Detective reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 150 Reddit reviews across 9 subreddits and 12 posts to rank the best Detective brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/televisionsuggestions, r/MovieSuggestions, r/Blacklibrary, r/booksuggestions, r/ShouldIbuythisgame. Top-rated brands include Warhammer Crime (4.6/5), Psych (4.7/5), Frogwares (4.4/5).
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Reviews150
Subreddits9
Posts12
Brands99
Products8
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#1
Warhammer Crime
4.6
(7)
"Grim Repast from the Warhammer Crime is a straight up Noir Detective novel. Really excellent, too."
"Warhammer Crime series in particular Bloodlines and the Inquisitor series (Eisenhorn, Ravenor and Bequin)."
"Another vote for Eisenhorn and the Abbett Inquisition stuff."
"Flesh and steel is phenomenal, as is Grim Repast."
"Bloodlines was good."
"Bloodlines is the only one I’m prepared to recommend"
"The Vaults of Terra trilogy is another good detective story."
#2
Psych
4.7
(6)
"Psych, The Mentalist, Murder She Wrote, Columbo"
"Psych"
"Psych!"
"Psych"
"Well psych was the original and the mentalist has been said to be a bad copy so🤷🏻
♀️ that’d be my pick"
"Psych!"
#3
Frogwares
4.4
(5)
"Sherlock Holmes all games but if you want to skip old one for the graphics try 'crime and punishment', 'devil's daughter' and chapter one."
"The Sherlock Holmes games (Devil’s Daughter, First Case…)"
"Sherlock Holmes series"
"Sherlock series by Frogwares (esp. Crimes and Punishment)."
#4
Monk
5.0
(4)
"Monk is so good!"
"Monk"
"Midsomer Murders
Miss Fisher Modern Mysteries
Monk"
"Monk"
#5
Columbo
5.0
(3)
"Murder She Wrote and Columbo hold up well!"
"Psych, The Mentalist, Murder She Wrote, Columbo"
"Columbo, anything on Britbox but especially anything Agatha Christie, the Duchess of Lighthearted Death."
#6
Moriarty the Patriot
5.0
(3)
"Moriarty the Patriot, Migi & Dali, and Tomodachi Game."
"Moriarty the Patriot is awesome."
"I've heard moriarty the patriot is good too."
#7
High Potential
5.0
(3)
"High Potential. It's a new show but it's SO good!"
"Will Trent, High Potential"
"High Potential"
#8
Only Murders in the Building
5.0
(3)
"Only Murders in the Building"
"Only Murders in the Building"
"Only Murders In the Building"
#9
Wind River
5.0
(2)
"Wind River"
"Wind River is... so fucking sad and good"
#10
Se7en
5.0
(2)
"Se7en"
"Se7en Zodiac Scream Bodies Bodies Bodies Rear Window Psycho Black Christmas Sherlock Holmes"
#11
Carson Ryder
5.0
(2)
"J a kerley- carson ryder series is great !"
"Second this - excellent series"
#12
Marc Collins
5.0
(2)
"Grim Repast was great in my opinion, Marc Collins' best work."
"Grim Repast by Marc Collins (true detective novel)"
#13
Murder She Wrote
5.0
(2)
"Murder She Wrote and Columbo hold up well!"
"Psych, The Mentalist, Murder She Wrote, Columbo"
#14
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
5.0
(2)
"Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries"
"Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries"
#15
Prisoners
5.0
(2)
"Prisoners"
"Prisoners"
#16
ZA/UM
5.0
(2)
"The best of all time"
"If u really love story and there is alooot of dialogue it’s a very underrated indie game."
#17
Remedy Entertainment
5.0
(2)
"It's has really creative mechanics relating to solving a case."
#18
Memories of Murder
5.0
(2)
"Memories of Murder"
"Memories of Murder"
#19
Murder on the Orient Express
4.5
(2)
"Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Both are better than the Branagh versions, especially Nile."
"Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and A Haunting in Venice?"
#20
Rizzoli & Isles
4.5
(2)
"Rizzoli and Isles!!"
"Rizzoli & Isles - The Surgeon"
#21
Portal Games
4.5
(2)
"If price isn't an issue I would say I enjoyed Detective for a day the most for the production value."
"I have also played Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game and Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective."
#22
Deadloch
4.0
(2)
"Deadloch"
"Happy Valley, Deadloch, the Killing, the Fall, Manhunt (UK)."
#23
8MM
4.0
(2)
"8MM"
"8mm hidden gem. Wild movie"
#24
Mare of Easttown
4.0
(2)
"Sinner, Mare of Easttown, American Rust"
"Mare of Easttown."
#25
Matthew Farrer
4.0
(2)
"I'd recommend the short story Ninteen-Three Coreward by Matthew Farrer, from the Sabbat War omnibus, if you're looking for spot-on Noir pastiche in a 40k setting."
