Acorn Media (Firm)
Series
Midsomer murders volume 22
Publisher
[Acorn]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby and his assistant, DS Jamie Winter. Delightful in a murderously charming way.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Joy Morris is back! She's found herself and been reborn. Her new vlog channel is smashing the patriarchy, and of course that subscribe button, all in the continued search for happiness. Sure, her viewer figures could be better, and maybe her sponsors could be sexier, but Joy has got this. Yep, this time she's got it all under control. Kind of.
Series
Midsomer Murders volume 4
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Likable, hardworking family man and astute detective Tom Barnaby is back with new mysteries in Midsomer County, and is succeeded by his is cousin DCI John Barnaby upon his retirement.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Changing times, cutthroat competition, and romance flavor the dramatic conclusion. As the Roaring Twenties close, the market for haute couture is shrinking. In order to survive, can the House of Eliott realize that ready-to-wear is fasion's future?
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Peter Bowles stars as Major Sinclair Yeates, a retired English army officer appointed resident magistrate in a small Irish town in the days before Irish independence. The mutual misunderstanding between the English and the Irish leads to hilarious complications as the Major tries to bestow order and make friends in his quirky community.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Two lone strangers trekking on the road -- a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his only company and a widowed English nurse -- meet each other and embark on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia. Joan is looking for answers about her husband's unusual death and Jack is just wandering to escape his past, but together they encounter mysteries in the dark corners of the isolated landscape.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Danish
Description
The personal and professional converge for DCI Dan Sommerdahl; his estranged wife, pathologist Marianne; and his best pal and partner, Detective Flemming Torp. Sommerdahl has devoted his life to protecting his beloved town, which has, unfortunately, cost him his marriage. But can he learn to accept, that his ex-wife is now in a relationship with Flemming?
10) Cold call
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After single mother June receives a fateful phone call, she takes increasingly desperate measures to salvage her family's future in this dark thriller. Finding herself the victim of a scam that wipes out her savings, June tries to hunt down those responsible with the help of an old flame.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Danish
Description
DCI Dan Sommerdahl investigates murders in a lovely Danish coastal town with his best friend, Detective Flemming Torp, and his wife, Marianne, a criminal technician. But Dan's years of devotion to the job have hurt his marriage, and with Marianne wanting a divorce, Dan discovers his rival for her affections is none other than his best friend. And they all must still work together to solve crimes.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. Set within the fascinating historical period of postmortem portraiture, this darkly comic series blends murder mystery with delightfully macabre humor.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie tells the story of an educator's effect on impressionable young ladies at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, revealing the challenges they face growing up in 1930s Scotland. Devoted to her students, Miss Brodie endeavors to fill them with a love of art and culture and as much self-confidence as she possesses. In doing so, she offends the conservative Miss Gaunt, tests the patience of headmistress Miss Mackay,...
15) Decline and fall
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Follow the exploits of Paul Pennyfeather, whose unfair expulsion from Oxford kick-starts a disastrous series of events, wherein he is by turn a naive teacher, a celebrity bridegroom, a wanted fugitive, and an international white slave-trader.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The "wickedly offbeat" (Parade), contemporary mystery series follows the adventures of newly promoted Detective Sergeant Matilda Stone and her three crime-writing aunts as they solve murders in the picturesque English region of Wildemarsh. Though Matilda's strict boss warns her that homicides are police-only matters, her aunts can't help but offer their expertise, as well as unsolicited dating advice. As Matilda contends with a novelist killed during...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
Major Sinclair Yeates is a retired English army officer who becomes a resident magistrate in turn-of-the-twentieth-century West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community's eccentric inhabitants, Major Yeates struggles to apply judicial logic in a land where 'the inevitable never happens, but the improbable frequently does'.
Series
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Smart but selfish heart surgeon Hugh Knight and his dysfunctional family face their biggest challenges yet in the final season of the hit Australian dramedy. After a year of fire, floods, and asbestos, Whyhope Hospital has been forced to shut down and temporarily relocate to a veterinary clinic, plunging Hugh's hometown into turmoil. Ambitious administrator Sharna arrives to provide aid but promptly fires Hugh's politician mother and takes over the...
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Poirot and Hastings go on holiday at a French seaside resort. The famous detective is soon recognized and is quickly drawn into a case of abduction and murder. Challenged by an arrogant French detective, Poirot stakes his reputation on his superior sluething skills.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Aaron Pedersen returns as Det. Jay Swan in this mystery set in the Australian outback. When a body is found along the coast, Jay teams up with a local constable to investigate. Facing obstruction from an archaeologist working nearby, Jay must expose the web of corruption plaguing the town as the body count rises.