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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Eliza Scarlet joins forces with a Scotland Yard inspector to solve crime in nineteenth century London.
"Set in the same 1850s [that is, 1880s] London society that gave rise to Jack the Ripper, this British detective drama features a fearless, independent heroine ... With her inquisitive mind, Miss Eliza Scarlet has always been more interested in running her late father's detective agency than behaving like a proper lady, much to the chagrin of family...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on the novels by Julie Wassmer, this mystery series follows big-hearted restaurant owner Pearl Nolan, who sets up a local detective agency in the English seaside town of Whitstable after undergoing police training in an earlier career. She's joined by Detective Mike McGuire, who comes from London to investigate a case.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Follow the Honorable Phryne (fry-nee) Fisher through the back alleys, shady markets, and jazz clubs of late 1920s Melbourne. A glamorous lady detective in a mostly male world, she goes about her work with a pear-handled pistol and dagger-sharp wit, leaving a trail of male admirers in her wake. Includes 8 episodes.
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When determined detective Alexa Crowe brings her unique brand of investigation to an unsuspecting New Zealand, she quickly finds herself entangled in compelling new murder mysteries centered on fascinating and dangerous characters who will challenge, flirt with and frustrate her, and sometimes threaten everything she cares about. Being back in her hometown brings its own brand of difficulties as she has to confront the family she's avoided for decades....
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In Season One, Pearl juggled her commitments to the restaurant the eponymous Whitstable Pearl with her ₁side hustle₂ as a PI. In Season Two, Pearl prioritizes her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full-time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant. Pearl's cases overlap with DCI Mike McGuire's police investigations. Their relationship is charged by a determination to outdo each other, and a fiery mutual...
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In Toronto during the 1920s, four female detectives continue to rebel against gender norms by taking on the cases not even the police want to touch. From the wilderness to the world of high society, an underground cabaret to a candy factory, the women navigate their personal and private lives together.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the adventures of Frankie Drake and her partner Trudy Clarke at Drake Private Detectives, the city's only all-female detective agency, as they find themselves fighting crime in the age of flyboys, gangsters, rum-runners, and speakeasies.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town's tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the parents of one of the victims to find their son's killer, Veronica is drawn into an eight-episode mystery that pits the enclave's wealthy elites who would like to put an end to the bacchanalia against the working class that relies on the cash influx.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Cordelia Gray is a young, aspiring private detective learning the ropes from her mentor, disgraced ex-policeman Bernie Pryde. But when Pryde's sudden suicide leaves Cordelia the sole proprietor of his ramshackle agency, she is forced to continue her education on the job with only Mrs. Sparshott, the agency's longtime secretary and Cordelia's new assistant on her team.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by a tragedy that broke her world apart, Jessica Jones settles in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, and opens her own detective agency, called Alias Investigations, with the hope of rebuilding her life and keeping the lights on in her apartment. She discovers that the source of her trauma, a mind-controlling sociopath named Kilgrave, has resurfaced, forcing her to use her gifts as a private eye to track him down before he causes more damage to...
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