was thick.
'The killer had to use an accelerant to make sure it would burn through.
'So all she had to do was strike the match,
'push him over and head back the way she came.
'The perfect murder.'
The greatest living crime writer
likes to set her readers a conundrum.
How could a murderer possibly be in two places at once?
You killed Nero, Miss St James.
Brava (!)
Tell me, then, how did I get the rope to burn?
Well, you've been to Cafe Carmelo hundreds of times.
You know full well where Chef Oliveira keeps the paraffin.
No, you're wrong. It has to be Anoushka.
She stole his wedding ring.
Look, you needed a scapegoat.
'The hysterical, grief-stricken widow causes a scene...
'The perfect opportunity to plant some crucial evidence
'on the love rival that was causing so many problems.'
I would never!
'Anoushka was the perfect suspect for a copycat killer.
'That's why you paid for Anoushka's cruise,
'sent her a ticket from a mystery admirer.'
Stephanie was attacked.
'In the chapel. You were there.'
'Another clever distraction
'to get everyone looking the wrong way.'
Argh!
You wanted everyone to think that you were the victim.
Just like Senhor Henriques when he sent himself a death threat.
And you told me that you'd changed the ending of the book, but...
in the original manuscript,
well, Senhor Henriques, he...
he poisons Gabriela.
And those annotations to the text...
They could only have come from the author.
A very close match to the writing on those death threats.
A specially made bolo de castanhas.
A recipe famous for its chestnuts.
Absolutely fatal to someone with a lethal allergy to nuts.
Someone like you, Lizzie.
Death by anaphylactic shock.
The cafe owner takes the blame. Another perfect murder, Stephanie.
Well, almost.
But this time, you didn't have your trusted assistant
to point out any flaws in the plot.
You're always in my shadow, Lizzie.
Grasping for the credit you thought was due.
You knew about the money,
and then you had to take the one thing I really cared about -
Nero.
Betrayal At Belem was all yours, Lizzie.
How does it feel to be back in Casablanca? Like I never left.
Torres?
Why is she not answering my calls? It'll be a police matter.
We should go and find her, and quickly. It's not safe at night.
Al Coshin. Casablanca lowlife.
You should be very careful.
Akash?
That depends who is asking.
We have to tell our friend to let this go.
It's too late for that now.
I will not let anything happen to you, all right?
I was going to say the same thing to you.