Ashes to Ashes

A corpse is discovered in a canal, leading Gene to suspect the victim was murdered by a local loan shark. Yet the evidence he uncovers points the case in an entirely different direction, forcing him to reconsider his initial theory.

The piece is a self‑contained programme, presented as a single episode, that follows a criminal investigation after a grim discovery. It opens with the unsettling sight of a corpse recovered from a canal, setting the stage for a detective‑driven narrative that centres on the inquiries of a character called Gene. Gene is quick to form a theory: he believes the deceased fell victim to a local loan shark, a figure known for violent debt collection. Acting on this hunch, he begins to gather clues that appear to support the idea that the loan shark was responsible for the murder. However, as Gene digs deeper, the material he uncovers starts to point away from that initial assumption, suggesting that the truth may lie elsewhere. The emerging evidence forces the investigation onto an unexpected path, steering the case in a direction that Gene had not anticipated. This twist reshapes the focus of the enquiry, showing how early suspicions can be upended by new information. The episode therefore moves from a straightforward suspicion of a loan‑shark killing to a more complex, albeit still unresolved, line of inquiry.