Sunday, September 7, 2025

NEW MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE SHOWS TO WATCH THIS AUTUMN: MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, LYNLEY, MAIGRET, DEATH BY LIGHTNING, THE RUMOUR

 MYSTERY DETECTIVE SHOWS 
MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG
A review of new mystery and detective series coming to the small screens this Autumn, starting with MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG in which Matthew Lewis plays Canon Daniel Clement, a rector, who finds himself entangled in a murder investigation after a cousin of the church's patron is discovered with a fatal stab wound inflicted by secateurs, leading him to unravel the mystery. The six episode series will hit Acorn TV September 29th after it premieres in UK on Channel 5. See trailer here
 
  LYNLEY WITH LEO SUTER
Already launched earlier this week over on BritBox is a new four episode remake of LYNLEY detective series in which our lovely Leo Suter plays DI Thomas Lynley who together with DS Barbara Havers forms an unlikely police detective duo. Their contrasting backgrounds create tension, but they unite to solve crimes, navigating class and gender issues. Tom Forbes and Daniel Mays also star in the series out from September 4th and you can see the trailer here.
 

NEW MAIGRET FROM PBS MASTERPIECE
Launching a bit later on, October 5th over at PBS Masterpiece is MAIGRET in which gorgeous Benjamin Wainwright plays Chief Inspector Maigret a rising star in the Paris Police Judiciaire, relentless in his investigations, with an uncanny ability to get under the skin of the criminals he is chasing and a matchless knowledge of Paris. See trailer here.
 
 DEATH BY LIGHTNING OVER AT NETFLIX
Netflix is bringing us Matthew MacFadyen in their period set investigation series DEATH BY LIGHTNING which arrives November 6th also starring Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin and Nick Offerman. This period set four episode drama dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him. I will post the trailer when it is released.
 
 
THE RUMOUR FROM CHANNEL 5
British Channel 5 is ready to launch small town mystery thriller THE RUMOUR with Rachel Shenton from September 10th! She plays a mother who moves to a small town and gets entangled with a group of mothers. She exploits a rumor of a child predator living nearby, fueling gossip and heightening tensions while trying to safeguard her son amidst rising mistrust. See trailer here.

2 comments:

GIVE SOME LOVE TO YOUR DEZZY :) DON'T FORGET THAT BLOGGER'S NEW COMMENT BOX OFTEN REQUIRES FOR YOU TO DISABLE PROTECTION ON YOUR BROWSER IN ORDER TO COMMENT.