-Deftly entertaining - satisfyingly pushes all the requisite Agatha Christie-style buttons-Barry Forshaw, The IndependentDEATH IN PARADISE is one of BBC One-s most popular series which averages 9 million viewers.DI Richard Poole is hot, bothered and fed up. He-s stuck on the tropical island of Saint-Marie, forced to live in a rickety old shack on a beach, and there isn-t a decent cup of tea to be found anywhere.When a boat explodes in the harbour, Richard and his team soon realise there-s a new murderer on the loose. But who is it? And why did the killer leave behind a ruby at the scene of the crime?As the police dig deeper, they uncover secrets that go back decades, and a crime from the past that can never be forgiven.Worse still, they soon realise this is only the beginning. They-ve got to catch the killer before there''s another death in paradise-An original story from the creator and writer of the hit BBC One TV series, Death in Paradise, featuring on-screen favourite detective, DI