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Gilbert Haynes

**Gilbert Haynes** is the father and agent for pop star Tina Haynes. He was also the murderer of her rival Stacey Starr. He appeared in the episode "Destined To Die" (S03E17).

Gilbert was proud of his daughter's fame and popularity, he dedicated to her to become his agent to support her. However, when another pop artist inspired by Tina, Stacey Starr, rose to fame and endangering Tina's career, Gilbert was not going to let it happen for the sake of his daughter.

That night after her concert, Gilbert visited Stacey in her estate to negotiate in cancelling contracts with producers to regulate her fame to make way for his daughter's career. Stacey laughed at Gilbert's face for his attempt to make her back off. Stacey began to mock his support for his daughter, resulting to Gilbert getting enraged and grabbed her electric guitar and smashed it on her head, killing her instantly. The panic-stricken Gilbert rolled Stacey's lifeless body down the stairs to make it look like an accident.

Edwin Goodman classified the death as murder when an orange paint chip was found on her scalp, it came from her electric guitar. This then led Edwin to identify Gilbert as the murderer when he dropped his tie clip while he was escaping after the murder. The police mistook it as a promotional hair clip for Tina Haynes. The tie clip was never given out in public because he designed it himself. Out of love he had for his daughter, Gilbert confessed in murdering Stacey Starr and was incarcerated.
Kentville

Kentville is a fictional suburban town much similar to the Long Island's Hamptons. Prior to the series, Edwin and Janine moved to Kentville when Edwin was severely suffering from his PTSD, as a place to recover. The suburban’s police force is run by Lt. Harry Jensen.

## Trivia

* Kentville is a parody of *Murder, She Wrote*'s Cabot Cove, a seaside village in Maine, USA.
Craig Hanlon

**Craig Hanlon** is a media personality involved in social trends. He is also the husband of beauty guru Chelsea Wilkes, they were on a verge of divorce when Chelsea was having an affair with another man. In his appearance in “Murder, Live On Air” (S08E14), Craig was listed as a suspect when Chelsea was murdered.
Andrea Grainger

- Unknown Husband

**Andrea Grainger** is the wealthy mother of law school graduate Nancy Grainger. She was the murderer of womanising socialite Travis Finch in the fourteenth episode of Fatal Crimes' seventh season "The Perfect Man".

Andrea was also the fiancé of the police commissioner of the San Diego Police Department. When Nancy fell in love with Travis, Andrea was skeptical about the man her daughter was involved with. So, since she had access to criminal and medical records through the commissioner. When Andrea found out that Travis was somehow involved in the death of a young woman three years ago, she knew her daughter was unsafe from him.

When Travis was involved in a car crash, Andrea saw her opportunity to get rid of Travis. Andrea disguised herself as a patient to enter Travis' hospital room. Andrea grabbed the pillow on the bed and suffocated Travis to death. Andrea then switched off Travis' morphine monitor and framed Nancy's ex-boyfriend Raymond Aguilar for the murder.

However, Andrea did not count on her chipped nail embedded in Travis' pillow, which led detective Edwin Goodman (Raymond's formerly future brother-in-law) determine her as the killer. Andrea's fingernail was broken during her struggle with Travis. Edwin remembered that, the first time he met Andrea, she was filing her nails. Edwin made the connection when Andrea's nail polish was pink, the same as the chipped nail on the pillow. The nail could not have belonged to Nancy as she preferred purple. Andrea eventually confessed and was arrested for murdering Travis Finch for the sake of her daughter.

Edwin later revealed that the young woman's death was actually an accident, Travis was involved because he came to meet her and he saw her dead body. The police had a misunderstanding which led to Andrea killing Travis.
Jeremy LeStrade

**Jeremy LeStrade** was an aspiring politician who came from Los Angeles to Kentville as a candidate for the town's mayor, going against Hal Friedman. He is supported by his wife and campaign manager Claire LeStrade. When Hal's deceased financial manager, Marilyn Spencer, was revealed as Jeremy's mole, Jeremy became murder suspect in the episode "Problem In Politics".
Frank Chandler

**Frank Chandler** is the son of Sharon Chandler, the co-owner of a convenient store, which was a family business. It was later discovered that Frank was responsible for the murder of his stepfather, Leonard Chandler in the fifth episode of the third season, "The Witty Witness".

## Trivia

* Frank is the first killer to be arrested in Kentville in season three.
It Would Be The Death Of Me

**"It Would Be The Death Of Me"** is the eighteenth episode of season five.

## Synopsis

Radio show host Clark Spencer invited intelligent detective Edwin Goodman as a guest speaker in his radio show. During the interview, Edwin was informed about the latest controversy between Clark and supermodel Belle Coulson. Belle revealed that she was writing a tell-all book that would expose her past relationships, including one with Clark. Two days later, Belle was murdered in her home and Clark goes to Edwin for help.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the remarkably intelligent world famous detective who was invited by Clark to do an interview on the radio regarding his crime solving skills.
* **Lt. Leila Horace**– the leading officer of the LAPD in Malibu, she is the investigator of the murder case. She previously had a love relationship with Clark.

