When a policeman is found murdered in a locked room on the tiny paradise island of Sainte-Marie, DI Richard Poole is sent to investigate.
DI Richard Poole is baffled by an apparent suicide at a plastic surgery clinic, but is determined to prove that Valerie Dupree was murdered.
A university reunion party that DI Richard Poole is attending is brought to an abrupt halt when one of the group is murdered with an ice pick.
The team is introduced to the crazy world of rock and roll when the lead singer of a band is murdered on Saint Marie.
When a prisoner is killed in their custody, DI Goodman and the team are under pressure to solve the case quickly.
The team enter the shady world of island politics when the outgoing governor of Saint Marie is poisoned at her leaving party.