Mystery

Max enlists Clara to write a story to help with a case, turning also to his father and sister to play a role as he and Oskar set a trap for a burglar searching for hidden treasure who may also be a murderer.

With William out of town, Fitzroy turns to Eliza for help when he sees Phelps plant a stolen watch on someone. Eliza's investigation wraps her up in a gang war and internecine disagreements within a crime family. 

Max gets in trouble when he tries to help a disturbed veteran at a military hospital who believes he is cursed, and then apparently commits suicide. Oskar is investigating some odd burglaries, but agrees to help Max, too.

Eliza and her rival Patrick Nash have both traveled to France to try to catch a notorious conman. Problem is, they both think they have the right man. Which one is right?

Oskar and Max wrap up their investigation into a series of murders that fascinates Max and repulses Oskar, causing sordid secrets to emerge from a radical fashion house in the process.

When a series of robberies take place near a fine restaurant, Eliza is certain that the owner, an old school nemesis of hers, is involved. But William thinks Eliza's judgment is clouded by animosity from long ago.

A murder at a fashion house has Oskar repulsed and Max fascinated by the psychology of the killer. Clara is also interested in the world of Viennese fashion, while Max's sister and father could help provide clues, since they sell fabric. 

Eliza investigates the disappearance of a magician during his act on behalf of a popular newspaper. But the arrangement puts a wedge between her and William, who doesn't trust the paper and is annoyed by leaks to it from his men. 

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A new season of Vienna Blood premieres on WTTW and PBS in January, and we have a sneak peek featuring comments from some of the stars of the show, as well as its writer and director. 

Eliza Scarlet of Miss Scarlet and the Duke may be fictional, but she does have a few real-life historical analogues of trailblazing female detectives and forensics experts, including in Chicago. 

Michael is uncomfortably close to the team's latest case, in which his brother's girlfriend is found dead and many signs point to his brother as a culprit. The case also puts Annika in danger, and reveals a secret about Michael. 

Susan finally figures out who killed Alan, which means that she also gets to learn who did it in his final book, at last! The journey to the mysteries' solutions is not without danger, disappointment, and mishap, however. 

Eliza and William confront an imminent major change in their relationship while Eliza tries to find out who tried to kill her rival detective, Patrick Nash, and ends up in danger herself. 

The author Anthony Horowitz adapted his own novel, Magpie Murders, for television, so the two versions share the same vision. But there are differences based on the differing mediums—we explain a few of them here.