Saint Marie (fictional island) Saint Marie (fictional island) Saint Marie is a fictional island in the Lesser Antilles which serves as the setting for the BBC crime drama television series "Death in Paradise". Saint Marie is described in Episode 3.3 as a "pretty island" that is "situated in the Eastern Caribbean Sea" and "one-tenth the size of its north-west neighbour Guadeloupe", which would make Saint Marie about in size. It is described in Episode 4.5 as being 70 miles from Martinique. The island is a British Overseas Territory, but was handed over to the British from the French only in the 1970s, so that
Death in Paradise (TV series) novel)", was published in January 2015. Early reviews were generally favourable, with the "Daily Express" in particular being complimentary, giving it four stars. The second book was released in 2016 with the title "The Killing of Polly Carter". The third book, titled "Death Knocks Twice" was released in 2017. An additional fourth book, "Murder in the Caribbean", is due to be released late 2018. Death in Paradise (TV series) Death in Paradise is a British-French crime drama television series created by Robert Thorogood, starring Ben Miller (series 1–3), Kris Marshall (series 3–6) and Ardal O'Hanlon (series 6–present). The programme is