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Lois Cayley is an adventurous young woman in an early mystery novel by Grant Allen (1899). Catherine Chandler is a NYPD detective played by Kristin Kreuk in Beauty & the Beast. Corinna Chapman runs a bakery in Melbourne and solves neighbourhood puzzles in a series commenced 2004 by Australian Kerry Greenwood.
Unforgettable: Created by John Bellucci, Ed Redlich. With Poppy Montgomery, Dylan Walsh, James Hiroyuki Liao, Jane Curtin. Carrie Wells, a former police detective, has a rare ability to remember virtually everything she experiences including detailed visual recall.
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- Broadchurch (2013) Created by Chris Chibnall. Starring David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker. Crime, Drama, Mystery. 24 episodes (3 seasons) 8.4 on IMDb.
- Happy Valley (2014) Created by Sally Wainwright. Starring Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, James Norton. Crime, Drama, Thriller. 18 episodes (3 seasons)
- Mare of Easttown (2021) Created by Brad Ingelsby. Starring Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart. Crime, Drama, Mystery. 7 episodes (1 season) 8.4 on IMDb.
- Sharp Objects (2018) Created by Marti Noxon. Starring Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina. Crime, Drama, Mystery. 8 episodes (1 season) 8.1 on IMDb. Technically, Camille Preaker (played by Amy Adams) is a journalist, not a cop.
- Veronica Mars, Upn/The Cw/Hulu
- Vera, ITV
- Agatha Raisin, Sky One/Acorn TV
- Agatha Christie’s Marple, ITV
- Stumptown, ABC
- Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Netflix
- Nancy Drew, The CW
- Murder, She Wrote, CBS
- Frankie Drake Mysteries, CBC
- Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, ABC
You just can’t talk about female detectives without talking about Veronica Mars, the token crime-solver for the millennial generation. Set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, the series follows the eponymous Veronica Mars, a high school (and then college) student who works as a private investigator, mentored by her own detective father. E...
Verais a British crime drama that has premiered 11 seasons thus far, with talks of a possible American adaptation as well. The series is based on crime writer Ann Cleeves’ novels surrounding the titular character, Vera Stanhope. As the almost retired Detective Chief Inspector of the fictional Northumberland & City Police, Vera is a dedicated member...
Beginning in 1992, romance and mystery novelist M.C. Beaton wrote many crime mystery novels surrounding one character: Agatha Raisin. It was these novels that inspired the comedy-crime series, Agatha Raisin! The titular character is a former public relations professional based out of London, but she seeks out a new life in the village of Carsley. S...
Agatha Christie is known as a novelist in the detective mystery genre, most particularly for her work surrounding the fictional (male) detective, Hercule Poirot. However, Christie also has a series of stories that introduce Miss Jane Marple, an “elderlyspinster” whose analytical thinking and analogies to village life in England were what helped her...
Oregonians will recognize the title of this crime drama from ABC as Stumptown is the nickname for the city of Portland, where the series is set. Stumptownfollows former marine Dex Parios, a “sharp-witted” veteran with experience in military intelligence while stationed in Afghanistan. Now that she’s back in civilian life, she struggles to hold down...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always gone beyond just the films, and Netflix’s Marvel’s Jessica Jonesis one of many series that further expands that universe. The eponymous Jessica Jones was a former superhero whose powers included strength and, to a degree, flight. Though she still has those powers, she has left the world of superheroes becaus...
Nancy Drew is yet another household name when it comes to female detectives – arguably even more so than Veronica Mars, because the Nancy Drew name spans generations. The character first appeared in the titular series of novels in the 1930s, and The CW’s Nancy Drew is the third book adaptationalready. Here, Nancy Drew is both the heroine and the na...
We take things back in time a little with Murder, She Wrote, a detective fiction drama that ran during the 1980s and 90s. The series follows Jessica Fletcher, a retired English teacherwho has also gained fame as a mystery writer. Despite this, she has remained in her small town of Cabot Cove, Maine, and assists the local law enforcement with solvin...
The Canadian crime mystery series Frankie Drake Mysteries may have aired just very recently, but it’s actually a noir drama set in Toronto during the 1920s! Additionally, not only is the lead character and detective female but her entire team is, too! The titular Frankie Drake is the first female private detective in Toronto, and she runs an all-fe...
We’re staying in the 1920s with this one, though we are heading Down Under; Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries is an Australian crime and mystery dramaset on the streets of Melbourne! It follows Phryne Fisher, an independent and glamorous private detective who will stop at nothing to solve any crime – with the occasional albeit reluctant help of Detect...
HBO (USA) Release. 23 March 2008. ( 2008-03-23) –. 19 April 2009. ( 2009-04-19) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a television comedy-drama series, produced by the BBC in conjunction with HBO, and based on the novels of the same name by Alexander McCall Smith. The novels focus on the story of a detective agency opened by Mma Ramotswe and ...
Sep 28, 2003 · October 11, 2012. Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. When she was a teenager, she witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen and herself was saved by someone – or something. Years have passed and while investigating a murder, Catherine discovers a clue that leads her to Vincent Keller ...
