Karen Pirie

This brand-new cold case drama introduces Val McDermid’s iconic detective Karen Pirie to television audiences. The drama centres on DS Karen Pirie, a truly contemporary and brilliant young Scottish detective with a quick mouth and a tenacious desire for the truth. In this opening story, the newly promoted Karen is tasked with reopening a murder investigation that has been the subject of a controversial true crime podcast. When teenage barmaid Rosie Duff was found brutally murdered in a St Andrews' graveyard in 1996, suspicion fell on the three students who discovered her body. But with a lack of forensic evidence, no charges were brought, and the investigation floundered. Twenty-five years on, someone is willing to risk everything to keep the secrets surrounding the case hidden. Do the three men know more than they previously revealed? How flawed was the original investigation? And can Karen uncover the truth of what happened to Rosie that fateful night?

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