Supporting Characters:

* **Clark Spencer**– the radio host of Mild Malibu. He was the high school sweetheart of supermodel Belle Coulson (known as Belle Sweeney back then.)
* **Mark Coulson**– Belle's husband and the chief editor of Belle's magazine tabloid.
* **Janice Lewis** – A former supermodel whose career ended due to a car crash accident. She was best friends with Belle.
* **Ben Nolan** – A brooding journalist and a councilman's son.
* **Lawrence Nolan** – a respected councilman of Los Angeles, his ward being on Malibu.
Alexander Goodman

**Alexander Goodman** was the deceased father of detective Edwin Goodman and the late captain of the Homicide Squad (now Homicide Division) of the NYPD. Alexander, along with his daughter Danielle, were killed pre-series on the line of duty while chasing the Brooklyn Stabber, a wanted serial killer.
Laura Windsor

**Laura Windsor** (formerly **Geller**) is the first wife of football star Sean Geller. In the episode "With Malicious Intent", Laura became a suspect when her ex-husband was murdered.

Sean and Laura were married only for eight months, until Sean's wandering eyes led to their divorce. It was Sean who insisted the divorce. As a part of their divorce deal, Laura was demanded to pay monthly alimony to Sean. However, Laura was very reluctant in paying Sean any more alimony.

At the night of the murder, Sean's bitter stepbrother, Andrew Gibson, stabbed Sean in his private home in an ambush as an attempt to kill him. When Andrew fled, however, he did not know that Sean survived the attack. Laura arrived to find Sean badly wounded, she tried to help him by treating his wound. It was there when Laura saw this an opportunity to end her suffering in paying Sean. Instead of calling the police, Laura grabbed a knife in the kitchen and stabbed Sean, ultimately killing him. Laura then disposed of the towel she used to help Sean in the laundry. Luckily for Laura, Andrew framed Sean's current wife, Janet, for the murder.

After Andrew Gibson was arrested, Edwin believed that Andrew only tried to kill his stepbrother, but did not succeed. Edwin eventually deduced the real killer was Laura through the towelette she disposed in the laundry, it belonged to her towel set in her house. Laura was eventually arrested after maliciously confessing her deed.
Carol Westin

**Carol Westin** was the secretary for murdered banker Connor McElroy, she was also his secret admirer. She appeared as a suspect in his murder in "The Digital Drama" (S07E07).

As mentioned, Carol was employed under Connor as his secretary in New Orleans. Throughout her years of work for him, she grew a likeness over her employer, but she did not know how to tell him without humiliation and, plus, Connor was married to famous blue jazz singer Irene McElroy.

Carol had an idea, she knew that Connor was having a bad relationship with Irene, he resolved to opening an account in a dating website. Carol then posed under a fake identity as glamorous model Cristina Hernandez, that way Connor would not know who she really was and she would be confident in confessing her true feelings for him. Carol's plan worked, she and Connor had been messaging online as Carol declared her love for him. Unbeknownst to Carol, banker Sam Conroy was in love with her and knew Carol was Cristina, he was angry towards Connor as he was a love rival.

Finally, Carol, as Cristina, requested to meet Connor face to face as a surprise. Once Carol arrived and revealed her love for him, Connor rejected and humiliated her, as he was after the imaginary Cristina. Carol was infuriated. Blinded by anger, Carol in Cristina's account began threatening Connor, even vowed to kill him, as a way of relieving herself from the anger.

But when Connor was really murdered, and the police and Edwin Goodman came to interrogate Carol, she denied her affections towards him and only informed them of their professional relationship to avoid suspicion. But Edwin was not blinded by the smokescreen and unmasked Cristina as Carol when Sam Conroy had himself arrested after confessing in killing Connor, in a way to protect Carol from being arrested just in case she really did kill him. Carol admitted being Cristina, but was never involved in the murder. Edwin believed her, whilst the police did not and arrested her, exonerating Sam.

Edwin was able to prove Carol and Sam's innocence when he revealed Connor's wife, Irene, was behind the murder. Irene discovered Connor and Cristina/Carol's relationship and saw the death threats, Irene took this as her advantage to frame "Cristina" for killing her husband. Irene murdered Connor after he agreed to purchase "La Casa De La Crescendo" a music auditorium to which Irene considered as her second home; a sanctuary away from her demanding husband. Connor purchased the auditorium to take it down and construct a business building there, diminishing Irene's only place of peace. Irene confessed in killing Connor and was arrested.

At the end, Carol and Sam begun their love relationship and they were happy.
Family Misfortune

”**Family Misfortune”** is the fourth episode of season five. It is the first episode of season five to take place in Kentville.

## Synopsis

During a family dinner in the Pearce household, Matthew Brody announced that he was the lost son of the late matriarch, Kathleen Pearce. He also proclaimed that he was the rightful heir to the family fortune. Bradford Pearce, Kathleen’s son, then contacted his family solicitor Sylvia Kyle to determine if Matthew’s will was genuine. But before the Pearce family received the news from Sylvia, she was murdered. The police, quick to judgement, pinpointed Matthew as the likely suspect.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the detective residing in Kentville who helped out in the murder investigation.
* **Janine Goodman** – Edwin’s wife, she helped her husband as she was a close friend to Bradford’s wife Meredith.
* **Lt. Harry Jensen** – the officer authorized to investigate Sylvia’s murder, he was assisted by Edwin during the main investigation.

