Married ex-cops Vinny and Cole trade Sydney homicide for retirement bliss, running a retro seaside motel in coastal New Zealand—until a boys’ weekend ends with a corpse in Unit 3.
It’s peak summer and the town swarms with partying teens. When a boy vanishes with his jet ski, Vinny and Cole face a trio of intimidating, entitled girls who are clearly hiding a secret.
At Shady Vista Holiday Park, guest tensions erupt in a fiery murder. Constable Jamie Haira pulls retired ex-cops Vinny and Cole back into sleuthing, derailing their seaside retirement dreams.
Beloved locals Maude and Martin are poisoned by their own dinner — she dead, he barely alive. As Vinny and Cole investigate, cleaner Saffron and guest Maxine suspect the new motel owners hide secrets.
A raucous 30th birthday weekend turns deadly when a motel guest is attacked during a fun run. Her sister, a TV ad actress turned trophy wife, bullies Vinny and Cole into investigating the murder.
Local councillor Gordon is found dead at home, the only witness his designer cat, now missing. As cat posters flood town, Vinny and Cole clash with a city detective who wants them off the case.
A summer storm traps holidaymakers in the Blue Motel conference room as a local radio DJ dies mid-broadcast. Vinny and Cole investigate, while dealing with a surprise visitor from their past.
A summer market turns deadly when a local candy merchant dies in a freak accident. Vinny and Cole dig deeper and discover it was murder — and far more personal than they imagined.
