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The Code For Murder

**"The Code For Murder"** is the eighth episode of the twelfth season of the *Fatal Crimes* series. The episode occurs in Kentville.

## Synopsis

Lt. Harry Jensen is in desperate need for Edwin Goodman's help to prove that his cousin, Zack Jensen, was not responsible for murdering his employer, Evan Whitman, the CEO of a technological industry company based on Kentville, DigiTech. As Edwin took the job, he discovers broken trusts, multiple infidelity and a saboteur hired by the company's rival to destroy DigiTech's mainframe.

## Characters

### Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** — the brilliant homicide sleuth who resides in Kentville. He is often depended on by police enforcement to consult in solving complex murders. Sometimes, when he thinks the police had a wrong conclusion, he would investigate on his own. Edwin never gives up until he finds the truth.
* **Janine Goodman** — the wife of Edwin. She is friends with everyone in the town of Kentville, making her useful as a partner for Edwin in solving murders. However, Janine often tries to leave the actual investigating to her husbandm she would rather cook dinner for him when he gets home than having to tire her brain out or get in the line of danger.
* **Lt. Harry Jensen** — the heroic leading investigating officer of Kentville's police department. Despite being smart himself, Harry usually leads to a wrong conclusion and arrests the wrong suspect. He is good friends with Edwin and relies on him to deduce the culprit to solve the crime.

### Supporting Characters

* **Zack Jensen** — the cousin of Lt. Jensen. He works as the head technician for DigiTech. Evan and Zack hsed to work together as technicians and they were close friends. That is, until Evan accepted a recent promotion as the CEO, making Zack bitter and a considerable suspect when Evan was found dead in the parking building.
* **Keith Williams** — Evan's second-in-command in DigiTech's executive board. Bright and ambitious, he looks up to Evan only to fulfill his dream career — become the next CEO of DigiTech.
* **Lauren Wilson** — Evan's secretary and lover. Prior to the events of the episode, Lauren and Evan had an affair. However, the relationship awkwardly broke when Evan's wife discovered his infidelity.
* **Nancy Whitman** — Evan's wife and a member of DigiTech's executive board. Nancy and Evan's marriage grew cold, leading to Evan having a fling with his secretary. Nancy was furious upon finding out about the affair, but she claims it as "ancient history".
* **Charles Kravitz** — the former CEO of DigiTech. He retired and passed on his legacy to the most reliable and skilled employee in the technician sector — Evan. It was later revealed that Evan forced Charles to retire to take on DigiTech.
* **Harold Seymour** — the owner of DigiTech's rival, ElectroLife. He came from Chicago to Kentville to hire a saboteur in DigiTech to leak security codes for him to break through the security system to plant a virus in DigiTech's mainframe and destroy the company.
David Robinson

**David Robinson** was the business partner of car dealership owner Carl Vanderbilt. He was responsible for murdering the loathsome loan shark Hank Downing in "Driven To Murder" (S05E12).

David handled the rental section of the car dealership. He used this position to transport drugs – David had his accomplices rent the cars in order to smuggle the drugs, which would be hidden in a secret compartment under the front passenger seat.

However, while loan shark Hank Downing was harassing Carl for the money he owed, he discovered David's illegal operation and Hank began blackmailing David. David decided to murder Hank when he threatened to shut down the dealership, closing down his smuggling scheme and eventually reveal him as an accomplice to a drug trafficking ring.

David decided to meet Hank in an alley to have a negotiation. It ended with David shooting Hank dead. David placed Hank's dead body in the car trunk and planted his body in his office to make it look like he was killed in his office, where Carl planned to meet him. He disposed of the bloody car trunk carpet.

But, when Edwin Goodman proved Carl's innocence, David called one of his accomplices, Tyson Quaid, to steal the sports car David used to transport Hank's body to dispose of evidence. But that was a fatal mistake – the car can be traced to David since David, as mentioned before, was responsible for the rental cars. The car that David used after killing Hank was a rental car. It was also revealed that Hank was actally killed in the alley through his filthy blazer.

Edwin and the police confronted David regarding this and Edwin was able to reveal David as Hank's killer when a black smudge was found on the car's rear bumper, the smudge was identified as shoe polish. Hank shined his shoes before he died, the shoe scraped on the bumper while David placed his body in the trunk. Together with David's responsibility with rental cars and involvement in the smuggling scheme, it would prove that David murdered Hank. David eventually confessed to his crimes and was arrested.
David Lacey

**David Lacey** was a bartender who was murdered ten years ago. He was the lover of Pamela Rogers, a woman and Edwin's friend who visited Kentville at the same year span. David's murder case was later reopened by Pamela's daughter Bethany Rogers in the third episode of season two "Repeating History".
Homicide In Hollywood

**"Homicide In Hollywood"** is the fourteenth episode of season six.

## Synopsis

Edwin Goodman arrives in Hollywood in request of director Freddy Carson Jr. He wanted Edwin's approval for the new murder mystery series he was basing on Edwin's cases. However, Edwin disproved greatly on Freddy's new series. Freddy stubbornly decided to allow the series to be released. But then, Freddy was killed in the studio and Edwin is listed as the prime suspect for his murder. Edwin must first prove to the police that he was innocent before incarcerating the real murderer.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman**
* **Lt. Des Carreras**

Supporting Characters:

* **Sean Devereaux**
* **Angela Hernandez**
* **Aaron Ellison**
* **Lydia Kravitz**
* **William Kravitz**
A Right To Kill

**"A Right To Kill"** is the pilot episode of the *Fatal Crimes* series. Introducing genius detective Edwin Goodman, a former police officer who was suffering PTSD from the death of his father and sister. A side effect of this PTSD was enhancement of his ability to solve murders of victims to give justice to their loved ones. He accompanies Lt. Darlene Lawson, a high ranked investigator of the Homicide Division of the NYPD.

