Fern Sutherland

The owner of the Wilbury Amusement Park dies from a heart attack after claiming to have seen a ghost on the haunted-house ride. Shepherd suspects foul play when he finds what appear to be bite marks on the victim's neck.

The morning after her bachelorette party, a professional tennis player is found in the river wearing a wedding dress. Mike interviews the party attendees, while Sims informs the groom-to-be and his best man, but their stories don't add up.

Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories--and animosities--run deep. He's an experienced cop with a 1971 "classic" car, a collection of country music cassettes, and an indeterminate number of ex-wives. The new woman in his life is his assistant, Detective Constable Kristin Sims a by-the-book investigator nearly twenty years younger than her boss's car, who quickly has to get used to his lone-wolf...

Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd, Detective Kristin Sims and DC Sam Breen continue to work on solving crimes in the New Zealand town of Brokenwood.

In the quaint but killer town of Brokenwood, Detectives Shepherd, Sims , and Chalmers set out to solve an onstage electrocution, the murder of a nun whose sisters have taken a vow of silence, and more.

"The small New Zealand town of Brokenwood has charming landscapes, quirky inhabitants - and an alarming murder rate. Eccentric Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd is on the case, along with straitlaced Detective Kristin Sims and ambitious DC Sam Breen. They are joined by newcomer DC Daniel Chalmers, who gets a crash course in the town's lethal idiosyncrasies...Mike and his team contend with the murder of a superstar TV host, a death in the sauna...

"Filmed amid the beautiful landscape of New Zealand, this quirky mystery series follows DSS Mike Shepherd, who arrives to the seemingly peaceful town of Brokenwood with a classic car, a country music collection, and an indeterminate number of ex-wives. His assistant, Detective Kristin Sims, is a by-the-book investigator 15 years younger than her boss's car. Shepherd soon learns that Brokenwood is a place of secrets and suspicions, where everyone...

Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd, Detective Kristin Sims and DC Sam Breen continue to work on solving crimes in the New Zealand town of Brokenwood.

It's Christmas in Brokenwood, but not all is merry and bright. When the mayor is murdered in his home after the annual holiday parade, Shepherd, Sims, and Breen question those locals vying for the mayoral position. But when more bodies turn up, the detectives believe there's a darker motive at work.

Brokenwood mourns when a beloved local poet, Declan O'Grady, passes away from cancer. But the town gets a shock when the coffin accidentally falls from the hearse, revealing that the corpse inside is not Declan but rather a young woman identifiable only by a scarlet tattoo.