Hopefully you loved the first episode of Get Millie Black as much as me? The HBO Original Limited Series did not disappoint! And the reviews agree.

But on to this week. New spy drama The Agency is out, with an all-star cast including Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright of American Fiction, Richard Gere and Jodie Turner-Smith (loved her in Bad Monkey).

With the star power of Kathy Bates this series has to be stellar! A reimagining of the popular eighties legal series Matlock, Bates is whip-smart lawyer Madeline “Matty” Matlock returning to the workforce in her 70s.

And not quite our crime drama genre but ‘tis the season. New Netflix series A Man on the Inside debuts on Netflix.

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Get Millie Black

Former Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black returns to her hometown, Kingston, Jamaica, to work on missing persons cases. The five-episode HBO Original limited series stars Tamara Lawrance and was created and executive produced by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James.

The reviews are in: “Get Millie Black is a vivid, pulsating reminder of how forcefully the cobwebs can be swept from even the stodgiest of plots if you find a location viewers haven’t tired of, introduce characters who rise organically from that environment and honor those elements as thoroughly as you do the inevitably rising body count and the unfolding conspiracy.‘’ ~ The Hollywood Reporter

25 November. HBO, Channel 4, Max.

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The Agency

The Agency follows a CIA agent ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites and he is thrown into a deadly game of international intrigue.

29 November. Paramount+

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Matlock

A terrifically cast Kathy Bates stars as lawyer Madeline ‘Matty’ Matlock, who decides to get back into the workforce in her 70s. But don’t let age and her unassuming approach fool anyone.

26 November. Sky Witness, fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon.

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A Man on the Inside

For something light, funny, and just perfect for the holidays give A Man on the Inside a try; Starring Ted Danson as a retired professor who gets a new lease on life when a private investigator hires him to go undercover inside a San Francisco retirement home. Nine episodes in all.

21 November. Netflix.

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Shetland

Episode 4 of Shetland reveals more about what the mysterious research centre is up to, as DI Calder and DI McIntosh investigate the murders of Annie Bett and Anton Bergen.

SPOILER ALERT: RECAP-REVIEW

(New episode) 20 November. Season 9. BBC One.

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Lioness

After last week’s shocker and shouting match in the White House war room, Lioness continues, in a tense new direction. Only two more episodes left and what a tumultuous and deadly ride it’s been this season.

(New episode) 17 November. Season 2. Paramount+

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November 2023: More Top Crime Thrillers to Stream

The Day of the Jackal – Peacock in the US and Sky Atlantic in the UK

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Yellowstone – Paramount Network/Plus

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The Buckingham Murders – Netflix

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Say Nothing – Disney+/Hulu

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Hightown – Starz

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Ludwig. BBCiPlayer

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Whitstable Pearl Season 3. Acorn TV

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DI Ray Season 2. ITV1

SPOILER ALERT: RECAP-REVIEW

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The Lincoln Lawyer Season 3. Netflix

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The Cate Blanchette thriller Disclaimer. She is really good in it, but it’s Kevin Kline (remember him in The Big Chill, French Kiss – yes it’s really him) who really steals the show.

Apple TV+

SPOILER ALERT: RECAP-REVIEW