## Synopsis

The series starts of dramatically when renowned detective genius Edwin Goodman attended the party of his best friend, Theodore Hamilton, only for him to end up dead. With leading investigator Lt. Darlene Lawson's help, Edwin is determined to arrest his friend's murderer. Along with the investigation, he strives to cope with this recent loss after the loss of his father and sister.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** — the primary protagonist, the detective who consults with the NYPD's Homicide Division to solve Theodore's murder.
* **Janine Goodman** — the bubbly wife of Edwin, she acts as the nursing support for Edwin for his grief.
* **Lt. Darlene Lawson** — the authoritative leading investigator and the leader of the NYPD's Homicide Division.

Supporting Characters:

* **Theodore Hamilton** — a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist who owned the enterprise HamilTech. He was best friends with Edwin Goodman during their high school days.
* **Connie Hamilton** — the humble wife of Theodore and a close friend of Edwin.
* **Susan Townsend** — the attractive head technician of HamilTech, working under Theodore.
* **Alan Miles** — the accountant for HamilTech.
* **Valerie Stafford** — Theodore's loyal secretary.
* **Paul Royce** — NYPD's district attorney and a shareholder in HamilTech.

## Plot Summary

The scene opens with renowned philanthropist Theodore Hamilton presenting a cheque of half a million dollars as donation to an orphanage. He is accompanied by his wife, Connie, his secretary, Valerie Stafford, and business associates Alan Miles and Susan Townsend.

Upon finishing his speech, Valerie informs her employer about his day's schedule - meeting with the district attorney to discuss tonight's festivities, meeting with the technician board and many more charity events to attend. Connie takes charge of preparing the dinner celebration with Valerie while Alan and Susan accompany Theodore to the business meeting. Theodore had his representatives take his place in the charity events.

Theodore, Alan and Susan arrive in HamilTech's headquarters, where they meet district attorney Paul Royce. Paul came to visit to thank Theodore for financially supporting the New York Police Department.

*[Work In Progress]*

## Trivia

* Theodore, in the original plot line, was supposed to be a politician, and Alan and Susan were supposed to be campaign workers.
* Paul Royce was originally a businessman, not a district attorney.
* Valerie Stafford, Theodore's secretary, was originally a murderer who connived with Paul to commit murder.
Larry Hammond

**Larry Hammond** was the late founder and director of the company *Hammond & Harmon*. He was the murder victim in the episode "An Everlasting Bond" (S06E02).

Larry was having a love affair with his business co-owner, Joyce Harmon. When his wife, Annette Hammond, found out about the illicit relationship, Larry ended the affair and tried to return to Annette due to his loyalty to her. The two sought for marriage counsel from Suzanne Wang, a successful marriage guide.

After the restoration of his marriage, Larry continued his professional relationship with Joyce. However, he had a bad relationship with one of his shareholders and financer Richard Wright. It was revealed that Larry was investing his income into his own personal equity. Therefore, Richard angrily stated that Larry was using him for his own benefit, developing a sense of bitterness towards Larry.

In the episode, Larry was found shot dead in the temple in his study by his wife. It was an apparent suicide. Annette began blaming their Suzanne for making Larry depressed to claim some of his life insurance. Edwin and Janine Goodman used to be Suzanne's clients and Suzanne called on Edwin to resolve the argument. Edwin eventually involved himself in investigating the Larry's death, and he concluded the death as murder.

## Solution

Larry's killer turned out to be his business partner Joyce Harmon, as deduced by Edwin. It was revealed that her affair with Larry was a manipulation scheme concocted by Joyce for Larry to surrender his share of the company to her. When Annette and Larry went through the counselling, it was revealed to Larry that Joyce was manipulating him. So Joyce resolved to killing him in order to claim his share.

Joyce arrived early in her office and took the business car to Larry's house to murder him by ambushing him in his study. Once Larry arrived in his study, Joyce shot Larry in the temple and staged it as a suicide. Joyce returned back to the business building.

However, Edwin was able to determine Joyce killed Larry, through the phone call she made to a client via Bluetooth — The phone call was made in the car, when the music was not blaring. However, the music was blaring in her office to establish her alibi, these two claims seem to contradict themselves. Also, the diamond earrings that belonged to a pierced ear. Annette did not have pierced ears and therefore, was not the wearer of the earring. It could only have belonged to Joyce. The police eventually arrested Joyce after she confessed off-screen.
Jack Rayburn

**Jack Rayburn** is the son of one of Kentville's wealthy patriarch, Bryan Rayburn. He was also a worker in Kentville's senior retirement homes. Jack was the murderer of bartender David Lacey ten years ago, and Bethany Rogers in season two's third episode, "Repeating History".

