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 seeks answers about the recent deaths of her father and sister.
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. In November 2025, it was revealed that the second season will be expanded, with a 6-episode run.
The series debuted in 2025 on ZDF with the title Queenstown Murders: Zum Sterben schön, where it was dubbed in German.
The first series was shown in the UK on U&Drama in 2025, as eight 1-hour episodes (including commercial breaks) and repeated in that format in September 2026.
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Plot summary
Anais Mallory 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, where she is reunited with her grief-stricken mother, Veronica, following the mysterious road accident death of Anais' sister, Lynne. As Anais works on new cases with Detective Delaney as a local detective, she also investigates matters surrounding the recent deaths of her father and sister, which she suspects may involve her former fiancé, Luke, now married to her former best friend, Maja.
Cast
Chelsie Preston Crayford as Anais Mallory, a detective who returns to her hometown of Queenstown
Matt Whelan as Simon Delaney, Anais's detective colleague
Rebecca Gibney as Veronica Mallory, Anais's mother
Charles Jazz Terrier as Luke Staunton, former fiancé of Anais, Maja's husband
Indiana Evans as Maja Staunton, an Australian, and Anais's former best friend and Luke's wife
Alex Tarrant as Dr. Ihaka Cooper, a pathologist
Tara Canton as Lynne Mallory, sister of Anais
Recurring
Michala Banas as Kylie Shorrock, a pyrotechnician
Utsa Chatterjee as Dr Anjali Bali, a pathologist who is Ihaka's colleague
Guest cast
Nathalie Boltt as Marijke Van Heusen, a wealthy expat from South Africa
Mike Edward as Stus Van Heusen, Marijke's wealthy husband, also from South Africa