For fans of the hit show, Death in Paradise, comes the real story of a British detective fighting crime and uncovering mysteries in the Caribbean sun...
The Real Death in Paradise recounts the two years ex-DCI Richard Preston spent as one of the twelve young police officers sent to work on the tropical island of the Cayman Islands, in the Caribbean.
Who wouldn't love the opportunity to work in a tropical paradise, meet the locals and experience the idyllic local culture, while learning to scuba dive and buy a share in a speedboat? What could possibly go wrong...?
When faced with the reality of life in the Caribbean - including drug raids, kidnappings and mysterious murders - Richard soon found out that the truth was far more interesting than he ever could have imagined.
Follow along in the adventures in this sun-kissed memoir, for fans of the BBC show everywhere! Richard Preston (Author, Narrator)
Richard Preston is an ex-DCI who joined Greater Manchester Police as an operational officer in a busy semi-rural area in the Pennines. Richard then joined the CID and subsequently worked undercover in Manchester before being seconded for two years to the Royal Cayman Islands Police.
After returning to the UK and becoming an Inspector, Richard then became a Security Advisor to Counter Terrorism Policing in the North West of England. He currently works for the Red Cross and lives in Cheshire with his wife and children.
For lovers of the BBC show comes the real life Death in Paradise... Death in Paradise, with its bumbling English detective solving crimes under the beating sun of the Caribbean, gets a regular BBC1 primetime audience of over 8 million people. It's ones of the BBC's most successful shows, broadcast all over the world in 250 territories - notably France, US and Canada, Australia and NZ. It's featured some big names - Ben Miller, Kris Marshall, Ardal O'Hanlon and now Ralf Little - spawned a spin-off with Kris Marshall, Return to Paradise, and its Christmas spin-offs drawn in huge audiences. Series 14 will air in January 2025, alongside publication. Cosy true crime is a hugely successful genre, and this is cosy crime...in the sun! An extension of our 'Real story' genre publishing, following the success of Peaky Blinders: The Real Story by Carl Chinn, which has sold over 500,000 copies across the whole series, and Line of Duty: The Real Story by Wensley Clarkson, which has sold over 30,000 TCM.