Ten years ago, university graduate Pamela Rogers arrived in Kentville. She met Bryan and Jack Rayburn. Bryan and Pamela grew fond of each other, ever since Bryan's wife tragically died years prior. In the middle of their relationship, Pamela fell for another man — a bartender named David Lacey. Pamela left Bryan and Jack for David. The young Jack (who was 18 years old at the time) grew angry towards David for taking away his father's happiness and his future stepmother. This anger grew to murderous rage.

When Pamela planned to leave Kentville, David brought her to the subway tunnel and said their final good-byes. The station was desolate, Jack can easily hide. Once Pamela left, Jack approached David and struck him to death. Ever since, the case was never solved and Pamela left grieving after hearing David's death.

Ten years have passed to the present, Jack was working in Kentville Senior Care Center, he was urging his father to move there so that he could take care of him, but Bryan was reluctant. At that time, Pamela's daughter Bethany Rogers reopened the David Lacey case by investigating it with the help of her mother's friend Edwin Goodman. Bethany was doing this to give her mother some peace. But when Jack discovered this, he knew he was in danger of being exposed as David's murderer.

One night, Jack came to Bethany's apartment to negotiate with her to stop the investigation. But Bethany persisted to continue the investigation, adding that she suspected Jack as the killer due to his frantic panic. Jack grew desperate and angry, so he grabbed the Eiffel Tower statuette and bludgeoned Bethany to death.

At the end of the investigation of both murders, Edwin revealed Jack as the culprit. Despite having no evidence to prove Jack killed David ten years ago, he was able to prove that Jack killed Bethany through the pill bottle found in the crime scene — a pill bottle that belonged to Frederick Godfrey (Peter Godfrey's uncle), a resident of Kentville Senior Care Center. Edwin determined this when he suspected Peter of dropping the pill bottle. Peter informed him that only authorised staff were allowed to refill pill bottles in the pharmacy. Since Jack was the only suspect as the staff of the Senior Care Center, it would indicate that Jack was there when Bethany was murdered. Jack eventually confessed and was placed under arrest for killing both David and Bethany.

## Trivia

* Jack is the first killer to be arrested in Kentville in season two.
David Sadler

**David Sadler** was a divorce lawyer and the murderer of his client Paula Hollander in the ninth episode of season two "The Day She Dies".

It turns out, Paula was having an affair with David outside her marriage with Daryl Hollander. This explained her late shifts in her business. David urged Paula to divorce Daryl in order to be together permanently. Paula was persuaded, but she loved her husband too much. Paula was feeling guilty for her illicit affair with David and told him that she has decided to confess everything to Daryl. But David could not allow her to do that, out of love and to protect his reputation.

David waited until Daryl and his son Damian left the house so that he could meet with Paula. Paula was strongly reluctant with David's negotiation. David was desperate, he unraveled his tie and strangled Paula to death. After realising what he had done, the panic-stricken David left the house to let her body get discovered.

When David was visited by his good friend Edwin Goodman, who attended the law course together, regarding the murder, he began throwing off false leads to Edwin by framing Daryl.

However, Edwin was still able to deduce David as Paula's murderer, only Edwin was shocked in finding out. Edwin was able to prove David as the killer when Paula ripped the tag of his tie that indicated the designer — Fabiano Abruzzi. Edwin knew that David had great taste in expensive clothing, especially Fabiano Abruzzi, that was how Edwin made the connection. David pulled his gun out and held his friend at gunpoint, revealing everything to Edwin, including the affair. Edwin managed to persuade David to put down his weapon and the police arrived just in time to arrest David for the murder.
Janet Zisk

**Janet Zisk** was the wife of Caleb Zisk, together they curated the Kentville Military Museum. She appeared in the episode "Skulduggery And Slaughter".

## Physical Description

Janet Zisk is a slender Caucasian woman who is in her forties. She is of average height and medium build (hence, slender). Janet has long blonde hair and light blue eyes.

## Episode Role

Janet handled the financial system of the museum, she had clear access to the financial records. When Fred had reported that someone had been replacing artifacts with false copies, Janet suspected that museum guide, Iris Navarra, was behind the artifact smuggling when she noticed that the value of their assets have been decreasing. This suspicion was confirmed when Caleb's best friend and historian Ted Gibbs mysteriously disappeared.

Three months have passed ever since Ted's disappearance. Janet suspected that Iris murdered Ted. So, to confirm her theory, Janet anonymously called archaeologist Tom Holden and claimed to have researched that there was an artefact regarding Kentville's war hero in the central park to start excavating. Eventually, Ted's decomposing body was found.

The discovery of Ted's body gave Iris an opportunity to search for any incriminating evidence, a bait she took as Janet ambushed her in the digging site. When Iris began searching, Janet held her at gunpoint, demanding her to redeem the money from the artifacts she stole. Iris refused and denied her involvement in the smuggling, Janet shot and killed Iris as a consequence.

After Edwin Goodman determined Iris as Ted's killer and the smuggler, he began to suspect that Iris was not working alone, that she had an accomplice with the smuggling. Sure enough, Edwin revealed the accomplice as Charles Stanton, Iris' Los Angeles contact and one of the archaeologists in Tom's team. Charles wore the same ring with the smuggling insignia as Iris, only that Iris' ring was found in Ted's jacket. But when Lt. Jensen began to assume that Charles was Iris' killer, Edwin was not convinced. The suspects were narrowed down between Caleb and Janet, with Caleb as the likely culprit.

