The Brokenwood Mysteries - Season 8

Season 8
With six feature-length, standalone mysteries, Season 8 will see a murder at a music festival, where the victim was seemingly literally killed by sound; the violent death of a cowgirl, possibly motivated by a 160-year-old family feud; and an athlete found dead in a fountain.

Episodes

From The Cradle To The Grave
Mike and the team get a lesson in local history when the Brokenwood museum uncovers a dead body in the most unlikely of places.

Death n' Bass
The Brokenwood crime fighters are called in to investigate a murder at a music festival, where it would appear the victim was quite literally killed by sound.

Spark to a Flame
In the remote community of beaches at Pateke Point, a local resident ends up bludgeoned to death by an unknown blunt object and locked inside a house not her own.

Three Coins in a Fountain
When the world champion of the curious sport of Spoofing is found dead in a fountain, the Brokenwood detectives must determine who was willing to commit murder in order to win at all costs.

Good as Gold
A 160-year-old family feud over gold becomes the main motive for murder when a modern-day cowgirl is gunned down in cold blood.

Four Fires and a Funeral
The charred remains of a body are discovered in the burned-out remnants of a rural shed, but no one lived there, and no one was meant to be there at all. As Mike and Kristin are tasked with identifying the unidentifiable, it becomes apparent this is the third in a run of "accidental" deaths, all attended by the Brokenwood Fire Brigade. Could one of its members be Brokenwood's first serial killer?
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