The Best Episodes Written By Chris Murray

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Safe in Amsterdam

   S4:E15/30/2025

   Van der Valk and his team return to investigate new crimes in Amsterdam. In addition to solving murder cases, Van der Valk has to deal with an unwelcome past romance resurfacing as well as find a way to make one of his beloved team members confront their own mortality.

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   #2 - Secrets in Amsterdam

   S4:E36/13/2025

   Van der Valk and the team are called in when a scientist researching a potential breakthrough in the treatment of cancer is found dead. Van der Valk's ex-flame Kalie Tenkers returns to help the team investigate why he was killed and if there is a link to pharmaceutical billionaire Freddie Klink.

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   8.4/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Freedom in Amsterdam

   S3:E15/6/2023

   It's a new day and a new dawn as Van der Valk welcomes two new Sergeants to the team - impulsive hotshot Eddie Suleman and technical whizz Citra Li.

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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #4 - Payback in Amsterdam

   S2:E33/12/2022

   When a promising cellist from a prestigious orchestra dies following an acid attack, Van der Valk has to delve into the city's vibrant but eclectic classical music scene in the search for her killer.

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   8.1/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Death in Amsterdam

   S1:E37/1/2020

   When the brutal killing of a fashion vlogger is broadcast live, Piet van der Valk and his team find themselves drawn into investigating the contemporary fashion world.

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   8.1/10(6 votes)

   #6 - Plague on Amsterdam

   S2:E12/26/2022

   Dutch detective Van der Valk is called in to investigate the grisly and theatrical murder of a solicitor. As a cryptic note discovered within her jacket alludes to further murders, the race is on to undercover the truth.

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   7.9/10(7 votes)

   #7 - Love in Amsterdam

   S1:E11/1/2020

   Set against the backdrop of impending elections, Piet Van der Valk investigates the mysterious deaths of two innocents with no connection to each other. its a puzzle that leads him into the world of art and politics.

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   #8 - The Dagger Club

   S17:E11/28/2015

   The unveiling of a newly-discovered novel by deceased Midsomer crime-writer George Summersbee at the Luxton Deeping Crime Festival is jeopardised when the manuscript is stolen and a woman is fatally electrocuted by a booby-trapped roulette wheel. Can new dad Barnaby untangle a web of jealousy and obsession to find the killer?

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   7.7/10(5 votes)

   #9 - Blood in Amsterdam

   S2:E23/5/2022

   When an employee of the Cuypers Diamonds is killed and his body delivered in pieces to the wealthy siblings and heirs to the company, Van der Valk must consider a tale of revenge against the family.

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    7.3/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Magic in Amsterdam

    S3:E35/20/2023

    The fatal stabbing of a psychiatrist during the ritual summoning of a demon pulls Piet and his team deep into the esoteric world of Ritual Magic, where mystical beliefs conceal a wealth of hidden rivalries and dark secrets.

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    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Only in Amsterdam

    S1:E26/24/2020

    Van der Valk is contacted following the death of a young woman. The investigation brings him into contact with a nun interested in erotica, a Christian sect and a drug facility with a controversial approach to addiction.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Witch of Wyckhadden

    S1:E77/19/2016

    Love is in the air for Agatha, but when a local mystic is found bludgeoned to death, she becomes embroiled in a most mysterious case.

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #13 - The Walkers of Dembley

    S1:E16/7/2016

    A walker is found dead on a local baronet's land soon after he declares war on her rambling group for trespassing on his land. Eager to solve the crime, Agatha convinces James that they should pose as a married couple and go undercover in the victim's walking group.

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    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Potted Gardener

    S1:E46/28/2016

    Agatha springs into action when James's girlfriend Mary is found dead shortly before the village gardening competition.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate

    S2:E31/28/2019

    The arrival of a handsome new curate causes a stir in the village, but when murder strikes, one of Agatha's friends becomes the prime suspect. As she works to clear her friend's name, Agatha's love life gets in the way of her investigation.

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    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Vicious Vet

    S1:E57/5/2016

    Agatha and James spring into action when the local vet and village heartthrob is found dead, the day after he and Agatha went on a date.

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    4.5/10(13 votes)

    #17 - The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy

    S22:E14/4/2021

    After a local photographer wins an urban myth competition with his creation of The Wolf Hunter, it unexpectedly gains a cult following.

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