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Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Fresh off his success catching a headline grabbing killer, DCI Colin Sutton is on the brink of retirement when he's asked to review the long running inquiry into another infamous predator. Known as "The Night Stalker" to the press and "Minstead Man" to the police, this serial rapist has stalked the elderly of Southeast London for nearly two decades.
4) Jericho
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Jericho is haunted by memories of his father, whose murder he witnessed as a boy. He is obsessed with his work at Scotland Yard. Yet, he finds himself drawn to his beautiful French neighbor Juliette - a prostitute with a tortured past.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In Miss Scarlet and The Duke Season 4, Eliza has taken over the business of Nash & Sons (not that he has any sons) and things are not going entirely smoothly, although help comes from some familiar sources. Outside of work, her relationship with William 'The Duke' Wellington builds towards a looming decision that will shape both their lives.
6) Murder city
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A tough, by-the-book detective, Susan Alembic, and her unconventional partner, Luke Stone, investigate inner-city London's most grisly and bizarre murders.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Thorndyke is an early proponent of forensic investigation; and there is the blind gumshoe Mac Carrados; and gentleman thief Simon Carne; and Mr. Carnacki who is a detective of the occult. These men pit their wits against the best that London's underworld has to offer. Victorian London was a boon for crooks and a bane to Scotland Yard, whose job it was to keep the city safe from criminals.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Crime abounded in late Victorian and Edwardian times--from the streets of London to the country houses of nobility; from the royal apartments of Vienna to the hotel rooms of quiet Copenhagen. Sherlock Holmes took on many of the era's crooks, killers, blackmailers, and schemers, but so did the fictional sleuths of other celebrated writers of the time. (from container.) Stories by Baroness Orczy, George Griffith, Jacques Futrelle, E. Phillips Oppenheim,...
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders) stars as headstrong Eliza Scarlet, the first-ever female detective in Victorian London, who won't let naysayers stop her from keeping her father's business running. She consistently spars (and sparks) with her handsome childhood friend, professional colleague, and potential love interest, Scotland Yard Detective Inspector William Wellington (Stuart Martin), a.k.a., The Duke. The series delivers on the kind of historical...
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