Pages in category british detective television series. Above suspicion 20092012 the murder of a young actress starts an investigation. The novels are a quick read and set in the early 1800s. Tv series, united kingdom sorted by popularity ascending imdb. Nov 09, 2018 set in south east england in the summer of 1921, this persistently surprising whodunit introduces scotland yard inspector john madden, whod left the force some years before after losing both his spouse and infant daughter to influenza, and then taking up arms on the bloody battlefields of europe. Dont see the good british detective shows you love on the list. Not thrillers, as i was too young, but think nancy drew, encyclopedia brown and two minute mysteries.
The series follow his investigations into murders on the island. Best british detective shows and tv series, ranked by fans ranker. Discover the setting of itvs detective drama vera radio times. Charles finch writes the charles lenox series which started in 2007 and is set in england in 1865. A captivating historical murder mystery set in victorian england this is a revised and updated edition of the malvern murders. Best 20 british crime dramas of all time the week uk. The 10 best british crime dramas of alltime decider. While tackling the oneoffs, the detective also plays a catandmouse game with a supervillain who appears to be his intellectual match. Detective series set in england when i was a kid, i was always into those light detective books. Paranormal cozies set in southwestern island featuring a classical musician stranded far from her. British detective shows complex characters, stunning design and long, slowmoving mystery plots are the hallmarks of these crime dramas from across the pond. The investigation of a young boys murder becomes intertwined with an insidious, supernatural force. Six british mystery shows youll want to binge on this weekend.
It features charles lenox, a wealthy gentlemen and amateur detective. He sets out with detective sergeant lewis to solve each intriguing case. Dorothy parker mystery series the sleuth in this series is non other than the famous real life author, dorothy parker. The scottish detective drama ran for a whopping 27 seasons, which made it the longest running police drama series in history. If you like jack taylor, you might also enjoy wallander, another great netflix detective series.
Maisie dobbs mystery series maisy is a psychologistsleuth in london. Id compare it to midsomer murders, but more modern and urban. Inspector morse is the nations favourite, but which other homegrown detective shows made the cut. If you enjoy lighthearted novels reminiscent of the golden age of detective fiction with spirited protagonists, perplexing mysteries, and atmospheric settings, youll love the high society lady. British crime investigation series based around aristocratic. Without motive 2000 to present a detective attempts to solve a series of murders that seemingly lack motive. The 12 best british detective shows the american scholar. When this detective shows more humanity to the suspects than her. As a series of rolling blackouts plunge manchester into darkness, detective aidan waits sits on an abandoned hospital ward, watching a mass. A famous london detective teams up with a war veteran to solve cases that appear unsolvable. Inspector morse is a british detective drama television series based on a series of novels by colin dexter. As a means of introducing you to some of the best streamable shows of this.
There are many other series of detective novels set in sometimes distant countries that i am less eager to recommend. Its a onehour series set in the 19 th century about londons first female gumshoe, eliza scarlet phillips, a woman who takes over her dead fathers detective agency, aided by stuart. Ian rutledge mystery series rutledge is a ww i veteran and scotland yard detective in england. Series 5 was the final series, though youll only find 14 on netflix for now.
This list features the most popular british detective series including sherlock, the last detective, agatha christies marple, foyles war, wallander, and inspector lewis. Top 10 mysteries set in the british countryside strand. The murder sets off a series of revelations that unearths deep secrets, and this layered approach gives the show more than enough plot points for viewers to enjoy. King has a marvelous sense of time and place, and whisks her detectives over a series of marvelous locales that absolutely come to life, from sussex and dartmoor in england, to india around the fall of the raj, morocco in the 1920s, and san francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake. Pages in category british crime television series the following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90. Grantchester is a british itv detective drama, set in the 1950s cambridgeshire village of the same name. While out at a concert, detective inspector john redfyre is intrigued to find that the trumpet soloist isscandalouslya young woman. Guide to the northumberland locations in the current series i think theres a real appetite to see dramas set in areas other than london, explains mitchell. The detective lavender mysteries 5 book series kindle edition.
Inspector ravenscroft detective mysteries 6 book series. Set in the gorgeous shetland isles, the first two seasons are made up of standalone episodes where. Best british detective shows and tv series, ranked by fans. A beautiful blue death was his first novel and was nominated for an agatha. Stagg has also written a few novels that were set in the french pyrenees but is now writing crime fiction under her other pen name. On beulah height in reginald hills dalziel and pascoe series also features a series of child murders concealed by a drowned village. The 10 best british crime dramas to watch on netflix makeuseof.
