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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★ 6.6

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.

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★ 6.4

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
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...

#5
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...

#6
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

2020★ 7.2

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.

Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill....

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