"INSPECTOR REX" "Incredible!" "I've been paying my bloody taxes for 15 years." "I don't need an idiot giving me an earful." "How dare you offer me such a shit job?" "You arsehole of a public servant." "What you earn in a month I used to spend in one night." "You shit authorities, you've ruined my whole life!" "You know what?" "You'll hear more of me!" "He lives off my money and sits on his ares." "You stupid idiot!" "EMPLOYMENT OFFICE" "Fine." " Shall I wrap it?" " No." "You can't be declared mentally capable without a new medical report." "A pity." "Well, the treatment might help somehow." "The case is closed." "Rex, where are you?" "I thought so." "One of my shoes was gone." "I can't go jogging." "I'm fixing the fence." "Good morning, Mr Morse." "The mail." "Listen, could you..." "Morning." " Only bills, I suppose?" " I'm afraid so." "Let me check." "As I said, bills." "Here's something for you." " Thanks, Mr Burgs taller." " You're welcome." "How often must I tell you?" "Don't jump." "Go and apologise." "Thank you, that's not necessary." "Goodbye." "Fine, Rex." "Morse." "Stock, what's up?" "A woman judge?" "Where?" "There'll be lots of media there." "Sure, we're on our way." "I'm coming." "Look, Morse's here." "Morning, everyone." " A comment, please." " No comment." "Because I haven't been there yet." "Bye." "If I had four paws, I'd do that too." "Remove the glass panel with the blood on it from the book shelf." "Better than just having Herbert's photos." "Hi there, Rex." "Come here." "It's all right." "I'm glad we get to see each other again." " He knows you're leaving." " Yes, I know." "A female judge, Lott Schneider." "It happened in her office." "A secretary found her." " Did anyone notice anything?" " Incredibly, no one did." "It's not pretty." "The killer slit her throat from behind." "He must have expected the body to be found." "Perhaps he wanted that." "Or he didn't care." " Hi there, Leo." " Hi, Richard." "She was killed an hour ago." "Witness accounts concur." "She had a hearing, went to her office and was found 30 minutes ago." " Anything else?" " No signs of defense." "Death was caused by loss of blood, possibly through blood inhalation as well." "Any sign of the murder weapon?" "The killer took it with him." "Or did we find it?" "Due to the deep severance of muscle fiber and blood vessels, and the wound's edges being clean and straight," "I imagine a narrow, extremely sharp weapon." "A knife, dagger, tool, etc." "Please, Richard." "Only after the autopsy." "I will hurry." "It's all right." "I'll never get used to the eyes." "What cases was she handling?" "The files on her desk deal with divorces, custody cases and declaring adults mentally incapable." "Lots of suspects." "Perhaps a private story." "No." "Then the killer would have done it privately, not here." "Stockinged, wait." "I heard about your transfer to Sandburg and want to say goodbye." " All the best." " Thank you." "It isn't easy." "Sandburg isn't far." "If my colleagues there get stumped," " I'd like to be of help." " Thanks." "GOODBYE AND ALL THE BEST, STOCK!" "H"reseller." "Hi, Richard." "When will you be back at the office?" "Why?" "Because the table for Stock is ready." "Wait a minute." "I'll write that down." "Just a moment." "What was that again?" "All criminals released during the past three months... all jails and institutions." "So you think she was killed by someone she sentenced?" "I'll start straight away." "See you later." "That's going to be hard work." "It's H"reseller." "I need the data for all inmates released in the last three months." "What?" "That's what I said." "It's a bummer." "Good morning, Doctor." " God, you scared me." "Morning." " I'm sorry." "You..." "Please..." "Please don't." "Your fault." "His address since his release?" "Just go and check him out." "I see." "He's been working since 7 a.m." "Talk to that guy from the psychiatric ward." "He once went for his sister with a knife." " Stock?" " Not now." "Nice of you, but..." "Stockinged here." "What was it I wanted?" "Oh yes." "I need some information about..." "Robert Derringer." "It's slept..." "H"reseller." "What?" "Another murder." "A woman in a parking