Other series with good senses of place:

Fortitude, starring Stanley Tucci, is a really creepy mystery set in Spitzbergen.

Wallander, with Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hiddleston, in Sweden.

The Tunnel, which is an adaptation of the Danish (and later American) series The Bridge, with the Chunnel standing in for the bridge. The dynamic here is the interplay between the English and French cops.

I'll second the rec for Wallander.

We're halfway through Bodyguard and enjoying it very much. It tends to keep you on the edge of your seat a lot, though, so be prepared for dramatic tension up the wazoo. Keely Hawes is always good and Richard Madden is surprisingly awesome.

I have Procedural Problems: I'm watching last week's The Rookie, and am in the middle of reading an old Michael Connolly book, where they refer to Bosch (out of retirement) as "the oldest boot," and I swear to god, I just thought, "Oh yeah, Castle knows Connolly, right? Maybe that's where they got the idea."

EXCEPT SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE FICTIONAL.

Ha!

Connally was a member of Castle's poker game.

We're all just figures in Tommy Westphall's snowglobe.

Connally was a member of Castle's poker game.

That's why I knew they know each other!

Is The Rookie any good? I haven't watched any episodes.

I like it! It's basically what you'd expect from a Nathan Fillion cop show on ABC, so better than NCIS but not as good as Homicide?

Whoa. I guess that is all one spectrum. Mind blown.