A UK police DI is transferred to St-Marie's police dept. He hates the sun, sea and sand. Series follows his murder investigations on the island. Later series see another UK DI head the team, followed by an Irish DI and then another UK DI.
As a standard police procedural drama, it follows the usual pattern of murderous set up... but because the viewer has so little chance to get to know the victim, they instead need to be engaged by the detectives and the various possible murderers.
