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10 Best Movies Like Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning

If you loved Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning for fans of Drama & TV Movie & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an in...

#2
Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die

Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die

2015★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning for fans of Drama & TV Movie & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Henry is invited as a guest speaker at a luxury resort spa, he quickly finds himself at the center of another murder. With Maggie at his side, our favorite duo must not only f...

#3
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

1986★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning for fans of Drama & TV Movie & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help fro...

#4
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

1991★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning for fans of Drama & TV Movie & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sist...

#5
Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery

Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery

2016★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning for fans of Drama & TV Movie & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

San Francisco homicide detective Maggie Price and former, world-class chef Henry Ross are on the case once again. The crime-solving odd couple investigates the murder of Henry’s fr...

#6
Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder

Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder

2017★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning for fans of Drama & TV Movie & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jenn buys an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale only to find that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. When the former owner of the recorder, a retired the...

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