Shows Like Traces

If you liked Traces (2019), a mystery and crime series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Karen Pirie (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
When a 25-year-old murder in St Andrews becomes the subject of a provocative true-crime podcast, DS Karen Pirie is tasked with heading up a review. Digging up the past, Karen uncovers fresh evidence and a potential…
2
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also crime
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
3
Rebus (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent the law to enforce it.
4
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and crime
In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS…
5
Coroner (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and mystery
Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.
6
Under Salt Marsh (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and mystery
Morfa Halen is a tight-knit Welsh town precariously nestled between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea that threatens its very existence. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea…
7
Magpie Murders (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and crime
An editor gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives an unfinished manuscript.
8
Des (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming…
9
Thorne (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and mystery
DI Tom Thorne finds himself dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races against time to find a serial killer who carries out unusual attacks on young women.
10
Scream: The TV Series (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and mystery
What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets…
11
Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and mystery
The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news…
12
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also crime and mystery
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious…
13
Castle (2009)
★ 8/10Also crime
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for…
14
Perry Mason (1957)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and crime
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
15
The Crow Girl (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
DCI Jeanette Kilburn and eminent psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven join forces to hunt the killer of young men. The investigation takes Jeanette and Sophia into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder.
16
Steeltown Murders (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and mystery
The hunt to catch the killer of three young women in the Port Talbot area in 1973 and the remarkable story of how - in the first case of its kind - the mystery was solved almost 30 years later using pioneering DNA…
17
Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his…
18
Snapped (2004)
★ 7.8/10Also crime
The fascinating cases of every day, seemingly average moms, wives and girlfriends accused of murder. Did they really do it? And if so, why?
19
Shetland (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and mystery
Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes…
20
Grace (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife…