Alex and his friends are drunk. While walking, they stumble upon a dead body. The woman lying dead is Rosie, a barmaid. Naturally, the whole town starts thinking that these four men are the prime suspect. But there’s not enough evidence to find the truth. I’m sure this adaptation will bring Karen many new fans as well as delighting her existing ones. Karen and the Historic Cases Unit are in very safe hands!” Fast forward 2007 and Misha’s little boy is dying from leukemia and is need of emergency bone marrow transplant. When they are unable to find a compatible donor, Misha resolves the only way to save her son is by locating her father and comes to learn that he never went to Nottingham as they had assumed. A Darker Domain– Twenty-five years ago, a woman and her baby son were kidnapped and held for ransom. Catriona Grant ended up dead and little Adam’s fate has remained a mystery ever since. When a new clue is discovered in a deserted Tuscan villa – along with grisly evidence of a recent murder – cold case expert DI Karen Pirie is assigned to follow the trail.

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At the same time, she's investigating a traffic accident that's led to the discovery of a body in a suburban garage. On a more personal level, she'll be dealing with the release of a man who brought about the death of someone close to her. Karen Pirie is the main character in Inspector Karen Pirie series by Scotland author of crime, thriller and mystery books Val McDermid. McDermid is also the author of three other book series including Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan, and Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. She has won several awards including the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year award and CWA Gold Dagger Award. Adapted by Emer Kenny (Harlots, Save Me Too) Karen Pirie is based on the novel, The Distant Echo, the first in a series of best-selling novels about the young Scottish female detective set in the beautiful Scottish university town of St. Andrew’s. Many people might not like the character of Gordon in this book. She comes off as too abrasive, rude, obstinate, and arrogant. But this is what the character starts with, and it changes as the story progresses in the other books.

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A second hour-long adaptation of the other half of Clean Break (the novel). At first, Kate thinks she’s investigating a simple case of industrial sabotage. But nothing here is quite what it seems… Featuring Jane Hazelgrove as Kate and Kathryn Hunt reprising her roles as Shelley AND Alexis, thanks to the wonders of radio. Both Brannigans were directed by Melanie Harris. Nearly 25 years on, DS Karen Pirie is determined to uncover what happened that fateful night. Do the men know more than they previously revealed? When Karen uncovers flaws in the initial investigation, she finds herself in conflict with the very officers who led the original hunt for the killer. Another excellent crime thriller series with plots of explorative nature. As the stories progress, readers get to learn a lot about the places where the books are set and the environment around the characters.

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When a teenage joyrider crashes and ends up in a coma, a blood test reveals ties to an unsolved murder from 22 years earlier. It seems like a relatively simple case, but it will prove to be anything but. Her first success as a novelist came with Report for Murder The first Lindsay Gordon Mystery, first published in 1987. The Skeleton Road– When a skeleton is discovered hidden at the top of a crumbling, gothic building in Edinburgh, Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is faced with the unenviable task of identifying the bones. As Karen’s investigation gathers momentum, she is drawn deeper into a dark world of intrigue and betrayal. Lauren Lyle to star as Karen Pirie in ITV cold case murder drama, based on acclaimed author Val McDermid’s The Distant Echo, adapted by Emer Kenny.

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The Inspector Karen Pirie series written by McDermid consists of a total of 3 novels published between the years 2003 and 2014. The first novel of the series was published by St. Martin’s Press in the year 2003 and was titled ‘The Distant Echo’. The plot of the novel is set in Scotland and features Inspector Karen Pirie as the main protagonist. In the opening sequence of the plot, a dead body of a young barmaid is discovered near the Scottish cemetery on a winter morning in the year 1978. Emer is a new and exciting voice who brings a witty, contemporary take to Val’s brilliant and much-loved Karen Pirie novels. We’re delighted that ITV have given us the chance to bring them to the screen.”

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We see the underbelly of London through the eyes of Kate and the places she ends up following this investigation. There’s a murder and a big mystery that soon sizes up to become a big case, getting the police involved. Every book in the Karen Pirie series works as a standalone story, but the lives of the different characters evolve from one novel to the other. Twenty-five years later, a cold case review coincides with a new set of murders – this time, someone's targeting the students who found the body all those years earlier. The first dies in a suspicious house fire, and a second is killed soon after. It seems the only thing that can save former student Alex Gilbery is if the original murder is solved.The Distant Echo is a brilliant murder mystery novel that explores not only the real-world impacts of murder but also the toll it takes emotionally. The story is about four friends who discover the dead body of a woman. In the Highlands, a woman finds a buried treasure…but she also finds a body. While DCI Karen Pirie handles this case, she'll also find herself in the middle of one involving domestic violence. With a list of suspects with the needle of suspicion pointing to almost everyone, can P.I. Kate Brannigan find the murderer or allow the culprit to take another life? The plot is fun and fast-paced, with great dialogues, brilliant world-building, and great characters. Grant also secretly requests Bel to gather more leads, and she agrees in hopes to get a movie or a book deal from the whole business. Meanwhile, detective Susan and her partner struggle to solve the two cold cases.