Murder in the Caribbean: A gripping, escapist cosy crime mystery from the creator of the hit TV series Death in Paradise: Book 4 (A Death in Paradise Mystery)

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Guadeloupe is typically Franco-Caribbean, with delicate coastlines hiding a volcanic, wild interior (PH Giraud/Icon Valley) Photo: PH Giraud/Icon Valley Series 3 (2014) averaged 8.46 million viewers, with each episode among the top two most-watched programmes of the day and in the top ten of the week. [ citation needed] While Death in Paradise has continued to be in the top three most popular programmes on British television, critics have called the crime drama "unremarkable" and "an undemanding detective show, with nice Caribbean scenery." [11]

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Murder mystery: how Death in Paradise quietly became one of TV's biggest hits". the Guardian. 13 January 2021 . Retrieved 7 April 2021. Series 6 (2017) has been the most-watched so far, averaging 9.1 million viewers. The series premiere, "Erupting in Murder", is the most-watched episode of the show to date with 9.81 million viewers. Based on consolidated figures, each episode of Series 6 was the most-watched programme of the day and in the top four of the week. [ citation needed] I tried to piece the clues together but failed (as usual) to solve the crime. I loved the way the crime and all the loose ends were wound up at the end. It was very reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s Piorot. In this must-read for all fans of the cozy sub-genre, Christie sends her famed amateur sleuth, elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, on vacation to a hotel on the fictional island of St. Honore. Bored by idleness and gossip, Miss Marple soon finds herself conversing with the long-winded Major Palgrave about her favorite topic—murder. Palgrave ends up dead himself, as do several others from the usual group of Christie characters, by the time-honored means of poison and stabbing. After casting the appropriate amount of suspicion among the hotel guests, Christie has Marple solve the crimes in her inimitable manner, and the reader leaves satisfied. Red Planet Pictures was nominated for, and won, the "Diversity in a Drama Production Award" for Death in Paradise. Sara Martins, Danny John-Jules, Don Warrington and Tobi Bakare collected the award at a ceremony supported by the BBC and ITV that took place on 15 February 2015. [44] Broadcast [ edit ]All these books contain the key elements which make up the classic mystery—a wily hero, a crime that is usually a murder, adversity, danger, and a satisfying resolution. The setting in the islands and sometimes at sea in the Caribbean adds a final enhancing element—an enticing location.

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While the bulk of Caribbean mysteries are set in the present day, at least one author, Brent Monahan, has dipped into the past in his soon-to-be-released The St. Lucia Island Club. This most recent edition of Monahan’s Island Club series revolves around the early efforts to develop tourism on edenic St. Lucia. Meurtre au paradis. L'industrie du cinéma teste la Guadeloupe – Abonnement". Guadeloupe.franceantilles.fr. 16 September 2011 . Retrieved 30 March 2015.When not shuffling between caravans to interview cast members, I headed out to explore the island, driving two or three thousand feet up on the mountain road, where lianas hang from massive ficus trees and 20ft ferns seemingly explode at the roadside. The actors and crew relocate to Guadeloupe for five or six months of the year (guest actors for individual episodes visit for two weeks). It’s obviously hard work, requiring the crew to be on set for up to 12 hours a day – but life in a tropical paradise has its compensations.