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Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 630 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the mind of mystery maven Agatha Christie comes what is considered to be the original crime-solving couple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Redefining the conventions of the mystery genre, providing a prototype for many male/female detective teams that followed.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 347 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Jackson Brodie takes on the case of a girl who disappeared 30 years ago, helps a crime novelist who becomes involved in a road rage incident, investigates the mystery of a novelist's holiday in Russia, and looks for another missing girl after being released from jail.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (392 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the conclusion to the whimsical British mystery series, Richard Griffiths returns as the long-suffering DI Henry Crabbe, a semi-retired detective who prefers experimenting in the kitchen to catching criminals. Includes all 8 episodes of Series 5.
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Letterboxed.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 500 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The killings at Badger's Drift: The death of an elderly woman and the persistence of her lifelong friend draw Barnaby into a case that reveals the sordid side of this quaint village.
Written in blood: Investigating the brutal murder of a Midsomer Worthy writer, Barnaby discovers that the victim had been living a fictitious life.
Death of a hollow man: In Causton, Barnaby and his family take part in an amateur theatrical production of Amadeus that...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 372 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. A pocket full of rye: Who poisoned the wealthy businessman Rex Fortescue ? Miss Marple barely has time to ponder this question before her former maid Gladys turns up strangled on the Fortescue estate. Murder is Easy: Murder is easy, says elederly Miss Pinkerton to Miss Marple during a chance encounter on a train. However, when Miss...
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Second sight: A mysterious death brings Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby and his young assistant Sergeant Dan Scott to Midsomer Mere, where villagers claim psychic powers. Hidden depths: Barnaby and Scott face a bizarre crime scene when a local oenophile gets killed by a combination of catapult, croquet, and Chateau Lafite....
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 17 hr., 29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Writer/detective Jessica Fletcher (Lansbury) is always uncovering clues, whether she's at home in the charming town of Cabot Cove, teaching in New York City, or traveling the world. Along for the investigation are great guest stars...."--Container.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide, Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (338 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eve is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade MI5 security officer whose deskbound job doesn't fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Follow these two women, equally obsessed with each other, as they go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.
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...
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Jane Tennison has been transferred to a new station and now has the job of cleaning up the streets of Soho. The team goes into the underworld of teenage prostitution, pornography and runaways.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 1,018 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Writer/deteictive Jessica Fletcher continues to follow the clues to uncover the truth, both at home in the charming town of Cabot Cove and on her many travels. Joining her at the crime scenes are stellar guest stars, including David Soul, Harvey Fierstein, Neil Patrick Harris, John Polito and Amy Brenneman."--Container.
Publisher
Universal Television
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (979 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Angela Lansbury returns to her acclaimed and admired role as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher in all 21 entertaining episodes. Loaded with the shocking surprises and clever storylines that fans of this 41-time Primetime Emmy-nominated and 16-time Golden Globe-nominated series have come to expect.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The house in the woods: According to local legend, Winyard is haunted, and it lives up to its reputation when a young couple dies on the property in a grisly fashion. Dead letters: As Midsomer Barton celebrates Oak Apple Week, the mother of a former festival queen drowns herself. But is it really suicide? Vixen's run: At a family...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 17 hrs., 29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Whether Jessica is partnered with insurance investigator Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell), making her case in Nashville or even working to clear her own name, it's no mystery why the acclaimed series earned 41 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and 16 Golden Globe nominations during its many years of broadcast"--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (365 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Faith attempts to navigate the disillusion of her marriage, while taking on an emotionally wrenching legal medical case involving a gravely ill young boy. Into this mix, Faith is confronted by a terrible and long buried figure from her past: her mother.
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (5 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Johnny Worricker is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss and best friend Benedict Baron dies suddenly, leaving behind him an inexplicable file, threatening the stability of the organization. Meanwhile, a seemingly chance encounter with Johnny's striking next-door neighbor and political activist Nancy Pierpan seems too good to be true. Johnny is forced to walk out of his job, and then out of his identity to find out the truth.
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