Summary: Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspect.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media U.S. 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Daniel is a decent young man who is married to Jane. They live at his father's home. When his father dies, it his up to him to organize his funeral. On the morning of the funeral, with a suitably grave expression on his face, Daniel is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the dignity inherent in such a circumstance will be a hard task. Particularly with an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DEASummary: Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle works in the English town of Hastings. As World War II tears at the social fabric of this once quiet coastal community, Foyle investigates crimes the conflict has fostered on the home front.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Follows the adventures of retired detective Alex Ridley when he is called on to assist his former partner with new crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2023
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RIDSummary: Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DALSummary: She brings people into the world (midwife), he ushers them out (undertaker), but for this unconventional pair, love is the greatest journey of all. A slightly jaded, but ever hopeful couple looking to finally get it right. From the minute they meet, the demands of family and their unpredictable professions keep things complicated. But they find that, like birth and death, love is a force that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WIL NOT RATEDSummary: In 1970s England, Dalgliesh and his junior, DS Kate Miskin, investigate the murders of a forensic scientist, a controversial lawyer, and a young doctor at odds with his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DALSummary: Often touted as the best British sitcom ever, Only Fools and Horses tells the story of the crafty cockney huckster Derek Trotter (David Jason), who has finally found the perfect scheme which he is convinced will make him a millionaire within a year! Del's kid brother Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) and his sweet but doddery old granddad (Lennard Pearce) have seen 'em all, however, from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide America 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ONLSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2003
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHESummary: Hound of the Baskervilles: A savage beast lurks on England's moors, feeding on the flesh of the heirs of Baskerville Hall. Sherlock Holmes must track down the beast before it sinks its fangs into the newest lord of the manor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY SHESummary: Compo is just as smitten with Nora as ever, so when Smiler becomes her lodger, Compo is left depressed. The trio tracks down one of Compo's old friends from school, hoping to cash in on an old debt. Foggy also has his inventor's cap back on this season. He creates a chair lift to get up the hills and a pole vault to help Compo hang a washing line for Nora, but as usual, his brilliant ideas lead...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2 Entertain 2012