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How does someone get murdered twice?

‘Death in Paradise’: S4.E7. “She Was Murdered Twice”…

Shain E. Thomas
Paradise Unlocked
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2 min readJan 22, 2024

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Richard Signy’s “She Was Murdered Twice”, serving as the fourth Death in Paradise season penultimate episode, revolves around a story penned by Dana Fainaru. The episode, televised on Thursday, 19 Feb. 2015, reached a staggering nine and a half million viewers.

Nine and a half million viewers, compared with figures seen in the United States, might not be a lot. But, considering the U.K. population is significantly smaller than that in the United States, it remains a remarkable achievement.

Kaye Wragg, Jason Merrells, Gary Lewis, Michelle Collins, Sylvestra Le Touzel, and Matthew Lewis, joining series regulars, guest star in Signy’s “She Was Murdered Twice”.

Wragg, Merrells, Lewis, Collins, Le Touzel, and Lewis respectively play Izzy Cartwright, Stuart Howe, Bill Williams, Annette Burgess, Sandra Kendrick, and Dominic Claydon. James Fox, seen in the fourth season finale, is heard in this episode. Fox, playing the detective inspector’s father, is Martin Goodman QC.

Annette Burgess, an overbearing boss if ever there was one, is murdered in her bed. D.I. Humphrey Goodman, after learning the victim’s phone had been…

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Shain E. Thomas
Paradise Unlocked

With an M.Sc. from the University of North Texas, I’m a freelance journalist and a social historian. #APStylebook #BBCStyleGuide http://shainethomas.com/