Supporting Characters:

* **Matthew Brody** – the young man who proclaimed to the Pearce family that he was the lost son of the matriarch and the true heir of the family fortune. He was suspected when the family solicitor analysing the will was murdered.’
* **Bradford Pearce** – the son of a wealthy Kentville matriarch. He originally received the family fortune as per said in the will.
* **Meredith Pearce** – Bradford’s young wife who had a share in Bradford’s inherited fortune.
* **Brian Frost** – Bradford‘s cousin who inherited the cafe Kathleen owned.
* **Cynthia White** – a close friend of the late Kathleen Pearce.
* **Sylvia Kyle** – the family solicitor for the Pearce family. She was supposed to analyse the family will that Matthew had, until she was murdered.
Irene McElroy

**Irene McElroy** was a famous blue jazz singer from New Orleans, she was also the wife and murderer of Connor McElroy, a manipulative banker. Irene appeared in the episode "The Digital Drama" (S07E07).

Despite all the media gossips, Irene never enjoyed being married with Connor; she could not bear being in the same room with him for the future years to come. So, Irene decided to cope with this situation by focusing on her singing career in the *La Casa De Crescendo* musical theatre. According to Irene, it was her second home; a place where she could escape from Connor's banking madness.

But, when Connor decided to sell the theatre to build a fancy hotel. Irene could not bear Connor ruining her career and having to stick with his banking business. She decided to kill Connor, considering that a divorce would be too messy.

Irene began plotting her husband's murder. First, Irene discovered her husband's involvement in a dating site, where she saw a certain Cristina Hernandez threatening to kill Connor. Irene decided to frame "Cristina" for the murder. Then, at the night of the murder, Irene made him fall asleep in his room (via hidden gas tanks) and then steal his phone. While she was in the middle of her concert in the theatre, Connor was unconscious in his study, indicating that Connor had been dead at the time of the concert, giving herself an alibi. Irene supported this by holding a charade by ringing her husband's phone, supposedly panicking that Connor was not answering, hinting to her agent Phillip Davidson that Connor was dead during the concert.

By the time Irene and Phillip arrived back to the McElroy home, Irene snuck to the backyard and shot Connor to death through the window, to give an indication that the killer shot through the window (due to gunpowder residue). Irene snuck back into the house, into the study and remove the gas tank and planted the phone. Irene then screamed to alarm Phillip in discovering Connor's dead body.

Later, upon the police discovering Cristina's account, Irene pointed the blame to the person behind the Cristina persona to cast suspicion away from her. The police were able to arrest employee Sam Conroy for Connor's murder. However, detective Edwin Goodman was not convinced that Sam was the killer. Then, Edwin and the police were able to reveal Cristina as Connor's secretary, Carol Westin, who was in love with him, only to reject her, leading Carol to threaten Connor through the Cristina account to vent her anger. But Carol was not the killer either.

However, Edwin was able to pinpoint Irene as the killer when Edwin has discovered a document that indicated Connor purchasing the theatre and the plans of the hotel to go along with it (accessed by Phillip, Irene's agent). Another evidence that proved Irene's involvement in the murder – Connor's phone, which was stained with Irene's perfume. The phone would determine that Irene took the phone to stage her alibi. Ultimately, with all these evidence connecting together, it would be able to incriminate Irene as Connor's killer. Irene confessed in killing her husband and was placed under arrest.
Jimmy Walton

**Jimmy Walton**, going by the name **Peter Van Dyne**, was an assassin hired to murder controversial politician, Senator Clifford Watkins. He was responsible for killing nanny Erin Aldridge. He poses as Watkins’ supporter in his campaign. He appeared in the episode “Target For Death” (Part 1) and was later killed in the second part, “Hit And Miss”, the two parter season eight opener.
Derek Cambridge

**Derek Cambridge** was a paramedic who worked in St. Paul's hospital. He was best friends with young doctor, Daniel Milligan. When Daniel suddenly had cardiac arrest, Derek was the paramedic active in the scene. Unfortunately, Derek did not manage to save his friend's life. Derek appeared in the episode "At St. Paul's Hospital" (S03E18).

In his appearance, Derek was engaged to be married with Daniel’s sister, Claire, as she was carrying his child. However, without Claire’s awareness, Derek was having an affair with fellow paramedic Julia Frost. Eventually, Daniel discovered Derek’s affair, he confronted him about it and Daniel warned him to end his relationship with Julia, otherwise he would reveal it to Claire. This urged Derek to kill Daniel.

Derek knew about Daniel’s genetic heart disease and that he requires to take a certain dose of pills that have a certain strength of digitalis. Derek decided to tamper with Daniel’s pills by increasing the strength of the digitalis.

When Daniel went home and took his pills, he succumbed to the digitalis – the digitalis was too strong for his heart. Derek took the possession of Daniel’s phone before his departure. Since he knew when the digitalis would take effect, by the time Daniel had a heart attack, he used the phone to call the ambulance pretending to be Daniel.

