| A Remarkable Place to Die | |
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Philly de Lacey |
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| Country of origin | New Zealand Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Running time | 90 mins |
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| Network | TVNZ 2 Nine Network [1] |
| Release | 3 November 2024 [2] – present |
A Remarkable Place to Die is a New Zealand-Australian crime drama series created by Philly de Lacey and written by Lacey and John Banas. It follows Detective Anais Mallory (Chelsie Preston Crayford) on the homicide beat in Queenstown and as she also uncovers more about her sister's mysterious death.
It was first broadcast in 2024 on TVNZ 1 in New Zealand and on the Nine Network in Australia. On 20 April 2025, the series was renewed for a second series. [3]
The first series was shown on German TV (ZDF) in 2025 with the title Queenstown Murders and the sub-title Zum Sterben schön (Drop-dead gorgeous), dubbed into German. On the ZDF website it was also available in the original English (with or without German sub-titles).
Anais Mallory (Preston Crayford) leaves behind her high-flying career as a homicide detective in Sydney to return to her hometown of Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand. She is reunited with her grief-stricken mother, Veronica (Gibney), following the mysterious road accident death of Anais' sister, Lynne. As Anais works through new cases with Detective Delaney (Whelan) as a local detective she also begins to unravel more of the mysteries surrounding her sister's death. She is also forced to confront her former fiancé, Luke (Terrier), now married to her former best friend, Maja (Evans). [4] [1]