Don't Let Him In

Jane messages Ash to say that she has tracked the source of the negative reviews left for Bar Amelie. One, left by a “Jennifer Smith,” originates from an address in Tooting. When Ash calls Jane, she learns that the address belongs to Amanda Law. They travel to Tooting. Amanda’s door is answered by her son Sam, who looks eerily like Nick. Sam tells them that Amanda disappeared four years ago.

He explains that she was increasingly fragile after his father, “Damian,” died in the Philippines, leaving Amanda deeply in debt. She lost her interior design business and moved the boys to Tooting. About four years ago, she began acting erratically and withdrew from everyone she knew. Before her sons could get her help, she messaged them to say she was moving to a retreat in the Algarve.

When they eventually reported her missing, they learned that another woman vanished from their mother’s apartment shortly before Amanda herself went missing. Ash gently explains to Sam what really happened, but she stops short of sharing her suspicion that Nick killed Amanda as well. Sam is devastated, but says that when they find Nick, he wants to see him.