Summary: Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 1999
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY CHISummary: Detective John Shaft is hired by a Harlem mobster to find his kidnapped teenage daughter and finds himself up against some Mafia chieftains who want to take over a chunk of the black underworld's uptown territory.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ShaSummary: A contemporary take on the classic series about a new elite federalized task force whose mission is to wipe out the crime that washes up on the Islands' sun-drenched beaches.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Paramount Network Television 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HAWSummary: The world's most secret and most uncompromising anti-terrorist organization, Section one, relies on the elite operative named Nikita.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FEMSummary: In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and renovation. Through her renovations she will find clues to uncover the house's secret past and in turn become an unlikely sleuth to help crack these unsolved mysteries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRASummary: Step into the world of a sharp-witted, headstrong medical examiner with unorthodox crime-solving methods and strained relationships with the living. Dr. Megan Hunt was second to none, a brilliant neurosurgeon in a class all her own, but when her lifesaving gift is destroyed in a career-killing car accident, she reinvents herself as a medical examiner.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ABC Studios 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BODSummary: Patrick Jane returns for Season Five of The Mentalist. Starring Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Simon Baker as the California Bureau of Investigation consultant and former faux-psychic obsessed with finding Red John, the serial killer who murdered his family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MENSummary: In these newly remastered HD adaptations of Georges Simenon's bestselling crime novels, international film brings the beloved Parisian Inspector Maigret to life. Sporting his pipe that seems a nod to Sherlock Holmes, the pragmatic and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. To crack his cases, he peels back the veneer of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MAISummary: Match wits with Ellery Queen in all 22 episodes of this classic NBC series following the exploits of the famed writer as he assists his father, Inspector Richard Queen, in solving the mysteries that baffle the New York City police force.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by E1 Entertainment 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ELLSummary: For Commisaris Piet van der Valk, it's a new day and a new dawn as he welcomes two new Sergeants to the team, the hotshot but impulsive Eddie Suleman and the technical whiz Citra Li.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VANSummary: Dashing detective William Murdoch must solve a holiday whodunit in this feature-length special of the award-winning mystery series set in Edwardian Toronto. Days before Christmas, Murdoch and his wife, Dr. Julia Ogden, travel to Victoria, British Columbia, to spend time with Murdoch's eccentric brother. But instead of a relaxing holiday with Jasper and his family, they end up investigating a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: Blu-ray TV MurdochSummary: "Wallander follows the titular chief inspector Kurt Wallander ... as he investigates crimes and solves mysteries in the deceptively dark underbelly of picturesque modern Sweden"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Writer/detective Jessica Fletcher is always uncovering clues, whether she's at home in the charming town of Cabot Cove, teaching in New York City, or traveling the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MURSummary: After a near-death experience, Detective Inspector Dave Creegan joins an elite police unit that investigates the most dangerous evildoers in Britain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Following a shocking murder, the lives of the police, suspects and victim's family are intricately woven together in this 'spellbinding' (TV Guide) series. This engrossing series has earned huge acclaim, as well as a Golden Globe nomination and multiple Emmy nominations in its first season.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Behavioral Analysis Unit's founding member Agent David Rossi returns with his elite team of FBI profilers to stop the country's most twisted criminal minds before they strike again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CRISummary: Holmes and Dr. Watson must use all their cunning and detective skills in some risky operations to foil the criminal element in each of these 5 mysteries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHESummary: Looking for inspiration, crime novelist Nick Castle becomes a consultant for the New York Police Department and clashes with Detective Kate Beckett.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ABC Studios 2010
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CASCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CASSummary: Return to the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford where the lovably quirky Father Brown is facing another round of seemingly unsolvable murders. Assisted by parish secretary Mrs. McCarthy, the glamorous Lady Felicia Montague and her chauffeur Sid Carter, Father Brown will face some of his most challenging cases yet. Unexpected death on a film set, a poisoned executioner, a kidnapping, voodoo...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Fa 4Summary: The blockbuster French television series sweeps you along to the great sites and regions of France. Cops chase down the criminals against stunning backdrops: lush forests, remote islands, rocky coastlines, beaches with clear blue water, and grand ranches. Sure, there's a murder or two, but along the way, you'll get to know French cuisine, unique characters, and centuries-old history and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The old dogs of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad are about to welcome a few new faces, but first, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman and her loyal team, Gerry Standing, Brian Lane, and Steve McAndrew, will solve their final cases together, bringing justice to decades-old murders that stumped London's Metropolitan Police.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV NEWSummary: The blockbuster French television series Murder In-- sweeps you along to the great sites and regions of France. Cops chase down the criminals against stunning backdrops: lush forests, remote islands, rocky coastlines, beaches with clear blue water, and grand ranches. Sure, there's a murder or two, but along the way get to know French cuisine, unique characters, and centuries-old history and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Jake Doyle is a new breed of private investigator, cracking cases in contemporary St. John's, N.L. His hometown is changing in a big way, transforming from a small seaport to a booming oil town. Along with his father/partner-in-crime-solving, Malachy Doyle, the two are ready to take on whatever mystery turns up on their doorstep.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBC Home Video 2010