Cozy Crime TV Shows Made in the United StatesEvery show listed here was made in the United States. Each one has a spoiler-free cast and character guide.
2021 · 5 seasons · Disney+
Set in the fictional Arconia, an opulent Upper West Side apartment building in New York City, Only Murders in the Building follows three strangers—washed-up actor Charles-Haden Savage, flamboyant theatre director Oliver Putnam, and mysterious young resident Mabel Mora—who bond over a shared obsession with true crime podcasts, only to find themselves investigating an actual murder within their own building.
2005 · 12 seasons
et in Washington, D.C., Bones follows Dr Temperance "Bones" Brennan, a brilliant but socially awkward forensic anthropologist at the Jeffersonian Institution
1971 · 10 seasons · ITV
Set primarily in Los Angeles, Columbo follows Lieutenant Columbo, a rumpled, cigar-chomping LAPD homicide detective whose shambling, absent-minded manner disguises a razor-sharp analytical mind.
2026 · 1 season · Prime
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.
2025 · 1 season · Channel 5
In 1980s England, Canon Daniel Clement, the Rector of Champton, finds himself unexpectedly entangled in a murder case when a dead body turns up in the church. When Daniel announces a plan to modernize the church, the parish is suddenly divided. And then a body is found dead at the back of the church.
1984 · 12 seasons
Murder, She Wrote follows Jessica Fletcher, a retired English teacher from the small coastal town of Cabot Cove, Maine, who becomes a bestselling mystery novelist
2025 · 1 season · U
In the Metropolitan Police's Heritage Crime Unit, art-loving DI Mick Palmer and his straight-talking partner DC Shazia Malik investigate crimes connected to the world of art, antiques, and cultural heritage. From fake Vermeers to Viking hoards and Titanic memorabilia, each case takes them into a colourful world driven by greed, obsession, and revenge.
1989 · 3 seasons · ITV
Set in Chicago, Father Dowling Mysteries follows Father Frank Dowling, an amiable, mild-mannered Catholic priest at St Michael's parish who moonlights as an amateur detective, aided by the streetwise Sister Stephanie "Steve" Oskowski—a rather worldly nun with an unlikely talent for lock-picking.
2022 · 4 seasons · Channel 4, U
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.
2016 · 4 seasons · Sky
Burnt out on office politics, Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively quaint town.
2025 · 1 season
Set in the English countryside, Lynley follows the unlikely partnership between aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, the Oxford-educated Earl of Asherton, and working-class Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Despite their clashing backgrounds and contrasting approaches, they unite through their shared passion for justice, tackling complex mysteries while navigating issues of class, gender, and personality.
