 | The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries - Death at the Opera / The Rising of the Moon / Laurels Are Poison / The Worsted Viper
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $13.64 Diana Rigg, better known as Mrs. Emma Peel, breaks the fourth wall as an older flapper sleuth is these lighthearted mysteries.
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 | The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries - Speedy Death
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $7.95 |
 | L.A. Confidential
Buy used from: $1.03 Wow! Hollywood and the studios can still make great mysteries. From the James Ellroy novel.
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 | Diabolique (Criterion Collection Spine #35)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $16.98 Scary and still the better than its countless imitators.
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 | The Usual Suspects (Special Editon)
Buy used from: $3.98 Who is Keyzer Soze indeed!
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 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes Collection
Buy new: $59.98 / Used from: $45.38 Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes! Basil Rathbone may have come first, others may attempt but there is only one.
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 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Boxed Set Collection)
Buy new: $48.99 / Used from: $35.00 Creepy and beautifully produced. As dark and grimy as Doyle intended.
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 | The Sherlock Holmes Feature Film Collection
Buy new: $44.99 / Used from: $28.99 |
 | To Catch a Thief
Buy used from: $4.37 Grace Kelly again. Her incredible car chase scene on the hills above Monte Carlo is where she actually died.
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 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime - Tommy & Tuppence, Set 1
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $17.99 Also buy set 2. Francesca Annis is incredible. Fun and delicious roaring twenties feel.
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 | Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $9.12 Same actors as Tommy and Tuppence in another (but unrelated) Agatha Christie yarn. Fun and a bit campy.
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 | A Perfect Murder
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.14 Gwyneth Paltrow truly is the new Grace Kelly in this adaption of Dial M for Murder. Viggo Mortensen at his hottest and Michael Douglas at his sleaziest. Good schlocky fun with a more ambiguous ending.
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 | Alias - The Complete Second Season
Buy used from: $9.50 Yes it's a spy series. But it's not only incredible, thrilling and unpredictable but also full of mysteries and some of the best acting on network tv.
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 | Alias - The Complete First Season
Buy used from: $7.50 |
 | C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete Second Season
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.31 A completely new and intriguing take on the genre.
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 | C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.04 |
 | Witness
Buy used from: $6.99 Not really a mystery per se, but still suspenseful and wonderful.
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 | Witness For the Prosecution
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $7.75 Marlene Dietrich scorches in an Agatha Christie play.
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 | Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries (The Lord Peter Wimsey-Harriet Vane Collection - Strong Poison / Have His Carcass / Gaudy Night)
Buy new: $42.99 / Used from: $25.95 Two very different actors and takes on Lord Peter Wimsey. These are the Harriet Vane (my favorites) novels, save Busman's Honeymoon.
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 | Lord Peter Wimsey - The Complete Collection
Buy used from: $500.00 Pre-Harriet Vane Wimsey. Sayers revamped the series and Peter midstream to allow the Harriet Vane plotline and as a result, both series can be enjoyed as almost unrelated series.
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 | The Kennel Murder Case
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.55 William Powell as Philo Vance. Entirely satisfying.
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 | Law & Order Criminal Intent - The First Year
Buy new: $41.99 / Used from: $9.99 Vincent D'Onfrio is very good in this more pleasing revamp of the venerable old franchise.
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 | Law & Order - The First Year
Buy new: $38.99 / Used from: $15.98 Formulaic and predictable, yes. But still good.
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 | Anatomy of a Murder
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.74 Otto Preminger and an outstanding score.
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