Frankie Drake Mysteries

The sins of the father cast a shadow on Frankie (Lauren Lee Smith) when she’s a suspect in a jewellery 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. © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

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? © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

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, 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. © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

When Elsie (Greta Onieogou), the faith-healing daughter of a preacher, disappears, Trudy (Chantel Riley) brings the case to the agency. Though their views on religion couldn’t be more different, Frankie (Lauren Lee Smith) and Trudy agree on one thing: there’s no way a teenage girl is as innocent as her parents believe. They discover Elsie has been not just moonlighting as a jazz singer, but also that she’s been planning to run away with her handsome mentor. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg – in planning her escape, Elsie has fallen into something far more nefarious than a forbidden romance. © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

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 façade before the final credits roll? © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

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. © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

Mary Shaw (Rebecca Liddiard) recruits Frankie (Lauren Lee Smith) and Trudy (Chantel Riley) to investigate the disappearance of an English teacher in Chinatown, but Frankie suspects Mary isn’t telling them the whole truth. They soon learn that Mary has a personal connection to the missing woman, who was involved in pursuits much less virtuous than teaching. Discovering the woman may have been kidnapped by a smuggling ring, the ladies realize their case reaches far beyond a single missing woman to a wide-reaching human trafficking scheme. Can they find the missing woman and break up the trafficking ring before anyone gets hurt? © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

A day at the air show turns into a day at the office for Private Detective Frankie Drake (Lauren Lee Smith) and her partner Trudy Clarke (Chantel Riley) when they prevent the attempted kidnapping of aviator Phillip Anderson’s (Lucas Bryant) son Charlie. Although Anderson shuns their offer of assistance - a pair of women can’t protect his family better than the police, after all - Frankie and Trudy stay on the case. Their worst fears are realized when Charlie and his nanny go missing. As Frankie closes in on the kidnapper, she realizes things aren’t as they seem in the Anderson house, and that no one can be trusted. Can she and Trudy save baby Charlie and capture the kidnapper before it’s too late? © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

As Armistice Day approaches, the young wife of a military veteran hires Drake Private Detectives to investigate her husband’s strange behaviour. But before Frankie (Lauren Lee Smith) can get very far, the man is killed in a violent explosion. Determined to get her client some answers, Frankie discovers the murder is just one in a series seemingly connected to a secret military facility in England. Frankie’s investigation leads from a sniper’s nest to a veteran’s hospital, bringing her face to face with a long-lost friend who may be the only one able to help her stop more murders from being committed ¬– if she can face the ghosts haunting her own history. © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

A recommendation sends Frankie (Lauren Lee Smith) to the stately Winchester house without knowing what the case is. When it’s revealed that the lady of the house wants to hire Frankie to confirm that Anna (Jodelle Ferland), a member of a Cossack dance troupe, is actually Princess Anastasia of the Romanov family, Frankie is more than a little dubious – surely there’s someone more appropriate than a private detective to handle the case. But Mrs. Winchester insists, and after Anna’s life is threatened, Frankie realizes that regardless of whether or not the young woman is actually a Russian princess, she needs protection. It’s all hands on deck, and Frankie recruits Mary (Rebecca Liddiard) and Flo (Sharron Matthews) to help determine Anna’s true identity as she and Trudy (Chantel Riley) try to keep Anna – and a potentially priceless artefact – safe. © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.

When Frankie (Lauren Lee Smith) gets a cryptic telephone call, she bolts from the office. As they set out to find her, Trudy (Chantel Riley) fills Morality Officer Mary Shaw (Rebecca Liddiard) in on how Frankie became a private detective, taking us back in time to the years immediately after the war, when Frankie worked as a spy for MI-5. As Frankie and the girls quickly discover, the past doesn’t always stay in the past. They’re soon embroiled in a high-stakes mission where nothing is as it seems and it’s impossible to know who can be trusted. © 2018 Shaftesbury Films Inc.