News and Reviews of the Best Detective Games, Books, Films, TV, Podcasts & More!
News, reviews and top 10 lists of the best crime, mystery and thriller audiobooks. As well as true crime audiobooks, classic crime fiction and radio/audio mystery dramas.
This post details the Miss Marple BBC radio drama episodes starring the multi-talented June Whitfield as the indomitable sleuth, Miss Jane Marple.
With all of the BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations based on Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple novels or short stories.
For more Agatha Christie books, video games, board games, audiobooks, TV and film – new releases and best of lists, see my posts below.
This post details the Hawthorne and Horowitz Mysteries by best-selling British crime writer, Anthony Horowitz. Including of all the books so far in this unique detective book series listed in order, with book 5 is due out later this week.
Anthony Horowitz probably best known for being the author of the Alex Rider books, screenwriter for some of the Midsomer Murders episodes and for the book then TV series (the brilliant BritBox BBC murder mystery series starring Lesley Manville), Magpie Murders – for more details see my post below.
For my top 10 new British cosy crime dramas for 2024 plus recommended new books, video games and TV shows for Agatha Christie fans, see my posts listed below.
This post details the award-winnning sci-fi mystery adventure books, Three-Body Problem – trilogy and paraquel!
Plus details of the top new Netflix adaptation, 3 Body Problem TV series.
For more top new TV series for 2024 including the best detective shows on Apple TV and Amazon Prime, see my posts listed below.
Whitstable Pearl Mysteries is a top British detective book series by Julie Wassmer. Set in the beautiful seaside town of Whitstable on the North Kent coast.
Now a top Acorn Original TV show with two 6-part series available online. Plus series 1 is also new on the free UK Drama channel from tonight.
For more top British mystery TV (including more from Acorn TV) and book series listed in order, see below.
A round-up of the best 5 crime and thriller audiobooks released February 2024. Including new chapters in ongoing detective series and contemporary, historical and psychological thrillers.
These audiobooks can be downloaded for free with an Audible or Apple subscription.
For more top audiobooks for crime and mystery fans, see my posts listed below.
This post details the Marlow Murder Club book series, listed in order. This top cozy comedy crime series is by Robert Thorogood, creator of the popular Death in Paradise books and TV series.
The 2-part TV adaptation of the first Marlow Murder Club books will be shown on the Drama channel this Wednesday and Thursday (or catch-up online with UKTVPlay).
For more crime fiction by Robert Thorogood including the Death in Paradise books and TV series, see my posts listed below.
New True Crime Wondery Podcast about Ruby Franke, a Utah mom turned YouTube “momfluencer” and the tale of her rise and fall.
Started February 19, 2024 and is available on Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Audible, Spotify and Wondery.
For more top new true crime podcasts, audiobooks, TV shows, documentaries and more see my posts listed below.
Alexia Gordon’s Gethsemane Brown Mystery book series listed in order. A unique cozy mystery series with an American musician turned sleuth, Gethsemane Brown. Set in beautiful south-west Ireland. Plus she has a ghost sidekick!
The first book in this series has now been made into a Hallmark Mysteries Movie in 2023, for details of this film adaptation see my post below.
For more top cozy murder mystery book series set in Ireland and UK, see my posts listed below.
This post is a list of the upcoming episodes in the top MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories! Including details of how you can listen to MrBallen Podcast episodes one month early and ad-free. Plus more of the best true crime podcasts for you to check out.
For more top stuff for mystery fans including the best crime dramas, crime-solving games, thriller audiobooks and detective TV shows, see my posts listed below.
This post details all of the BBC radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of the popular cosy crime book series, Agatha Raisin listed in order. M. C. Beaton’s irascible but likeable amateur sleuth of the Cotswolds, played brilliantly by Penelope Keith!
Details of each episodes in this top radio 4 mystery comedy drama series are included below, plus how to get the BBC radio Agatha Raisin complete collection – on audiobook or audio CD.
For more of the best BBC radio 4 dramatisations of cosy and classic crime fiction, see my posts listed below.