It's been a long three-year wait, but Lauren Lyle's Karen Pirie – recently promoted to Detective Inspector – is back and better than ever in Karen Pirie season 2.

There are dozens of British detective dramas named after their leading investigators. Morse, Lewis, Endeavour, Bergerac, Lynley, Luther ; I could go on. And yet, miraculously, even years after its relatively short first season premiered, Scottish production Karen Pirie manages to stand out from that well-loved crowd, especially with this strong second outing.

Season 2 of creator, writer, and star Emer Kenny's adaptation of Val McDermid's best-selling Inspector Karen Pirie novels is assured, well-paced, thrilling, and even wonderfully funny at times. It's full of solid performances and an intriguing, complex family mys

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