station." "It looks like the same weapon as with the judge." "Richard." "I'm sure she was murdered by the same killer." "Another location where she'd be found quickly." "Yes." "She worked at the hospital above us." "So she died close to her workplace too." "First a judge, and then a doctor." "Perhaps he only knows where his victims work." " No private address." " Which indicates... his motive is related to the victims' occupation." "We had a case..." " Richard!" " Yes?" "I got something." "I just saw the chief doctor." "He said our doctor did medical assessments." "Including some for the murdered judge." "We can compare those with the court cases." " We'll find the link." " Precisely." "I'm sure it's someone seeking revenge." "Who doesn't care if he's caught." " Stock, we must hurry." " Right." "This endangers lots of people." "Lay judges, witnesses, relatives." "Please, no goodbyes." "We said goodbye earlier, then we had a murder." "I've become a bit superstitious." "Mr Haas, what are you doing?" "What do you think?" "I came to see my wife." "She no longer lives here." "She moved out a week ago." "What?" "What's her new address?" "I haven't got a clue." "You're lying." "It was you who reported me." "Why would I do that?" "All I know is that she works somewhere else." "And where is that?" "She said she was working." "I don't know where." "That's all I can tell you." "Well, darling." "Everything's done." " Are you angry?" " Of course not." " We'll go to see Mummy now." " To Mummy!" "' Anything else?" " Mummy!" "Come here, darling." " How was dinky?" " Nice." "Hello, Helga." " Can we have a chat?" " Let's sit here." " A coffee?" " No, thanks." "Too late for me to have one." " Has something happened?" " No." "But you should know." "Eton was there when I went to fetch the vacuum cleaner." " He was looking for you." " Eton?" "What about the restraining order?" "He was talking to your former neighbour." "He wanted to know where you work and live." "Very few people know I work here." "Eton has no contact with them." "He won't find us." "Next week I'm doing day shifts." "I'll take you to dinky, pick you up, and you'll sleep at my place." "But she also likes to stay with Nana." "Of course you like it there." "Because she spoils you rotten." "After what she went through she deserves to be spoil." "What does he want?" "Just be careful when you go home late." "I have a new number, a new address, a new job." "What else can I do to be left alone?" "Please don't cry, Mummy." "I'm not crying." "Look, come here." "This is how the ladies ride." "Grit, trot..." "This is how the gentlemen ride." "A-gallop..." "This is how the farmers ride." "Jerk, bump..." "Perhaps we should tell the police." "They'll only act after he's killed me." " And this here is for you." " How nice." "I come here..." "to say goodbye to Stockinged, and he suddenly gives me lots of work." "And I have a billiard table reserved." "You'd have sulked if I hadn't asked you." " You'd sit with a long face." " Sure I'd sulk." "And you cannot let someone like this run free." " Thank you." "Let's begin." " I'm ready." "I'll pick out patients' names, you check for court cases with the same name." "Fine." " Bauer." " No." " Tannhauser." " No." "Maneuver, with a Y." "I'm not sure this will work." "In the files A to M we found 24 matching cases." "What is it now?" "That'll do." "All right." "Off you go." "We'll go Grey checking them all." "They're mostly harmless." "These reports refer to bodily harm." "Sure." "But that doesn't make someone a killer." "As Gray says, anyone does anything nowadays." "I'll give him a ring." "Doctor, telephone." " I'll hold it." " Gray here." "It's you, Richard." "No one else dares to ring at this hour." "I found something, but I need to look again." "I'll tell you when I'm sure." "Bye." "He's such a pain, that Richard." " Otto..." " Yes?" "Kindly get me the photos of that guy who slashed his throat last week." " Yes." " Hurry, all right?" "Will do." "Vienna:" "Women murdered for revenge?" "Morning, Stock." "How did you get on?" "What do you expect?" "We were up all night." "Not one person could be considered a suspect." "Things were exactly the same for