A Remarkable Place to Die

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.

A Remarkable Place to Die
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Philly de Lacey
Written by	John Banas Philly de Lacey
Directed by	Peter Burger Caroline Bell Booth Joshua Frizzell Charlie Haskell
Starring	Chelsie Preston Crayford Matt Whelan Rebecca Gibney
Country of origin	New Zealand Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Philly de Lacey Henning Kamm Sibylle Stellbrink
Producers	Bridget Bourke Charlie Haskell
Running time	90 mins
Original release
Network	TVNZ 2 Nine Network[1]
Release	3 November 2024 (2024-11-03)[2] – present

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).

The first series was shown in the UK on U&Drama in 2025.

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.^[4]

Casting

• Chelsie Preston Crayford as Anais Mallory, a detective who returns to her hometown of Queenstown^[5]
• Matt Whelan as Simon Delaney, Anais's detective colleague^[6]
• 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^[7]
• Alex Tarrant as Dr. Ihaka Cooper, a pathologist^[8]
• Tara Canton as Lynne Mallory, sister of Anais

Recurring

• Michala Banas as Kylie Shorrock, a pyrotechnician^[9]
• Utsa Chatterjee as Dr Anjali Bali, a pathologist who is Ihaka's colleague^[10]

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