Karen Pirie (2022) is a British crime series adapted from the Inspector Karen Pirie novels by Scottish writer Val McDermid.

In the 1st series, based on The Distant Echo novel, Detective-Sergeant Karen Pirie is tasked with reviewing a cold case. Rosie Duff was murdered 25 years previously and a podcaster is asking why there’s been no reappraisal since.

In the 2nd series, Adam Grant is the 2-year-old son of heiress Catriona Grant (Julia Brown) when he was kidnapped in 1984 along with his mother.

*Spoiler Alert* Catriona Grant, however, orchestrated the kidnapping during which she was killed.

Adam Grant (Andrew & Alex Gilmour) was raised in informal foster care in Malta with Mick (Mark Rowley) Catriona’s accomplice.


When she was 15, Rosie Duff relinquished her baby for adoption. That baby, now 27, commits serious crimes in this series.