Derek was on shift at the time Daniel had a heart attack, they went to rescue Daniel. Derek made sure that Daniel would die by deliberately failing the resuscitation. Upon Daniel’s death, Derek changed the pills and planted the phone beside his body.

However, Dr. Kevin Byrne, the chief doctor of the hospital, suspected that Daniel was murdered. Since the police investigated the situation and ruled it as natural causes, Dr. Byrne turned to his friend and detective Edwin Goodman to investigate Daniel’s death. Sure enough, Edwin determined Daniel’s death to be murder and investigated further.

Eventually, Edwin unmasked Derek as Daniel’s killer. He did this through analysing Daniel’s phone – it had traces of Derek’s DNA as he was applying skin lotion to treat his rash. Derek confessed to committing the murder, with Claire slapping him in the end. Derek was then arrested for his crime.
Guido Bianchi

**Guido Bianchi** is the nephew of Paolo Bianchi, the second-in-command of the Italian Mafia's boss, Giancarlo Mancini. He is also the fiancée of Giancarlo's daughter, Francesca Mancini. Guido appears in the episode "Evil Comes In Groups" (S09E03), where he appears as a suspect in the murder of the mafia's head henchman, Giuseppe Bertolucci.
Juan Delgado

**Juan Delgado** is a real estate agent in Kentville. He was part of a realtor group composing his wife, Christine, and ambitious Natasha Leahy. They were responsible for selling several estates, including the Goodman estate. Juan and Christine were listed as suspects when Natasha was murdered in the episode "Home Is Where The Body Is".
As Predicted

**"As Predicted"** is the eleventh episode of season one.

## Synopsis

Aloysius Chamberlain, an ominous fortune teller who arrived in New York’s Coney Island to open a fortune telling stand. There, he encounters Elliot Haskell, the cruel owner of a shipping company, and gives him a prediction of his future – Elliot will be murdered the following night with a dagger to his back. Elliot, despite being superstitious, takes it as a joke, while his family grew worried about Chamberlain’s warning. Eventually, the prediction came true when Elliot was found dead in his study, with a stab wound to the back.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the world famous detective consulting for the NYPD’s Homicide Division in investigating murders.
* **Lt. Darlene Lawson** – the leading officer of the NYPD’s Homicide Division, she and Edwin work together with Edwin being the intelligence and Lt. Lawson as the one wielding authority over the police force.

Supporting Characters:

* **Aloysius Chamberlain** – the strange fortune teller who arrived in Coney Island in his fortune telling stand. He predicted the death of mining millionaire Elliot Haskell.
* **Fred Lawrence** – the employee working for Elliot’s mining company. He was fired by Elliot due to insubordination.
* **Melissa Haskell** – the second wife of Elliot, she was embittered towards her husband due to his overtime work in his company.
* **Sarah Haskell** – the stepdaughter of Elliot. Elliot was possessive over Sarah.
* **Helena Courtney** – the estranged ex-wife of Elliot Who was due to inherit half of the fortune.
* **Henry Dutton** – Elliot’s business partner in the mining business.
How To Kill A Witness

**"How To Kill A Witness"** was the second episode of season one. It is the first episode that takes place in Kentville, a fictional suburban town Edwin resides in. This also marks the initial appearance of the town's leading investigator, Lt. Harry Jensen.

## Synopsis

Travis Glendale was convicted of murdering Kentville's town burglar, Irving Powell, five years ago. Now, he received parole and goes to Edwin to hire him to prove his innocence. However, things turn for the worse when the primary witness was murdered.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** — a resident of Kentville and the detective who helps Lt. Harry Jensen in solving the murders. He was "hired" by convicted killer Travis Glendale to prove his innocence.
* **Janine Goodman** — a housewife and Edwin's lovely wife.
* **Lt. Harlan "Harry" Jensen** — Kentville's leading police officer. He is accompanied by Edwin in solving crimes in the town.

Supporting Characters:

* **Travis Glendale** — a man who was convicted of murdering town burglar Irving Powell and was sentenced to fifteen years in jail, with parole in five years. He comes to Edwin's aid to prove that he was not responsible for Irving's murder.
* **Tara Glendale** — Travis' wife and one of the women Irving dated.
* **Melissa Anderson** — Irving's girlfriend.
* **Phillip Walsh** — the town pharmacist, Travis' next door neighbor and a witness to Irving's murder.
* **Louise Walsh** — Phillip's wife and business partner in the pharmacy, also a witness to Irving's murder.
* **Richard Denton** — a dog walker, the primary witness to Irving's murder. He was found dead in his home upon Travis' parole release.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode that features the fictional town of Kentville and the town's leading officer Lt. Jensen.
* Kentville was supposed to be set up as the Hamptons in Long Island, NY. It is also a parody of *Murder, She Wrote*'s fictional town, *Cabot Cove*.
Alexis Corcoran

- Karen Jarvis (mother, deceased)

**Alexis Corcoran** is the daughter of Kentville's real estate mogul Trevor Corcoran. She appeared in season six "Home, Deadly Home".

