‘Tehran’ lead Niv Sultan stars in whodunnit about COVID hotel murder
Seven-episode contemporary drama set at Dead Sea reimagines classic Agatha Christie mystery
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Keshet International has acquired Keshet 12’s “Murder at the Dead Sea,” a gripping new crime thriller starring Niv Sultan from “Tehran” in the lead role.
The seven-episode drama is set to premiere on Keshet 12 on December 22, taking viewers to the Dead Sea and a quarantined hotel during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
The whodunnit series is set in a COVID hotel, and opens with the mysterious death of a pop icon whose body plummets from the ninth floor.
During the coronavirus pandemic, local hotels were managed by the military’s Home Front Command, as part of an effort to ease the load on hospitals as they dealt with the rising number of patients diagnosed with the COVID-19 illness.
In “Murder at the Dead Sea,” what initially appears to be an apparent suicide spirals into a mystery. Police investigator Revi Shem-Tov (Sultan) must uncover the truth while in isolation among a group of quarantined strangers.
The London-based Keshet International acquired worldwide distribution rights to “Murder at the Dead Sea,” created by Raz Yuvan, directed by Tomer Shani, and produced by Yoav Gross Productions.
The murder mystery series will be showcased at the upcoming London TV Screenings as part of Keshet International’s 2026 lineup on February 24, 2026, said Kelly Wright, Keshet International’s MD of Distribution.
Karni Ziv, Keshet 12’s head of drama and comedy, called the show a contemporary reimagining of the classic Agatha Christie whodunnit, combining “the taut suspense of ‘And Then There Were None’ with the cinematic storytelling of ‘The White Lotus.'”
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