If there’s one thing that makes a good murder mystery into a great one, it’s a stunning setting (as fans of The Sandhamn Murders know only too well). With this collection of murder mysteries, not only do you get a compelling crime (or two) and a charismatic pair of detectives on the case in each film, but they’re each set in a striking French location. From mountain tops to medieval villages to mines deep underground, there’s nowhere crime isn’t waiting – waiting to be solved that is.
Here's a sample of the 12 titles in this crime-solving series, each featuring a new set of investigators:
Murder In… Brocéliande
A young girl wanders off from her tour group in Brocéliande forest and stumbles onto a charred corpse. She says a young boy led her to the body; when the two police officers assigned to the case, Marie (Claire Keim) and Eric (Fred Bianconi), find him, he’s in shock and unable to speak.
Marie and Eric are a couple with problems of their own; bringing Marie’s child psychologist brother Romain (François Vincentelli) on board is a risky move at best. His approach is far from traditional, and his insights soon turn the investigation upside down. Marie’s own past comes into the spotlight, and with it memories she hoped were buried forever. As for the killer? They’re still out there…
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Murder In...Broceliande
drama • 2016
drama • 2016
Murder In… Provins
It usually helps if partners in a murder investigation get along. So having a divorced couple on the job – even if they’re both cops – isn’t ideal. Fortunately the victim isn’t dead: Renan Thomas (Stéphan Guérin-Tillié) is a famous actor and director back in his home town of Provins for a performance of a medieval play, only someone secretly swaps a fake stage knife for a real one and it is just luck that saves his life.
Usually police captain Patrick Robin (Thierry Neuvic) would handle it alone, but his ex-wife Karine Demarle (Anne Caillon) – who’s also a police captain – is in town with their children. Her skills are perfect for the case, which gets more complicated by the minute. Renan’s lovers (both secret and spurned) are just the tip of the iceberg, and the would-be killer has no reason not to try again.
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Murder In...Provins
thriller • 2019
thriller • 2019
Murder In… The Devil’s Bridge
When a shepherd’s dog finds a corpse hanging from the scenic but sinister Devil’s Bridge near Saint-Guilhem-Le-Désert, it seems a clear case of suicide. Then tests reveal the dead man – the local mayor – was drugged. Tensions had been high in the local community over pesticide use on nearby farms; the mayor and his son had a difficult relationship too.
Then it turns out the shepherd who found the body has a history of violence himself. Now former local turned big-city detective Marina Fazergues (Elodie Frenck) and the tiny town’s chief of police Philippe Charras (Patrick d’Assumcao) have their work cut out for them – even before they uncover links between this murder and one that took place thirty years earlier.
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Murder In...The Devil's Bridge
drama • thriller • 2018
drama • thriller • 2018
Murder In… The Maures Mountains
It’s been a very long time since the French army used arrows in combat, so when a body riddled with them is found in the forest around the Sainte-Victoire Mountain ridge during military training, foul play is suspected. While Lieutenant Diane Giraud (Hélène Degy) is the local police officer in charge, Captain Alex Lançon (Laurent Ournac) is sent by the Army to help the investigation, and it rapidly becomes clear they’re going to need all the help they can get.
Environmentalists, a local organisation for troubled youth, and the legend of the “Black Archer” are all pieces in the puzzle. But when it turns out the Army – or at least, one member of it – might be involved, things take a turn that puts Lançon in a very difficult situation.
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Murder In...The Maures Mountains
mystery • thriller • 2019
mystery • thriller • 2019
Murder In… Saint Omer
Four years ago, a murder rocked the small town of Doulac. A lengthy investigation turned up nothing; now a mysterious letter threatens to reveal the identities of those who knew the killer but refused to speak up. Already a local teacher has vanished, and Thomas Aubert (Sagamore Stévenin), a former judge on the case, is convinced the disappearance is the start of a new wave of terror.
Police captain Laure Martinez (Naidra Ayadi) is more sceptical. Maybe the teacher just skipped town to avoid the bad gossip? Aubert is certain the teacher is dead, and more bodies will follow. Is the original killer back to tie off loose ends, or does the letter writer have an agenda of their own?
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Murder In...Saint Omer
drama • thriller • 2019
drama • thriller • 2019
Murder In… Alsace
School excursions aren’t always fun, but one school group’s trip to Strasbourg Cathedral turns into a nightmare when a teacher is murdered in the Cathedral square and nine children vanish into the crowd. Now police officer Maya Rosetti (Sara Forestier) has two investigations on her hands: the murder, and the disappearance.
The first one is public, the second she’s ordered to keep low-key to avoid giving the (possible) kidnappers what they want. Which means for the first few hours she has to go it alone without backup – and with kidnapping cases, if you’re ever going to get the victims back, the first few hours are the most important.
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Murder In...Alsace
Crime drama • 2019
Crime drama • 2019
Murder In… The Auvergne Mountains
When Fanny Volkov (Julie De Bona) returns to her home town, a spa community in the Auvergne region, it’s not for a quick catch up with the family. Her mother and local doctor Irene (Marthe Keller) has been accused of poisoning her ex partner, and Fanny’s going to bring her skills as a homicide investigator to bear and clear her name.
That’s easier said than done. Suspects vanish, developers are lurking looking to profit from the town’s hot springs, and it’s not long before Fanny starts to suspect that her mother – who, let’s be honest, she’s not close to – is hiding a few secrets of her own. For starters, two decades ago there was another murder in town, and that particular killer was never found…
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Murder In...The Auvergne Mountains
thriller • 2016
thriller • 2016
Murder In… The Northern Mines
The abandoned mines of the Coron region have a dark past. A tragic mine collapse over a century ago buried a thousand men alive; some say their screams can still be heard on quiet nights. For newly returned police captain Tess Borski (Odile Vuillemin) and her family, that’s all ancient history – until a tour group (including Borski and her daughter) discovers the body of a man hanging in one of the old mine shafts.
That’s just one of a series of strange crimes across the region that Borski and fellow officer François Dubois (Richard Berry) are faced with. Each one seems designed to revive memories of one of Europe’s greatest mining disasters. With a push on to rehabilitate the mines, is someone willing to kill to keep them as a giant grave?
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Murder In...The Northern Mines
drama • 2016
drama • 2016
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