Outlander star to head up new ITV series based on hit Val McDermid novel
ONE of the stars of the hit TV show Outlander is set to head up a new detective series based on one of Val McDermid's novels. Lauren Lyle, best known for playing Marsali MacKimmie Fraser in the Starz drama alongside Sam Heughan, will play the famous character DS Karen Pirie in an adaptation of McDermid's The Distant Echo. The actress will play the young and fearless Scottish investigator in the ITV drama series being produced for ITV by the makers of Line Of Duty and Bodyguard. The show, based on Scottish crime writer McDermid’s first Karen Pirie novel, will also star Emer Ke...