So, to settle the truth, Edwin set up a trap for the Caruso couple by informing them about the smuggling and its connection to the archaeological digging. Since Janet knew that Iris was the smuggler in Kentville prior to Edwin informing her, she made the connection between Iris and Charles. So, Janet went after Charles, taking in the bait. Janet confronted Charles and demanded the money at gunpoint, not knowing she was being recorded by the police. Just as she was about to pull the trigger, the police disarmed and arrested Janet for the murder of Iris Navarra, right after Edwin's summation and her confession.
Grant Lowell

**Grant Lowell (f.k.a. Edwin Goodman, f.k.a. Marcus Darling)** was a wanted identity thief who takes the exact appearance of his victims, he was helped with his enhancement by plastic surgeon Dr. Sybil Anderson. Grant was Dr. Anderson's killer in the episode "Identity Crisis", the finale of season three.
Darius Blake

**Darius Allan Blake**, a.k.a. **The Grim Phantom**, is a serial killer who appeared twice in the Fatal Crimes series and continues as a subject matter for Edwin Goodman. Edwin is pursuing to capture him when he found a connection between the Phantom and the murder of his father and sister. The Phantom appeared in the episodes "The Phantom's Haunt (Part 1+2)" and "The Phantom's Revenge (Part 1+2)".
Jim Hollister

**Jim Hollister** was the brother of NYPD Lieutenant Brad Hollister, who was killed in action during a shoot out with the drug cartel. However, Edwin believed that Brad was not killed by the drug cartel, but rather another individual, this made Jim a suspect in his brother's murder in the episode "A Shot Of Passion" (S04E08).
Jeffrey Hamilton

**Jeffrey Hamilton** is a media mogul and the owner of news studio *Dawn To Dusk Hour News*. Aside from his fame, Jeffrey is also the father of Miles Hamilton, who he was interning in the studio. Jeffrey became a suspect in the murder of haughty news reporter Charlene McAdams in the fifth episode of season five "Bad News".
Jack Preston

**Dr. Jack Preston** was a dentist who works in midtown New York. He was once a successful and well-known figure in dentistry, until he fell under the influence of drugs, alcohol and gambling, even cheating on his wife behind his back. Dr. Preston was murdered in the episode “Death’s Grin” (S01E09).
Kimberly Hale

**Kimberly "Kimmy" Hale** is the wife of former country singer, Wally Hale. The couple organised the country music convention in Kentville. When the sudden death of songwriter, Leslie Huston, occurred in the event, Kimberly became a legible suspect. She made her appearance in "A Kentville Showdown" (S05E11).

Prior to the events, When Wally became famous as a country singer, Kimberly left her job as a nurse in a hospital to rely on her husband's income. But then, Wally had a fling with Leslie Huston behind Kimberly's back. When Leslie abruptly ended the relationship, Wally became obsessed over her, up to the point that Leslie filed sexual assault charges against him, which eventually ended his singing career. Kimberly, who is bound to become penniless due to the end of her husband's career, was upset over Leslie for cutting out her financial source. She plotted to murder Leslie for her deed.

The perfect opportunity struck when a country music convention was bound to take place, and they were hired as the organisers. Leslie, along with her new boyfriend, Nicky Lee Thomas, will attend the convention. After Nicky and Leslie fought, Kimberly took this opportunity to kill Leslie and frame Nicky. First, Kimberly placed a scrunched-up paper in the door frame of the front and back door of Nicky's trailer. Then, Kimberly called Leslie and, with her vocalist skills, pretended to be Nicky to lure Leslie into the trailer. When Leslie arrived in the trailer, Kimberly snuck up behind her and shot Leslie dead with Nicky's revolver. Kimberly then took out the scrunched-up paper and locked the front trailer door, she then escaped through the back exit, removing the paper in the frame then locking it.

At first, Kimberly became a suspect because Leslie discovered her affair with another country singer, Kenny Belmont. Leslie was blackmailing Kimberly, as determined by Edwin Goodman, through the notes given to her. Kimberly admitted to the affair, but denied the murder.

When Wally's assault charges were discovered, Kimberly was determined as the killer. Edwin was able to figure it out through Kimberly quitting her job as a hospital nurse, becoming Wally's finance manager and conjoining her account with Wally's to earn money. Edwin was able to prove this through the scrunched-up paper he found beside the trailer door. The paper came from Kimberly's personal journal, deducing the fact that Kimberly used the paper to access the trailer to kill Leslie. Kimberly eventually admitted to her crime and was placed under arrest for Leslie Huston's murder.
Phillip Walsh

**Phillip Walsh** was the pharmacist in Kentville and the next door neighbour of Travis Glendale. He appeared in the the series' second episode "How To Kill A Witness".

Low on cash, Phillip decided to rely on village burglar Irving Powell for income. Phillip was Irving's accomplice in a chain of burglaries, the two shared on the value amount they have earned. Phillip trusted Irving, he even allowed his wife Louise to have an affair with him, regarding that Irving was a womaniser. But when Irving decided to quit his kleptomaniac ways, it would leave Phillip broke. So Phillip decided to murder Irving to keep the income.

