MA15+ | 8 episodes| drama, police procedural | Aug. 28, 2022
Alex Ridley is a jazz-loving detective, sort of like Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch, but he has also been known to belt out a few songs himself. Like Bosch, Ridley’s love of jazz signifies his intelligence and shrewd grasp of human nature.
Episodes often end with Ridley crooning supper club-style arrangements of British singer-songwriter Richard Hawley’s tunes, backed by a piano trio, but the singing detective still has the blues.
The former detective-inspector was forced into a medical retirement after the murder of his wife and daughter, but he returns as a consultant in creator Paul Matthew Thompson’s eight-episode series, “Ridley.”…