"Enforcer trilogy by Matthew Farrer (Crossfire, Legacy, Blind)"
#26
Will Trent
4.0
(2)
"Will Trent, High Potential"
"Will Trent."
#27
My Life is Murder
4.0
(2)
"Murdoch Mysteries, Republic of Doyle (does have a few very emotional parts but mostly lighthearted), My life is murder"
"My life is murder( with luch lawless) and brokenwood mysteries. Nothing serious, simple and lighthearted and some great Auckland scenery."
#28
Midsomer Murders
4.0
(2)
"Midsomer Murders are light and interesting."
"Midsomer Murders
Miss Fisher Modern Mysteries
Monk"
#29
Castle
4.0
(2)
"Castle"
"Castle - love-story disguised as a detective show."
#30
The Afterparty
4.0
(2)
"The Afterparty"
"The Afterparty"
#31
The Killing
4.0
(2)
"This show is on the dark side but has good acting and writing - The Killing"
"Happy Valley, Deadloch, the Killing, the Fall, Manhunt (UK)."
#32
The Fall
4.0
(2)
"Happy Valley, Deadloch, the Killing, the Fall, Manhunt (UK)."
"The Fall 2013-16, The Missing/Baptise, Capitani, Collateral 2018, Delhi Crime, CrimeScene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel, CrimeScene: Times Square Killer"
#33
The Tunnel
4.0
(2)
"The Tunnel (uk), Broadchurch"
"The Bridge (original Swedish) or the UK version The Tunnel"
#34
Rockstar Games
5.0
(1)
"LA Noire has been mentioned several times which I completely agree with."
#35
Sam Barlow
5.0
(1)
"I can especially recommend Her Story. It’s a unique experience."
#36
The Vanishing
4.0
(1)
"The Vanishing (1988)"
#37
A Perfect Murder
4.0
(1)
"I liked A Perfect Murder with Michael Douglas"
#38
Insomnia
4.0
(1)
"Insomnia"
#39
Gosford Park
4.0
(1)
"Gosford Park Knives Out"
#40
The Pledge
4.0
(1)
"The Pledge (2001) Gone Baby Gone (2007) Wind River (2017) Insomnia (2002)"
#41
Kiss the Girls
4.0
(1)
"Kiss the Girls (1997) The Bone Collector (1999) 8MM (1999)"
#42
The Alienist
4.0
(1)
"The Alienist by Caleb Carr"
#43
The Crucifix Killer
4.0
(1)
"The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter. The MC is a LAPD detective that has a PhD in Criminal Behavior Analysis and works in the homicide special 1 division."
#44
Rules of Prey
4.0
(1)
"Rules of Prey by John Sanford"
#45
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
4.0
(1)
"I like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo because it's a journalist rather than a detective."
#46
Agent Pendergast
4.0
(1)
"The Agent Pendergast series by Lincoln & Child. I really enjoyed them."
#47
The Straw Men
4.0
(1)
"The Straw Men by Michael Marshall Smith. It’s a trilogy but each book stands alone."
#48
Alex Cross
4.0
(1)
"Alex Cross - Roses Are Red"
#49
Bosch
4.0
(1)
"Bosch - The Scarecrow"
#50
Lincoln Rhyme
4.0
(1)
"Lincoln Rhyme - Bone Collector"
#51
Ray Celestin
4.0
(1)
"Ray Celestin has written a really fun series that follows detective's doing exactly that. The first in the series is called "Axeman's Jazz""
#52
Stephen King
4.0
(1)
"Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King. Important note, we, the audience, know who the perp is for most of the book, and get many chapters from his perspective."
#53
Chris Wraight
4.0
(1)
"Vaults of Terra trilogy by Chris Wraight (The Carrion Throne, The Hollow Mountain, The Dark City)"
#54
Chris Wright
4.0
(1)
"Bloodlines by Chris Wright is a true detective novel"
#55
Jonathan Beer
4.0
(1)
"The King of the Spoil by Jonathan Beer (true detective novel)"
#56
Mark Waid
4.0
(1)
"Ruse. I’ve only read the Mark Waid issues (the first 12 of the original series and the Marvel mini-series), but it’s about a very Holmes/Watson-style duo."
#57
Matt Hawkins
4.0
(1)
"The Tithe by Matt Hawkins might fill the bill. On one side you have hackers doing heists against crooked megachurches and on the other you’ve got the FBI trying to catch them which is a Police Procedural."
#58
Bendis and Oeming
4.0
(1)
"Similarly, Powers by Bendis and Oeming is police detectives in a superhero world."
#59
Bryan Talbot
4.0
(1)
"Grandville by Bryan Talbot. Anthropomorphic steam punk where a working class Scotland Yard detective foils some nefarious toffs."
