New Mystery and Thriller Shows This Fall

Lesley Manville and Timothy McMullan return as Susan and Atticus in the sequel to the Magpie Murder series.

We find former publisher Susan in Crete where she’s trying to leave her old life behind. But when a missing hotel employee proves an intriguing mystery, she can’t help but investigate.

Private Detective Nick Bali (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is known as the “Jealousy Man”. His obsessive nature may have cost him his marriage, but it makes him a fantastic PI.

And when he’s hired by Penelope Vardakis (Shailene Woodley) to investigate the death of her husband’s twin (Richard Madden) it’s going to take every ounce of obsession to uncover the truth.

After an on-the-job accident leaves a Boston detective (Joel Kinnaman) with permanent hearing loss, he and his partner (Mark Strong) are sent to talk to a deaf murder witness (Sandra Mae Frank).

Only, a team of corrupt cops are determined to make sure she never testifies, ensnaring all three in a life-and-death conflict inside the apartment building.

Lynn (Callina Liang) has always been a brilliant student. She’s never had to cheat. But her friends do.

When she comes up with an almost foolproof plan to help them pass their exams, the scheme is so successful it expands into a high-stakes game that tests how far she’s willing to go to beat the American education system.

Based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala when he targets one of his victims on a dating game show. When Cheryl Bradshaw (Anna Kendrick) lands a role as a bachelorette on The Dating Game in 1978, she thought it might help her break into Hollywood.

But when she chooses charming Alcala (Daniel Zovatto) as her date, she never imagines he was a killer who had already murdered five women. And that she might be next.

Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate Blanchett) has built her career uncovering other people’s transgressions.

But when she finds a new novel appears on her nightstand, she’s horrified to discover that she’s a key character and one of her long-buried secrets is about to come to light.

After their young daughter is cast in a film, Ben (Shazad Latif) chaperones her on set while Anette (Daisy Ridley) stays home with their newborn baby.

But their lives begin to fracture when Anette suspects that Ben is spending too much time with the glamorous actress (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) playing the lead role.

The deeper their connection goes, the more secrets and lies threaten to surface. And if they do, it will destroy them all.

When the pope dies, a new pope must be chosen. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is chosen to lead the secretive process shrouded in an ancient ceremony.

Despite the rules, Lawrence finds that there is a silent war brewing in the halls of the Vatican.

With every step forward, he discovers more secrets, some buried so deep, that if uncovered, they would threaten the foundation of the entire Church.

Child psychologist Eli Alder (Billy Crystal) is grieving the loss of his wife (Judith Light) after her tragic suicide. Deciding work is the best way to recover, he meets with his next client Noah (Jacobi Jupe), a troubled young boy.

But things threaten to fall apart when Noah appears to have a haunting connection with Eli’s own difficult past.

Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) is an ordinary man. He has a job, a family, and a terrible secret. When he’s selected as a juror, he finds himself in a serious moral quandary.

Because he alone knows information that could sway the entire jury to convict or free an accused killer.

The Garvey sisters are back. It’s been two years since the “accidental death” of Grace’s (Anne-Marie Duff) husband. But while the sisters have moved on, the past isn’t ready to let go.

When an old truth resurfaces, the sisters are once again thrust into a tangled web of lies where it’s unclear who they can trust.

In 1983, the Pacific Northwest was terrorized by a rash of brazen daylight bank robberies, armored car heists, and counterfeiting operations.

One Idaho-based FBI agent (Jude Law) doesn’t believe it’s the work of a traditional crime organization, but rather the white supremacist group known as The Order led by Bob Matthews (Nicholas Hoult).

And proving it will take everything he’s got—and maybe more.

The holidays are always busy at the airport. But things get extraordinarily complicated for young TSA agent Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) when he’s blackmailed by a mysterious traveler (Jason Bateman).

All he has to do is let a dangerous package through security so that it can be loaded onto a Christmas Day flight. But can he live with himself if he doesn’t try to stop it?

Romy (Nicole Kidman) is a wildly successful and powerful CEO. As a loving wife with a gorgeous family, she seems to have it all.

But when she meets Samuel (Harris Dickinson), a captivating and much younger intern, Romy suddenly wants more.

The only problem is, to have everything she wants, she has to risk everything she’s already fought so hard to have.

Feature photo: Still from Woman of the Hour via Netflix