A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

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1. Columbo

   1968 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8).

   This is the detective series that inspired them all. Legendary actor Peter Falk is back in his 4-time Emmy® Award winning role, as the ruffled, cigar-chomping, trenchcoat-wearing police lieutenant who is asking all the right questions.

2. Monk

   2002 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8).

   An ex-cop suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder solves crimes with various (and usually exasperated) sidekicks. The 'defective detective' may have an abundance of phobias (heights, crowds, and even milk), but also razor-sharp deductive skills, which he uses to help the San Francisco police with especially baffling cases.

3. Maigret

   2025 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning

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   In Maigret, Chief Inspector Maigret and his team of maverick but loyal detectives, Les Maigrets, solve a series of complex crimes in Paris. Maigret's unconventional methods and unique sense of justice put him at odds with his superiors and the judicial system he is supposed to represent. Maigret must outwit some of Paris's most cunning and violent criminals, while dealing with his own troubled past.

4. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

   1962 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Previously Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the series expanded to an hour. Master of the macabre Alfred Hitchcock introduces and concludes tales of suspense and crime. Hitchcock's speeches are filled with black humor and jabs at his network sponsors.

5. Murder, She Wrote

   1984 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Jessica Fletcher is a famous mystery writer who has a knack for solving murders on and off the page.

6. Chronicle Mysteries

   2019 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem, also on Hallmark Mystery.

   Roberta "Robbie" McPherson, a novelist and podcaster, is researching the cold case of Gina DeSavio. Robbie loves the chase, loves solving any puzzle or mystery. She is particularly interested in Gina's disappearance because Robbie and Gina knew each other as children growing up in a small town. Robbie is also Miles Lawrence's niece, the owner of the local paper the Harrington Chronicle, and she's about to inherit the paper.

7. Mystery 101

   2019 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem, also on Hallmark Mystery.

   When a college student is found dead, English professor Amy uses her crime fiction expertise to unravel the case faster than detective Travis, who ends up working with Amy to catch the killer.

8. Hailey Dean Mysteries

   2016 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem, also on Hallmark Mystery.

   A series of movies, based on characters from Nancy Grace's best-selling series of Hailey Dean Mystery novels. Former prosecutor-turned-therapist Hailey Dean is a powerhouse, Mensa bright, and acutely observant.

9. Perception

   2012 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   One of the most unique crime solvers on television, eccentric neuroscience professor Dr. Daniel Pierce, is recruited by the FBI to help solve complex cases. Dr. Pierce possesses an intimate knowledge of human behavior and a masterful understanding of the way the mind works. Although Pierce's mind may be brilliant, it's also damaged, as he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.

10. Zen

    2011 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

    Drama series centred around Rome detective Aurelio Zen, who finds it tough being the only honest cop in town. Plotting politicians, a stressed-out boss and vengeful gangsters don't make it easy.