## Physical Description

Alexis Corcoran is a Caucasian woman in her mid twenties with a slender figure and average height, she has red hair and light blue eyes. In her introduction, Alexis is seen wearing a light blue V-neck shirt under a dark blue cardigan with a pearl necklace with matching earrings.

During Lt. Jensen’s interrogation about Courtney Hyland’s murder, Alexis was wearing a dark brown jacket over a grey sweater dress with a beige scarf, faded blue jeans and black boots. Her hair was tied to a bun.

Upon her reveal as Courtney’s killer, Alexis was wearing a green turtleneck with diamond patterns and a pair of blue jeans with brown boots, also donning emerald dangling earrings, her hair is pinned on each side.

## Episode Role

It turns out, Alexis was the illegitimate child of Trevor and drug dealer Karen Jarvis. Ten years prior, while Karen was hiding from the police, she died of kidney failure from a drug overuse. Trevor helped Karen in hiding and buried her body in the basement of an old house which she loved to visit.

Ten years to the present in the episode, Trevor placed his best real estate agent, arrogant Courtney Hyland, to sell the estate. However, Courtney began inspecting the place and discovered Karen's preserved body in the basement.

When Courtney came to Trevor regarding the discovery of the body, Alexis, who was ashamed of her real mother's past, decided to confront Courtney regarding the matter.

At the night of the murder, Alexis followed Courtney in the abandoned estate. However, Courtney was drunk during the confrontation. Courtney revealed her true feelings about her and her father to Alexis, Courtney began bullying Alexis due to her past. This urged Alexis to grab a broken chair leg with an overhanging nail and used it to bludgeon Courtney to death. Alexis left when Courtney's partner Gavin Warren came down to inspect the house.

Edwin Goodman was able to reveal Alexis as the daughter of Karen through their hair colour — both Karen and Alexis were natural brunettes (Alexis dyed her hair red) while Trevor and his wife were not. Edwin unmasked Alexis as the culprit of Courtney's murder through the traces of homemade bio-friendly fertiliser on the murder weapon, the one Alexis uses in her botany class. Alexis tearily confessed in killing Courtney and was placed under arrest.

## Personality

Still in her early age, Alexis is shown to be quite bubbly and socially aware. She is quite intelligent and mature around people older than her. Alexis earned her friends through her quirky personality and smart attitude.

However, deep inside, Alexis is a bitter young woman who was greatly ashamed over her real mother (Karen Jarvis) due to her drug involved past. This cold nature was exposed by Edwin when Alexis was revealed as Courtney’s murderer.
Helen Forsythe

**Helen Forsythe** is the widow and the murderer of the late businessman James Forsythe. She appeared in "Death Cruising Along" (S07E04).

Helen and James' marriage were crumbling. So, James began seeing his high-school sweetheart Maria DeCosta and began an illicit love relationship. Helen was well aware of this relationship and asked James for reconciliation. Eventually, their marriage got better.

But James was still in love with Maria, so he planned to meet her in a cruise to Paris. But Maria had already moved on with her French fiancé Rupert Calais, she brought him along to tell James that it was over.

It turns out, James was not the only one who had a lover. Helen was having a long distance relationship with another man in Paris names François. Since Helen needed the money to be together with François, she decided to kill James.

Helen used the cruise as an opportunity to murder him. Things got better when she encountered Edwin Goodman and his wife Janine joining them in the cruise. Helen decided to befriend Edwin and Janine to use them as an alibi to murder James. Before dinner, Helen knocked James unconscious with chloroform then went the dining area to dine with Edwin and Janine. James' absence made it look like that he was killed during dinner time. Then, when Helen went back to her room, she used a silenced pistol to shoot James dead and quickly hid the gun and screamed as she discovered her dead husband's body.

Despite this illusion, Edwin was determined that Helen killed her own husband through the foam around James' mouth, it was chloroform. The chloroform was used to knock her husband out in order to shoot him later. Cpt. Jarvis was able to recover Helen's handkerchief with traves of chloroform on it, enough to indict Helen for murder. Helen eventually confessed in killing James and was handed to the French authorities to be placed under arrest.
Death Is Forever

**"Death Is Forever"** is the fifteenth episode of season two.

## Synopsis

The NYPD's Homicide Division summons ingenious detective Edwin Goodman after they are baffled in solving the murder of jeweller Peter Davies. Edwin meets his friend, Jake Rubinstein, who asked him for tips in proposing as he wanted to be engaged with his fiancee, Cynthia Wilson. Edwin is entangled in solving both problems and things turn for the worse when another dead body was discovered.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the brilliant detective hired by the Homicide Division as a private consultant in homicide cases.
* **Lt. Darlene Lawson** – the head investigator wielding power over enforcing the law, which Edwin cannot apply himself, despite being intelligent.

Supporting Characters:

* **Jake Rubinstein** – Edwin's friend who was going to get engaged to the woman of his life. He asks Edwin for advice in making a proposal.

* **Cynthia Wilson** – Jake's girlfriend and a worker from Manhattan's postal service.
* **Ron Fielding** – a former employer from Peter's jewellery store. He was suspected for stealing a precious diamond five years ago.
* **Anthony Flint** – an employee working for Peter, he discovered Peter's murdered body. It was revealed that he was involved in various theft cases.
* **Matthew Elmer** – a wanted jewel burglar. A witness claims that he had been eyeing Peter's store in an attempt to steal something.

