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"The brilliant but idiosynchratic Professor Jasper Tempest is back. He's sharper than ever, but more troubled than before. [He] is spending even more time with the Greater Cambridge Police helping them to solve a series of complicated crimes with his unique insight and forensic analysis, from an unexplained fire in a student block to the mystery of an entire family found dead in their home. Meanwhile, some relationships develop while some fall apart....
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It's the '60s and Sister Boniface, with her aptitude for detective work, is an invaluable asset to the Great Slaughter Police Department. Her faith in forensics is only rivaled by her passion for investigation. If there's evidence to be found, Boniface will find it. In this series, the sister forces a murderer into checkmate at a chess tournament, takes a spin at a pirate radio station, confronts a coven of witches, and defends her reputation as the...
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"In 1994, seventeen-year-old Isabel Baker was murdered. The crime shocked the small town of Ashford and devastated Isabel's Australian South Sea Islander community. The case was never solved, and the killer was never found. But 25 years later the opening of a time capsule unearths a secret that puts cold-case Detective James Cormack on the trail of the killer. Suspicion is cast over the entire town, fracturing the harmony they have spent years rebuilding"--Container....
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Celebrated author GK Chesterton's beloved character, Father Brown, is brilliantly brought to life in this charming ten-part BBC series starring Mark Williams (Harry Potter, Doctor Who). With the warmth of The Vicar of Dibley, the intellect of Miss Marple, the humour of Father Ted and the intrigue of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown is a fresh new take on a classic genre. Set in the 1950s in the heart of the English countryside, Father Brown is a kindly...
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In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995.
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"Now that Lu has passed her private investigator exams and Frank's tidied himself up a bit, there's no stopping them. But murder, kidnap, blackmail and infidelity still abound in the pretty tourist town of Stratford-upon-Avon. An ageing heavy metal star with a pact with the devil. A Shakespeare museum full of deadly secrets. A King Lear story set in a carpet warehouse. Welcome to the birthplace of the Bard, where low-life criminals get caught up in...
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It's been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song, has been assembled to restart the project in hope of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it. Everything changes, however, when Ben makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving the team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it. At Ben's side throughout his leaps...
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"Investigating complicated crimes in 1970s England, Dalgliesh and his junior, DS Kate Miskin, uncover the desperation and depravity that drive people to murder. But as his poetry career flourishes, Dalgliesh must dissect his own deepest motives as he considers resigning from the police in these three 2-part adaptations of the spellbinding novels"--Container.
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The detectives are on a mission to uncover the mystery behind an unsolved murder that occurred 39 years ago under new boss DCI Jess James. Beneath the ground of a demolished house, the bones of the victim are found. With this evidence, the modern police team opens a case to unearth the history that has remained buried for decades. Four main suspects emerge, and as their dark past is unraveled, the truth behind the events of the crime is finally revealed....
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"The year is now 1954 and the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford sees new faces join Father Brown's team of sleuths. The dashing Chief Inspector Sullivan is back and proves a pleasant distraction for Mrs. Devine, Father Brown's lively new Parish Secretary, while plucky new housekeeper Brenda helps the priest's crime solving. With royal visits, kidnappings and notorious gangsters to contend with, Father Brown also faces his old adversary Flambeau...
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"Dr. Nikki Alexander and the team of forensic pathologists and scientists at the Lyell Centre investigate intriguing new cases: a body falling from the top of a skyscraper, a people trafficking operation, a suspicious death at a festival, a train crash, and corrupt police officers. The cases that end up at the Lyell Centre are rarely straightforward. Initial suspicions are challenged as the evidence mounts and Nikki ad the team must work harder than...
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In Agatha Christie's Criminal Games: The '70s, the newest French TV adaptation of her novels, collars are wide, sunglasses are huge, and flares are everywhere. Captain Annie Gréco is the Lille police department's first female captain, and chauvinism is ever present even as she runs circles around her hapless male underlings. She's partnered with the unlikely Max Beretta, who was marooned in the archives after some hothead behavior following a perceived...
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Patrick Jane is a celebrity psychic whose wife and child are viciously murdered by an elusive serial killer called Red John. Devastated, Patrick admits his paranormal act is fake, renounces his earlier life and uses his astonishing skills of observation and analysis to help the California Bureau of Investigation. These talents make him appear psychically gifted and helps him bring killers to justice. At crime scenes across California, Patrick now...
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"Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed and the Marine Homicide Unit return to solve more brutal and unexplained murders that wash up in Scotland's waters. The team is challenged as their dynamics shift, pushing them to rapidly adapt as they encounter murders more complex than ever before. Meanwhile, Annika balances a family dynamic that grows more complicated as long-held secrets from the past begin to impact her relationships"--Container.
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"DI David Bradford has always been a maverick, but his behavior is starting to spin out of control. When his subordinate DC Rob Brady is implicated in the death of a witness, David interferes in the case, alarming second-in-command DS Vivienne Cole. Even as the team investigates other crimes -- the murder of a military major, the stabbing of a medical student, an alcoholic who can't remember if she killed her husband -- dissension grows within their...
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In season 13, the job takes a dangerous turn for the Reagans when Eddie and Jamie deal with a domestic violence case associated with an investigation led by Danny and Baez. Also, Frank and his friend, Archbishop Kearns, go on a mission to avail themselves of an unfiltered look at the city; and Erin is presented with a surprising offer by her ex-husband, Jack Boyle, regarding her run for District Attorney.
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Shawn Spencer pretends to be a psychic. No one really believes him, but he continues to be so helpful to the police that they keep calling him in on cases they can't solve. Shawn brings his childhood friend, Gus, into his scheme, and between their bantering they manage to solve every case they're presented with.
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"The glitz and glamour of London's wealthiest neighborhood masks a dark side that Chelsea local DI Max Arnold knows all too well. Killers lurk among the immaculate mansions and luxury stores, and it's up to Max and his new partner DS Layla Walsh to expose them. Living on a shabby houseboat, with his marriage in shambles, Max seems utterly unremarkable -- but behind his everyman exterior lies an unparalleled perceptiveness, a mordant sense of humor,...