''Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox'' ("Good Evening, My Name Is Cox") is a series of

crime novels Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

and

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s written by the

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couple and , later also adapted to a television series and

a movie ''A Movie'' (styled as ''A MOVIE'') is a 1958 experimental collage film by American artist Bruce Conner. It combines pieces of found footage taken from various sources such as newsreels, soft-core pornography, and B movies, all set to a score ...

. The series chronicle the adventures of Paul Cox, a professional

gambler Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three eleme ...

(

antique dealer An antique ( la, antiquus; 'old', 'ancient') is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old (or some other limit), although the term is often used loosely ...

in the TV series) in

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, with a tendency to get involved in intricate

murder mysteries "Murder Mysteries" is a fantasy short story by Neil Gaiman first published in the 1992 anthology ''Midnight Graffiti'' and later collected in his collections ''Angels and Visitations'' and ''Smoke and Mirrors''. Plot The narrator, a young Engl ...

, where he often ends up as the main suspect and has to evade police and solve the crime to clear his name. He's aided in all his adventures by his friend Thomas Richardson, a

private detective A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigators of ...

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* German radio dramas Detective radio shows 1952 radio programme debuts 1978 radio programme endings Radio programs adapted into television shows German crime television series 1961 German television series debuts 1965 German television series endings Television shows set in London Television series based on radio series German-language television shows Das Erste original programming {{Germany-tv-prog-stub

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