As his final crime, Irving targeted Phillip's next door neighbour, the Glendale couple. Phillip made a copy of the Glendale household's key to sneak in and wait for Irving to arrive. Once Irwin has entered the house, Phillip stabbed Irving with a kitchen knife, switched on the light and quickly escaped from the house and went to his own. Little did Phillip know that there was a witness to the entire crime — a young dog walker named Richard Denton.

When the trial came for Irving's murder, Phillip bribed Richard into testifying against Travis Glendale, that he witnessed Travis kill Irving rather than Phillip. As a result, Travis was arrested for the murder he did not commit.

Five years later, when Travis was given a chance of parole, Richard, out of guilt, threatened Phillip that he will reveal everything to Travis. Phillip tried to negotiate, but Richard had grabbed hold of Phillip's porcelain key mould, Phillip shot and killed Richard. He, once again, framed Travis for his death.

However, Phillip was revealed to be responsible for both murders by Edwin. Phillip's connection with Irwin and Richard was the $150,000 he deposited from Irving's account to pay for bribing Richard, who bought a convertible worth the same amount. The only way Phillip had access to Irving's account was when he was an accomplice. Another detail that incriminated Phillip was through his witness sentence — he saw from his room the kitchen light switched on at that night. Phillip had no way of knowing that the kitchen light was on because the kitchen was facing the opposite of Phillip's house. He could only say that when Phillip was actually inside the house and killed Irving.

As for Richard's murder, the rattling sound that witnesses heard during their silent argument came from a bottle of pills in Phillip's pocket. In addition to the porcelain mold he made for the Glendale household key, Phillip eventually confessed and was arrested for the counts of two murders.

## Trivia

* Phillip Walsh was the first ever murderer in Kentville. As *"How To Kill A Witness"* was the first ever Kentville episode.
An Act Of Suspicion

**“An Act Of Suspicion”** is the eighteenth episode of season four.

## Synopsis

Edwin visits Hollywood to attend the engagement celebration of his previous client, Hester Milligan. However, Hester’s father, Hollywood big-time producer Stephen Milligan, does not approve of the engagement as Hester was engaged to Harvey Morrison, the son of formidabble director Louis Morrison. As the days lead up to the big day, both families begin to bicker against each other, arising the conflict. Things then came crashing down when Harvey was murdered in a hotel room. Hester relied on Edwin once again to incarcerate the culprit.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – a good friend of Hester Milligan. He began investigating her fiancee’s murder for her sake.
* **Lt. Kelly Eldridge** – the officer investigating the murder case. She is helped by Edwin as he is investigating to help Hester.

Supporting Characters:

* **Hester Milligan** – the youngest daughter of Stephen Milligan. She was engaged with Harvey Morrison before his death.
* **Christina Milligan** – the eldest daughter of Stephen and Hester’s older sister. She is the script editor for the soap opera A Romantic Act.
* **Stephen Milligan** – the prime time producer of Hollywood. He is the father of Christina and Hester. Stephen is also the producer of A Romantic Act
* **Harvey Morrison** – the fiancee of Hester, they were soon to be married until he was murdered in a hotel room.
* **Louis Morrison** – the director of A Romantic Act and the father of Harvey. He is in a bad relationship with the show’s producer, Stephen.
* **Marian Harlan** – the star actress of A Romantic Act soap opera. She was previously in a relationship with Harvey.
* **Greg Harlan** – Marian’s brother and a cameraman working in A Romantic Act. He was the admirer of Hester.
Kathy Kelso

**Kathy Kelso** was a supermodel and a well-known well-to-do socialite. She was best friends with television actress Christine D'Souza. It was found out that Kathy was having an affair with Christine's husband, George, behind her husband's back. Kathy was murdered in the episode "A High Class Murder" (S06E11).

## Solution

Edwin was able to reveal Kathy's murder as a part of a conspiracy concocted by Kathy's husband, Danny Kelso, and Kathy's affair partner, George D'Souza. Danny and George planned to claim an abundant fortune together by killing Kathy and framing George's wife, Christine, for murder. With Kathy dead, Danny can inherit his fortune and Christine's incarceration will allow George to inherit his fortune.
Kathryn Winslow

**Kathryn Winslow** was a news reporter working under media company *The People's Media*, which was owned by Howard Landry. Kathryn was listed as a suspect for Howard's murder in the episode "Media Can Be Murder" (S01E08).

Actually, Howard was planning to fire Kathryn because he considered her age to be too old for a news reporter (despite being thirty-seven years old). Kathryn grew bitter of Howard's discrimination and offence. Kathryn led to plan the murder of Howard Landry and pin it on his battered wife, Nancy.

Kathryn knew about Howard's daily routine — he usually goes to his personal gym during lunch break, then he eats his lunch (prepared by Nancy). Kathryn also knew that Howard was asthmatic. So, Kathryn decided to kill Howard with binary poisoning — lacing his asthma puffer with poison and then use Howard's lunch as a trigger to the poison. Kathryn has planted the poison in Howard and Nancy's house prior to pulling of her plan.

Eventually, when Howard ate his lunch, the poison from the asthma puffer activated and killed Howard, Nancy was then arrested when the police discovered the poison bottle in her house. But, as usual, Edwin felt that Nancy was not involved in Howard's murder and investigated further.