me." "Most of the people had an alibi, a few others couldn't be found, and two candidates were back in jail already." "We'll do the other addresses this morning." " Before he kills someone else." " You are such an optimist." "If he goes underground, we'll never find him." "Honestly, sometimes I'd like to give it all up." "H"reseller, this isn't like you." "As Richard says, "fl you give up..."" ""...you've lost already." I know it well." "Where is he?" "Don't smoke so much." "Think of your patients." "You're lucky I'm in a good mood." " Did you find something?" " Yes." "Listen." "With any suicide resulting from a cut throat we check which hand it was done by." "Indicated by the cut." "A right-harden wouldn't cut left-handed." "And we once proved that a suicide had in fact been a murder." "Is there a link, then?" "Yes." "I looked at a similar suicide." "Then I read up on it during the night, had the injuries enlarged..." "Explain." "The killer has probably used a cut-throat razor." "What's more important is the method and the depth of the cut, at the beginning and the end as well." " He was a left-harden." " Leo..." "You deserve a Havana." "I see." "I thought I shouldn't smoke so much." "Cigarettes, Leo." "Amazing." "None of the files say which hand was used." "I've checked for injuries that could make a right-harden use their left hand." "I found nothing." "But the killer might not be here." "Or he was released ages ago and has taken his time." "No, it was one of those." "Acts of revenge occur shortly after sentencing or on release." "Okay, we'll check all cases." "Perhaps we missed out on a detail which triggered the act." "Stock, you're off to Sandburg." "When does your train go?" "I don't care." "I won't leave till we catch him." "Nana will come and pick you up." " Mummy." " We'll go there." "You can stay with her, and you can sleep with Mummy tonight." "She has a day off today." "Are you looking forward to it?" "Hey, Stock." "What?" "Oh, yes." "Declared mentally incapable, violent, was placed in care three years ago." "Look at this." "Awful." "What was it about?" "Divorce of Helga Haas and Eton Haas." "Violently assaulted his wife and his child." "He felt rejected after the child's birth." "Became increasingly violent toward the child." "He sold textiles, now unemployed." "Restraining order, can't go to the flat." "The divorce was three weeks ago." "Wait." "Show it to me." "How could anyone do this to a child?" "Look at the child's injuries." "Look!" "The welts are all on the left." "That's it..." "a left-harden." "Hello, Mrs Rachel." "Hello, Mrs Lumberman." "How are you?" "I don't know where Mrs Haas lives." "Her ex wanted to know too." "He was here?" "When?" "Yesterday." "He wanted to know where his wife lives and works." " What does he look like?" " Well, he's tall." "His eyes are brown." "Or blue." "A brownish blue." "He wears glasses, looks like a decent fellow." "But I'm not that keen on Mr Haas." "Did you know what went on in the flat?" " I heard the quarrels." " What about the child?" "He beat her, I often heard her cry." "The wife too." " You never called the police?" " No." "I don't want any problems." "The police do nothing." "Is that so?" "Now you listen to me, sir." "The police will act, but first they must be informed." "I'd love to report you for withholding information." " If you'd seen her photos..." " Stock!" " We can't report everyone." " We can start with him." "If you remember anything, contact me at any time." "You don't think about it at the time." " Excuse me..." " What?" "Perhaps Mrs Haas' mother knows where her daughter lives." " Name, address?" " Johanna Rachel." " 18th district." " Something, at least." "Thank you." "Hello, ex-mother-in-law." "You?" "What are you doing here?" " I wanted to visit you." " Leave now." "Or I'll call the police." "You always need someone." "You and your daughter." "She put up with a lot before she did anything." "Only when she saw how you went for Sabine..." "It's her own fault." "I never wanted kids, she only cared for Sabine, not me." "You treated her really badly before that." "It's no surprise she concentrated on the little one." "I must speak to her." "To