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Cozy Mystery Spinoffs: Beyond Paradise and Frankie Drake Mysteries

19 Jun

Beyond Paradise
One of the favorites of library staff and patrons when it comes to cozy mysteries has been Death in Paradise where a variety of fish out of water UK detectives take on the detective inspector position at an imaginary Caribbean Island, Saint Marie. A fan favorite was DI Humphrey Goodman who left the island to be with his fiancée, Martha. Now in the 2023 spinoff, Beyond Paradise, we find out what they have been up to as the couple leave London to start a new life on the Devon coast, where Martha grew up. Humphrey takes up the vacant position of Detective Inspector at Shipton Abbott police station while Martha opens up a café focused on serving local produce and products. Although less tropical, the town still parallels the other series with its charming seaside visuals, in this case filmed in several Cornish towns. The first season is a bingeworthy 6 episodes, clocking in at just over 5 hours. You don’t have to have watched Death in Paradise to enjoy Beyond Paradise, but if you enjoy the show and haven’t watched the original, it is definitely worth checking out. Both shows are available to stream from Kanopy.

Frankie Drake Mysteries
Another popular long running cozy mystery series is Murdoch Mysteries which is set around a 1895 police station in Canada. This series spun off the Frankie Drake Mysteries set in the 1920’s, though in this case older versions of the Murdoch Mystery characters like George Crabtree make guest appearances in the new show rather than having them be a central focus, which instead is on an all female detective agency. Lauren Lee Smith plays the lead character with Chantel Riley as Trudy Clarke, Frankie’s partner and bff. My two favorites though are Rebecca Liddiard as Mary Shaw a morality officer from the Toronto’s police department who often manages to sneak herself into murder cases and Sharron Matthews who plays Flo Chakowitz, a morgue attendant. The series ran for four years (41 episodes). It is a charming mix of mystery, humor and history.

Written by:
Aimee Harris
Information and Digital Services Manager

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Get the Best of Bollywood and More Great Indian Movies and TV from ShemarroMe

29 May

The Hoboken Public Library is pleased to announce as part of our celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month the introduction of ShemarooMe for its resident library card holders.  ShemarooMe is an online video streaming platform, which brings a variety of Indian content including the best of Originals, Blockbuster Movies, Live TV, and Edutaining Children’s Programming – in 5 major languages (Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu, Marathi and Punjabi). Their extensive offerings makes them the preferred destination for an avid Indian cinema connoisseur and those looking to sample the best of what India has to offer in TV and movies.

Hoboken Library Resident Cardholders can get free access to one of the streaming plans below which are based on age and language spoken.  Each plan has an access period of 7 days per activation (4 access periods available per user per month).
SHEMAROOMEPREMIUM PLAN includes acclaimed Gujarati Movies, Nataks and Web Series, Popular Punjabi content, Marathi movies and shows, and some kids content.
SHEMAROOMEKIDS PLAN includes animation series aimed at preschoolers, children and families.
SHEMAROOMETELUGU + KIDS PLAN offers both Telugu and Kids content; in Telugu they offer a large collection of new and classic Telugu Movies with a Super hit movie released everyday and in kids they offer Animation series aimed at preschoolers, children and families.

Once you have signed up with your library card at https://www.shemaroome.com/hobokenlibrary you can access it at the site or download the app on a cell phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, SmartTV, or FireTV. Please make sure to relog in there every time your access period expires to sign up for the plan of your choice (the same or a different one) for free.

Hoboken Resident Card Holders also have access to movies and TV shows in a variety of languages through Hoopla and Kanopy.

Posted by:
Aimee Harris
Information and Digital Services Manager

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