## Trivia

* The title of the episode "Death Is Forever" is a reference to the *James Bond* film *Diamonds Are Forever*, which refers to how the murder revolves around a diamond theft.
Danica Halliday

**Danica Halliday** was the young mother who died after giving birth. It was then discovered that Danica was poisoned and a murder investigation was commenced, eventually the case became cold. In the episode "Born To Kill", Danica's murder case resurfaced when midwife Enid Hunter was murdered for uncovering the case.
Bad News

**“Bad News”** is the fifth episode of season five.

## Synopsis

While Lt. Lawson is absent due to a skiing accident, Edwin pairs up with Lt. Holly Bailey, only for her to insist to be independent in handling cases. When reporter Charlene McAdams was murdered, suspicion points to the Cortez drug cartel, which the victim has been tracking. However, when the new lieutenant began to jump into her own conclusions, Edwin has no other choice but to join in the investigation to serve proper justice.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the detective consultant for the NYPD’s Homicide Division, he usually consults the head officer of the division – Lt. Lawson.
* **Lt. Holly Bailey** – the officer who substituted Lt. Lawson while she was on absent leave. She tends to be independent on her police work and limits Edwin’s consulting to observing.

Supporting Characters:

* **Jeffrey Hamilton** – a media mogul, the owner of the Dawn To Dusk News Hour. He was Charlene’s employer.
* **Miles Hamilton** – Jeffrey’s son and an intern wotking in the news studio.
* **Darrell Harcourt** – a news presenter working in Dawn To Dusk News Hour, he is usually partnered with Charlene.
* **Al Cortez** – the leader of the Cortez drug cartel, the drug trafficking organisation Charlene was investigating.
* **Luna Gutierrez** – Al’s girlfriend and the secret witness for the police.

## Trivia

* This is one of the special episodes where Lt. Lawson is absent in a case taking place in New York.
* This is the first recurring appearance of Lt. Holly Bailey.
Hannah Parker

**Hannah Parker** was the best friend of indie singer Louise Williams. She was the first murder victim in the episode "A Tragic Ballad" (S06E12).

In the episode, Hannah mysteriously disappeared, leading to Louise's continuous worry. Edwin was able to deduce that Hannah was murdered upon her disappearance.

## Solution

Edwin revealed Hannah's killer to be Becky Whitney, Louise's personal assistant. Becky kidnapped and murdered Hannah to fake her death. She placed Hannah's corpse in Louise's car and detonated the bomb for the car to explode, staging it as if Becky was killed by the explosion to fake her death, making it look like someone made an attempt on Louise's life and so that she could divert suspicion.

Upon murdering Hannah, Becky murdered Derek Stoner, Louise's boyfriend, and framed Louise for the murder. The police never suspected Becky as it was assumed that Becky was killed by the explosion.

However, Edwin was able to deduce that Becky was still alive and that it was Hannah who was in the Louise's car, the explosion was quite weak and did not singe that much hair. It turns out that the hair was originally blonde and it was dyed brunette like Becky's hair. Hannah had blonde hair and it was Hannah in the exploded car.

Becky's reveal as the killer took place when she attempted to kill Louise and stage it as suicide. Becky revealed her motive in killing Hannah and Derek -- she blamed Louise for her sister's suicide after Louise won the talent competition that sparked her fame. Becky began her revenge scheme by killing off everyone Louise valued in her life -- Hannah and Derek. Becky was eventually arrested by the police for two counts of murder.
Fred Robinson

**Fred Robinson** was a practicing archaeologist who volunteered to the excavation of a legendary Egyptian idol, the Anubis Idol, working under Lawrence Grigsby's supervision. In the tenth episode of season four"The Pyramid Scheme", Edwin Goodman unmasked him and George Hunter as the perpetrators behind Professor Stanley Waltz' murder.
Charles Stanton

**Charles Stanton** was an archaeologist and the right-hand man of celebrity archaeologist Tom Holden. It was then revealed that he was involved in an artifact smuggling scheme, and he was the main suspect in the murder of his partner-in-crime, Iris Navarra, in the seventeenth episode of the tenth season of Fatal Crimes.
Claire Milligan

**Claire Milligan** is the sister of aspiring doctor Daniel Milligan. She also works as a nurse in the *St. Paul’s Hospital*. She is engaged to be married with paramedic and Daniel’s best friend, Derek Cambridge, she is also carrying his child. She was listed as a suspect in her brother’s murder in the episode “At St. Paul’s Hospital” (S03E18).
Driven To Murder

**“Driven To Murder”** is the twelfth episode of season five.

## Synopsis

Edwin visits his friend, car dealer Carl Vanderbilt. Carl was frequently visited by abrupt and loathsome loan shark Hank Downing. Hank has pushed Carl to the limit when Carl threatened to kill Hank if he dared to shut down the car dealership. Eventually, Hank was murdered and Carl was in the top of the list as the number one suspect by the police. However, Edwin sides with Carl as he thinks that he is innocent.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the primary protagonist, the detective who worked with the police to investigate the murder.
* **Lt. Darlene Lawson** – the deuteragonist of the series and Edwin’s partner in the investigation.

