Alibi has set a UK premiere date for the third season of Frankie Drake Mysteries, with the Canadian period drama returning on Tuesday January 21st at 9pm.

Created by Carol Hay and Michelle Ricci and produced by Shaftesbury, the series is set in 1920s Toronto and follows Frankie Drake, the city’s first female private detective. Lauren Lee Smith stars as Frankie, who runs Drake Private Detectives with her partner Trudy Clarke (Chantel Riley), with help from morality officer Mary Shaw (Rebecca Liddiard) and morgue attendant Flo Chakowitz (Sharron Matthews).

The new season opens in England, where Honeysuckle Weeks guest stars as the author Agatha Christie. From there the cases take the team into the worlds of British aristocrats, illegal boxing and political intrigue, with Frankie also forced to confront a secret closer to home.