Saint Marie (fictional island) the rest of the island by a tombolo." In Episode 5.2 a map can be seen with Puerto Rico in the northwest and Dominica in the southeast of the map, Saint Marie, in addition to another fictional island, Saint Robert, are present on the map, it would appear that there is significantly more distance between Guadelope and Dominica in the Death in Paradise universe, Saint Robert appears similar in shape, and slightly smaller in size than, Dominica, although rotated by about 100-110 degrees anti-clockwise; although inconsistent with other in-universe statements Saint Marie appears about the same size as Dominica, and
Song of the Shank they are figured into the novel. He also discusses how his travels on the African continent shaped his creation of a fictional island called Edgemere, a place that is central to the novel’s setting and construction of place. As for music, Allen notes that he avoided listening to any recordings of Blind Tom’s compositions because he wanted to use his imagination to create his own image of what Tom’s music might have sounded like to a listener of Tom’s area. On the novel’s acknowledgement page, Allen mentions some of the wide-ranging musical influences that shaped his writing, including the Malian