Supporting Characters:

* **Carl Vanderbilt** – the owner of the car dealership business. He is also good friends with Edwin.
* **Tiffany Vanderbilt** – Carl’s stunning wife who acts as Carl’s conscience.
* **David Robinson** – Carl’s business partner. He handled the rented cars sector of the business.
* **Hank Downing** – the brutal loan shark Carl owed money to.
* **Vanessa Downing** – Hank’s underwhelmed wife.
* **Tyson Quaid** – a drug dealer.
At St. Paul's Hospital

**“At St. Paul’s Hospital”** is the eighteenth episode of season three.

## Synopsis

Edwin reunites with his high school friend, Dr. Kevin Byrne, the chief physician of *St. Paul’s Hospital*, when young doctor Daniel Milligan died of a sudden heart attack and Dr. Byrne suspected that he was murdered. The police refuse to cooperate with Edwin and Dr. Byrne, so the investigation was left to them.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – the main protagonist of the series and an old friend of Dr. Kevin Byrne. Together, they investigated the murder.
* **Dr. Kevin Byrne** – the chief doctor of St. Paul’s Hospital. He was friends with Edwin since high school. He suspected that heart attack victim Daniel was murdered.
* **Lt. Otis Mendell** – the chief investigating officer of San Diego Police Department Who refused to investigate Daniel’s murder.

Supporting Characters:

* **Daniel Milligan** – a young successful doctor with a promising future career. Dr. Byrne believed that he was murdered when he had a heart attack.
* **Claire Milligan** – Daniel’s sister and a registered nurse in St. Paul’s Hospital. She is pregnant with the child of her fiancee Derek Cambridge.
* **Derek Cambridge** – Daniel’s best friend. He worked as a paramedic in the emergency sector of St. Paul’s Hospital.
* **Lucy Crane** – a nurse who worked alongside Daniel and Claire. It was revealed that her husband died in St. Paul’s Hospital under Daniel’s care.
* **Julia Frost** – a paramedic working alongside Derek in the emergency sector.

## Trivia

* Dr. Kevin Byrne is a parody of Dick Van Dyke’s character in the murder mystery TV series Diagnosis Murder, Dr. Mark Sloan.
Brian Burton

**Brian Burton** was the husband of bossy businesswoman Candice Burton and an executive board member in her businesses. It turns out, Brian was behind the murder of Julie Camden, a university student disguised as a call girl in the season six finale and Christmas edition episode "Murder Twelve Days Before Christmas".

## Physical Description

Brian Burton is of Caucasian descent with brown eyes and greying hair with average height and figure. Brian’s age is estimated between late forties and early fifties.

In his arrest, Brian was wearing a white shirt with a shoelace tie with a turquoise broach, he also donned a tan blazer and dark brown trousers with black business shoes.

## Episode Role

Brian was having an affair with Julie outside his marriage with Candice for the past seven months, after years of Candice's tyranny. Unbeknownst to Brian, Julie was investigating Candice and her company when she believed that they have caused the death of her sister, and Brian was the perfect informer as he was Candice's husband.

But when Brian discovered this, he grew angry towards Julie for using him as an informant, there was no real love relationship between the two of them. So, Brian went to see Julie that day to confront her about her interest with Candice. The two resolved in an argument and Brian grabbed a knife and stabbed Julie to death.

However, Edwin Goodman was able to determine Brian as Julie's killer through the gift wrapper that was found in Candice's office, a gift wrapper similar to the one in Julie's apartment. It was limited edition and it was one of a kind, and it did not belong to Candice. The postal records show that, among the posts that Julie sent and receive, Julie gave Brian a package wrapped with the wrapper – a Christmas present, connecting Brian to Julie. Brian, seeing that there is no point of denying the murder, eventually confessed in committing the murder and was arrested for killing Julie Camden.

## Quotes

* *“I met Julie in a pub in a downtown alley. We began talking and we saw eye to eye. Ever since, I’ve been seeing her. It was monthly at first, then it became weekly, then daily. For once, I was really in love...”* – **Brian revealing his affair with Julie to his wife.**
* *“But then, she began asking questions about Candice and her business. The final straw was when I visited her apartment, where I saw a university folder that contained chemistry and politics. Then, I saw another file, it contained papers about her sister, who worked for Candice for a year until her death. That’s when it came to me that she had been using me...All this time, she had been using me. I decided to deal with her for her deception...” –* **Brian admitting to killing Julie Camden.**
Jonathan McGregor

**Jonathan McGregor** was a soap opera actor who co-starred with drama diva Denise Holmes in the mystery-themed soap opera *Love That Kills*. When Denise was murdered, Jonathan was enthralled with excitement as this could boost up his career, listing him down as a suspect. Jonathan appeared in the episode "Reality Check".

As mentioned, Jonathan had a successful career as a soap opera actor in *Love That Kills*. However, this was bound to get ruined when the soap opera’s director, Roland Moore, decided to fire him. Jonathan decided to kill Roland.

