Non-professional detective, hobbyist investigator.
Set in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford in the early 1950s, Father Brown follows a slightly rumpled, mild-mannered Catholic priest whose apparent innocence and unassuming manner belie a razor-sharp intellect and profound understanding of human nature.
Set in 1870s Oxford, Young Sherlock follows a disgraced 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes—raw, unfiltered, and lacking discipline—as he finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation that threatens his liberty.
Former police detective Jack Grayling, pursuing his dream of becoming a cabaret singer on a luxury Mediterranean cruise ship, investigates a series of murders on board with the help of the ship’s first officer, Kate Woods.
Four former Bletchley Park codebreakers reunite in 1950s London to use their wartime intelligence skills to solve murders and crimes that the police have overlooked. Led by Susan Gray, these brilliant women must balance their secret investigative work with the constraints of post-war domestic life.
Widowed English nurse Joan Kirkhope is on a quest to find answers about her husband’s mysterious death, while ex-detective Jack Darby has taken to the open road to escape his past.
Paired with her reliable and devoted chauffeur, Mrs Bradley’s finely honed skills of investigation seek out the truth behind mysteries surrounding death at the opera, crimes of passion at a circus, poisoning and family secrets.
Among the sun-drenched hills of southern France, Antoine Verlaque and his spontaneous romantic partner Marine Bonnet solve crimes in the beautiful town of Aix-en-Provence.
Jonathan Creek, a magician’s creative consultant with a natural ability for solving puzzles, works from his home in a converted windmill and uses his abilities to solve impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Henrietta “Hetty” Wainthropp represents a unique figure in British detective fiction—a woman of ordinary means and background who possesses extraordinary observational skills and an unerring instinct for human nature.
Once a Crusader, now a man of the cloth, Brother Cadfael uses his keen intuition to protect the innocent and bring the guilty to account in war-torn medieval England.