# Dublin Murders (2019)

> Two Dublin detectives investigating a child's murder in the woods are drawn into the trauma of their own pasts.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/79072

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, mystery, drama
- Created by: Sarah Phelps
- Network: BBC One
- Cast: Sarah Greene, Killian Scott, Peter McDonald, Leah McNamara, Conleth Hill, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Kathy Monahan, Amy Macken
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7768192/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: claustrophobic, rain-soaked, dread-filled, melancholic, tense, intense

## What critics say

Critics and audiences find the atmospheric, psychologically rich adaptation of Tana French's novels well made, though its bifurcated narrative divides opinion.

## Synopsis

Dublin Murders (2019) is a British Broadcasting Corporation crime drama limited series created by Sarah Phelps for BBC One, adapting the first two novels of Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad books. Detectives Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene) and Rob Reilly (Killian Scott) are dispatched to a young girl's murder in the woods on the outskirts of Dublin, and as the search for other missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness buried in their own pasts. Their investigation pulls them through a tight-knit world of suspects, families and colleagues, with Peter McDonald and Leah McNamara as the unsettling Devlin household at the centre of the case, and Conleth Hill as a superintendent pressing for results. The eight-episode run is built from procedural interviews, crime scene work and flashbacks that gradually reveal why the detectives cannot look away. Set in present-day Ireland, it unfolds with a claustrophobic, rain-soaked, dread-filled tone, where secrets, trauma and the instability of memory weigh as heavily as the evidence. Fans of Broadchurch, True Detective and The Killing will find resonance in its slow-burn atmosphere and its psychological interest in the people who investigate crime as much as the crime itself. Its two-timeline structure and morally tangled characters make it a demanding, emotionally heavy watch for viewers who want mystery with real interiority.

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