Investigating Death in Paradise

Robin Andersen is a media writer, commentator, award winning author, and professor emerita of communication and media studies at Fordham University. Her media analysis can be found at Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, FAIR.org.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Long Dream of Paradise1. Finding and Losing Paradise in the Caribbean2. Women on the Island and on the Screen3. Exploring Guadeloupe and Finding Death in Paradise4. Paradise, Harry, the Shack on the Beach, and the British Detective Inspectors5. A Different Kind of Police Officer6. Eccentrics, Quirky Clues, Surprising Prompts, and the Detective Dénouement7. Swimming Pools on Death in Paradise and Visual Storytelling8. The Hard Work of Producing TV in the Tropics9. Meeting Don Warrington at the Fort Royal10. Filming the Geography of Paradise and the Interior Landscapes of Character11. Season 10: A Decade of Death in Paradise12. The 2021 Christmas Special: A Close ReadingConclusion: Casting Shade on a Sunny IslandChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“If the late celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian, Anthony Bourdain, had written a book about the TV series, no doubt it would have read a lot like Investigating Death in Paradise.”—Arthur Hayes, Fordham University