Not your usual detective show
595305
Engaging, not your normal detective series, the acting was excellent, the relationship between the main characters was unique, and like others, I loved it.
2814285
We are thoroughly enjoying this show.  It's new and different for a cop show.  The lead actors are well matched and believeable.  Show centers around a new division of the police force.  Where four officer's/detectives (one is a psychologist) who all deal with cases involving  mental suspects or victims.  Check it out.  I highly recommend it.
2669178
Excellent show for spy genre fans. Even interesting for crime show fans.
1274656
I love murder mysteries and this show is number 1!!  It is one show where i am not able to guess who the murderer is.  A unique team of highly skilled investigators working together to solve murder mysteries all over the country.  Each show is so different that they are all entertaining and keep you guessing.  Words don't justify how great the show is....so just watch it!!
1694069
Enjoyable show, definitely not the traditional 'good guys wear white hats' type of 19th century period work.

The good guys have damnable flaws, and the bad guys have their reasons.....mostly.
4020576
This show is a breath of fresh air into the crime drama genre. The story moves at a slow, deliberate pace so you can really feel the effects the murder of a young boy has on everyone in this small town. It shows police work in a more realistic way and is captivating from start to finish. Excellent acting by all involved, the cinematography is breathtaking, and the music establishes the atmosphere perfectly. It's the kind of show that creeps into your bones and sticks with you. Highly recommend checking it out!
3314211
This is a fun show, with great acting and sometimes some silly antics.  I love the concept of retired detectives working cold cases.  It not only has crime solving, but it attacks the subject of aging and marriage very well.  Lots of unresolved issues are examined in everyone's private lives.  It is a pleasant change from other crime shows, in that you get a few laughs along the way.
665437
Great characters and very good acting makes for a series you can really get into. The icing on the cake is the mystery plots. A great detective series.
2584063
A Brazilian setting makes this mystery seem different than the typical English version. Once you read for awhile the unhappy detective emerges and you are in familiar emotional territory. Being in Brazil makes a huge difference unless you are knowledgable about the settings. As such it is different and very enjoyable.
154696
I have enjoyed several of the DCI Bennett mysteries and often the culprit turns out to be the person you least expect. This novel was less of a who-dun-it than a police procedural trying to figure out all of the details of the crimes and murders. Each of the large cast of unique characters played a particular part in the puzzle, and I was intrigued as the various threads were pulled together.  Well-done.
2368774
So many cop shows, so little new about them. But the setting elevates K-Ville, giving familiar elements like an officer on the edge, mismatched partners and car chases a new twist. I'm interested in Anthony Anderson's character (he's the angry one, about to break from Katrina wounds that won't heal despite his physical and internal labors). And Cole Hauser's character managed to surprise me at the end, with a twist I didn't expect. It's worth checking out, for sure.
2819496
I really enjoyed this show.  I found it to be a fresh take on the police procedural.  As a trained psychologist, I found it refreshing that mentally ill persons were not treated  as evil.  It was nice that the writers approached the subject of mental illness with respect and showed that while it can be difficult for police to deal with mentally ill persons, they don't need to always respond with guns and aggression but rather with respect and empathy.  This is not a car chase and gun play type of show.  Some people will find this boring or slow paced but if you are bored with traditional police dramas you should give this show a try.  Unlike shows like Profiler or Criminal Minds, serial killers are not the focus.
3207461
I love European police procedurals (Wallander, Foyle's War, ...). Vera is up there near the top of my list because she is delightfully different. She's more like a Columbo thanan Inspector Morse, but maybe that's just the shabby raincoat. The mysteries themselves are sometimes frustrating, because people who should be motivated to help the police catch the killer instead lie and refuse to cooperate. But maybe that's part of the psychology of the culture in the fictional city of Northumberland. However, I loved the series and recommend it without reservation. Excellent acting.
4040707
Have only begun watching this series.  I won't compare here to other shows.  This has a unique relationship between the detectives, home life,  and the police department.  This is what I look for when I'm watching these shows.  I like to examine the characters relationship to each other and to their work.  So I have a lot more to watch before I make any judgments about this series.
304239
Oh, I do enjoy this series!!  I was smitten with the first three episodes but the next installments are, in my opinion, even better.  We've now gotten past the introductory part of the story and are fully engaged with the characters (thanks to some fine acting and screen writing).  Though the mysteries are all different, revolving around the cases the Gotland police are investigating, each episode builds on the character development of the previous one. (It is a pet peeve of mine when series make each episode so self-contained that previously important characters suddenly disappear with no reference or explanation, or where important events in the characters' histories are not mentioned in subsequent episodes, etc.) Real life isn't so well-encapsulated and neither is this series.  Life's various parts and participants bump into and spill over each other.  And so do the characters and story lines of Maria Wern. Of course, it's a continuation of the story of Maria, a senior police detective in Gotland, Sweden. She's a recent widow, a doting mother, a good friend, and an excellent cop.  Eva Rose, who plays Maria, does a fine job creating a realistic portrayal of a woman doing her best, -- not always perfectly -- but she is always trying.  The second set of episodes takes the focus away just a bit from Maria and expands it to include more of her colleagues, who are an interesting and likable group of individuals.  Maria's best friend, Erica, (also the department's medical examiner), features more prominently in these later episodes, as does Maria's colleague, Ardvisson. He is the youngest cop on the team and upon his father's death discovers he was adopted. Thus, he enters upon an emotionally-fraught quest to contact his long-lost sister. Very specific mysteries wrap around Erica and Ardvisson as they provide a human backdrop for the cases the team is investigating.  I continue to appreciate the way the detectives are portrayed as a team of professionals. They are ordinary people, doing their best, and doing it with respect for the victims of the crimes as well as with support for each other.  It's a refreshing change of pace from the usual collection of dysfunctional adults that many series feature, ostensibly to create quirky characters "of interest."  Another bonus of the episodes is the cinematography -- there are some gorgeous vistas portrayed of Gotland, and they are woven into the dramas in such a way that the landscape seems a vital part of the overall production, truly influencing the mood.  I also love the theme music, which is so well attuned to the series. It's lovely, moody, and evocative -- a perfect choice. So, yes, all in all, this series is a winner.
4541541
Cool show with strong female lead characters - science and cop working together to solve the crime with personal character stories too
3341332
While I'm not an avid reader of detective fiction, I read it occasionally. I felt that this book was quite a bit different from other books of this genre that I've read recently. This book was more about the characters than the mystery. It wasn't about setting up puzzles for the reader to try to solve, but about seeing how the case affected the characters and also following the characters in their lives. I fear I'm making it sound boring, but it was actually refreshing and fun and compelling. I loved that the main detective was not a perfect person. I wouldn't say she was fully fleshed out, but she came across as multidimensional and complex. It seemed as though this was possibly written to be the first in a series, so that we'd get to know the layers of the main characters over time. I didn't feel as though anything were missing so much as I'd be interested to read more books involving these characters.