People who are fans of “cozy mysteries” don’t understand how tough it is to create a new murder mystery in every episode, while trying to develop characters and foster continuing personal stories. A new BritBox series, A Taste For Murder, shows how difficult this balancing act really is.
Opening Shot: Views of the Italian island of Capri. A speedboat pulls up to a rocky piece of shoreline and someone gets in.
The Gist: As the two men in the speedboat go out and grab a cocaine drop in the dark ocean, Metropolitan Police DCI Joe Mottram (Warren Brown) and his teenage daughter Angelica (Beau Gadsdon) arrive on the island. They arrive at Vinale, the restaurant owned by Elena and Gennaro De Vinale (Phyllis Logan, Urbano Barberini), Joe’s in-laws. It’s been about a year since Joe’s wife/Angelica’s mother Sofia (Carolina Gonnelli) was killed
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