Chronicle Mysteries

Series Similar to Chronicle Mysteries

If you enjoyed Chronicle Mysteries, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Frankie Drake Mysteries

   2017 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Set in Toronto during the 1920s, Frankie Drake Mysteries follows the city's only female private detective as she takes on the cases the police don't want or can't handle. Her gender is her biggest advantage - who would ever think a woman could be a detective? She has a knack for solving cases but she's no cop - her brand of justice doesn't always follow the law. Along with her partner Trudy, Frankie and the Drake Detective Agency take on cases of all shapes and sizes. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie's fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but she always manages to find her way out. In a time of change and hopefulness, Frankie is a woman ahead of everyone. She's a new detective for a new world. But is the world ready for her?

2. Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries

   2019 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Set in 1964, gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea. Peregrine must prove herself brilliant enough to become a world class private detective in her own right.

3. High Potential

   2024 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   High Potential follows Morgan, a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.

4. Miss Scarlet

   2020 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   When Eliza's father dies, he leaves her penniless in a time where marriage is the only option for financial security. But the headstrong Eliza has an ace up her bonnet - her father's business, a detective agency. But it's Victorian London and, to operate in this man's world, she needs a partner.Step forward consummate rogue Detective Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard, aka "The Duke".Eliza and Duke strike up a fiery relationship as they team up to solve puzzling crimes in the murkiest depths of 1880s London.

5. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

   2012 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   Our glamorous lady detective, The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, swans into early 1929 Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.

6. Grantchester

   2014 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Eavesdropping on the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming, crime-fighting clergyman, and his partner in crime Police Inspector Geordie Keating, became a highlight for the audience who revelled in their on screen partnership. Geordie's plain-speaking, down to earth approach to policing complemented Sidney's more gentle technique of coaxing information from witnesses and suspects. Their unlikely pairing became a true friendship as each offered a different insight into the crimes they unravelled.

7. A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

   2020 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

   After being injured and facing loss in the line of duty, retired Boston Police Detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life of fishing, living in his late father's home on Martha's Vineyard. When a mysterious visitor to the island turns up dead, Jeff is reluctantly recruited to help in the investigation by the local police chief, a family friend.

8. 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.

9. McDonald & Dodds

   2020 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   McDonald & Dodds is set in Bath and follows the wildly ambitious DCI McDonald, who is partnered with the shy, modest DS Dodds. While McDonald has transferred from the mean streets of South London to leap up the career ladder, Dodds has happily languished on the shelf for most of his working life.McDonald is a tough, driven, battering ram of a cop who cracks cases through sheer force of will; Dodds – the tortoise to her hare – is quiet, unassuming and enigmatic. But thrust back into frontline action for the first time in a decade, he discovers a hidden talent for deciphering puzzles. Two contemporary Britons, seemingly with nothing in common, thrown together, boss McDonald and loyal sidekick Dodds forge a rumbustious, entertaining and ultimately – give or take a few setbacks – effective partnership.

10. 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.