brokenwood-mysteries

Mike and his team investigate the murder of a man dressed as Santa, found with his throat slit.

Charlie Baxter, chairman of the Classic Car Restoration Society, is found dead next to his much loved El Dorado.

When the coffin is opened at Declan’s funeral, what is revealed is not his body but that of a young woman.

Ray has created ‘Lord of the Ringz Tours’ tailored for tourists. Not long afterwards, his wife Debbie is found dead under a giant foam spider.

A resident from Sunset Manor, a rest home in Brokenwood, goes missing. It quickly becomes apparent that his whereabouts are vital to solving the case.

The team must investigate family, friends and rival neighbors following a chilling discovery among a local farmer’s crop.

A death at Brokenwood’s Historic Village brings Mike and his team into contact with New Zealand’s colonial past. It appears that Brokenwood might have to come to terms with having its first serial killer.

When Jared discovers a severed human hand in a crayfish pot on Brokenwood Beach, Shepherd, Sims, and Breen set about finding who the hand belongs to and if he or she is still alive. Suspicion falls on the Keelys, who own the crayfish pot and fiercely protect their family’s

When DC Breen and his rugby team show up for practice, they are shocked to see their coach dead, stripped, and tied to a goalpost. Shepherd and Sims try to find out who would want to do that to a beloved pillar of the community. When a second body is

The morning after choosing the winner of the annual Brokenwood wine show, a guest judge is found dead in one of the loser's vats of fermenting Pinot noir. The vintner in question is more concerned with another "crime"-the tampering with her wine before the show.

When the body of a local farmer is fished out of the river, Shepherd wonders if it was suicide, accidental death, or something more sinister. The man was a well-known drunk with a reputation for violence, and many in town might have a motive to do him harm. However, the

Shepherd and Jared attend a country concert by Shepherd’s favorite musician, Holly Collins, at which she announces that it will be her final show. When she is found the next morning electrocuted in her hotel bathtub, it appears to be a suicide—or perhaps a drunken accident. But Shepherd

Jared lands the title role in the Brokenwood Theatre Society’s production of Hamlet, but a young cast member, Ben Faulkner, falls dead at the end of a performance. At first the detectives think Ben died of natural causes, until Shepherd smells a lethal poison on the body. Then he

During a hunting trip, three friends set off in pursuit of a kill, but one of them ends up with a bullet in the head. Who fired the fatal shot? Or was there a fourth shooter? Although Shepherd and Sims find out the deceased's fiancée had been having

Four of the five committee members of Brokenwood Golf Club start on their regular morning round-only to find the horribly disfigured body of the fifth, in a bunker near the first green. Suspicion falls on the so-called Clubhouse Bandit, who has been stealing trophies from the club and is dating

Mike and his team investigate the murder of a man dressed as Santa, found with his throat slit.

Charlie Baxter, chairman of the Classic Car Restoration Society, is found dead next to his much loved El Dorado.

When the coffin is opened at Declan’s funeral, what is revealed is not his body but that of a young woman.

Ray has created ‘Lord of the Ringz Tours’ tailored for tourists. Not long afterwards, his wife Debbie is found dead under a giant foam spider.

A resident from Sunset Manor, a rest home in Brokenwood, goes missing. It quickly becomes apparent that his whereabouts are vital to solving the case.

The team must investigate family, friends and rival neighbors following a chilling discovery among a local farmer’s crop.

A death at Brokenwood’s Historic Village brings Mike and his team into contact with New Zealand’s colonial past. It appears that Brokenwood might have to come to terms with having its first serial killer.

When Jared discovers a severed human hand in a crayfish pot on Brokenwood Beach, Shepherd, Sims, and Breen set about finding who the hand belongs to and if he or she is still alive. Suspicion falls on the Keelys, who own the crayfish pot and fiercely protect their family’s

When DC Breen and his rugby team show up for practice, they are shocked to see their coach dead, stripped, and tied to a goalpost. Shepherd and Sims try to find out who would want to do that to a beloved pillar of the community. When a second body is

The morning after choosing the winner of the annual Brokenwood wine show, a guest judge is found dead in one of the loser's vats of fermenting Pinot noir. The vintner in question is more concerned with another "crime"-the tampering with her wine before the show.

When the body of a local farmer is fished out of the river, Shepherd wonders if it was suicide, accidental death, or something more sinister. The man was a well-known drunk with a reputation for violence, and many in town might have a motive to do him harm. However, the

Shepherd and Jared attend a country concert by Shepherd’s favorite musician, Holly Collins, at which she announces that it will be her final show. When she is found the next morning electrocuted in her hotel bathtub, it appears to be a suicide—or perhaps a drunken accident. But Shepherd

Jared lands the title role in the Brokenwood Theatre Society’s production of Hamlet, but a young cast member, Ben Faulkner, falls dead at the end of a performance. At first the detectives think Ben died of natural causes, until Shepherd smells a lethal poison on the body. Then he

During a hunting trip, three friends set off in pursuit of a kill, but one of them ends up with a bullet in the head. Who fired the fatal shot? Or was there a fourth shooter? Although Shepherd and Sims find out the deceased's fiancée had been having

Four of the five committee members of Brokenwood Golf Club start on their regular morning round-only to find the horribly disfigured body of the fifth, in a bunker near the first green. Suspicion falls on the so-called Clubhouse Bandit, who has been stealing trophies from the club and is dating