Dept Q is a gripping, mysterious plot, good characters and all that while being set in Scotland. The story entails a detective being taken off the case because he makes mistake on an investigation. Him and his colleague are seriously injured and one policeman dies. So the powers that be put him into anonymity and he is.allowed to.select his own people, form a separate department and work on cold cases.

They choose a cold case from 4 years back where the lawyer working for the Government has gone missing and is presumed dead at sea. However, story has some very interesting teists and turns and the police needs to probe several angles before they can find the actual one. The end is surpising and very intriquing. Dept Q is a must watch if you like crime thrillers.

Charles Dickens’s The Signal-Man is a haunting short story that blends mystery, suspense, and the supernatural. It revolves around an isolated railway signalman who works alone in a deep, dismal cutting surrounded by tunnels and telegraph wires. The narrator, a curious stranger, encounters him one evening and senses the man’s nervous, haunted demeanor. Over several meetings, the signalman confides that he has been seeing a ghostly figure near the tunnel entrance—a spectral warning that appears before tragic events on the railway line. Each time the apparition appears, a fatal accident follows shortly after.

The story explores themes of isolation, psychological torment, and the uncertainty between rational explanation and supernatural belief. Dickens captures the oppressive atmosphere of industrial progress, with the railway symbolizing both human achievement and the unseen dangers that accompany it. The signalman’s growing fear and helplessness build toward a chilling conclusion, where his own fate eerily mirrors the very warnings he tried to interpret. Through this compact yet powerful tale, Dickens creates a sense of dread that lingers, leaving readers questioning whether the haunting was supernatural or a tragic symptom of a mind pushed to its limits.

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