Edwin finally nailed down Kathryn as the killer through the stain in her blazer — the stain came from Howard's asthma puffer, which Kathryn took to take suspicion away from her. The police found the puffer along with Howard's letter regarding Kathryn's relief from the media, providing motive for Kathryn. Kathryn admitted into killing her employer and was arrested thereafter.
Derek Lambert

**Derek Lambert** is a rookie football player from the Kennedy High football team, the Kennedy Glory. He is also a target for bullying for football team captain and leading quarterback Ryan Roswell. Derek became the primary suspect when Ryan was found brutally murdered in the change rooms in the episode "End Of The Glory Days" (S02E07).
Jonathan York

**John Nathan Clark**, a.k.a. **Jonathan York**, was the business partner of temperamental businessman Fredric Wilkinson. Due to Fredric's constant harrassment and bullying, this led Jonathan to commit suicide.

Due to these events, Jonathan's lover Holly Parker wreaked revenge against the Wilkinson family, as well as his nephew Sam Pierce, who infiltrated the Wilkinson family as a mechanic to torment and kill Fredric and ruining the family. Sam haunted Fredric with his uncle's death by impersonating him, making it look like that he was still alive.
Enid Hunter

**Enid Hunter** was a young nurse who worked as a midwife in the *Immaculate Hospital*. After helping a woman give birth, Enid collapsed and died. During the investigation, detective Edwin Goodman is determined that Enid's death is linked to the death of a young mother that occurred twenty years ago. Enid appears in the episode "Born To Kill".
Harriet Coleman

**Harriet Coleman** was a famous actress who starred in the detective-themed television show, *Crime With Kowalski*, as the main protagonist *Debra Kowalski*. She co-starred with stuntman Jason Li-Tan in the said TV show. Harriet became a suspect when Jason was murdered one night. She appeared in the episode "The Plot Thickens" (S04E04).

## Trivia

* Harriet is the first female killer of season four.
Caleb Zisk

**Caleb Zisk** is the owner of the Kentville Military Museum, he curated the museum along with his wife, Janet. Caleb was also good friends with historian Ted Gibbs, who went missing for three months. He became a suspect in the murders of Ted Gibbs and museum guide Iris Navarra in the episode "Skulduggery And Slaughter" (S10E17).
Jason Truman

**Jason Truman** was the chauffuer for Senator Clifford Watkins. It was revealed that Jason was an accomplice to the senator’s assassination scheme, as he was the lover of Caroline Mathers, the senator’s personal assistant who died in an accident while running errands. He conspired together with Caroline’s sister, Victoria Prentice, to kill Watkins. He appeared in season eight’s two parter opener “Target For Death” (Part 1) and “Hit And Miss” (Part 2).
Frank Garrison

**Frank Garrison** is a comany director who runs the company *Garrison & Ford*, along with his business associate Laura Ford. In the episode "A Killing In Seattle" Frank later became a suspect when Grant Dawson, an architect in charge of the construction of a skyscraper, was found murdered in the construction site.
Death Cruising Along

**"Death Cruising Along"** is the fourth episode of season seven.

## Synopsis

Edwin and Janine have packed up for a cruise to France. There, they meet and befriend eccentric businessman James Forsythe and his wife, Helen. When James was murdered, Edwin discovered that James had connections with certain passengers on the ship. The detective teams up with the ship's captain, Wendell Jarvis, to catch the killer of this complicated case where alibis are ironclad.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman**
* **Janine Goodman**
* **Capt. Wendell Jarvis**

Supporting Characters:

* **James Forsythe**
* **Helen Forsythe**
* **Maria DeCosta**
* **Rupert Calais**
* **Elliot DuCourt**
* **Vincent McGraw**

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of season seven where the murder occurs overseas.
Death In Down Under

**“Death In Down Under”** is the thirteenth episode of the second season of the *Fatal Crimes* series.

## Synopsis

Edwin and Janine travels to the outback of Australia for a tour. Only to encounter a hostile relationship between the tourist company owner, Ken Willis, and Aboriginal activist, George Nunna. When Ken was killed with an Aboriginal spear, suspicion point to the Aboriginal community. But Edwin thinks otherwise.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the main protagonist of the series, he arrived in Australia with his wife for a tour in the outback.
* **Janine Goodman** – Edwin’s wife, she helps him investigate when she befriended Ken’s daughter, Jeanette.
* **Lt. Barney Farnham** – the head of the police department in Alice Springs, he was in charge of investigating Ken’s murder.

Supporting Characters:

* **Ken Willis** – the owner of the tourist business of Alice Springs. He has a hostile relationship with George Nunna as he was constantly ruining the tourist business.
* **Jeanette Willis** – Ken’s attractive teenage daughter, who he was planning to marry with a certain person.
* **Jordan Mason** – a tour guide working under Ken’s employment. He constantly flirts with Jeanette, only for Ken to interfere and forbid the relationship.
* **Elliot Barnes** – a tour guide also working under Ken’s employment. He appears to be in good relationship with Ken and Jeanette.
* **George Nunna** – Aboriginal activist who protest against Ken for using their land to earn money.
* **Riley Nunna** – George’s son and Jeanette’s lover.

