Nicola Walker
Author
Series
We solve murders volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy's business now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn't stay still long enough for habits or routines. She's currently...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a body is discovered in a derelict building, DCI Cassie Stuart must untangle lies that have been covered up for nearly forty years. With her partner, DI Sunil "Sunny" Khan, they narrow the list to four suspects, each with something to hide. As their deceptions are discovered, the people they love most begin to wonder what else they might be capable of.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When human remains are found by a highway near London, Cassie and Sunny are called in. Dogged work leads the team to a sixteen-year-old girl who went missing on the eve of the millennium. A close-knit group of old school friends hold the key to what happened. Is one of them capable of murder? Cassie is determined to correct the mistakes made in the original investigation no matter the personal cost.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Kahn investigate a cold case with alarming links to the police force. A corpse is discovered in a scrap yard, his features frozen in time. Four suspects emerge. All four have links to the law and attended the same police training course back in 1989. Since then, their lives have gone in very different directions. Some have thrived and others have faltered. But exactly who is fighting for justice? Can the police force...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia's respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys and dealing with her husband's infidelity, while Alan's...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
DI Annika Strandhed, the speedboat-driving head of Glasgow's newly-formed Marine Homicide Unit, juggles baffling cases and a rebellious teenage daughter. Joined by DS Michael McAndrews, Annika's old colleague; DC Blair Ferguson, the forensic brains behind the unit; and DS Tyrone Clarke, the new cop at the station.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan face an impossible cold case. A lawyer. A nurse. A schoolteacher. A police officer. These four suspects are the pieces of the puzzle. But as Cassie and Sunny put this picture together, the more blurred it becomes. The investigation will question their assumptions about the most damaged and destructive in society. When a victim becomes a criminal, is punishment the same as justice? Seen on Masterpiece Mystery!
9) Marriage
Publisher
PBS, BBC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A warm, sometimes funny, sometimes moving, always revealing look at the need for togetherness and the joy of love in a difficult world. Married couple Ian and Emma negotiate the insecurities, ambiguities, the hopes and the fears, and the risks and the gifts of a long-term intimate relationship"--Container.
10) MI-5: Volume 9
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The penultimate season of the hugely successful, long-running drama introduces a host of new characters. There's Beth Bailey, a brilliant ex-mercenary who was posing as an Eastern European prostitute when she ran into the team. Dimitri, an ex officer in British Special Forces, has been recruited for his skills in fighting terrorism on the front line. And finally, data analyst Tariq has been fast-tracked through the system.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning comedy drama and PBS favorite returns for a second season as the two childhood sweethearts work to finally make a life together. After Alan's near fatal heart attack, he and Celia decide to marry secretly - but how will their daughters react? Uptight Caroline and rebellious Gillian discover they actually quite like each other, but will the fact Gillian spent a night with Caroline's ex-husband John jeopardize the stepsisters' fledgling...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The intricate dance of life continues in this heartwarming drama series about two long-lost childhood sweethearts and the 60 years of baggage they bring to their better-late-than-never marriage. How will newlyweds Alan and navigate a startling revelation about Alan's past? And how will their adult daughters, Gillian and Caroline, deal with happiness and tragedy in their even more complicated lives?
Publisher
[Warner Home Video, distributor]
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The BATAA-winning, international hit spy drama returns for a nail-biting tenth and final series. With the truth about Lucas North finally revealed, and following his rooftop showdown at the end of the last series, Harry is facing some complicated questions about the future of Section D as well as some skeletons from his own past.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"To Celia's dismay, Caroline takes on a challenging new headship role at a troubled state school and buys a rundown farmhouse nearby. Is there more to this big upheaval than she is letting on and will her move prompt her mother and Alan to finally find a place of their own? Meanwhile Gillian's struggling to adjust to new husband Robbie being around all day since he retired from the police"--Container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed and the Marine Homicide Unit return to solve more brutal and unexplained murders that wash up in Scotland's waters. The team is challenged as their dynamics shift, pushing them to rapidly adapt as they encounter murders more complex than ever before. Meanwhile, Annika balances a family dynamic that grows more complicated as long-held secrets from the past begin to impact her relationships"--Container.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Hannah DeFoe is a brilliant divorce lawyer. With her formidable mother Ruth and headstrong sister Nina, she takes on cases for London's wealthy and well-known. Following a bitter argument, Hannah leaves the family business to begin a new job at a rival firm, where she unexpectedly reconnects with the only other man she could have imagined her life with. And when Hannah's estranged father returns after thirty years, the toxic feud between her parents...
17) Touching evil: 3
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Alan and Celia have now been married for seven years. The childhood sweethearts, who reunited and remarried in their seventies, have moved into a lovely new home. But Alan and Celia are discovering that wedded bliss isn't always blissful. Clashing politics, Alan's new job and a wild local lad create tension. Meanwhile, Caroline gets emotionally embroiled at work and Alan's brother Ted jets in for a visit.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Defoes are back at the newly merged law firm Noble Hale Defoe. And Hannah's latest case, the divorce of the UK's most powerful celebrity couple, is set to put NHD on the map. As Hannah fights one of the most public cases of her career, she's also fighting a private battle to save her marriage. Following the devastating revelation of Nathan's betrayal, her formerly rock-solid marriage is beginning to crack. And, as she finds herself in a passionate...