Loch Ness has been given a new lease of life on Netflix, with the trending ITV crime drama absolutely thriving on the streaming service and sitting pretty in the top 10. Death in Paradise actor Don Gilet features as psychological profiler Blake Albrighton, and he stars alongside Laura Fraser (The Missing) and Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley) who play DS Annie Redford and DCI Lauren Quigley respectively.
The six-part drama is set in a picturesque village in the Scottish Highlands, which erupts into chaos when a series of events point to a killer along the coast. Annie and Lauren must then find a way to work together, to get to the bottom of it all.
If you're one of the many that have flocked to Netflix to binge Loch Ness, and you're now looking for your next watch, we've got you covered. Here are seven other gritty crime dramas that will have you just as transfixed.
Marcella
Anna Friel stars as London detective Marcella Backland, as she returns to work after a break all while struggling with her mental health.
As she delves further into the complex murder case, her hectic family life begins to crumble. Will catching the killer come at the cost of her personal life?
Marcella is available to stream now on ITVX and Netflix.
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Ragdoll
If you thought the gruesome scenes in Loch Ness were disturbing then buckle up, because Ragdoll may have just tipped the scales.
A group of detectives are tasked with unmasking a serial killer who has dismembered and sewn together six of their murder victims, into a form crudely dubbed the Ragdoll.
The cat-and-mouse chase is on for the killer who taunts DS Nathan Rose (Henry Lloyd-Hughes), DI Emily Baxter (Thalissa Teixeira) and DC Lake Edmunds (Lucy Hale) with a list of future victims, bearing one of their names. The detectives have six episodes to catch their killer.
Ragdoll is available to stream now on BBC iPlayer.
Rebus
Based on the novels by Ian Rankin, Rebus reimagines the Scottish detective John Rebus (Richard Rankin) as a younger man.
The series sees the detective sergeant become embroiled in a violent criminal conflict when his younger brother Michael gets in too deep with the Edinburgh's underworld.
Rebus is available to stream now on Netflix.
Shetland
Based on a series of crime novels by Ann Cleeves, this drama is set on the isolated Scottish Shetland Isles and sees DI Jimmy Pérez (Douglas Henshall) and his team investigate crimes within a close knit-community where the secrets and lies of the past refuse to stay buried.
Pérez and co work their way through mysterious disappearances and murders against the gorgeously remote, picturesque landscape.
Shetland is available to stream now on BBC iPlayer.
Crime
An adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, Crime introduces DI Ray Lennox (Dougray Scott) who is haunted by the abduction of 13 year-old Britney Hamil from the Edinburgh streets.
His desperation to find out what happened to the young girl pushes the detective close to the edge, but Lennox will stop at nothing until he gets to the truth.
Crime is available to stream now on ITVX.
Six Four
Grey's Anatomy's Kevin McKidd stars in the Scottish-set crime thriller, based on the bestselling Japanese novel of the same name by Hideo Yokoyama.
The four-part series follows police detective Chris (Kidd) and his wife Michelle (Vinette Robinson), who are dealt a devastating blow when their daughter goes missing. Their horrific ordeal forces Chris to revisit a past unsolved case of a kidnapped girl.
Six Four is available to stream now on ITVX.
Annika
Annika may be slightly lighter in tone than Loch Ness, but it's definitely not short of crimes along the coastline.
The show follows Nicola Walker's DI Annika Strandhed as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where Strandhed and her team get stuck in investigating brutal and unexplained murders.
Annika is available to stream now on NOW TV. Season 2 debuts on BBC One on Saturday 2 August at 9:10pm. It will also be available on BBC iPlayer.
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