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Frankie Drake Mysteries

Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the adventures of Frankie Drake and her partner Trudy Clarke at Drake Private Detectives, the city’s only all-female detective agency, as they find themselves fighting crime in the age of flyboys, gangsters, rum-runners, and speakeasies.

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Episodes Season 1

  • 1. Mother of Pearl

    Frankie partners with a surprising ally when she's named as the number one suspect in a robbery that looks like the work of her dead father.

  • 2. Ladies in Red

    Frankie and Trudy are hired by a factory owner to root out communists at his plant, but things soon take an explosive turn.

  • 3. Summer in the City

    When a body turns up in a young man's luggage, the case brings Frankie and Trudy into Toronto’s elite social circles.

  • 4. Healing Hands

    When Trudy gives shelter to a faith-healing preacher’s daughter, she and Frankie find themselves investigating Toronto’s jazz scene.

  • 5. Out of Focus

    Frankie and Trudy go undercover in the glamorous world of film in order to solve a seemingly impossible murder on a silent movie set.

  • 6. Whisper Sisters

    After a shooting injures the young son of a friend, Frankie and Trudy’s investigation leads them into the dangerous world of bootlegging.

  • 7. Ties that Bind

    Mary recruits Frankie and Trudy to find a missing teacher, but their investigation leads them to family secrets, Chinatown and murder.

  • 8. The Pilot

    A day off turns into a day at the office for Frankie and Trudy when the infant son of a charismatic aviator is kidnapped during an air show.

  • 9. Ghosts

    The horrors of war haunt Frankie when an investigation into a soldier's murder reunites her with a friend left traumatised by his tour of duty.

  • 10. Anastasia

    Frankie is hired to confirm the identity of a young woman claiming to be a Russian princess and protect her from those who want her dead.

  • 11. Once Burnt Twice Spied

    When Frankie gets a mysterious call from a British spy, Mary discovers how she and Trudy met, and how Drake Private Detectives was formed.

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