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.
In glamorous 1920s Melbourne, the independently wealthy and utterly fabulous Phryne Fisher sashays through jazz clubs, back alleys, and high society soirées, solving murders with her pearl-handled pistol, razor-sharp wit, and impeccable fashion sense. To the dismay of the conservative Detective Inspector Jack Robinson, this unconventional lady detective refuses to let anyone—including the police—tell her what to do.
A retired English professor discovers she has a knack for solving mysteries, especially when they involve literary references, and teams up with her teenage mugger to form an unlikely detective duo.
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.
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.
War veteran Cormoran Strike operates a struggling private detective agency from a cramped London office, taking on complex cases that have baffled the police, aided by his assistant Robin Ellacott who proves far more capable than her temporary secretary role suggests. As they solve increasingly dangerous cases together, Strike battles his physical and psychological war wounds whilst an unspoken attraction grows between the mismatched pair, complicated by Robin’s engagement and Strike’s determination to keep their relationship strictly professional.
Detective Sergeant Matilda “Mattie” Stone returns to her hometown of Wildemarsh to work for the local constabulary, where she’s reunited with her three crime-writing aunts who raised her after her mother’s mysterious disappearance. Between investigating murders that range from the curious to the bizarre, the three aunts also attempt to help their perennially single niece find love.
