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Mare of Easttown (2021)
8.4/10on IMDb
First aired
Seven episodes. A murder in a small Pennsylvania community leads Detective Mare Sheehan back into the lives of people she’s known for years. The original case reaches a conclusion in its seven episodes. There has been talk of returning to the character.
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The Night Of (2016)
8.4/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. A young man wakes after a night out to find himself at the center of a murder case. Choose it for the changes that follow his arrest, from conversations with a defense lawyer to awaiting trial. The case reaches a legal outcome and leaves room for doubt about exactly what happened.
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A Murder at the End of the World (2023)
7.0/10on IMDb
First aired
Seven episodes. Amateur sleuth Darby Hart investigates a death at a secluded retreat arranged by a tech billionaire. Much of the tension comes from who controls the devices, the rooms and the accounts of what happened, and the retreat’s puzzle gets an answer.
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The Residence (2025)
7.7/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. Detective Cordelia Cupp interviews staff and guests after a death during a White House state dinner. This is the roomier comic option, with different accounts of one evening and a complete explanation of how the clues fit.
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The Undoing (2020)
7.4/10on IMDb
First aired
Six episodes. A violent death shakes a New York therapist’s confidence in her family and pulls her into a public case. Pick it for wealthy suspects, competing versions of events and the distance between what the courtroom can prove and what somebody sees at home.
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Sharp Objects (2018)
8.0/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. Reporter Camille Preaker returns to her Missouri hometown to cover the deaths of two girls. The case is tied closely to the family she tried to leave behind. Stay through the final episode’s credits if you want all the information the show gives you.
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The Perfect Couple (2024)
6.5/10on IMDb
First aired
Six episodes. A wedding weekend on Nantucket becomes a murder investigation after a body turns up by the water. Try this when you want sharp clothes, a family with secrets and a detective who can keep asking questions after the guests would rather go home.
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Bodies (2023)
7.3/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. Four detectives encounter the same body in London at four different points in time. The crime gives you something concrete to track as names, addresses and institutions change around it. Pick it if a supernatural or science fiction explanation sounds appealing.
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The Madness (2024)
6.4/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. A media commentator finds a body near his rented cabin and is suddenly implicated. The show uses the rush to publish one version of the story as a reason for him to investigate before other people set his fate.
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Bodyguard (2018)
8.0/10on IMDb
First aired
Six episodes. A police protection officer’s assignment to a senior politician turns into a case about loyalties within familiar institutions. The main conspiracy is investigated across the six episodes. Choose it for a tense story in which a person assigned to keep a situation calm becomes part of the investigation.
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Fool Me Once (2024)
6.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. A woman’s home camera shows somebody she understands to be dead. This is a fast-moving domestic mystery, with clues from a second death gradually changing whose account is worth trusting.
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Safe (2018)
7.2/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. A widowed doctor searches a gated community after his teenage daughter disappears. The gate and the neighborhood’s carefully kept secrets give this standalone adaptation an appealingly small set of places to keep revisiting.
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The Stranger (2020)
7.2/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. A stranger tells Adam Price a secret about his wife and puts him on a trail through people she knew. Choose it for overlapping mysteries rather than a single puzzle you can solve by keeping one timeline.
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Stay Close (2021)
6.9/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. A missing man brings a former dancer, a photographer and a detective back into one another’s lives. Past and present cases are interleaved, and the show gives each of its three central people a different reason to want the same truth.
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Clickbait (2021)
7.2/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. A video places a missing man at the center of public accusations, and people who thought they knew him have to work through what they each saw online. It’s a good pick for a central crime that changes shape each time an episode moves to another person’s point of view.
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The Woods (2020)
6.6/10on IMDb
First aired
Six episodes. A present-day discovery sends a Polish prosecutor back to a summer camp and the disappearance of his sister. Choose it for two time periods seen through an investigator who was part of the earlier story.
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Gone for Good (2021)
6.3/10on IMDb
First aired
Five episodes. Start with the French adaptation if you want a short, personal disappearance case. Guillaume’s girlfriend vanishes years after the death of his first love, and the investigation brings him back among people who remember both events differently.
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Hold Tight (2022)
6.2/10on IMDb
First aired
Six episodes. A teenager disappears after the death of a fellow student, and his parents discover how little they know about their son’s circle. This Polish mystery is strongest when it shows what goes wrong as worried parents get access to private information.
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Missing You (2025)
6.1/10on IMDb
First aired
Five episodes. A detective recognizes her long-missing fiancé on a dating app. The present-day mystery puts pressure on a past relationship, so the questions are as much about which memories she can trust as how he turned up.
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Run Away (2026)
6.9/10on IMDb
First aired
Eight episodes. A father finds his daughter again and then loses track of her after a frightening encounter. The 2026 Harlan Coben adaptation works through several connected mysteries, starting with an ordinary public place whose witnesses see different pieces.
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Caught (2025)
6.5/10on IMDb
First aired
Six episodes. Investigative reporter Ema Garay tries to find a missing teenager in Argentine Patagonia and has reason to question the people who supply her leads. Choose the 2025 Argentine series for journalism outside a police department and a closed central disappearance case.
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