Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or Video-on-Demand, is profiling four series from our site being released this week.
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Above Suspicion
Set 3: Silent Scream
When the brutal murder of a famous young actress brings DI Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) face-to-face with her old boss, DCS James Langton (Ciarán Hinds), the two must find a killer and deal with their own relationship. She's determined to get ahead; he's angry about being passed over for promotion. Meanwhile, there are too many suspects for the murder, and Langton becomes obsessed with finding the person on his team who betrayed him.
Based on the novel Silent Scream by Lynda La Plante, this three-part drama delves into the shallow world of stardom and the harsh realities of deception.
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Braquo
Season One
Braquo (in French with English subtitles) is a hard-hitting thriller about a squad of Paris cops who exist in the blurred boundaries at the edge of the law, using violence and intimidation to get the job done.
In the first season, the lives of these officers change radically when their squad leader is falsely accused of corruption and commits suicide.
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Braquo
Season Two
It's the end of the line for rogue cops Caplan, Morlighem, Delgado and Vachewski in the second season of Braquo (in French with English subtitles).
To protect his team, Caplan makes a deal with the authorities. He assumes full responsibility and is sent to prison. Morlighem and Delgado are reassigned with junior positions, while Vachewski is kicked off the force. But he soon finds himself at the center of an undercover operation being run by several different police departments. Escaping from prison, he's on the run from a killer. His former teammates are there to help him out, but this time both cops and criminals are shooting to kill.
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Law & Order
Season Fourteen
Identity theft, gay adoption, illegal immigration and PTSD are just some of the ripped-from-the-headlines controversies highlighted during 24 gripping episodes from the fourteenth year of Law & Order.
In a post-9/11 New York, Detective Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach), Detective Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin), Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson), Executive ADA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston), ADA Serena Southerlyn (Elisabeth Röhm) and DA Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson) have their hands full with a city still recovering from the shock of the attack. But as they pursue and prosecute a number of difficult cases amidst an atmosphere of suspicion, their toughest challenge proves to be saying good-bye to one of their own.
This 14th season of the series originally aired on NBC from September 2003 through May 2004.
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Les Petits Meurtres D'Agatha Christie
Season One
Agatha Christie's masterful storytelling gets a soupçon of French flair in these attractive, witty mysteries.
In 1930s France, Superintendent Larosière has a passion for beautiful women and solving cases, while hapless young Inspector Lampion just tries to keep up.
And in the mid-'50s, suave Commissioner Laurence unravels knotty crimes with the help of reporter Alice.
These French adaptations are a fresh, stylish twist on classic Christie tales. (In French, with English subtitles.)
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