## Trivia

* This marks the first episode where Edwin solved a murder overseas.
Death’s Grin

**“Death’s Grin”** is the ninth episode of season one.

## Synopsis

Dr. Jack Preston was a dentist who became the physical model for the word “dentistry”; he became very wealthy, very happy and very famous. That is, until he wasted the money away from gambling, exposed himself to illicit drugs and having an affair behind his wife’s back. Dr. Preston was on a brink of losing his career. One day, Dr. Preston was found dead with gunshot to his temple and a gun in his hand. When Edwin Goodman entered the scene, he believes that the tragic dentist did not end it all himself.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the remarkably brilliant detective who was summoned to investigate puzzling deaths by the NYPD.
* **Lt. Darlene Lawson** – the beautiful yet powerful leading investigating officer of the NYPD’s Homicide Division.

Supporting Characters:

* **Janice Preston** – the wife of Dr. Preston, who was embittered to her husband due to his affair with another woman.
* **Joel Preston** – the son of Janice and Dr. Preston, he has a promising educational pathway to university. However, his father’s failures have led him and the rest of his family to the bottom.
* **Monica Sinclair** – Dr. Preston's lover and affair partner. She insisted for Dr. Preston to divorce his wife as a sign that he really does love her.
* **Darren Findley** – the drug dealer Dr. Preston was associated with. Dr. Preston threatened to inform him to the police.
* **Gary Bronson** – the bookmaker Dr. Preston sought to pay off gambling debts. Dr. Preston had owed him an immense amount of money.
J.L. Sorenson

**Coroner Jordan Lawrence "J.L." Sorenson** is the chief medical examiner serving for the Manhattan county. He is mostly active in murder scenes and the morgue, where he analyses the cause of deaths of victims and other unusual objects. Besides than professional relationships, he seem to be close friends with the NYPD and detective Edwin Goodman.
Crime Doesn't Pay

**”Crime Doesn’t Pay”** is the tenth episode of season six.

## Synopsis

NYPD’s district attorney, Jack Hayden, asks for his friend Edwin for assistance in proving that high profile criminal lawyer Arnold Callaghan has been bribing witnesses to make his case. After their first confrontation with Callaghan, D.A. Hayden calls in his informant, columnist Lena Emery, to present evidence. However, when the duo arrived, they found Lena dead and the said evidence gone. the district attorney quickly concluded that Callaghan was responsible, but Edwin was not convinced.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the primary protagonist of the series and the detective who assisted his friend D.A. Jack Hayden prove that Arnold Callaghan was bribing witnesses.
* **D.A. Jack Hayden** – the district attorney for the NYPD and an old friend of Edwin. He believed that Callaghan was a briber and the killer of his informant.

Supporting Characters:

* **Arnold Callaghan** – a popular criminal case lawyer who was the owner of the law firm Callaghan and Co. It was suspected that he won multiple cases due to bribing witnesses.
* **Lisa Vanderbilt** – Callaghan’s business partner and fellow lawyer.
* **Harvey Anderson** – Callaghan’s loyal assistant and case profiler.
* **Christine Davis** – the receptionist for the Callaghan and Co. business building.
George Cartwright

**Colonel George Cartwright** is a commanding officer in a military training ground in Florida, his commanding officers were Lieutenant General Ferdinand McArthur and Major General Peter Winchester. He is also good friends with detective Edwin Goodman. He appeared as a suspect in the episode of season two "Fading Pride".
Harry Jensen

**Lieutenant Harlan "Harry" Jensen** is the head of the police force in the village Kentville. Ever since Edwin and Janine Goodman moved in Kentville prior to the series, Edwin began consulting Lt. Jensen in solving crimes in the town. In season four, Lt. Jensen began dating Lt. Darlene Lawson of the NYPD. In season ten, Jensen proposed and married her.
Brad Tomlin

**Brad Tomlin** was a Hollywood movie star and a ladies' man, he was the husband and murderer of his wife Nadine Tomlin. However, he himself ended up murdered in the episode "Celebrity Affairs" just as the police were on to arrest him.

Brad was actually having an illicit love affair with Jeanette Larkin, the writer for the TV show *Passionate.* Brad and Jeanette wanted to be together, but Nadine did not want a divorce. So, Brad decided to kill Nadine by staging a burglary gone wrong.

As the police was about to arrest Brad for his wife's murder, Brad was found dead with a gunshot in the head, indicating a suicide.

Several people had motives — director James Larkin wanted to eliminate Brad for his affections for his daughter. Jeanette was in love with Brad. Aspiring actor Phillip Ogden wanted to take Brad's starring role and sister-in-law Michelle Castro wanted to avenge Nadine's death.

## Solution

Edwin Goodman unmasked Jeanette Larkin as Brad's murderer. The detective was able to reveal Jeanette's true motive — When Brad gets caught as the killer of his wife, the police would eventually link him to her through their love affair, uncovering Jeanette's involvement in the murder, providing Brad an alibi.

What proved Jeanette's guilt was the pencil in Brad's couch. Edwin was reminded by the situation when a pen slipped off his trouser pocket when he sat down — Jeanette constantly slipped her pencil off her pocket when she sat down. But it was not an ordinary pencil — it was eye makeup. During the time of the murder, Jeanette must have seen Brad at that time when she left her eyeliner there. Edwin noticed that Jeanette did not wear her eyeliner after the murder (but wore it before), placing her in the murder scene. Jeanette eventually confessed to killing Brad and was arrested.
Edward Fraser

**Edward Fraser** is the son of Theresa Fraser, the owner of successful beauty production company *Fraser Cosmetics*. He was the culprit behind the murder of the company's main sponsor Brian Novak in the episode "Killer Beauty" (S03E15).

