Christmas 2024, Part 1 -
death in paradise

Sat, Aug 22 10:00 P.M. NHPBS (11.1)

DI Mervin Wilson is back. Things have thawed between himself and the team, particularly after the pursuit and arrest of his mother's killer. But the prickly Mervin's still a fish out of water, frustrated by the island's pace of life compared to the bustle of London. The one thing keeping him on Saint Marie is his recent discovery that he has a half-brother, Dorna's other son. And in the Christmas special, Mervin finally meets him: the charismatic Solomon Clarke. However, something about Solomon feels off. He's personable... yet somehow elusive. Mervin's still trying to put his finger on it as he's pulled into a baffling festive murder case. When a man's shot dead overnight at a holiday villa, suspicion falls on the Brits who are staying there for a once-in-a-lifetime office Christmas blowout. But the gun used in the murder is in a locked drawer that hasn't been opened for a week... and is in Swindon, 5000 miles away! The truth about Solomon suddenly emerges when Mervin finds his shack ransacked and his brother AWOL. It transpires that Solomon's a flagrant conman! He lives hand-to-mouth in the shell of his deceased father's villa, swindling people to survive. He and Mervin share blood but not ethics.

Duration: 45 minutes and 50 seconds

Episode Number: 3