Murder in a Small Town is a Canadian crime drama series which premiered on Global in Canada and Fox in the United States, on September 24, 2024. It is based on the Alberg and Cassandra Mysteries, a series of British Columbia–set crime novels by L. R. Wright. It is filmed in Gibsons on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. In January 2025, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 23, 2025. In May 2026, the series was renewed for a third season.
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Cast and characters
Main
Rossif Sutherland as Karl Alberg, a detective formerly of Minneapolis now serving as chief of police and solving murders in a small town in the Pacific Northwest.
Kristin Kreuk as Cassandra Lee, a librarian who becomes a love interest for Alberg in the first episode
Mya Lowe as Corporal Edwina Yen (season 1)
Aaron Douglas as Sid Sokolowski, a police sergeant
Fritzy-Klevans Destine as Andy Kendrick (season 1)
Savonna Spracklin as Isabella Harbud
Bethany Brown as Laila Jackson (season 2)
Marcia Gay Harden as Christine Holman (season 2), mayor of Gibsons
Recurring
Cassandra Sawtell as Steph Alberg, Alberg's daughter
Dakota Guppy as Holly Alberg, Alberg's daughter
Fiona Vroom as Phyllis Diaz
Paloma Kwiatkowski as Bree
Alisha Newton as Devon Travis
Marci T. House as Angela Clyburn (season 2), medical examiner
Jacob Shoemay as Brett Holman (season 2)
Jodelle Ferland as Vanessa (season 2)
Special guest
James Cromwell as George Wilcox
Stana Katic as Zoe Strachan
Devon Sawa as Gordon Murphy
Erica Durance as Emma O'Brea
Paula Patton as Elizabeth Lewis
Lucas Bryant as Roger Galbraith
Noah Reid as Tommy Cummins
Joshua Close as Todd
Gardiner Millar as Callum Hingle
Quinten James as Jesse
Tyler Posey as Ryan
Camryn Manheim as Jocelyn Tait
Jim Byrnes as Leland Bucholtz
Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Richard Bannister
William B. Davis as Darcy Stewart, a police captain
Episodes
Production
Development
Originated by Soapbox Productions and co-produced with Sepia Films in association with Future Shack Entertainment, the series was directed by Milan Cheylov and written by Ian Weir. Shooting locations included Molly's Reach, the Gibsons restaurant best known as a key setting in the Canadian comedy-drama series The Beachcombers. On January 16, 2025, Fox renewed the series for a second season. In May 2026, Fox renewed the series for a third season.
Distribution
In the United States, the series was picked up by Fox in late 2023, for the 2024–2025 television season. ITV Studios will distribute the series outside of the U.S. and Canada.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Murder in a Small Town has an approval rating of 70% based on 10 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 56 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.