Edward was often neglected by his mother as she focused more on running her business. He was an executive board member in *Fraser Cosmetics*, but Theresa treated him as her personal assistant. Edward became furious to the lack of attention he received from his mother.

But then Brian Novak entered their lives, Brian took most of Theresa's attention; the attention Edward wanted. Theresa fell in love with Brian while she had shut her son out. The anger and madness drove Edward to meticulously plan Brian's murder.

Edward took the advantage of keeping records of the business movement, financially and socially. He discovered that Theresa's secretary, Joanne Lawrence, was having a romantic relationship with the financial advisor Walter Frederick, who was in a bad relationship with Brian, as he was flirting with Joanne. Edward also knew that Walter had been embezzling from the company. With these connections, Edward planned to frame Walter for murdering Brian by anonymously tipping Brian with evidence showing Walter embezzling money. Edward counted on the fact that Brian would fire Walter, giving him a strong motive for murder.

Now that Edward had stirred things up in the company's relationships, he was prepared to murder Brian. Edward drove to Brian's estate, knowing that Theresa would bring him home early. He waited until his mother was gone and Edward went for the kill — he stabbed Brian to death with an Army knife and soaked the letter opener with blood to make it look like he was stabbed with it. Edward was able to establish an alibi using a shortcut to Fraser mansion, claiming that he arrived early before Theresa.

Eventually, Edwin Goodman was able to see through the smokescreen and unmasked Edward as the killer. Edwin figured it out through his late father's military career, seeing that Edward was quite proud of his father. Edwin discovered that letter openers did not have jagged blades, but Edward's father's army knife did. The army knife would have microscopic traces of Brian's blood on the knife still, proving that Edward murdered Brian. Theresa was shocked about her son's doing while Edward blamed his mother for driving him to killing Brian when she did not give him the attention he wanted. Edward was later placed under arrest.
George D'Souza

**George D'Souza** was the husband of famous television personality Christine D'Souza. It turns out that George had been unfaithful to his wife by having an affair with her best friend, Kathy Kelso. This enraged Christine, making her a likely suspect for Kathy's murder. George appeared in the episode, "A High Class Murder" (S06E11).
Lawrence Grigsby

**Lawrence Grigsby** is an expert archaeologist and the president of the *Golden Triangle Archaeology Association*. In the episode "The Pyramid Scheme", Lawrence held an excavation to find a legendary artifact known as the Anubis Idol. Lawrence was listed as a murder suspect when Professor Stanley Waltz was murdered.
Adrian Lee

**Adrian Lee** was the director of several TV reality shows, including "Rosemary's Kitchen". He was a suspect in the murder of the TV show‘s host Rosemary Finnegan in the seventh episode of the first season "And The Cheesecake".

## Physical Description

Adrian Lee is a man of Asian descent with slick black hair and brown eyes. He also has a viper tattoo on his left forearm, a silver watch in his left wrist and a silver ring in his right hand’s small finger.

In Edwin’s first encounter with Adrian, he was wearing a light blue shirt with white vertical stripes, he has yellow-shaded sunglasses on his head. In his second encounter, Adrian is wearing a black shirt with white dots, he also donned a gold chain necklace.

In his arrest, Adrian was wearing a white shirt under a black blazer. He still has his chain necklace on.

## Episode Role

Before Rosemary's Kitchen aired, a reality talk show held the program slot called "Morning With Kathy", hosted by Kathy Stanton-Reagan. Adrian signed a contract that he would be the director of the talk show until the show gets cancelled and stopped airing, Adrian was given six months to work after the show is removed from the slot. But if the next show got cancelled during this six month period, he would continue his career.

Soon enough, Kathy's show was cancelled and Adrian's career as a director was on a verge to end. Morning With Kathy was replaced with Rosemary's Kitchen, Adrian had six months to work as the director of Rosemary's Kitchen. Adrian needed to put Kathy's show back on air in order to continue his career, his plan involved killing Rosemary.

On the fifth month, Rosemary was going to cook vanilla cheesecake on air. Adrian applied poison on the vanilla essence, the vital ingredient of the recipe. The poison gave Rosemary a heart attack after eating her own cheesecake, making it seem like a suicide. Adrian then temporarily hid the poison bottle in a bag of flour.

However, he accidentally framed Kathy for Rosemary's murder — Kathy's show would never go back on air. The contract led Edwin Goodman (hired by Kathy to investigate) to deduce Adrian as the murderer through his motive. So, Edwin concocted a trap, he informed Adrian that the police will search through the studio for evidence. That night, Adrian snuck in the studio and took the poison bottle from the unused flour bag, Edwin then revealed that the killer would know where the poison bottle was hidden, unmasking Adrian as the killer. Adrian eventually confessed and was arrested for Rosemary's murder.

## Personality

Adrian is seen to be a perfectionist when it comes to his profession as a TV director. Due to this trait, Adrian stressed a lot to make the production perfect. He also seem very sympathetic over Rosemary’s death and is shown to be caring towards her.

But, after Adrian’s role as a murderer was revealed, Adrian is a very desperate and selfish man whose passion over his career led him to kill an innocent woman.