I just got Acorn. Acorn is not just a nut that falls off an
oak tree but it’s like Netflix, a cable like thing you subscribe to. Best deal ever for $5 a month!! The reason
I got it is that I just love the British mysteries! I’m totally addicted and
have been since I was a kid.
They didn’t have Acorn around then of course. Heck, when I
was a kid color TV wasn’t even around, but there were British mysteries in
books. I grew up on Sherlock, Agatha Christy, Periot, Miss Marple.
And now with Acorn there are these amazing mysteries I read
as a kid in movie and TV form and I can watch them over and over and I do on a regular
basis.
And there are such great new British...and Canadian and
Australian...mysteries. Miss Fisher Mysteries set in 1920 Australia and they
are fantastic! And then there are the Murdock Mysteries set in Canada.
The Murdock Mysteries are amazing. The detective is also an
inventor and there are historical figures that pop up in the series from time
to time. We see Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright Brothers, Tesla...love Tesla,
Sir Arthur Conon Doyle, even a character who thinks he’s Sherlock Holmes. He’s
fantastic.
And then there’s Agatha Raisin, a contemporary mystery. Love
Agatha! Mysteries set in England and Australia and Canada are like mini vacation
to some place I’d love to visit and they are terrific mysteries.
I like the British mysteries better than American because
they rely more on mystery and fantastic character development and less on
special effects and sensationalism.
So what about you? Do you like the Brit
form of mystery better than the US? Are you more a Sherlock fan than a CSI
junkie? I just love Agatha Raisin, Murdock Mysteries, Miss Fisher Mysteries. 