Return to Paradise premieres Sunday 8 September 7.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview Return to Paradise is Australia’s original spin-off series of the global smash-hit murder mystery franchise Death in Paradise . Filmed at locations across Sydney and the idyllic Illawarra coastal region, the intriguing and whodunit six-part series has a distinctively Australian flare, while playing homage to the Death in Paradise universe.
Australian expat DI Mackenzie Clarke is renowned for cracking impossible murder cases in her adopted home of London, working under former Detective Inspector Jack Mooney. But a court mishap sees Mackenzie flee England under a cloud of suspicion; she’s been accused of falsifying evidence. With her reputation in the balance, she hopes to keep a low profile in Australia until her name is cleared.
Unfortunately for Mackenzie, with national police hiring freeze, the only job on offer is in her old hometown...
Dolphin Cove is a tropical paradise on the spectacular New South Wales coast...
and Mackenzie’s worst nightmare. To her, it’s a stifling town where everybody knows everyone’s business. Now Mackenzie is stuck in Dolphin Cove and hating it.
The locals aren’t happy she’s back either. She’s hardly popular in town after infamously leaving her fiancé Glenn standing at the altar six years ago. All this hostility and disdain makes it difficult to investigate murders, so Mackenzie will need to lean on her team of new co-workers to help solve her cases.
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