Mystery
Netflix's Agatha Christie's Seven Dials offers solid mystery drama
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Netflix's new adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1929 novel The Seven Dials Mystery follows a young woman's investigation into a friend's suspicious death amid 1920s aristocracy. Starring Mia McKenna-Bruce as the determined Bundle Brent, the three-episode series features engaging performances but struggles with pacing. Critics describe it as a fun, bingeable watch despite some predictable elements.
The 80th annual Edgar Awards have named the winners across mystery fiction, nonfiction and television categories for 2025.
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Season 2 of Netflix mystery series A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will premiere on Wednesday, May 27, with all six episodes dropping at once. Emma Myers reprises her role as young detective Pip, who faces new challenges amid a missing person case. TVLine has learned of the release date and plot details.
The third installment in Rian Johnson's Knives Out franchise, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, premieres on Netflix on December 12, 2025. Daniel Craig reprises his role as detective Benoit Blanc, investigating an impossible crime at a small-town church. The film features a star-studded cast including Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, and Andrew Scott.
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Apple TV+ has renewed the mystery series Down Cemetery Road for a second season, starring Emma Thompson as private investigator Zoë Boehm. The show, based on Mick Herron's novels, follows Boehm and her neighbor Sarah Trafford, played by Ruth Wilson, as they tackle new cases. Season 2 will explore a suspicious death leading to the world of black market antiquities and a serial killer.
Hulu has renewed the comedy-mystery series Only Murders in the Building for a sixth season, shortly after the Season 5 finale aired on October 28, 2025. The new episodes will take the main trio to London for a fresh investigation, following a shocking twist involving Tina Fey's character Cinda Canning. Production is set to begin soon, with an entirely new setting away from the Arconia.
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Scientists may have uncovered the origins of will-o'-the-wisps, the eerie lights long reported in swamps and marshes. A new study proposes they result from the spontaneous combustion of phosphine gas produced by decaying organic matter. This explanation could resolve a centuries-old natural mystery.