The Brokenwood Mysteries: Series 1 - DVD [4 Discs]

Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea, Go Girls) arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories and animosities; run deep. He's an experienced cop with a 1971 classic car, a collection of country music cassettes, and an indeterminate number of ex-wives. The new woman in his life is his assistant, Detective Constable Kristin Sims (Fern Sutherland, The Almighty Johnsons), a by-the-book investigator nearly 20 years younger than her boss's car, who quickly has to get used to his lone-wolf ways. As Shepherd adapts to the slower pace of life away from the city, he soon discovers that Brokenwood is a place of secrets and suspicions. Everyone and everything is connected, and the serenity of the countryside can easily be shattered by violence and death. Filmed amid the beautiful landscape of New Zealand's North Island, these four feature-length mysteries show that murder can haunt even the most idyllic locations.

The bucolic town of Brokenwood is picturesque on the surface, but it's idyllic façade harbors simmering passions that often erupt into grisly crimes. A transplant from the big city, Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea) employs unconventional methods to solve the small town's most gruesome murders with his partner, Detective Kristin Sims (Fern Sutherland), and eager young DC Sam Breen (Nic Sampson). In these four feature-length mysteries, Shepherd and his team contend with the death of a skydiver whose parachute was tampered with, the killing of the eccentric owner of a Victorian reenactment village, farmers feuding over the rights to honey bees, and a nursing home full of suspects with dementia. Set against the gorgeous backdrop of the New Zealand countryside, The Brokenwood Mysteries is a perfect pairingof lead detectives.

Veteran police detective Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea) finds it hard to adjust himself to the quiet New Zealand town of Brokenwood-but the real challenge may come in working successfully with new partner Detective Kristin Sims (Fern Sutherland). The many-times-divorced Shepherd's maverick ways run counter to Sims' by-the-book style, with each puzzling criminal case a new test of their smarts and partnership. With Pana Hema Taylor, Colin Moy.6 episodes on 3 discs. 9 hrs. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.