It was partly thanks to a bet with her sister that Agatha Christie wrote her first detective novel, and 100 years since it was published she is as popular as ever.

Demoted but defiant, Maigret bets his against a web of corruption in a Vault Robbery. The truth is far darker than stolen ...

Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel, the latest cosy crime novel from Sunderland author Glenda Young, has received high ...

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Some British detective dramas are quite special and possess a certain ability to make viewers feel smarter while watching ...

This fall, check out these noteworthy British mysteries from Richard Osman, Elizabeth George, Ann Cleeves and Charles Finch.

Credits: Directed by Chris Columbus, starring Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant. Rating/Runtime: Rated PG-13. 115 minutes ...

The couple, holding hands, walk down a wooden dock by the water's edge, after spending an evening in a bar on the island of St John in the US Virgin Islands. They are seen boarding a dinghy and ...

If the premise of Lynley, a new BritBox series, sounds familiar to fans of British mystery series, it’s because Elizabeth George’s novels were adapted for a 2001-08 BBC series called The Inspector ...

In its new season on PBS’s “Masterpiece,” the crime drama is back on track as one of the best British mystery series. By Mike Hale Jess and Sunny, the two slightly phlegmatic cops who run a London ...