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Detective
Detective
2019 | Deduction
'Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game manages to take an underused genre and really take it into an exciting new direction. App integration always runs the risk of being a distraction or novelty instead of improving the game.'

Tony Mastrangeli, Board Game Quest
https://www.boardgamequest.com/detective-a-modern-crime-board-game-review/
  
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Merissa (12051 KP) created a post

Jul 7, 2021  
"A step out of my comfort zone, but a very welcome one!"

Tour & #Giveaway: Kill Shot (The Fighting Detective #1) by Blair Denholm - @Archaeolibrary, @partnersincr1me​ (@PICVirtualTours - FB)​, @blairdenholm, #Crime, #Thriller, 4 out of 5 (very good)

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/killshot-thefightingdetective-1-byblairdenholm
     
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Merissa (12051 KP) created a post

May 20, 2024  
"Mia is the origin story of retired inspector Jack Bertolino as a young undercover, NYPD narco-busting detective and his relationship with Mia, his confidential informant."

Tour & #Giveaway: MIA by John Lansing - #Crime, #Thriller,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/tour-giveaway-mia-by-john-lansing
     
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Geoff Dyer recommended Bad Timing (1980) in Movies (curated)

 
Bad Timing (1980)
Bad Timing (1980)
1980 | Mystery
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Deeply pervy—and that’s just the decision to cast Art Garfunkel in the lead as a math professor in Vienna! My favorite moment is when the detective—an implausibly wonderful Harvey Keitel—asks Garfunkel to confess to the crime “as a personal favor.” As bonkers as it is beautiful."

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alex (68 KP) rated Altered Carbon in TV

Dec 16, 2018  
Altered Carbon
Altered Carbon
2018 | Sci-Fi
Enthralling concept (1 more)
Great characters
Hooked from the beginning
I thoroughly enjoyed this series. Although set in a future, one can see the headline issues of today wrapped up in a complicated film-noir private detective archetype. Something about hard-boiled crime and mystery supported by futuristic tech and commentary on the social elite really pulls me in.
  
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Dean (6926 KP) rated A Confession in TV

Oct 7, 2019  
A Confession
A Confession
2019 | Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
6
7.1 (10 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Good cast (0 more)
A bit slow in the last couple of episodes (0 more)
Interesting True crime drama
A good drama based on a true story. A detective makes a decision to try and find a missing girl that will have repercussions for the case. The first few episodes were good as the police do the detective work to try and find a missing girl. They establish a suspect and try their best to find out where she is and what happened to her. The latter episodes deal with the court case and legal disputes over certain evidence. The beginning is like many other crime dramas, very tense trying to find a suspect and build up evidence. However the 2nd half of the series is bogged down by the legal red tape over the law of questioning suspects. Hard to believe that the law still hasn't been changed yet around this ruling. It is more interesting as it's a true crime drama though.
  
Automan: The Complete Series
Automan: The Complete Series
1983 | Action, Adventure, Crime
10
6.7 (3 Ratings)
Excellent special effects (0 more)
Sci fi
This show ran for 1 season between 1983 - 1984.
Made by the same people that brought us Tron.
Based around a police detective who isn't allowed out to patrol the streets on orders from his captain as he's a wizard with computers.
So he decides to make a computer generated superhero to help him fight crime, who he calls automan the world's first automatic man aided by his friend cursor who can create anything in the blink off an eye he sets off to fight crime.
  
Chronicles of Crime
Chronicles of Crime
2018 | Deduction, Entertainment, Murder & Mystery
Sooo good
If you love crime stories and detective series then you should try this game ! Its simple to play and is good with all ages
It does require an app but that only facilitates the game not dictates it .
The down side is the crimes arnt able to be replayed but they are fun that ome time you do !
  
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David Benioff recommended Dirty Snow in Books (curated)

 
Dirty Snow
Dirty Snow
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"One of the most prolific writers in history, Simenon is best known for his crime novels featuring the detective Maigret. “I’ll manufacture Fords for a while until enough money comes in,” he said once, “Then I’ll make Rolls-Royces for pleasure.” Dirty Snow is a Rolls. A slender novel about a petty criminal living in a nameless occupied city, this book punches well above its weight class."

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The Nice Guys (2016)
The Nice Guys (2016)
2016 | Comedy, Drama
Humor, performances, detective genre, comedy (0 more)
Fun send up of film noir in pulp literature and los angeles culture in a frozen celluloid time capsule
Set in a decade where the comedy and homages work in todays modern popular culture. This unlikely pair lead the story in an unconventional take on the buddy cop/comedy as they work in opposition to each other to solve a dark crime, with a seedy leadup, all the while surrounded by the city of hollywood and its movie star culture. Something out of the pages of a detective fiction magazine. Post modern film noir in a brighter reflection of itself