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Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
4 DVD (11 hours, 45 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920's Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
4 DVD (approximately 12 hours) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Armed with a razor-sharp wit, Miss Fisher investigates crimes in opulent 1920s Australia. Sharply written and gorgeously costumed, these episodes are sure to charm fans of costume dramas and mysteries alike.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
20 DVDs (approximately 95 hr., 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Sabrina Duncan, Kelly Garrett and Jill Monroe were all graduates of the Los Angeles Police Academy. However, rather than do meaningful police work like their male counterparts, they are given menial jobs such as meter maid (Sabrina), crossing guard (Kelly) and typist (Jill). Reclusive millionaire Charlie Townsend hires the trio to work for his private investigation agency. Their only contact with him is through the phone and through his right hand...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 296 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Legendary actress Patricia Routledge returns as 60ish housewife turned gumshoe Hetty Wainthropp in this popular PBS Mystery! series. Includes six episodes, two of which have not aired on PBS.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of graduating law school, Veronica Mars has put Neptune and her amateur sleuthing days behind her. While interviewing at high-end New York law firms, Veronica Mars gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan who has been accused of murder. Veronica heads back to Neptune just to help Logan find an attorney, but when things don't seem right with how Logan's case is perceived and handled, Veronica finds herself being pulled back into a life she...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 298 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This mystery series follows big-hearted restaurant owner Pearl Nolan, who sets up a local detective agency in the English seaside town of Whitstable after undergoing police training in an earlier career. She's joined by Detective Mike McGuire, who comes from London to investigate a case.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (279 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Season Two, Pearl prioritizes her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full-time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant. Pearl's cases overlap with DCI Mike McGuire's police investigations. Their relationship is charged by a determination to outdo each other, and a fiery mutual attraction. When they compete, sparks fly and tempers flare. When they work together, they make a hell of a team.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004, 2005.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
6 DVD (approximately 16 hours) : sound, color ; 12 cm + 1 booklet (folded-out : color, illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, California, the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator solving the town's toughest mysteries.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
6 DVD (approximately 30 hours, 15 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm (folded-out : color, illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
In season two, the Mars family find themselves embroiled in another season-long mystery hitting closer to home following a new local tragedy. Veronica must also deal with her increasingly complicated romantic life and a whole new school year.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
3 DVD (approximately 7 hours, 30 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Follow the Honorable Phryne (fry-nee) Fisher through the back alleys, shady markets, and jazz clubs of late 1920s Melbourne. A glamorous lady detective in a mostly male world, she goes about her work with a pear-handled pistol and dagger-sharp wit, leaving a trail of male admirers in her wake. Includes 8 episodes.
Eight all-new episodes of the glamorous, gun-toting lady detective Phryne Fisher. Along with her ever-faithful companion, Dot Williams,...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (381 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now established as a private detective, Peregrine works out of the Melbourne Adventuress Club with assistance from tough former spy Birdie Birnside and brilliant biologist Violetta Fellini. With her partner in crime-solving, Detective James Steed, Peregrine contends with a double homicide after a swingers party, the murder of a flight attendant trainee, a human death at a dog show, a brawl between rockers and mods, and more. But her budding romance...
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher returns in a cinematic sequel to the wildly popular TV series. In 1929 Jerusalem, Phryne's rescue of a young Bedouin girl leads her on a globe-trotting adventure to uncover priceless treasures, wartime secrets, and an ancient tomb bearing a terrible curse, with the help of handsome detective Jack Robinson.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 435 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Toronto during the 1920s, four female detectives continue to rebel against gender norms by taking on the cases not even the police want to touch. From the wilderness to the world of high society, an underground cabaret to a candy factory, the women navigate their personal and private lives together.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (484 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the city's only female private detectives as they take on cases the police don't want to touch. In a time of change and hopefulness, their gender is their biggest advantage as they defy expectations and rebel against convention, taking on cases that explore every cross-section of Toronto, from gospel church choirs, bathing beauties and the early cinema scene, to the homes and private parties of the city's elite....
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Growing competition from a rival agency creates new problems for Eliza's budding business, and competition from her childhood friend creates problems for her relationship with Inspector Wellington.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 7 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the adventures of Frankie Drake and her partner Trudy Clarke at Drake Private Detectives, the city's only all-female detective agency, as they find themselves fighting crime in the age of flyboys, gangsters, rum-runners, and speakeasies.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Set in the same 1850s [that is, 1880s] London society that gave rise to Jack the Ripper, this British detective drama features a fearless, independent heroine ... With her inquisitive mind, Miss Eliza Scarlet has always been more interested in running her late father's detective agency than behaving like a proper lady, much to the chagrin of family friend Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard ... also known as The Duke. But nothing has prepared...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 310 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's a few months after the end of Season One. Eliza Scarlet has solved her father's murder while her relationship with Inspector William Wellington, aka the Duke, continues to slowly simmer.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 294 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Disc 1, Episode one. Something to treasure: Hetty and Geoffrey head to Cumbria, where a miner's widow enlists them in the search for a missing book penned by her late husband. The widow claims the book was stolen. But is she really after the book--or its map to a cache of precious minerals hidden somewhere inside the mine? -- Episode 2. Family values: When a wealthy client asks Hetty to investigate suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of...
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