You would enjoy Ian McShane’s ‘Lovejoy’ (Lovejoy Mysteries). IIRC there are episodes on Youtube, to get a taste of good plotting and characters.
I’ve read a few of those books, although I haven’t watched the shows. I liked Ian McShane in the short-lived “Kings,” in which he was King Saul from the book of Samuel, only not exactly. We got that on DVD from Netflix. I don’t remember what else I saw him in recently, but it wasn’t “Lovejoy.”