Jonathan planned to kill Roland by murdering him in the prop room. He wrote a note to Roland (posing as different person) to meet him in the prop room. Once he arrives, Jonathan would push the prop shelf on top of Roland, to crush him to stage it as an acident. Everything was going according to plan, until the light in the prop room burned out. When the door opened, Jonathan pushed the shelf and it crashed down to Denise, rather than Roland.

During the investigation, when he realised he killed the wrong person, Jonathan decided to play along with misdirecting the police by claiming that he has a motive to kill Denise. The blame then shifted to Roland, after the police thought that the note was written by Denise. The police came up with the conclusion that Roland met Denise in the prop room and, in an impromptu situation, kills her and tries to cover up his tracks by pushing down the shelf and stage it as an accident.

However, Edwin doubted the police’s conclusions and investigated further. Finally, Edwin came up with the conclusion that Jonathan was the killer. First of all, Edwin found out that the note was not written by Denise since she was left handed, Jonathan was right handed. The final evidence that points to Jonathan as the killer was the lace wristband that tore while escaping the scene. It was shown in Jonathan’s photoshoot before the murder took place that his wristband was still there, but it was not after the murder occurred. Jonathan eventually confessed in murdering Denise Holmes and attempting to kill Roland, he was arrested afterwards.
Edmund McLintock

**Edmund McLintock** is the grandson of the late Fleming family patriarch, Archibald Fleming. In the episode , "A Hollow Whisper" (S01E15), detective Edwin Goodman revealed him as the killer of his uncle, Aaron Fleming.

Despite being his grandfather's "pet", Edmund was greedy and was after his money. However, his mother, Priscilla McLintock, was third in line from inheriting the fortune. David, the black sheep of the family, was first and Aaron, Archibald's favourite child, is the second person to inherit when Aaron dies or did not accept the inheritance.

In the beginning of the episode, Archibald passed away on his death bed. This was when Edmund began to unwind his villainous scheme – to make it look like that Archibald was murdered, and implicate David for his death, seeing that David had a bad relationship with his father. Edmund even included Edwin Goodman in his ploy to convince David's guilt.

However, there was one problem in Edmund's plan – uncle Aaron made the connections in his nephew's plan. Edmund discovered this after he received blackmail letters from him. So he has decided to kill his uncle.

Edmund arranged to meet Aaron discreetly in the backyard garden, where he bludgeoned him to death with a shovel and dumped his body in the ditch he dug.

After Edwin has proclaimed that Archibald's death were natural causes and that David was being framed, Edwin was able to pinpoint Edmund as Aaron's killer. This was determined through the pink rose under Aaron's body, Edmund wore that pink rose during the funeral and Edwin remembered that after the crime, Edmund had a white rose on his lapel. Edmund pricked wis finger when he wore the rose, so the rose found in the crime scene also has his DNA on it. Eventually, Edmund confessed in killing Aaron and was placed under arrest.
Allison Lindley

**Allison Lindley** was the wife of astronomer Carlson Lindley. She appeared in the episode "The Stars Say So" (S07E08), where she was a suspect in the murder of Carlson's rival, Malcolm Carver.

## Physical Appearance

Allison Lindley is a Caucasian woman in her late twenties, slim figure and short stature (less than 5’5). She has hazel eyes with wavy blonde hair. Allison is also seen wearing black eyeglasses.

Upon being introduced to Edwin, Allison wore a ble blazer over a white shirt with an orange scarf. She also wore a black pencil skirt with matching heels.

During the astronomer’s dinner party, Allison was wearing a dark violet velvet dinner dress and black pumps. She also had a black silk stole with her.

In her villainous reveal, Allison wore a dark blue turtleneck with gold buttons, over it was a light blue jacket with a white fur collar.

## Episode Role

Allison was tired of her marriage with Carlson due to his obsession over outer space and over-obsessed in competing against Malcolm Carver. Allison was desperate to find a man who really cared about her. That ideal man was Malcolm, he revealed to her that he had feelings for her. However, this was just a ploy he had created to annihilate Carlson. Allison eventually discovered his plan and was outraged after he used her.

Therefore, Allison has concocted a divious plan to kill Malcolm. This involved arranging a dinner reservation in a fine dining restaurant and setting up a contraption that would eventually kill Malcolm. Allison ordered an automatic rifle and laser transmitters and set it up on the gate booth of the space observatory. She also placed a laser transmitter on Malcolm's car. By the time Allison was in the restaurant, Malcolm would arrive and the laser transmiiter from his car would trigger the automatic rifle to shoot Malcolm dead. After dinner, Allison would disassemble the trap and hide it.

However, despite having an iron clad alibi, Edwin Goodman was able to prove that Allison was Malcolm's murderer. Edwin had discovered bolt holes in and out of the gate booth and another whole on Malcolm's car. The two holes aligned together, explaining how the gun was triggered. Edwin linked this discovery to Allison when she said that she has a brother in the military. Allison must have retrieved the automatic rifle and the laser equipment from her brother's storage, explaining the storage key that was in her purse. Allison coldly confessed in killing Malcolm and was placed under arrest.