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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Description
This absurdist, metaphysical murder mystery opens with the discovery of human body parts stuffed inside a cow on the outskirts of the English Channel in northern France. The bumbling and mumbling Captain Van der Weyden is assigned to investigate the crime, but he has to contend with a young prankster, the mischievous Quinquin, as he proceeds to investigate the case.
Publisher
Distributed by RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
As the enormously popular mystery series returns, World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in 1946 London. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new-but no less deadly-threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006/2007
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle, a long time veteran of the Hastings police force, is persuaded to remain on duty at home rather than join the troops at the front as World War II begins. But home is on the vulnerable southern English coast and the chaos, danger and venality of war seep into everyday events.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Danish
Description
Police inspector Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad investigate a cold case about a disappeared woman; when the murder of young twins implicates a group of students as the killers, Carl Mørck investigates; Department Q must catch a serial killer before time runs out.
29) Stakeout
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
Two plainclothes cops are convinced that a dangerous escaped convict is headed for his ex-girlfriend's apartment. They "stakeout" her apartment and the watch remains routine until one of the detectives falls in love with the woman under surveillance.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When Chan heads to Paris for a reunion with his WWI buddies, he finds the City of Light plunged into darkness, as Europe teeters on the brink of war. But when Chan stumbles on an evil spy ring that's selling arms to Germany, the intrepid detective is determined to shed the light of justice onto evil's darkest and most dangerous enterprise.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In Reno, if love hurts, divorce can be murder. When Charlie Chan sets out to solve the murder of an unhappily married socialite, he soon discovers that "til death do us part" can be a deadly vow to break. As the legendary detective squares off against desperate divorcées, murderous mistresses and blackhearted blackmailers, he quickly begins to suspect that when it comes to America's divorce capital, "happily ever after" may be the greatest casualty...
33) Seven
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A psychological thriller about two detectives on the trail of a serial killer who chooses his victims according to the seven deadly sins.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Axel Foley is a brash, street smart Detroit detective who follows the trail of a friend's murderer to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills. And before Axel gets his man, he gets up to his neck in an international network of smugglers and drug peddlers.
35) Zodiac
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Description
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. The four men most affected by the killer are San Francisco PD Homicide detectives David Toschi and William Armstrong, and the San Francisco Chronicle reporters Paul Avery and Robert Graysmith. Displays the psychological and emotional effects of the killings, as well as the endless procedural details of the investigation (handwriting experts, the "2500"...
36) The big easy
Series
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A criminal's murder triggers a bloody gangland drug war. A saucy blend of New Orleans nightlife, romance and suspense.
37) Hunting season
Author
Series
Anna Pigeon mysteries volume 10
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Working at Mt. Locust, a historic Mississippi plantation, park ranger Anna Pigeon comes upon the body of the brother of a local candidate for sheriff, and must deal with dark family secrets and political intrigue as she investigates the crime.
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