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When the brutal murder of a famous young actress brings DI Anna Travis face-to-face with her old boss, DCS James Langton, the two must find a killer and deal with their own sexually charged relationship. She's determined to get ahead; he's angry about being passed over for promotion and obsessed with finding the person on his team who betrayed him. Meanwhile, there are too many suspects, and the body count is rising.
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Janet is seconded from a case of psychological abuse in the armed services to head up a Royal Commission into gun crime. Conscripting solicitors Richard and Lina, and the ambitious Owen Ramsey, Janet trades the rarefied atmosphere of mahogany courtrooms, wigs, and gowns for plain clothes and a community hall. There, she and her team focus on the murder of 25-year-old Hani Akvan.
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Top British spy Sylvia Fox is in Italy for her niece's wedding when the groom goes missing, leaving a dead body behind him. Sylvia solves the mystery and falls in love with Italy, and with a crumbling old house on a hillside. Disillusioned with her job and longing to reconnect with her family, Sylvia decides to stay on and start a new life in the little town of Panicale. But trouble has a habit of seeking Sylvia out and she finds herself tackling...
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"With her son grown, single mum Pearl pursues her lifelong dream and starts a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's seafood restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring but no-nonsense nature, residents flock to her with all kinds of cases. But when she discovers her friend and oyster supplier dead, DCI Mike McGuire arrives from London to lead the investigation. Gruff and aloof, Mike initially clashes with...
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"In bucolic Brokenwood, New Zealand, the residents live a seemingly quiet existence and appear, at first glance, to be harmless. But beneath the town's peaceful veneer, killers, blackmailers, and troublemakers lurk in even the most picturesque of corners. To quell the town's alarming murder rate, DSS Mike Shepherd, DC Kristin Sims, and recent addition DC Daniel Chalmers use unconventional methods to investigate the dangerous rivalries and lethal grudges...
9) Vera: Set 2
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Follows a solitary, obsessed, cantankerous investigator-- who happens to be pure genius at her job.
12) Golden years
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After five decades of law-abiding, tax-paying citizenship, retired couple Martha and Arthur are forced into an unexpected life of crime in this star-studded comedy heist caper.
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"Veteran DI David Bradford heads an elite murder squad, but he's been on leave following the unexplained disappearance of his wife. In his absence, ambitious DS Vivienne Cole has been leading the investigations, and when Bradford returns to work, the two clash over their methods and lines of inquiry. Despite the tension, Bradford and Cole strive to solve complex crimes, along with DC Rob Brady and Trainee DC Billie Fitzgerald. The only case David...
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"When ex-cop Alexa Crowe returns to her New Zealand hometown after years living in Australia, she's called upon to investigate puzzling murders by charismatic DI Harry Henare. Alexis is soon joined in Auckland by data analyst and partner-in-crime solving, Madison, who's closer than ever to her mentor -- literally, ash she winds up living in Alexa's apartment. But to truly make a fresh start, Alexa must deal with the family troubles she's avoided for...
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Detective Murdoch and his team tackle cases involving a seemingly invisible man, the political killing of a French diplomat, a possible alien invasion, and one of their own suspected of murder. Along the way, they encounter some of the greatest minds of the time, including architect Frank Lloyd Wright, entrepreneur Elizabeth Arden, and inventor Nikola Tesla.
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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,...
19) Two fat ladies
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"With an outsized passion for fun, Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright take cooking and conversation to places where ordinary food shows dare not go. These eccentric dames crisscross the British Isles on their Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle and sidecar, preparing sumptuous feasts for all manner of folks, from lumberjacks to teenage lacrosse players. They shun faddish, health-conscious fare in favor of big old-fashioned flavor, usually enhanced...
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Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice"-Container.