Residue this futuristic thriller features evidence of the paranormal and a largescale government coverup. Perhaps not your traditional detective, try brother cadfael series with derek jacobi. Parris this is the pen name of stephanie merritt who is the author of a literate and fascinating mystery series in which the series detective is the philosopher giordano bruno. Historical cozy mysteries set in the 1920s the cozy mystery. Jul 29, 2019 19 top crime novels set in england july 29, 2019 from liverpool to cambridge, norfolk to northumberland, english crime writers have found inspiration up and down the country in both the rolling green countryside and the rough, tough streets of the capital city. Michael connelly delivers a gripping, gritty series. John reynolds, formerly an inspector with the devon and cornwall constabulary, retired to write detective novels, in cornwall, england carola dunn eleanor trewynn. Theres no crime too dark for this maverick lapd homicide detective and sometime private eye.
A series of suspicious deaths have rocked hull, a port city in england as old and mysterious as its bordering sea. Detective sergeant mcavoy series penguin random house. The first book in the series is heresy which was published in 2010. The mrs bradley mysteries british tv drama series 19981999 based on the character created by detective writer gladys mitchell in the 1920s. Set in the mid 60s, the costuming, hairstyles, and scenery are exceptional. Danny johnjules, elizabeth bourgine, don warrington, tobi bakare. He notices a pattern missed by his fellow officers, who would rather get a quick arrest than bother themselves with finding the true killer. Mysteries set in victorian england no fantasy or magic, no time travel.
Jul 07, 2017 the tenth in the banks series, this is the one where everybody sat up and noticed. Pages in category television shows set in england the following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total. The abc murders 2018 in 1933, retired detective hercule poirot is targeted by. Detective lavender and his sidekick constable woods from londons bow street work together to solve a crime, murder, kidnapping and as the series continues the reader is introduced to more facets of. Ripper street this detective drama is set in the late 1800s during the aftermath of jack the ripper. Pages in category television shows set in manchester the following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total. We recently discovered murdoch mysteries, with detective murdoch of the toronto constabulary set in the late 1890s.
High society lady detective mystery series sara rosett. Two dozen outstanding detective series from around the world. Top 10 mysteries set in the british countryside 1 the hound of the baskervilles by sir arthur conan doyle. Whether the detective or the villain is one step ahead of the other is always anybodys guess. Lots of humor and a sense of fun are the earmarks of this set of mysteries. Some episodes get a bit silly but generally easy and entertaining.
Narratively similar to grantchester its also set in the 1950s a cheeky. It starred john thaw as chief inspector morse and kevin whately as sergeant lewis. Julia chapman is the creator and writer of the dales detective mystery series. These books are set in elizabethan england which is rife with intrigue and religious controversy. Set during and after world war ii, this british police procedural follows smalltown detective christopher foyle michael kitchen and his driver samantha stewart honeysuckle weeks as they. See more ideas about detective shows, tv detectives and bbc tv. Inspector alan banks series, by peter robinson peter robinson explores much of yorkshire with a grittier detective, inspector alan banks, whose intensity doesnt detract from his ability to make each setting as memorable as his inquiry there.
The best british rural detective dramas on streaming vulture. They have captured the attention of detective sergeant aector mcavoy. Five favorite british mystery series by women writers. The series kicked off in 2017 with the publication of the first novel in the exciting series, which is titled date with death. May 14, 2018 in celebration of the release of fall of angels, here are our top 10 mysteries and thrillers set in and around cambridge, england.
A touch of cloth 20122014 dci jack cloth and dc anne oldman are paired to investigate. It sets out solely to be a solid crime drama, which by now is a wellworn. Both are based on the same source material and both are excellent, but theyre very different from each other. May 02, 2014 rebus 2000 2007 is the title of the detective drama tv series based on the inspector rebus novels by the scottish author ian rankin set in and around edinburgh, scotland. In this scotland yardset series, the malefemale detective dynamic gets a classist twist with the partnership of super posh. A guide to british rural detective dramas, ranked by their alarming. An irish detective inspector in the uk police is transferred to saintmaries police department, but he hates the sun, sea and sand. Rebus 2000 2007 is the title of the detective drama tv series based on the inspector rebus novels by the scottish author ian rankin set in and. The stories and many of the cultural attitudes are dated, being set in the 1930s, but i mention them here for those who. The solar system is everyones oyster in this space tourism comedy, set 40 years in the future and starring hugh laurie, josh gad and zach woods.
I really enjoyed this detective lavender series and hope the author will continue writing. The series is set in bristol, but for the most part, the actors dont seem to have adjusted their accents accordingly. This series is a british detective drama television series set during and shortly after wwii, created by screenwriter and author anthony horowitz. Dead good 19 top crime novels set in england dead good. Later series see another british di head the investigative team. Tour the british countryside with these mystery series.
Heres our pick of crime novels set in england, by both english crime writers. Seasoned mystery readers who love cape cod are undoubtedly familiar with phoebe atwood taylors golden age mystery series featuring local resident asey mayo, who figures as a sort of new england homespun sherlock holmes. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The egyptian antiquities murder is the third book in the high society lady detective series, a historical mystery series set in 1920s england. Still life, a fatal grace, the cruelest month chief inspector gamache novel aug 26, 2014.