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.
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.
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.
This post details the spin-off of BBC’s Death in Paradise, Beyond Paradise starring Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman.
Follow him as he tackles the latest crimes as the new DI in a small local police station of a Devon seaside town.
For more top new cozy British crime drama, radio and books, see my posts listed below.
March 2024 Update: details of a new series 2 now included below.
This post details the Thursday Murder Club books in order of release, including upcoming books.
This is the very popular cozy murder mystery series by Richard Osman.
For more top mystery audiobooks and books releasing this year, see my posts listed below.
Update 2023: Details of the 4th book in the series have been added below.
Rotten to the Core, releasing today the 8th mystery audiobook in the popular Lady Hardcastle Mystery book series. By T E Kinsey. One of my top ten mystery and thriller audiobooks releasing in 2022, to look out for! This is also one of two T E Kinsey Lady Hardcastle books coming out this year. I’ve included the full series so far, listed in order of release.
For more top mystery audiobooks you might like, from cozy village mysteries to gritty crime thrillers, see my posts listed below.
This is a round-up of the ten best new crime and mystery audiobooks coming out in 2022. Including popular mystery series and top crime authors.
Ranging from cozy mysteries to gritty true-crime based thrillers.
For more top new mystery audiobook releases in 2022 plus popular best-selling detective book series listed in order, see my posts listed below.
New on UK Acorn TV today, The Madame Blanc Mysteries, written by and starring Sally Lindsay. Set in a beautiful town in the South of France.
This 6-part cozy comedy mystery series is already available on US Acorn TV and the whole series one is now also out on UK Acorn TV.
For more Acorn TV 2022 monthly new releases and highlights, see my posts listed below.