The Saint Marie Times appears in several episodes of Death in Paradise. It prominently features in 6:7 In the Footsteps of a Killer, when the death of the editor, in 2009, is reinvestigated in 2017.
It is the main newspaper for Saint Marie. It was established in 1937.
Notable front page headlines[]
- "ALLEGATIONS ROCK CALDER HILL PRIVATE SCHOOL" (One of the teachers was fooling around with some of his older students (2009), 6:7 In the Footsteps of a Killer)
- "MORE 'VICTIM' COME FORWARD AT CALDER HILL" (One of the teachers was fooling around with some of his older students (2009), 6:7 In the Footsteps of a Killer)
- "COMMERCE MINISTER BEDS INTERN" (A government minister is exposed as having an affair, 3:5 Political Suicide)
- "SAINT MARIE THROUGH TO FINAL" (Saint Marie reached the inter island beach volleyball final, 4:6 The Perfect Murder)
- "POLICE IN TURMOIL: KILLER REMAINS ON THE LOOSE" (A murderer what shot dead while in police custody, 4:8 Unlike Father, Unlike Son)
- "COMMISSIONER IS A GOAT" (Justine Tremblay had interviewed Commissioner Selwyn Patterson and Officer Dwayne Myers, 6:1 Erupting in Murder)
- "VICTOR PIERCE STANDING FOR MAYOR" (After Mayor Joseph Richards was arrested as an accessory after the fact concerning the murder of Stephen Langham, 6:2 The Secret of the Flame Tree)
- "RIVAL CANDIDATE: PRIME SUSPECT" (about Catherine Bordey being suspected as the killer of Victor Pearce, 6:8 Murder in the Polls)
Workers[]
- Justine Tremblay, journalist
- Grace Matlock, copy editor
- Kai Johnson, journalist, member of the senior editorial team
- Tony Garret, journalist, member of the senior editorial team
- Chrissie, unknown occupation, one of Dwayne Myers' informants
- Former workers
- Julie Matlock, editor, until she was murdered (2009).
- Nadine Hunter, photographer, until she was sentenced wrongfully for the murder of Julie Matlock (2009). She died in prison (2011).
- Ian Matlock, copy editor until the murder of his wife Julie (2009), then editor until he was convicted of her murder (2017).