#60
TC Eglington and SB Davies
4.0
(1)
"Thistlebone by TC Eglington and SB Davies. A journalist and a cult survivor return to a village in rural England."
#61
Brubaker and Phillips
4.0
(1)
"The Fade Out by Brubaker and Phillips. Hollywood's golden age get's the B&P treatment"
#62
Alan Moore
4.0
(1)
"You might like A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore."
#63
Matlock
4.0
(1)
"Matlock, Father Brown mysteries, Grantchester"
#64
Father Brown
4.0
(1)
"Matlock, Father Brown mysteries, Grantchester"
#65
Grantchester
4.0
(1)
"Matlock, Father Brown mysteries, Grantchester"
#66
The Mentalist
4.0
(1)
"Psych, The Mentalist, Murder She Wrote, Columbo"
#67
Murdoch Mysteries
4.0
(1)
"Murdoch Mysteries, Republic of Doyle (does have a few very emotional parts but mostly lighthearted), My life is murder"
#68
Republic of Doyle
4.0
(1)
"Murdoch Mysteries, Republic of Doyle (does have a few very emotional parts but mostly lighthearted), My life is murder"
#69
Diagnosis Murder
4.0
(1)
"Diagnosis Murder from the 90s is good"
#70
White Collar
4.0
(1)
"White Collar"
#71
The Mallorca Files
4.0
(1)
"Also The Mallorca Files on Prime as well"
#72
Due South
4.0
(1)
"Due South"
#73
So Help Me Todd
4.0
(1)
"So Help Me Todd"
#74
The Hardy Boys
4.0
(1)
"The Hardy Boys"
#75
Brokenwood Mysteries
4.0
(1)
"My life is murder( with luch lawless) and brokenwood mysteries. Nothing serious, simple and lighthearted and some great Auckland scenery."
#76
Elementary
4.0
(1)
"Elementary is pretty lighthearted for the most part. Kinda my comfort show."
#77
Wednesday
4.0
(1)
"Wednesday"
#78
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
4.0
(1)
"Brooklyn nine nine!"
#79
Poker Face
4.0
(1)
"Poker Face- but she’s not a cop, I still think it’s a pretty good mystery/detective show"
#80
Happy Valley
4.0
(1)
"Happy Valley, Deadloch, the Killing, the Fall, Manhunt (UK)."
#81
Manhunt
4.0
(1)
"Happy Valley, Deadloch, the Killing, the Fall, Manhunt (UK)."
#82
Black Snow
4.0
(1)
"An Australian show, Black Snow."
#83
Wayward Pines
4.0
(1)
"Wayward Pines"
#84
The Missing
4.0
(1)
"The Fall 2013-16, The Missing/Baptise, Capitani, Collateral 2018, Delhi Crime, CrimeScene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel, CrimeScene: Times Square Killer"
#85
Capitani
4.0
(1)
"The Fall 2013-16, The Missing/Baptise, Capitani, Collateral 2018, Delhi Crime, CrimeScene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel, CrimeScene: Times Square Killer"
#86
Collateral
4.0
(1)
"The Fall 2013-16, The Missing/Baptise, Capitani, Collateral 2018, Delhi Crime, CrimeScene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel, CrimeScene: Times Square Killer"
#87
Delhi Crime
4.0
(1)
"The Fall 2013-16, The Missing/Baptise, Capitani, Collateral 2018, Delhi Crime, CrimeScene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel, CrimeScene: Times Square Killer"
#88
CrimeScene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel
4.0
(1)
"The Fall 2013-16, The Missing/Baptise, Capitani, Collateral 2018, Delhi Crime, CrimeScene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel, CrimeScene: Times Square Killer"
#89
CrimeScene: Times Square Killer
4.0
(1)
"The Fall 2013-16, The Missing/Baptise, Capitani, Collateral 2018, Delhi Crime, CrimeScene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel, CrimeScene: Times Square Killer"
#90
Broadchurch
4.0
(1)
"The Tunnel (uk), Broadchurch"
#91
The Bridge
4.0
(1)
"The Bridge (original Swedish) or the UK version The Tunnel"
#92
Sinner
4.0
(1)
"Sinner, Mare of Easttown, American Rust"
#93
German procedural
4.0
(1)
"German procedural"
#94
Space Cowboys
4.0
(1)
"I have also played Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game and Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective."
#95
The Boston Strangler
3.0
(1)
"The Boston Strangler & The Little Things were both decent"
#96
iZombie
3.0
(1)
"IZombie"
#97
Blue Bloods
3.0
(1)
"Blue Bloods"
#98
Elsbeth
3.0
(1)
"Elsbeth"
#99
American Rust
3.0
(1)
"Sinner, Mare of Easttown, American Rust"
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