:32:05
- Royalties?
- Yeah.
:32:07
No. They go into the deceased's estate.
:32:11
That leaves you out in the cold, doesn't it?
:32:13
Unless, of course, you insured each other.
:32:16
Lieutenant, aren't we going a bit far astray?
:32:19
You're right. We shouldn't be talking
about this now. It's not the time.
:32:26
So, Mr Franklin, tell me,
:32:29
why do you think that they left
your partner's body on the lawn?
:32:33
Do you mean to tell me
you haven't figured that out?
:32:36
Lieutenant, you disappoint me.
:32:39
- It was left as a warning.
- A warning?
:32:42
Of course. It also proves my theory
about it being a professional killing.
:32:48
See, the moment they dropped
Jim's body in the middle of that lawn...
:32:52
Please, sit down.
:32:55
You know what they were saying?
That this could happen to you.
:33:00
Unless you stop in your partner's research.
:33:02
- They're trying to scare you.
- Exactly.
:33:05
Right. So what are you gonna do?
:33:08
Are you gonna continue writing the book?
:33:11
No, that's the irony of it.
That was Jim's pet project, not mine.
:33:16
I wouldn't even know where to begin.
:33:18
I guess they didn't know
you two were gonna split up.
:33:21
Nah. Even if they did,
it wouldn't have done Jim any good.
:33:26
I must say, Lieutenant,
you're up against a dead end.
:33:29
Look at this. You got a body,
you got a motive,
:33:33
but you're never gonna find that killer.
:33:36
It's not gonna be easy.
:33:38
I'll lay you 5 to 1 it was someone
in Las Vegas or Miami.
:33:42
Picked up a phone and put out a contract.
:33:44
Right.
:33:46
How you're gonna make a case,
much less solve one, is beyond me.
:33:50
I know. I guess the only thing I can do is
check out every name on that list.
:33:54
Know what's gonna happen? Every one
of them is gonna deny Jim even existed.
:33:58
Right.