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When a lobster fisherman finds a dead body in the Firth of Forth, DCI Karen Pirie is drawn into a case involving a disappearance, art crimes, and secret identities. At the heart of it lies a talented mimic who seems capable of convincingly copying any painter. I adapted Clean Break for BBC Radio Four from the Kate Brannigan novel of the same name. Brannigan gets involved in a madcap chase across Europe as she tries to unravel a series of art thefts. High points include Richard’s rendition of ‘The Lonely Goatherd’… Featuring Charlotte Coleman as Kate and Kathryn Hunt as Shelley/Alexis. But we only had an hour’s transmission time to work with, so I only adapted one half of the book, leaving the way open for…
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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. Why did Douglas Henshall leave Shetland? As the new series of the popular crime drama arrives, a fan-favourite character is notably absent. While the four friends gather around the dying Rosie, little, did they know that it would change their lives forever? Even though Alex the fast of the four runs for help while others try to keep the girl they all know well alive, help arrived a bit late for Rosie.Any issues with the book list you are seeing? Or is there an author or series we don’t have? Let me know! Broken Ground– When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands,DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone’s long-buried inheritance, the victim seems to belong to the distant past – until new evidence suggests otherwise, and Karen is called in to unravel a case where nothing is as it seems. Adapted by Emer Kenny (Harlots, Save Me Too) who will also take the role of Karen’s friend River Wilde, Karen Pirie also stars Chris Jenks (Sex Education) as Jason ‘Mint’ Murray and Zach Wyatt (Blithe Spirit) as DS Phil Parhatka.
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The Karen Pirie series is about as good as detective fiction can get. Val McDermid really is a top notch writer. The Skeleton Road is an amazing read, especially for someone who stays current with events in the world. I’m delighted I have three more books from the series to read. Reply I decided to turn my hand to writing a crime novel, because I’d always enjoyed reading the genre…” View more High drama…The Distant Echo– Four drunken students stumble upon the body of a woman in the snow and became the only suspects. Twenty-five years later the police mount a ‘cold case’ review of Rosie’s unsolved murder and the four are still suspects. But when two of them die in suspicious circumstances, it seems that someone is pursuing their own brand of justice. Identifying the remains and solving the mystery of their burial will lead cold case detective Karen Pirie to possible war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. The Independent– Val McDermid adaptation hits each benchmark of a good detective thriller with the resounding thud of an assassinated key witness meeting the hard concrete of an empty car park.
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It's too soon to know anything about premiere dates or where it might air outside the UK, but it shouldn't be too long before they release more details. Then there’s a leap of 25 years when this cold case is reopened, along with the reopening of old wounds. Things are changing, and Alex can feel it. Two of his mates are murdered, and there is something going on, something sinister. In the past, author Val McDermid's works have been adapted into Place of Execution and Wire in the Blood (with Robson Green), but this is the first to be adapted recently.
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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!” The Mermaids Singing” is McDermid’s most intense, gory, dark, and twisted murder mystery novel, and it gets graphic very soon. It is also the reason why this book and the series are loved by murder mystery fans. Executive producer Simon Heath said everyone had their "fingers firmly crossed", but it would depend on how audiences responded to the first season.
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At the same time, a grieving Inspector Karen Pirie is drawn to a mystery she shouldn't be touching – one rooted in terrorist activities during the Troubles. 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. Karen Pirie is a young Scottish detective who is promoted to Police Scotland’s Historic Cases Unit and her career in this department begins with reopening the investigation into the murder of a teenage barmaid that has been the subject of a provocative true-crime podcast.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. Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldn’t be surprised when an author’s manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime. The first in Karen Pirie series is a brilliant read. The story itself is more about the consequences of false blame and how the four friends manage to live through such an ordeal. The main characters are all loveable, and the author does a great job in showing their progression from youth to fully grown people. The writing itself is sharp, crisp and concise, McDermid uses simple language, and the writing is steadily paced. The story itself is divided into segments; the first section follows the events of 1978 with the second taking the reader 25 years after Rosie’s murder. I adapted it for radio and it was produced for BBC Radio Scotland by Stewart Conn, reaturing Maev Alexander, Fidelis Morgan, Amanda Hillwood, Vivienne Dixon and Vari Sylvester. 90mins.
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