Killian Scott and Sarah Greene are to star in Dublin Murders, the new RTÉ, BBC and Starz thriller series based on the books of bestselling author Tana French. 

Dublin Murders sees French's first two books, In the Woods and The Likeness, brought together in adaptations by Sarah Phelps, who has re-imagined Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, Witness for the Prosecution and Ordeal by Innocence for the BBC. 

Love/Hate star Scott plays Detective Rob Reilly with Rosie star Greene cast as Detective Cassie Maddox. The cast of the series also includes Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Moe Dunford, Ian Kenny, Eugene O'Hare, Jonny Holden, Conleth Hill and Peter McDonald.

Killian Scott - Described series as "a complex and dark exploration of memory, identity and the potentially devastating consequences of pursuing truth"

Each of French's novels has a different member of her Dublin Murder Squad as a central character, with viewers promised "a dark psychological mystery with a tap root that drops deep down into Ireland's past, foreshadows the future and brings insight to its present".

"This series, set during the height of the Celtic Tiger financial boom of the millennium, will focus on two murder investigations led by ambitious and charismatic Detectives Rob Reilly and Cassie Maddox," said the BBC. 

"The victims - a young talented ballerina who is found dead on an ancient stone altar; and a vivacious free-spirited woman, who is found stabbed in a roofless famine cottage - are seemingly unrelated, but as we will discover, are actually knitted together by powerful shared themes - the macabre 'red in tooth and claw' elements of both stories, and their heart-thumping psychological thriller qualities."

Sarah Greene - "The writing is brilliant and dark and it's thrilling to give Tana French's words a new life on screen"

The lead director on the series is Saul Dibb, whose credits include Journey's End and Suite Française, with John Hayes (Bancroft) and Rebecca Gatward (Shetland) also behind the lens. Dublin company Element Pictures is among the producers on Dublin Murders, which has been supported by Northern Ireland Screen.

"Sarah Phelps has beautifully adapted Tana French's compelling novels into a complex and dark exploration of memory, identity and the potentially devastating consequences of pursuing truth," said actor Scott. 

"The writing is brilliant and dark and it's thrilling to give Tana French's words a new life on screen through the wonderful Sarah Phelps," added Greene.

Saul Dibb - "Some of the most talented creative team and cast I've ever had the luck to work with, not least our two brilliant leads Sarah Greene and Killian Scott"

The premiere date of Dublin Murders has yet to be announced.

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