Netflix is so addictive, especially when you find a new TV series with lots of episodes. And if the series is based on a book, it's a little bonus because when the episodes are over you can enjoy the characters a different way.
Right now I'm addicted to Murdoch Mysteries, which only has three seasons on Netflix, so books here I come!
Based on books by Maureen Jennings
, this Canadian series set in Toronto was never shown in the U.S. and for the life of me I can't understand why, especially with the success of Downton Abbey and Mr. Selfridge on PBS.There's a handsome lead actor, Yannick Brisson, who owns the character of Detective Murdoch. The supporting cast are delightful and funny - especially Constable Crabtree and his endless list of Aunts with flower names. The plots are imaginative, and the topic is completely trendy - the "Steampunk" turn of the century when inventions and discoveries were being made right and left. Yet society was still Victorian and repressed, which adds much of the tension between strait-laced Constable Murdoch and his lady love and fellow mystery-solver, Dr. Julia Ogden.
If you like old-fashioned mysteries with a little bit of gore, but also enjoy romance, this is the series for you.
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