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Caribbean island Saint Marie of the British Commonwealth needs a British Detective Inspector to head up the police force. Some of the DIs take to the posting better than others, but they all find something to love about living in paradise.

Scotland Yard DI Richard Poole is sent to the Caribbean island of Sainte Marie to solve a fellow policeman's murder. Having done so, he is seconded to the local police force as the dead man's replacement. Poole proves to be a brilliant detective, solving several complex murders. He's not quite suited to, and doesn't like, the pace of island life or the heat and the sand; he also doesn't like seafood. That aside, the place is just great. In later series, other English and Irish police officers head the investigative team, namely Humphrey Goodman, Jack Mooney, and Neville Parker.—garykmcd

Sent to a Caribbean Island to investigate a murder, a Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Poole, ends up being semi-permanently stationed there. While most people would regard this as ideal, just about everything about the island disagrees with Poole.—grantss