Helga." "She wants nothing more to do with you." "If you want her, ring her lawyer." "Lawyers, judges..." "That's all you know." "Can't divorced people talk to each other?" "You don't talk, you hit them." "And now go, or..." "Or what?" "We could have talked earlier." "But the kid was with you and she'd just cry." " You were spying on me?" " Of course." "I find out everything." "Helga might have a new address, but you're here." "You are such a miserable swine." "Give me Helga's address or you'll be sorry!" "I believe you." "But you'll have to kill me before I give you her address." "You asked for it." "No!" "Help!" "Help!" "I should have known she'd be out." "When you need someone urgently..." "There's a search on for Haas." "Thanks." "Morse speaking." "I see." "And where is that?" "Great, H"reseller." "Bye." "Mrs Rachel has another place." "In the suburbs, 10th district." "Will you spend the night here?" "Hello." "I'm Mrs Rachel's neighbour." "I'm calling to tell you she can't pick up Sabine." "No, nothing's happened, she just can't make it." "Could you please ask Sabine's mother, Mrs Haas, to pick up Sabine?" "Yes, thanks." "Many thanks, bye." "Guardian Angel Kindergarten, Gulp speaking." "Mrs Haas, please." "Just a minute." "Helga..." "Haas." "Why?" "ls something wrong with my mother?" "Then I'll pick up Sabine now." "Thanks." "Looks like she's out." "Without her we won't find her daughter." "If she moved recently, she's not registered." "What is it, Rex?" "Okay." "We'll just break open another door." "Something's wrong, or he wouldn't have reacted." "It's open, anyway." "Help!" "It's okay, we're policemen, stay calm." "Be calm now, very calm, take it slowly." " Will I call an ambulance?" " No, go and see my daughter." "I think her ex-husband wants to harm her." " He knows where she is?" " I don't think so." " But he might find her." " Where is she?" "She works at a cafe." "Do you know the telephone number?" "It's in the book under Michael er Cafe." "Morse, Crime Squad." "I need to speak to Mrs Haas." "I have to..." "When?" "Thanks." "She went to the kindergarten." "Kindergarten?" "But..." " But why?" " Where is it located?" "The kindergarten is at the..." "at..." "In the 20th... in the..." "Stay calm." "Can you show us the way?" "Yes, I can do that." "Yes." "Fine." "Help me." "My ex-husband is after me." "Hurry!" "Stay put, darling." "Open up!" "Open up this damn door!" "I'll kick the door in!" " Mummy, I'm scared." " Come here." "It's dead." "Oh God." "We'll play a game." "Hide so that no one can find you." "Hurry UP" "The three of you ruined my life." "I've taken care of the judge." "The doctor, too." "And now..." "now it's your turn." "You're happy to see Daddy again, eh?" " Please don't harm the child." " "Please don't harm the child."" "That's my son-in-law's car." "Stay in the car no matter what." "Stock, take the front door, we'll go round the back." "Come here now." " Stock, you're okay?" " Yes." "Take over." "Calm down." "Calm down." "It's over." "There's nothing to fear any more." "Look, Mummy." "Okay?" "Listen, children." "Nothing's happened." "Adults can be silly sometimes." "They quarrel, and so on." "We'll all go outside now." "We'll let the dog go first, and you follow." "Well, children, let's go." "Everyone follows, like a family of ducks." "You do that beautifully." " I love you, Mummy." " Everything will be fine." "Stock, I'll tell you one thing." "We won't miss you at all, because you're a bad policeman, and not a friend at all." "Here's a puzzle, 5000 pieces, so you won't be bored in Sandburg." "Stock, all the best." "I'm being serious now." "The criminals in Sandburg must already be scared." "Stock..." "I also wanted to tell you that..." "Come here." "All the best." "I don't..." "I don't know what to say." "Just that it was a wonderful time for me." "I hope for you too and... thank you all for everything." "Thank you." "And to you most of all." "I might have had a hole in my throat." "Enough emotion, Stock." "Line up for a photo." "We already have the one for the desk, here's one for the album." "Bunch up together." "Look a bit friendlier." "Youthful and cheerful." "As a memory." "Watch the birdie."