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Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (646 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the best-selling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with "why" than "who" Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths.
Pub. Date
1999, 2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (330 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad, he solves crimes in the town of Vigata, crossing paths with Mafia dons, priests, housewives, liars and saints. All the while he confronts his personal demons, which war against his professional ideals, his commitment to his beautiful long-distance girlfriend and his constant flirtation...
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
First the portrait of a wealthy village forefather is found slashed to shreds in the local museum. Then a string of unearthly happenings in the museum and its graveyard terrify the community. Barnaby and Troy are called upon to separate fact from fiction.
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Scott & Bailey is a thrilling investigative drama series exploring the personal and professional lives of two female detectives. Despite their differences, impulsive, funny and single Rachel and reflective, married mother-of-two Janet, have a great partnership. Thrown together in the toughest of murder cases, they have become the best of friends, ready to support each other both in and away from the incident room. Each episode sees Rachel and Janet...
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Barnaby is enlisted to keep the peace when the arrival of two feuding clans of travelers disrupts the tranquility of Martyr Warren. Local magistrate and Falklands War veteran Hector Bridges gets fired up about the interlopers and unwisely marches into the fray.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a beautiful Brazilian woman is found strangled with a striped necktie in Raven's Wood, Barnaby experiences a disturbing sense of deja vu. His investigation leads him to a trail of blackmail, greed and betrayal.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A successful theatrical director, Simon Fletcher, returns to Badger's Drift, his head filled with disturbing childhood memories. Soon after, a local property developer becomes the first in a string of baffling murders. Barnaby and Troy investigate the murders, looking for a common thread.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An old-fashioned, gritty detective show based in England. This brash policeman follows his moral compass, shows compassion for the common man and always solves the case. Starring David Jason, who is regarded as the most popular actor on British TV.
Pub. Date
Ã2010
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (517 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From renowned mystery writer Agatha Christie come these 10 tales of intrigue and romance set in art deco era England. In these suspenseful stories, lesser known Christie protagonists including happiness expert Parker Pyne find themselves embroiled in illicit love affairs, supernatural mysteries, false accusations, life changing encounters, and murder. These classic adaptations are an engrossing, mystery lover's treasure from beginning to end.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (367 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a seemingly quiet country town in New Zealand, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd finds that murder can happen anywhere. Working alongside Detective Constable Kristin Sims, Shepherd solves grisly murders in this gripping and well-written series.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (573 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Malachy and Jake Doyle, a father-and-son detective team, solves intriguing cases while mismanaging their own relationships. Set against the spectacular backdrop of St. John's, Newfoundland, the hit Canadian series finds the Doyles dealing with Mal's mortality, the not-so-funny world of stand-up comedy, a cold crime too close for comfort, and the usual laughs, fistfights, car chases, lager, and family skirmishes.
17) Blackshore
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (304 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The picture postcard town of Blackwater might be a pastoral idyll for some – but it’s hell on earth for DI Fia Lucey. Facing disciplinary charges for assaulting a violent criminal, Fia has reluctantly returned home to a town she left many years before. She starts investigating the recent disappearance of hotelier Roisin Hurley, a case everyone else seems strangely reluctant to pursue. After Roisin’s body is pulled out of the lake, sordid secrets...
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Paddy Meehan is a new kind of heroine. A young, female, feisty and funny trainee reporter, she often oversteps the mark between reporting crimes and solving them - while sometimes becoming part of the crime along the way. A big murder case breaks, and a member of Paddy’s family is implicated. Paddy has to make a choice - does she follow the case, and risk being seen to betray her family, or does she turn her back on the career she’s been longing...
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