The small town as an oversized hotbed of violence recurs again and again in mystery fiction, and on television.
Someone even did a little math to determine that quaint little Cabot Cove, the Maine village that was the setting for “Murder, She Wrote” for 12 seasons, had a murder rate …
James Norton's acting versatility is demonstrated in his role on the series Happy Valley, where he plays a serial rapist/killer. As far as race relations at that time in the UK, people were moving to England from 'the colonies,' and prejudice was running high.