Annika

I believe engineers have identified six different types of bridge.

There's a beam bridge, which is, well it's just a slab of concrete, or even a log across a stream.

There's an arch bridge, like the Rialto in Venice.

It's very nice.

There's a suspension bridge, like the Golden Gate in San Francisco.

There's... three other types of bridge.

What they all have in common, though,

is that their purpose is to cross a divide of some sort.

And, on the whole, they can be very successful.

But that's assuming that

the two sides are happy about being connected.

Cos sometimes all you do is let the enemy across.

Cara Gibson, 38,

Where's her coat? It's freezing.

Could've come off during a struggle.

SOCO's found hair and blood on the bridge, some footprints.

They might be able to make a cast.

I guess the killer just knocked her unconscious

and threw her in to the river.

Clarko! Ash.

Nice suit.

Och, you know, I've heard that you'd retired.

Promoted actually. DS. Marine Homicide.

The divers found this near the, eh, the victim.

It's a different pace for you, eh?

Thanks for the extra prints on this. Good to see you, Ash.

Cara Gibson. Feel like I know that name.

Yeah, she was a writer, TV personality,

big on social media and all that.

She was also a popular TV columnist.

Hm.

Not that popular.

I'm not criticizing, but you share a hobby with naval prisoners of war.

It's not a hobby. Hold this.

What is it?

A wrought iron truss.

What bridge is it?

Menai Bridge. Built by Thomas Telford.

He was an only child and his mum was a single parent.

Then I see why he is a genius.

He left home at 16 and never went back. Yep, right.

So I was thinking, it's been ages since we hung out.

Me with work, you with... Yeah.

..you know, the things you do.

Why don't we go out, somewhere fun?

And when you say fun?

I mean an exhibition on bridges at the aquarium.

They're doing a lates event.

For the extra adrenaline? Yeah, exactly.

Tomorrow, after therapy?

Sure.

How is the new therapist? She seemed nice.

Very smiley and she had, you know, nice hair.

Jake likes her. I mean, not that I've spoken to him.

Might've been 15 Telford left home. Maybe even 14.

Cara Gibson, she was a Writing From Life lecturer at

Glasgow University but better known for her best sellers.

Pretty broad subjects -

welfare, culture, the music industry, modeling.

I read Workshy back in the day. Well, the first few pages.

It's a fun read if you hate the poor.

Yeah, well, calling people lazy and responsible for their own situations

gave her a pretty good media career.

Lots of talk radio, panel shows.

She even fronted a short-lived TV show, where people in poverty

were given a makeover to try and pass them off as aristocracy.

Why was she back at university getting paid by the hour to teach?

Well, she just stopped writing. Guess she made some enemies. Hm.

Well, she definitely made one. Have we found her mobile?

No, it wasn't in her bag, but we've requested the phone records.

And we have her bank statements. It's the usual stuff mostly,

but she had been having lunch at The Menagerie for the last few days.

Evelyn Bailie sings there.

She's one of the stars featured in Sour Note, the band expose one.

Fix Me Up. They were terrible,

and I know cos my daughters like them.

When she got done for drugs it was a relief. House went quiet.

After the book came out, everyone was booted out the band.

So there's a possibility that

Cara was trying to make contact with this singer.

Why, though, if she ruined her career?

Family call. Can I? Sure.

Hi. OK, well, let's pull together CCTV from Kingley Bridge,

and sort an appeal for witnesses.

We'll go to her university digs.

And why don't you treat yourself to lunch at The Menagerie?

Oh, really? No. No, not really.

Do you think Morgan could study in Glasgow?

I mean, it's on the doorstep. She's already got the accent.

Does she want to? She could be encouraged to.

Is she going to open days? Not yet.

Well, then the world's her oyster then. You've got England, Europe...

Well, that's a bit... The States... There's a massive ocean and...

And Australia - Australia's got some great universities.

What are you trying to do to me? Australia!

Graham Kennedy? ID?

Oh. Not allowed to smile in these, then?

Did you know her?

Cara and I worked at the university together.

She was a force of nature.

A good friend.

I get why people do it,

but they're just going to rot there, aren't they? Huh. Mm.

I mean, you could find a vase, though.

When did you last see Cara?

A few days back. She locked herself out.

Was there any indication there might've been something wrong?

I'm the maintenance guy.

They're the ones who notice the most.

Why don't you try him?

Fraser Clanahan, our co-writer?

He teaches at the Kelvinbridge Campus.

Sorted her out with this cushy number.

Uni pays half the rent.

Thought you didn't know much?

Well, she makes a lot of call-outs.

She drinks too much. You know, stuff gets damaged.

And how do you know where she keeps her booze?

Well, she doesn't have a wine cellar.

So, I can't find her laptop and she must have one.

Is that everything then?

One, two. One, two. One, two. One, two.

Evelyn Bailie?

Oh, now I miss my granddad. Only he calls me that.

It's Evie B.

Need to talk to you about Cara Gibson.

Oh, couldn't believe it when I heard.

I'm going to post a tribute on TikTok.

Well, that's pretty generous.

Given what she did to you.

Look, I was going to leave the band anyway.

Work on my solo material.

Got a new track dropping next week if you're interested.

Yeah.

Cara came here last week for lunch.

Three or four days in a row.

What did she want?

To interview me.

She was writing another book.

What about?

Dunno. Her big comeback.

I stopped listening when she said I wouldn't get paid.

We're not giving away content for free.

And she screwed your career.

Where were you last night between 10 and 11 pm?

Working men's club.

Darnley.

There is one thing.

I mean, it might be something and nothing.

Cara got all angsty about the book.

She said she didn't want to write it, but had to.

What was going to be in it? Dunno.

Just that when it came out she said that her life would either

start getting better... or get a whole lot worse.

I'm wasted in this job.

I remember once being in a cab going over the Forth Bridge

and the driver was telling me that the bridge existed

in a never-ending struggle between tension and compression,

like two sides constantly pulling away from each other.

And if the engineers didn't manage the demands of

these two opposing sides, the bridge would buckle...

..or collapse completely.

I mean, I was trying to kiss someone in the back seat at the time

so I may have missed some of the physics.

But, I remember thinking that,

in keeping a stable structure together...

..some tension is clearly important.

Just not too much.

Your co-writer, Cara, was pretty controversial.

Can you think of anyone who might've bore a grudge?

Half the stuff she said was just for clicks.

She had a big heart.

And what about Maggie Fisher? One of the residents mentioned in Workshy.

Cara had highlighted her name.

She was from the Braebank tower blocks.

Hated us telling the truth about the place.

The crime, the people abusing government benefits -

she thought we had an agenda.

But we both grew up in places like that.

Parents down the boozer, not one book in the house.

You and Cara took out a restraining order against her.

She must've crossed the line.

A bit of harassment, nasties in the post.

But nothing for years.

From Michael.

Cara was writing another book.

But I haven't seen Cara recently.

She dropped out of our pub quiz team.

Do you know why?

It's nice that you're loyal.

Cara was doing the 12 steps,

she didn't want to hang around pubs.

Do you know why she might've been at the Kingley Bridge last night?

And where were you between 10 and 11 pm?

A university event. The hall here.

Just got the Vice Chancellor's job, had to show my face.

I'll ping over the details. Thanks.

It's not bad for a boy who grew up in a house with no books.

I guess as well as being addicted to alcohol,