The Chelsea Detective
Detective Inspector Max Arnold, whose lifestyle on a battered houseboat in Chelsea's Cheyne Walk contrasts sharply with the affluent elite whose crimes he helps solve.
Urban Setting
City-based, metropolitan
Van der Valk (1972)
Set in Amsterdam, Van der Valk follows Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk, a cynical yet intuitive Dutch detective who investigates murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.
Granite Harbour
Set in Aberdeen, Scotland, Granite Harbour follows Davis Lindo, a former Royal Military Police sergeant whose dreams of becoming a New Scotland Yard detective are dashed when he's despatched north to train as a Detective Constable in the unfamiliar "Granite City.
Benidorm Is Murder
Set in the sun-soaked Spanish holiday resort of Benidorm, Benidorm Is Murder follows Dennis Crown, a burned-out former British detective who traded the daily grind of UK policing for a quieter life running a bar, only to find peace short-lived when tourists start turning up dead.