'Frankie Drake Mysteries' Renewed for Season 4

Canadian series Frankie Drake Mysteries has officially been renewed for a fourth season by the CBC.

The feisty period mystery series follows the story of the titular Frankie Drake (Lauren Lee Smith) and her partner Trudy Clarke (Chantel Riley), who are two halves of the first female detective agency in 1920s Toronto. The show has a vaguely Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries vibe, but it's set in Canada and the fashions aren't quite as on point. Furthermore, though the series is called Frankie Drake, the show is really focused on a group of four different female friends and the ways they work together to solve crimes.

Besides Frankie and Trudy, there's also Mary Shaw, a morality officer, and Flo Chakowitz, a pathologist at the city morgue. In their own ways, each of these women is a trailblazer in her own right, and their journeys are just as important as any of the mysteries they solve. (Rebecca Liddiard is a particular standout, and Mary's arc across the series' first three seasons is nothing short of outstanding.)