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Signora Volpe(2022)

Archived · Acorn TV

7.2123 eps
S03
CrimeMysteryDrama
ON AIR: OCT 5Season 3Archived listing

What to Expect

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Signora Volpe gives its case-by-case mysteries a sharp edge through Sylvia’s practiced eye for deception. Her spy skills make her a capable detective, but they also keep drawing her into the danger she hoped to leave behind. Dry wit tempers the genuine peril, while investigations build toward surprise endings that can change the meaning of earlier clues.

Small-town Italy offers the promise of an ordinary life, not a clean break from complicated relationships. Family, former spouses, colleagues and romantic partners bring friction to Sylvia’s investigations, giving the cases personal consequences beyond solving a murder. The contrast is concrete: the same tradecraft that helps her uncover the truth makes a quiet new life harder to sustain.

Best for

gentle crime comedy, espionage past and Crime

Story lane

Crime and Mystery

Commitment

Season 3 · 3 episodes

Where

Acorn TV

Official Premise

Sylvia, a disillusioned British spy turned detective starts a new life in the beautiful heart of Italy. She soon finds out trouble follows her wherever she goes.

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