The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (1993) Season 1 is a mystery series following Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, a detective with keen wit and brilliant ability to solve cases, as he and his colleagues ...

Jonathan Royal is a man rich enough to indulge his somewhat extravagant sense of the theatrical. But when he bizarrely throws a weekend party for guests with good reasons to loathe one another, his ...

In spring 1948, Alleyn joins a weekend party at Frantock Hall. His deductive powers are tested to the limit as he uncovers the sinister connection between the theft of a priceless chalice and a game ...

The London debutante season is in full swing. Tragically, there's a deadly blackmailer on the guest list. Who could it be? To find out, Alleyn plants a dear friend in the midst of a very aristocratic ...

Life is full of mysteries, and so are the bookshelves at my house. Some of these volumes are books I’ve already read, but many still await opening — and yet, I always seem to be in search of something ...

Mischief, mayhem and mystery characterize some of British television's most enduring series. Unlike modern American suspense stories, where forensics takes center stage, these mysteries teem with ...

4 Extra marks the 40th anniversary of the death of crime writer Dame Ngaio Marsh aged 86 on 18th February 1982, with four of her dramatised thrillers about the sleuthing talents of Inspector Alleyn.

The aristocratic detective Chief Inspector Alleyn and his assistants investigate a series of crimes, the detective moving casually through the world of high society. The first episode of the popular ...