Professor T(2021)

Professor T pairs orderly crime puzzles with a lead who makes working together anything but easy. Jasper Tempest brings a sharp criminologist’s mind and cutting honesty to police investigations, creating prickly exchanges and dry comedy alongside the clues. Cambridge gives the mysteries a cozy university-city setting, though the cases can take disturbing turns before their final reveals.

Tempest’s rigid routines and obsessive-compulsive habits shape more than his approach to a case. His overbearing mother intrudes on his business, while police colleagues must contend with his fussiness as well as his brilliance. Those awkward relationships allow for surprising tenderness without smoothing away his difficult edges, giving the drama a personal texture beyond the business of identifying a culprit.