News and Reviews of the Best Detective Games, Books, Films, TV, Podcasts & More!
New out later this month, Dead Lucky Season 1 on Acorn TV (US). Starring Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) as Detective Grace Gibbs and Yoson An (Mortal Engines) as her new trainee in this popular cop TV show from Australia.
For more top new crime dramas to watch streaming online, see my posts listed below.
Plus check out my round-up of Acorn TV 2022 new releases guide and monthly crime drama highlights.
This post details all of the games in the popular Primrose Lake series. Including new games released for phone, tablet and computer.
This time management game series from GameHouse includes free mystery games online for phone and tablet.
For more top free mystery games online plus top British TV drama news, see my posts listed below.
This post details the brilliant Rusty Lake series of free murder mystery games online, listed in play order. Available to play online in your browser.
Also available to download for iOS (Apple Appstore), Android (Google Play), PC and Mac (Steam).
The Rusty Lake series includes free Cube Escape games. Interspersed with premium Rusty Lake games. You can play the free Cube Escape games in order and not miss out on any of the murder mystery-solving storyline. However, to get the full experience of the overall Rusty Lake story and for completeness, fans of crime-solving and puzzle games will likely want to play the paid-for detective games as well as the free games. I’ve listed all of the games in the Rusty Lake series in play order including the free and premium games.
For more top free murder mystery games online, see my posts listed below.
September 2023 Update: New out Rusty Lake game available for mobile and computer, for details see below.
This post details 5 top-rated CSI online games. Test your detective skills investigating crime scenes, collect forensic clues and solve criminal cases!
Including interactive point-and-click adventure games. A CSI game based on a true crime. And a top-rated hidden object game based on a popular TV crime series.
For more crime-solving games you might enjoy, see my posts listed below.
New out, Hamish Macbeth book 34 from M.C. Beaton, Death of a Green-Eyed Monster.
Pretty, young, urban and unsuitable in every other possible way she may be, but Hamish Macbeth’s new police sergeant Dorothy McIver proves her worth in gold!
Released this month in hardback, other formats available next month including ebook, free full audiobook unabridged and paperback.
For more M.C. Beaton books and other offbeat mysteries, see my posts listed below.
New on BritBox February 2022: Sister Boniface Mysteries. Starring Lorna Waston, Miranda Raison and Ami Metcalf. A new BritBox original mystery drama for 2022.
Set in 1960s rural England, this comedy detective drama follows the investigations of Sister Boniface of St Vincent’s Convent. Nun, moped rider, wine maker and part-time forensic scientist!
I’ve included details of each episode that has already gone out. I’ll update this list as each of the remaining episodes are released online. For details of series 2, see my post below.
New Mystery Adventure Game February 2022, Another Tomorrow by Glitch Games. Available for Android, iPhone and iPad. Also for computer on Steam.
Another Tomorrow is a point-and-click mystery puzzle, that seamlessly blends intricately rendered dioramas with first person exploration and puzzle solving.
For more top new mystery games for tablet and phone, see my posts listed below.
Mystery Match Village a new Poirot puzzle game for Android, iPhone and iPad! Inspired by the fabulous Agatha Christie novel, A Death on the Nile.
Mystery Match Village takes you on a mysterious journey to 1930’s Egypt aboard the S.S. Karnak!
Jump into the role of detective as you catch criminals, solve mystery puzzle games, and restore the beautiful English village of Kingsfall to its former glory!
Your fellow detectives, Emma and Julian, are waiting for you to embrace the stories and resolve the cases in this exciting puzzle game! Seek and find the hidden objects in the mystery mansion and become a true detective!
For more games based on Agatha Christie’s books, including games for computer, mobile and consoles checkout my posts listed below.
Telling Lies, a new interactive crime-solving game.
Available from Apple app stores for iPad and iPhone. And on Steam for PC and Mac download.
From Sam Barlow, the creator of the top detective game Her Story. For more top interactive and RPG detective games, see my list of posts below.
New out this month, Keeping Faith series 2 on Acorn TV (UK). Top BBC crime thriller set on the beautiful Welsh coast, starring Eve Myles as Faith.
This post details all the episodes in this series, and how to watch seasons 1 to 3 streaming online for free. Plus more top crime dramas on Acorn TV to watch online.
For more top new and upcoming TV crime dramas to watch out for, see my posts listed below.