Scottish actress Lauren Lyle is starring in a brand new drama that will air on ITV this evening, Sunday, September 25, at 8pm until 10pm. Karen Pirie is a cold case murder drama that has been based on the novel by acclaimed author Val McDermid, The Distant Echo and adapted for screen by British actress and screenwriter, Emer Kenny - who also stars in the show.
Keeping in line with Val McDermind's protagonist, the show's namesake Karen - played by Lauren - is described as a "young and fearless Scottish investigator with a quick mouth and tenacious desire for the truth".
The show follows the Detective Sergeant in the town of St Andrew's in Scotland as she reopens an investigation into the unsolved murder case of Rosie Duff which happened in 1996 and, 25 years on, is the subject of a provocative true crime podcast. At the time, three young drunken students were discovered at the scene of the crime, stained with her blood - yet claiming they simply stumbled upon the scene.
