Mysteries on TV, your source for the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD, is profiling two series that have complete set DVDs and three series that have season DVDs or movies being released this week.
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The second (and final) season of Blood Ties picks up where the first one ended with private investigator Vicky Nelson (Christina Cox) and 480-year-old vampire Henry Fitzroy (Kyle Schmid) being drawn into baffling cases involving a terrifying pantheon of occult adversaries.
Blood Ties was based on characters depicted in the five "Blood" novels by Tanya Huff, and aired 22 episodes on Lifetime.
The Blood Ties: Season Two DVD set of 3 discs contain the 9 episodes that aired from October through December, 2007.
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Uncovering the truth behind gruesome homicides by examining rotting flesh is just another day at the office for a prosaic forensic anthropologist and her cocky FBI partner in Bones. Starring Emily Deschanel as the brilliant yet socially awkward Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, and David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, the series is powered by dark humor and sizzling chemistry. Forming an improbable bond, Booth and Bones conduct gruesome investigations into the disturbing realities of true crime aided by a group of unlikely colleagues, including an insect expert and conspiracy theorist, coroner and psychologist, among others.
Bones is based on characters created by mystery author Kathy Reichs.
The Bones: Season Four DVD set of 6 discs contain the 22 episodes that aired on Fox from September 2008 through May 2009.
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James Nesbitt starred as Tommy Murphy in Murphy's Law, a series that aired on BBC for 5 series (seasons) from 2003 through 2007.
Guilt-ridden over the death of his young daughter, who was slain by the IRA, he flees to London to work undercover for the Metropolitan Police. Hardheaded, hard-drinking, brash, and brooding, Murphy is down on his luck. But he still has more than a bit of the old Irish charm, flashing quick wit and a roguish grin.
Murphy's Law was based on characters created by novelist Colin Bateman.
The Murphy's Law: Series One DVD set of 3 discs contain the 4 episodes that originally aired during the spring of 2003.
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The Van der Valk Mysteries was an ITV series that starred Barry Foster as Dutch detective Simon van der Valk and was based on the character created by crime novelist Nicolas Freeling. The series was set in, and filmed on location in, Amsterdam.
Suave but cynical, the cultured Simon "Piet" Van der Valk has a taste for the finer things in life--symphony music, good wine, and the cooking of his beautiful French-born wife. But even long-suffering Arlette (Susan Travers) can tell that Piet is most at home when he’s at work. There, alongside easygoing Inspecteur Johnny Kroon (Michael Latimer), every new case is a personal challenge to this unorthodox cop on the streets of old Amsterdam.
The Van der Valk Mysteries: Set One DVD set of 2 discs contain the 6 episodes that originally aired during September and October, 1972.
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