Sophie Urquhart (New Tricks)

Sophie Urquhart (Anne Reid) is a villainess from "It Smells of Books," episode 7.02 of New Tricks (airdate 17 September 2010). She is a lecturer and the wife of fellow lecturer Jasper Urquhart.
Both of them were colleagues of Richard Symes at London Municipal University, until Richard's sudden death in 2007. UCOS investigated the suspicious death in the episode, with Brian Lane encountering the Urquharts while going undercover in the London Library. As time passed, Brian began to suspect that the couple had been tracking him, and his suspicions were correct, as Sophie revealed that they were looking for information on a particular book, titled, A Treatise on Fruit Trees. It was after the book's immense monetary value was uncovered that both Jasper and Sophie were called in for interrogation.
Sophie was interviewed by DSI Sandra Pullman, and it was during this point that a villainous secret of hers was revealed. While Richard Symes was facing being fired by chancellor Jeremy Ventham, the Urquharts avoided the downsizing. As it turned out, Sophie had found out that Ventham was involved in a romantic affair with Emma Woodford, who worked at the university's library at the time. Sophie turned heel and blackmailed Ventham after learning about the affair, demanding that she and Jasper keep their jobs in exchange for her silence, with the villainess admitting to the blackmail to Sandra. Regarding the book, Sophie stated that she and Jasper asked Richard about the book, with Richard asking them to leave it with him. In actuality, Richard was planning on selling it as part of his book stealing scheme involving his wife and Tim Mortimer, and their confrontation had Richard brushing them off. The couple was suspected in the murder due to the information, however, Sophie stated that she turned Richard in to the university's authorities. Sophie's fate wasn't revealed following her interrogation.
Category:2010s
Category:Blackmailer
Category:Blonde
Category:Conspirator
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Teacher
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Inconclusive