Dark Winds (2022– )
Set in 1971 on a secluded outpost of the Navajo Nation, tribal police detectives Leaphorn and Chee (KiowaGordon) search for the truth in a string of seemingly unrelated crimes in this new noir thriller based on the books by Tony Hillerman. AMC+
Grantchester (2014– )
A handsome vicar (TomBrittney) in a 1950s English village has a penchant for amateur sleuthing in the popular PBS Masterpiece adaptation of the Sidney Chambers mystery books by JamesRuncie—the son of a former archbishop of Canterbury. Prime Video
Justified (2010–15)
Elmore Leonard’s character Raylan Givens, the Deputy U.S. Marshal/Appalachian James Bond, appeared in multiple novels before TimothyOlyphant took the role in the Emmy-nominated FX series. Good news: A revival called Justified: City Primeval is currently in the works. Hulu
Hap and Leonard (2016–18)
Set in 1980s East Texas, this three-season Sundance series based on the novels by Joe R. Lansdale follows the criminal misadventures of two best friends: Hap (JamesPurefoy), a white former radical and hippie, and Leonard (MichaelK. Williams), a Black gay Vietnam vet. Netflix
Bosch (2014–21)
Based on Michael Connelly’s eponymous character, this Titus Welliver–starring police procedural features LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, a troubled crime fighter who pursues the truth no matter the price. His next chapter as a private eye, Bosch: Legacy, was just renewed for a second season. Prime Video
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
What began with Caroline Graham’s book The Killings at Badger’sDrift became a 22-season-long police drama featuring detectives Tom (and later John) Barnaby (JohnNettles and NeilDudgeon) solving brutal crimes in the wealthy, isolated British county of Midsomer. AcornTV
Rizzoli & Isles (2010–16)
Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli (AngieHarmon) and medical examiner Maura Isles (SashaAlexander) may no longer grace the small screen, but the crime-solving duo is back on the page thanks to author TessGerritsen, whose 13th installment in the series, Listen to Me (Ballantine, July 5), follows the buddy cops investigating a gruesome murder and protecting a young student from a stalker. HBO Max
Longmire (2012–17)
You can thank author CraigJohnson for the beleaguered Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire (played by RobertTaylor), a throwback to those Western heroes with a strong sense of duty and no aversion to applying violence in the right places. Netflix
Mindhunter (2017–19)
Holt McCallany and JonathanGroff star as FBI agents who study the damaged psyches of serial killers in this thriller series adapted from the true-crime book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, co-written by one of the original profilers, JohnDouglas. Netflix
Bones (2005–17)
Loosely based on the novels by real-life forensic anthropologist KathyReichs, Bones became Fox’s longest-running drama, with devoted fans tuning in for the crime-solving and romantic duo of Temperance “Bones” Brennan (EmilyDeschanel) and FBI agent Seeley Booth (DavidBoreanaz). Hulu
