Goodman stayed in Saint Marie after his wife Sally (Morven Christie) announced she would not be joining him on the Caribbean island.

Subsequently his father Martin Goodman (James Fox) visited the island in the hope of persuading him to reconcile with Sally, but was unable to do so.

He became the chief inspector on the island, and took to Poole's old routine of announcing the murderer in front of all the suspects and his police team.

He fell in love with his detective sergeant, Camille Bordey, coming close to revealing his feelings for her during Series 4.

The series, titled Beyond Paradise, will "pick up Humphrey and Martha’s story as they navigate a new life together in the idyll of rural Britain.