Detective Inspector Jack Mooney is a fictional character on the British–French crime drama television series Death in Paradise, portrayed by Ardal O'Hanlon.

[1] Ed Power for The Independent described the character of Mooney as a rarity amongst modern portrayals of detectives on television in that his "personal life is not a distracting mess".

[2] Mooney first appears in Man Overboard – Part One (Series 6, Episode 5), as a liaison officer assigned to DI Humphrey Goodman[3] when a case brings them to England to track a suspect.

When he assists the team in investigating a couple of murders on the island during his time there, Mooney accepts the offer to stay and becomes the new DI of Saint Marie.

[4] Another subplot follows Mooney's romance with Anna (portrayed by Nina Wadia), a newly divorced traveller visiting Saint Marie.