Frankie Drake Mysteries

The sins of the father cast a shadow on Frankie, (Lauren Lee Smith), when she’s a suspect in a jewelry heist pulled off with the M.O. of her con-man dad. In order to clear her name, Frankie inserts herself into the investigation only to discover that the victim of the theft is someone from her past. Forced to work with the unlikeliest of partners, Frankie realizes that catching a thief requires thinking like one, and recruits a few old friends for a sting operation to expose the real mastermind behind the heist; all while learning everything she thought about her past is a lie.

After Frankie, (Lauren Lee Smith), and Trudy, (Chantel Riley) interrupt a violent home invasion, they’re hired to root out the suspected culprits - Communists at the family’s factory. Trudy goes undercover in the plant, but when Frankie is nearly killed in an explosion outside the factory gates, it’s clear someone knows Drake Private Detectives are getting close to cracking the case. As the factory owner’s mistrust of his employees grows, Frankie and Morality Officer Mary Shaw (Rebecca Liddiard) follow another lead – the tracks of a horse who just might be the key to the entire case. Are the Bolsheviks really to blame, or is someone using them as a scapegoat to cover a much darker secret?

Frankie, (Lauren Lee Smith), is shocked when Eric Morrison, (William Melling), the son of her former Signal Corps commander, appears on her doorstep in the dead of night. A very dead body has suddenly appeared in his luggage. Can the Drake Private Detectives help? Although Trudy, (Chantel Riley), is more than a little suspicious of Eric as they take the case. But soon they discover the young man isn’t as innocent as he’d like them to believe he is. From a scrappy tent city to the lavish summer homes of the Toronto elite, the investigation illuminates a city in transition. And the murderous lengths people will go to in order to play a part in building the city of the future.

The ladies wind up in Toronto's jazz scene while trying to protect a faith healer.

Frankie, (Lauren Lee Smith), and Trudy, (Chantel Riley), go Hollywood when they’re hired to investigate what looks like a murder captured on film by none other than legendary film producer, Mack Sennett, (Dmitry Chepovetsky). To blend in, Frankie becomes a reluctant stunt double for leading lady Sofia Devoe, (Laura Vandervoort), taking blow after faux blow while she works to find out who on set could be a real killer. Inspired by the magic of cinema, the ladies plan a dramatic takedown to smoke out the killer, but can the women of Drake Private Detectives discover the truth behind the facade before the final credits roll?

Frankie (Lauren Lee Smith) and Trudy’s (Chantel Riley) night out turns deadly when bullets start flying through the air, ripping through the front window of Quon’s Speakeasy and injuring the young son of the owner. Determined to prevent further violence, Frankie seeks out local gangster Joe Perry (Luke Humphrey) who she suspects is responsible for the attack. But the tables are turned when Joe kidnaps her. Trudy and Morality Officer Mary Shaw’s (Rebecca Liddiard) search for Frankie takes them to burlesque halls and bootlegger’s stills. Meanwhile, Joe takes Frankie on a ride into the darkest and most dangerous corners of “Toronto the good,” bringing her face to face with one of the most notorious gangsters of all time.