Death in Paradise

Hey! Your mother's looking for you.

If I'd known you wanted me to work on my day off, I wouldn't have come.

And what have you done?

Fridge, ice machine, decorations.

The decking and the chairs could do with a wipe, though.

By the way, you look sexy as hell in those gloves.

What?

See how I've still got it?

Really? Florence!

Yeah?

Nothing.

Patrice. Hey.

Is it OK if I go now?

I need to get ready.

Yeah. You need your other half to help you get changed?

He's only getting in my way.

No, you keep him here. I'm picking Nelly up on the way,

and my mum will be at the house.

What's it like to be popular? Bye!

All right, see you later! Enjoy!

Bye!

Hey, Tiana.

Girl, you should've been here five minutes ago.

We've got plenty of time.

Ha! That's all right for you, you're the festival queen,

and I'm the maid smelling of fish.

I need longer to get ready!

You don't smell of fish.

OK, I lied.

Table seven. Thank you.

Oh, you made it! Yes!

I'll get you a drink, sir. Hey!

Jack, good to see you, man.

Yeah, my first Mahi Mahi festival. I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Well, I'll warn you,

it goes on late and has been known to get a bit messy.

Oh, well, in that case...

It's only a week to the wedding. Shouldn't you be pacing yourself?

I'll tell you what,

I'll stay two drinks behind you.

There you go. Great.

Enjoy. Thanks.

My beautiful daughter is getting ready to be Mama D'Mer.

Turn around, show us.

Hm, not bad.

Considering what you had to work with!

You look beautiful.

The tradition is Mama D'Mer will make an offering to the ocean

in return for the mahi-mahi fish.

That seems fair. What's in this offering?

Bread, flowers and rum.

Of course!

Not much happens out here that doesn't involve rum.

OK. You're good?

I'm good. OK.

So, Mama D'Mer,

you got everything?

Um, no sneaky swigs on the way.

Promise. Good luck, girl.

Bye! Bye!

She's coming! Hey!

Tiana!

Tiana!

Tiana!

Go on. Go on, Tiana!

Go on, Ti!

Tiana!

Oh, look at my baby!

She get off all right? Yeah, everything all good.

Go on, Ti!

Something's wrong.

What's happening?

Nelly.

Come on, Harrison!

Harrison! Come on, come on.

Tiana? Tiana?

Ti! Tiana!

Tiana.

Ti... What's happening? Tiana!

Ti! Tiana!

Tiana. Tiana...

No, no, no, no, no, no...

She can't be much older than my Siobhan.

It makes no sense.

Every person in this village loved her.

They all watched her grow up.

She was the girlfriend of Patrice's mate.

Yes. Harrison.

Harrison, stop! Poor fella.

You don't want to see her like that!

Well, it looks like she was killed by a single stab wound.

The blade is wide, too.

Maybe an inch in diameter.

We've cleared the area, sir.

OK, Ruby. When you're finished documenting the scene,

gather her immediate family and friends.

We need to talk to them. Yes, sir.

Just so you know, sir, Tiana's mother appears to have gone.

And she was here when the boat arrived, but hasn't been seen since.

Really?

Well, I'm sure she was distraught.

See if you can track her down. Yeah.

You said Mama D'Mer offers the ocean rum, bread and flowers

in exchange for fish.

Yes.

Well, we've got the rum and the flowers, but no bread.

That's odd.

Yeah.

Do you think Tiana could have thrown it in to the sea?

Well, usually, they wait until the boat is around the headland,

where everyone can see.

Well, if she didn't throw it out of the boat, where is it?

Please, come in and take a seat.

Thank you.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

All of you.

Sir, this is Harrison Green, Tiana's boyfriend,

and Ellen Dubois.

Nelly. She was Tiana's best friend.

So, Nelly,

it was you who saw Tiana off on her boat from beyond the headland?

We got ready at her house, then I drove her to the old jetty.

And you actually saw her set off on the boat?Yes. She was fine.

She waved and started heading out to sea.

Was anyone else there?

No, it was just us.

I can show you.

I've been filming the whole day.

It's on my phone.

It is.

Your phone says 5.47.

How long would it take her to get around the headland by boat?

Since the tide was against her a little bit...

...three minutes, maybe.

And did you see anybody else in the water?

Other boats, swimmers, maybe?

No.

We'll need to keep this for a while.

And, Harrison, yourself and Tiana, had you been together long?

I've known her all my life.

Um, grew up together.

It was only ever her.

She worked for you, Patrice, at the bar?

Evenings and weekends.

I mean, she started here when she was, what, 17?

Customers loved her.

She made more in tips than she did wages.

Did any of you notice anything unusual over the last few days?

She was the same as always.

Happy.

Well, I feel I've troubled you more than enough for now.

Oh, one more thing.

Um...

Who packed Tiana's bag?

The offerings for the sea.

She did it here, at the bar.

And is there any way she might have forgotten to put the bread in?

I mean, is that a possibility?

No, I gave her the bread from my kitchen, and the bottle of rum.

Someone must have taken it out, then.

Well, if it was not there, then... I guess so.

Hm. Thank you for your time.

Sorry. About everything.

Well, we've seen the video Nelly took of Tiana leaving at 5.47.

Let's have a look at the video I took.

Right, there she is, rounding the headland, at, what, 5.50?

Nelly has her leaving at 5.47, that's...three minutes.

That's not an awful lot of time to make it around the bay.

So how did whoever killed Tiana manage to board a boat mid-journey and stab her?

Well, there were no other boats or swimmers in the water

on any of the footage we've got.

And if it only took three minutes,

there wasn't time for Tiana to stop off somewhere on the way.

Exactly. So, how?

Oh!It's OK.

You don't have to put up your hand.Sorry.

But what about a diver?

Now, Nelly said there were no other boats or swimmers,

but she wouldn't have seen a diver because they go under the water.

So I would like to propose that a diver was waiting.

He saw the boat go over him,

swam to the surface, grabbed the side of the boat,

stabbed Tiana and then dived back down to the murky depths from whence he came.

It is the only explanation.

True.

But the boat was bone-dry.

If someone climbed on board from the sea, it would've been wet.

Dammit.

What happened out there?

JP?

Yes, we're on our way.

He's found Louise Palmer. Good.

She's drunk.

She wanted more, but I refused to serve her.

Why?

We were good friends once.

But when she found out her husband was having an affair,

she started to drink.

I thought she was getting some help.

Louise is a recovering alcoholic.