Speaking of Harlen Coben, this is certainly one for fans of the writer.
Premiering on Saturday night (April 18), The Murder Line is the latest big drama ITV (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/itv)’s are hoping becomes a hit with viewers.
TV fans have had to wait two months to see it in the UK, with it premiering back in Canada in February.
According to ITV, the series "follows a cop from the wrong side of the tracks who ventures beyond the line of duty to save a childhood friend, only to have everything unravel.
The Murder Line (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/) follows a smalltown police officer in Ontario who discovers that his childhood friend Tommy Hawley is connected to an international drug smuggling operation led by British crime boss May Ferguson.
It soon becomes clear that the drug operation is operating in the scenic 1000 Islands region between Canada and the U.S.
With a double murder putting the crime syndicate in the headlines, how much is one person willing to do to help an old friend.
When his plan backfires, his carefully constructed life begins to collapse, thrusting him into a dangerous collision course with backstabbing criminals, suspicious colleagues, and vulnerable civilians who need him more than ever."
The Murder Line: Cast
Leading the cast, Stephen Amell portrays the aforementioned police officer, Henry Roland, who resides in the Thousand Islands region of Ontario. As for the childhood friend that flips his whole world upside down, Hamza Haq (Transplant, Crashing Eid), stars as the troubled smuggler, Tommy Hawley.
Worlds away from her recent role in Run Away, Minnie Driver appears as May Ferguson, the impeccably dressed head of a drug-supplying crime family, who's determined to track down Tommy.
Rounding out the cast are Tamara Podemski, Katia Edith Wood, Thomas Craig, Kate Corbett, Anna Douglas, Jeremy Watson, Christopher Heyerdahl and Natalie Liconti.