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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...
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"A little bit Buffy. A little bit Bogart. A dash of Nancy Drew. Veronica is an outcast in a trendy SoCal beach town. Once she ran with Neptune High's in-crowd. But she's on the outside after her best friend is murdered and her sheriff father accuses the wrong man as the perp: the dead girl's billionaire father. Dad loses his job, Veronica loses her popularity and both struggle to build a detective agency and new lives. E-mail scams, cults, car thefts...
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"When ex-cop Alexa Crowe returns to her New Zealand hometown after years living in Australia, she's called upon to investigate puzzling murders by charismatic DI Harry Henare. Alexis is soon joined in Auckland by data analyst and partner-in-crime solving, Madison, who's closer than ever to her mentor -- literally, ash she winds up living in Alexa's apartment. But to truly make a fresh start, Alexa must deal with the family troubles she's avoided for...
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"When retired detective Alexa Crowe moved back to her hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, she expected to bake some amazing sourdough and reconnect with her dodgy brother who's set to be released from prison. But it didn't take long until this irrepressible investigator found herself poking her nose into bizarre, unsolved murder cases. With help from data analyst Madison, DI Harry Henare and café owner Reuben, Alexa faces off against suspects from...
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"In 1920s Toronto, the world is undergoing massive changes. Jazz is on the turntables as communism and prohibition are being hotly debated over hard drinks in speakeasies. Society will never be the same -- and crime has never had it better. A new age calls for a new kind of detective, and the women of Drake Private Detectives fit the bill"--Container.
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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,...
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"With her inquisitive mind, 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 her for the dangers she is about to face as a woman in the murder investigation trade"--Container.
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"Down-to-earth single mum and restaurant owner Pearl is now an established PI in her English coastal town of Whitstable. Her cases often overlap with the police investigations conducted by gruff DCI Mike McGuire, but their relationship is charged by a detemination to outdo each other. Six months after the breakdown of their fledgling romance, they have each found new partners: funny and nice Tom for Pearl, and outgoing and optimistic Kat for Mike....
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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.
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Hetty is a 60-year-old housewife, a late bloomer, who sets up shop as a private eye to supplement her husband's meager pension. With moral authority, salt-of-the-earth candor, and a fully-loaded handbag, Hetty dispenses hard-boiled justice and motherly empathy in equally satisfying doses. Geoffrey, a destitute teenager, becomes Hetty's trusted and able sidekick. Her husband, Robert, also lends a hand.
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Stunning locations at home and abroad provide the backdrop for this hit British mystery series. From their former careers as a university plant biologist and a police officer, Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme bring unique investigative talents to their horticultural and human mysteries. Their unobtrusive presence in the garden gives them unique access to secrets other detectives might miss--and that murderers would rather not reveal.
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"Set in 1920s Toronto, the city's only female private detectives 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. The Drake Private Detectives take 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...
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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.
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"Miss Eliza Scarlet has taken over the business of Nash & Sons (not that he has any sons) and while things are not going entirely smoothly, help comes from some familiar sources. Outside of work, her relationship with William Wellington, aka 'The Duke,' builds towards a looming decision that will shape both their lives"--Container.
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A stylish and sexy period mystery stars Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher, a glamorous lady detective in 1920s Melbourne. In 'Murder under the Mistletoe," Phryne and company head to a chalet to celebrate Christmas in July, but when they get there, they find one of the residents dead, electrocuted while hanging festive lights.
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