Nicholas Renton
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Many a baffling mystery and outrageous scam lurk behind the closed doors of Lochdubh, and Hamish needs all his skill to keep the big boys from Inverness off his patch. If only his love life were as easy to solve, but that is another story.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 178 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A former Scotland Yard sleuth now tracking murders in Britain's North Country, George Gently (Tony nominee Martin Shaw) is an old-time copper in the rapidly changing 1960s. In these two feature-length mysteries, Gentry and Bacchus investigate the suspicious death of an ex-informant facing a seemingly hopeless future, as well as the murder of a young woman poised on the brink of an exciting new chapter in her life.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Oxford's favorite detectives Lewis and Hathaway return for the eighth and final series of the hit series. Investigating the city's most complex and intriguing crimes, Lewis clashes with the new Chief Superintendent, who questions his traditional approach. Will Lewis decide to call time on his policing career? Meanwhile, Hathaway is forced to confront his past.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (450 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspector Robert Lewis and his partner, the enigmatic detective Sergeant James Hathaway, return to the idyllic Oxford countryside and colleges in five new thrillers, forcing the pair to revisit the past and to reconsider the future.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 312 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Pipe-smoking Chief Inspector Maigret is one of this century's classic fictional sleuths. The sardonic but compassionate Commissaire, with his unique brand of cool appraisal, never fails to pierce straight to the heart of crime"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 312 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Pipe-smoking Chief Inspector Maigret is one of this century's classic fictional sleuths. The sardonic but compassionate Commissaire, with his unique brand of cool appraisal, never fails to pierce straight to the heart of crime"--Container.
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers, this story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a respected country doctor. The well-ordered world of Molly's childhood is soon to be complicated by new people and unexpected situations. Most devastating is her father's decision to remarry after many years of widowhood. Molly's faltering efforts to cope gracefully with an impossible...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (354 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Actor Martin Shaw stars as the principled detective George Gently in these four feature-length mysteries. These dramas unfold against the beautiful backdrop of rural Britain during the tumultuous 1960s. Based on the long-running series of books by Alan Hunter
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 376 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chief Inspector Michael Jericho of Scotland Yard is a respected, uncompromising, and forward-thinking detective investigating high-profile murders in 1950s London. The series is set in a fascinating period of Britain's social history, when London saw an explosion of color, glamour, and shifting attitudes after the Second World War. Jericho is a man surveying a city changing beyond recognition in front of his eyes.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 369 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Detective Chief Inspector George Gently ... returns to the job six months after he and his sergeant, John Bacchus ... were gravely injured in the line of duty. Both officers appear to be on the mend, physically at least. ... At a time of changing attitudes and values in Britain, Gently and Bacchus are undergoing transitions of their own ... set in 1969"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 372 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. A pocket full of rye: Who poisoned the wealthy businessman Rex rotescue? Miss Marple barely has time to ponder this question before her former maid Gladys turns up strangled on the Fortescue estate. Murder is Easy: Murder is easy, says elederly Miss Pinkerton to Miss Marple during a chance encounter on a train. However, when Miss Pinkerton...
Author
Series
George Gently volume 4
Description
Upon his release from prison, a vicious career criminal from Gently's London days seeks revenge on the detective. Allegations about the inspector start to fly and many people-Bacchus among them-are all too ready to believe the worst.
Author
Series
George Gently volume 3
Description
When an adopted baby is snatched from her crib, suspicion initially falls on the birth mother, who may be having second thoughts about giving up her child. But after a ransom demand turns out to be blackmail, Gently turns his attentions closer to home.
Author
Series
Masterpiece volume 2
Description
Gabriel and Mr. Boldwood forsake their hearts upon the arrival of the dashing, womanizing soldier Frank Troy, who, despite being in love with another woman himself, sees a challenge in Bathsheba and sets out to win her.
Author
Series
Jericho of Scotland Yard volume 2
Description
The morning after their wedding, the bodies of what appear to be running champion Johnny Swan and his wife, West End dancer Lizzie Way, are discovered in their hotel room. But Jericho finds that the crime scene is not all that it seems, and the case expands to include Russian spies, gangsters, and a link to Jericho's past.
Author
Series
Jericho of Scotland Yard volume 1
Description
Chief Inspector Michael Jericho investigates the murder of a young black man shot dead in a Notting Hill neighborhood full of racial tension. The same night, Sir Nicholas Wellesley is kidnapped outside his gentleman's club. Could the two crimes be connected?
Author
Series
Masterpiece volume 1
Description
Uncertain of her future but unwilling to sacrifice her freedom, Bathsheba Everdene rejects the proposal of dependable Gabriel Oak. Gabriel can only watch as Bathsheba flirts with Mr. Boldwood, unleashing a passionate obsession inside him.