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Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Suave, sophisticated Detective Inspector Lynley and his prickly, plebian sidekick Detective Sergeant Havers are back with two new gripping mysteries in this sixth and final series. But with Lynley struggling to cope with his wife's death -- and Havers struggling with her partner's heavy drinking -- will they be able to focus on solving crime?
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 342 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Disc one: After a daring diamond heist, all fingers point to crime boss Jimmy Vincent, released from prison on the very day of the robbery. When teenagers find the two-week-old corpse of Dominic Sylvester, everyone in the Willesden constabulary dismisses it as the lonely death of a reclusive old man - everyone, that is, except Davies. Bunny Hopper is half of the almost-famous comedy team Bunny & Jules, dies onstage in a bingo hall, the apparent victim...
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
John Luther, the near-genius detective struggling with his own demons, returns with two distinctive, thrilling crime stories. Devastated by the brutal murder of his wife, John Luther returns to policing in a different world. His old unit has gone and he's working in the newly created Serious and Serial unit, headed by former police complaints officer Martin Schenk. Luther quickly gathers together his team, rescuing his old partner Detective Justin...
7) Collision
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (210 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a major accident leaves two dead, two critically wounded, and the surviving victims' lives changed forever, the father of one of the victims files a suit against the police department. Detective Inspector John Tolin must come to terms with his own past, and with his partner in the investigation if he has any hope of untangling the carnage, and understanding what caused the accident that threw so many lives together.
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sleeping murder: When Giles and Gwenda Reed move into their dream house in a seaside resort Gwenda is haunted by the vision of a body in the hall. Miss Marple uses her keen intuition to solve the murder of Gwenda's stepmother that took place in the house while Gwenda was living there during her childhood. 4:50 from Paddington: On her way to visit Miss Marple, Elspeth McGillicuddy glimpses a man strangling a woman on a passing train. Police fail to...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 460 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Going wrong: As wild teenagers, Guy Curran and Leonora Chisholm believed that they were soulmates. When they meet again eight years later, Guy aims to reclaim her, no matter who stands in his way.
Harm done: Detective Chief Inspector Wexford faces growing public unrest over the release of a pedophile, an odd series of abductions, and the disappearance of a wealthy couple's daughter from her bedroom.
The fallen curtain: Abducted briefly as a boy,...
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Maverick police detective Dave Creegan is back on the job as a member of London's Organized and Serial Crime Unit (OSC), an elite, rapid-response crime squad. The OSC uses their diverse crime-fighting skills to bring justice to society. Along with his stalwart partner D.I. Susan Taylor, Creegan squares off against some of England's most dangerous criminals.
13) Rebus: set 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
John Rebus is a hard bitten detective who pursures truth on the gritty streets of modern-day Edinburgh. "The falls": After the gruesome murder of a prominent physician, Rebus and Clarke soon find themselves hot on the trail of an apparent serial killer. "Fleshmarket close": When a beautiful young seamstress goes missing, the search takes Rebus and Clarke to the mean, melting streets of Knoxland Estate, the high-rise project that houses Edinburgh's...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (1114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Includes all 21 episodes from the unforgettable first season plus the pilot movie The Murder of Sherlock Holmes. Join super sleuth Jessica Fletcher and investigate every entertaining episode of Murder, She Wrote.
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Poirot agrees to visit the husband of a famous actress to urge him to reconsider her request for a divorce. Edgware insists that he has already agreed to his wife's request. Yet, within twenty-four hours, he is found murdered.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (354 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A lifetime of police work has left Detective Kurt Wallander with the look of a man who's seen too much. In a spare and compelling performance, Krister Henriksson does justice to the complicated detective beloved by fans of the bestselling crime novels by Henning Mankell.
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatization of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The most eligible bachelor in London, Lord St. Simon, has just married a wealthy American woman. The young couple's wedding day turns to tragedy when an unwelcome guest arrives at the wedding breakfast and the bride disappears. Sherlock Holmes is plagued with terrible nightmares, which cause him to regard the plight of Lord St. Simon with contempt. Will Holmes take the case?
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hercule Poirot accompanies an archeological expedition searching for the skull of John the Baptist in the Syrian Desert. What the team actually finds is a more recent corpse: the body of Lady Boynton, wife of the expedition leader Lord Boynton.
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A beautiful young woman seeks the help of Holmes and Watson when the mysterious benefactor who has been sending her a pearl each year since her father disappeared wants to meet her. Involved are a priceless hoard of Indian treasure and a murderer, whose trademark is "the sign of four."
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 5 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brilliant, relentless and sometimes exasperating, James Kavanagh, Q.C. will push to extremes to see justice servied--even as his professional triumphs mask a private life at times more troubled than those of his clients.
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