Melanie Devaux (Death in Paradise)

Melanie Devaux (Zoe Telford) is the villainess of "The Stakes are High", episode 7.02 of BBC's Death in Paradise (airdate January 11, 2018). She was the sole female competitor in the Caribbean Poker Masters tournament and the wife of fellow competitor, Bobby Rodrigues. Prior to the episode's events, Melanie suffered a breakdown after learning that Bobby was cheating on her, with Bobby stopping her from drowning herself in the ocean as a result.
Afterwards, Bobby entered AA while promising Melanie that he would never cheat on her again. But during the events of the tournament, Melanie grew suspicious of Bobby's behavior and followed him to the Panama Hotel, where he found him getting a room along with Adelaide Scott, who was acting as the dealer for the tournament. Enraged at Bobby's perceived betrayal, Melanie plotted to kill him during the finals for the tournament.
To do so, the evil Melanie laced the tip of Bobby's cigar with batrachotoxin, a poison she bought on the black market, with Bobby succumbing to the poison and dying during the game. To cover her tracks, Melanie put a playing card she'd also laced with the toxin on the table, making it appear that the card were poisoned to kill Bobby. DI Jack Mooney and Florence Cassell began investigating Bobby's death, and their investigation revealed the truth about his relationship with Adelaide: she was his long-lost daughter. When Jack revealed the truth to Melanie, she was able to use her poker abilities to cover her shock and claimed she'd already been told by Bobby about Adelaide.
Later on, though, CCTV footage of Melanie following Bobby and Adelaide to the Panama Hotel was found by the detectives, leading Jack to realize that she had been behind Bobby's death. After gathering the suspects together, Jack revealed how Melanie had killed Bobby due to believing he was being unfaithful to her and how she had went about poisoning him and covering up her involvement. After Jack's summation, Melanie broke down in tears before attempting to place blame on Adelaide, claiming that she wouldn't have killed Bobby had Adelaide told her the truth before being placed under arrest.
Category:2010s
Category:Deceiver
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murderer
Category:Murder: Poison
Category:Redhead
Category:Vengeful
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested