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Run Away (TV series)
Run Away is an eight-episode 2026 Netflix limited thriller series created by Harlan Coben from his 2019 novel, starring James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver, and Alfred Enoch, premiering 1 January 2026 and set in London.
Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale
Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale is a British fantasy drama on AMC+ and Sundance Now, adapted by Debbie Horsfield from V.V. James's novel; season 1 (7 episodes) premiered January 4, 2024, season 2 (6 episodes) December 25, 2025, starring Elaine Cassidy and Hazel Doupe.
Secret City (TV series)
Secret City is an Australian political thriller TV series (2016–2019, Foxtel Showcase and Netflix) starring Anna Torv as journalist Harriet Dunkley, adapted from Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis's novels The Marmalade Files and The Mandarin Code.
Seven Dials Mystery
Seven Dials Mystery, adapted as Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, is a 2026 three-part Netflix miniseries by Chris Chibnall based on Christie's 1929 novel, starring Mia McKenna-Bruce as Bundle Brent with Martin Freeman and Helena Bonham Carter.
Shardlake
Shardlake is a 2024 four-part Disney+ Tudor murder-mystery series adapted from C.J. Sansom's novel Dissolution, starring Arthur Hughes, Sean Bean, and Anthony Boyle; cancelled January 2025 after one season.
Sharp Objects (miniseries)
Sharp Objects is an eight-episode 2018 HBO limited series adapted from Gillian Flynn's 2006 debut novel, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and created by Marti Noxon, starring Amy Adams as reporter Camille Preaker investigating murders in Wind Gap, Missouri; Metascore 78, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, no second season.
Sherlock & Daughter
Sherlock & Daughter is a 2025 CW mystery thriller series starring David Thewlis as Sherlock Holmes and Blu Hunt as Amelia Rojas, a young American who may be his daughter; created by Brendan Foley, eight episodes, filmed in Dublin, 77% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)
Granada Television's Sherlock Holmes (ITV, 1984-1994), starring Jeremy Brett, also known as The Adventures/The Return/The Case-Book/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes; the most canon-faithful Holmes adaptation, with Paget-based visuals and two Watsons, Burke and Hardwicke.
Shining Girls
Shining Girls is an eight-episode Apple TV+ metaphysical thriller (2022) adapted by Silka Luisa from Lauren Beukes' 2013 novel, starring Elisabeth Moss as survivor Kirby Mazrachi hunting time-traveling killer Harper (Jamie Bell) in shifting-reality Chicago.
Six Four
Six Four is a 2023 four-part ITVX British crime drama by Gregory Burke and Ben A. Williams, adapting Hideo Yokoyama's Japanese novel to Glasgow, starring Kevin McKidd and Vinette Robinson as parents searching for their missing daughter.
Slow Horses
Slow Horses is a British Apple TV espionage drama adapted from Mick Herron's Slough House novels, starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, head of an MI5 dumping ground for disgraced agents. Six-episode seasons have aired annually since April 2022, with seasons 7 and 8 confirmed.
Smilla's Sense of Snow (TV series)
Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 2025 six-part crime thriller series adapted from Peter Høeg's 1992 novel, created and directed by Amma Asante with Clive Bradley, starring Filippa Coster-Waldau, set in a dystopian Copenhagen of 2040, and premiering on SBS On Demand.
Stay Close
Stay Close is a British eight-episode Netflix mystery miniseries premiered December 31, 2021, adapted from Harlan Coben's 2012 novel, starring Cush Jumbo, Richard Armitage, and James Nesbitt, set in Blackpool, with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes critics score.
Strike (TV series)
Strike (C.B. Strike in the US) is a BBC/Cinemax crime drama adapting J.K. Rowling's Cormoran Strike novels written as Robert Galbraith, starring Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger, one novel per series from The Cuckoo's Calling (2017) onward.
Sweetpea (TV series)
Sweetpea is a British dark comedy thriller TV series adapted from C.J. Skuse's 2017 novel, created by Kirstie Swain, starring Ella Purnell as killer receptionist Rhiannon Lewis; premiered October 10, 2024 on Sky Atlantic and Starz, renewed for a second season due November 2026.
The ABC Murders (TV series)
The ABC Murders is a three-part BBC One miniseries adapted by Sarah Phelps from Agatha Christie's 1936 novel, starring John Malkovich as an aging Hercule Poirot, broadcast in December 2018.
The Åre Murders
The Åre Murders (Åremorden) is a 2025 Swedish Netflix Nordic noir crime series adapted from Viveca Sten's novels Hidden in Snow and Hidden in the Shadows, starring Carla Sehn and Kardo Razzazi as Åre detectives, renewed for a 2026 second season.
The Beast Must Die
The Beast Must Die is a 2021 BritBox/AMC revenge thriller adapted by Gaby Chiappe from Nicholas Blake's 1938 novel, starring Cush Jumbo, Billy Howle, and Jared Harris, set on the Isle of Wight.
The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil: Ira Levin's 1976 thriller novel about Mengele cloning 94 Hitler clones, adapted in Franklin J. Schaffner's 1978 film with Peck and Olivier, and Peter Morgan's 2027 Netflix series starring Jeremy Strong.
The Burning Girls
The Burning Girls is a 2023 six-part Paramount+ British horror-thriller adapted by Hans Rosenfeldt from C.J. Tudor's 2021 novel, starring Samantha Morton as vicar Jack Brooks in the haunted village of Chapel Croft; released October 19, 2023, later on Netflix.
The Castaways
The Castaways is a 2023 five-part Paramount+ UK thriller miniseries adapted from Lucy Clarke's novel, starring Sheridan Smith and Céline Buckens as sisters Lori and Erin after a Fiji plane disappearance; later aired on Channel 5, Stan, and TV Globo.
The Chemistry of Death
The Chemistry of Death is a 2023 six-part Paramount+ British-German crime thriller adapting Simon Beckett's first two David Hunter novels, starring Harry Treadaway as forensic anthropologist Dr David Hunter, filmed in Glasgow and Norfolk, ended after one season.
The Clearing (TV series)
The Clearing is an eight-part Australian psychological thriller miniseries, Disney+'s first scripted Australian Original, premiering 24 May 2023. Adapted from J.P. Pomare's novel In the Clearing and inspired by the cult The Family, it stars Teresa Palmer, Miranda Otto, and Guy Pearce.
The Consultant (TV series)
The Consultant is a 2023 Prime Video darkly comedic workplace thriller created by Tony Basgallop from Bentley Little's 2015 novel, starring Christoph Waltz as sinister consultant Regus Patoff at the gaming company CompWare, with Nat Wolff and Brittany O'Grady; eight 33-minute episodes, 80% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Crow Girl
The Crow Girl is a British psychological crime thriller adapted from Erik Axl Sund's Swedish novel trilogy, created by Milly Thomas, starring Eve Myles and Katherine Kelly as DCI Jeanette Kilburn and Dr Sophia Craven investigating murders in Bristol. Two six-episode seasons aired on Paramount+ (2025, 2026), with Slash as executive producer.
The Day of the Jackal (TV series)
The Day of the Jackal is a 2024 Sky/Peacock spy thriller series, a 10-episode reimagining of Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel, starring Eddie Redmayne as assassin the Jackal and Lashana Lynch as MI6 hunter Bianca Pullman; renewed for a second season due in spring 2027.
The Death of Sherlock Holmes
The Death of Sherlock Holmes: six-part Swiss-led European TV crime drama (Sky, SRF, ARD Degeto, Silver Reel, Umedia) starring Rafe Spall and Deleila Piasko, filling the untold 1891–1894 Reichenbach gap, premiering 2027.
The Doll Factory
The Doll Factory is a 2023 six-part Paramount+ period thriller adapted from Elizabeth Macneal's 2019 novel, created by Charley Miles, starring Esmé Creed-Miles as doll painter Iris in 1850s London.
The Ex-Wife
The Ex-Wife is a British Paramount+ psychological thriller (2022-2025), adapted by Catherine Steadman from Jess Ryder's novel, starring Celine Buckens, Tom Mison, Janet Montgomery, and Katie McGrath across two four-episode seasons.
The Helicopter Heist (miniseries)
The Helicopter Heist (Helikopterrånet) is a 2024 Swedish Netflix miniseries, 8 episodes, created by Ronnie Sandahl, dramatizing the 2009 Västberga G4S helicopter robbery of 39 million kronor, based on Jonas Bonnier's 2017 novel.