News and Reviews of the Best Detective Games, Books, Films, TV, Podcasts & More!
British cosy crime and mysteries news and reviews. From TV programs and radio drama. To books, audiobooks and podcasts. Cosy (not gritty) focused more on the mystery-solving, usually by an amateur sleuth.
This post details the top British ITV detective series, McDonald and Dodds. Starring Tala Gouveia as DCI Lauren McDonald and Jason Watkins as DS Dodds.
I have listed the episodes in each series so far including the upcoming series 4.
For more of the best new British detective shows and crime series for 2024 – on UK TV and streaming platforms, see my posts listed below.
New out last night the first episode in series 23 of our favourite cosy crime drama, Midsomer Murders on ITV. With 4 new episodes airing every Sunday evening, and then available for you to catch-up on ITVX’s online streaming service.
Starring Neil Dudgeon as DCI John Barnaby and Nick Hendrix as DS Jamie Winter.
For more of the best British cosy crime dramas – books, TV and radio dramatisations, see my posts below.
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.
The first 3 months of 2024 have seen a great range of top new cosy British crime dramas for TV.
Here are my top 10 picks for you to check out, especially if you enjoy Agatha Christie’s mysteries!
For more top new cosy British mysteries and crime dramas on TV, radio, podcasts, audiobooks and books, 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.
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.
This post details the episodes in the new Death in Paradise series 13.
Starting with episode one -the 100th episode – on BBC One on 4 February 2024. Episodes releasing every week at 9pm Sundays on BBC One or catch up on iPlayer.
For more top British crime comedies and cozy mysteries including a new drama from the creator of Death in Paradise airing in March, 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.
New out on Amazon Prime Video season 2 of the brilliant British cozy murder mystery TV show, Sister Boniface Mysteries.
This comedy drama stars Lorna Waston as Sister Boniface. Details of the episodes in this series included below.
For details of series 1 episodes, see my post below.