You wait ages (and ages) for a detective series where the smart, troubled detective is a woman, and then two come along at once.

And even more shocking, they’re both on ITV.

(on a semi-related note, I need to do a post on Monroe)
(and Danny Cohen’s admittance that there are too many male detectives on BBC1)

Both shows are adaptations of books – Vera from the Vera Stanhope novels by Ann Cleeves and Case Sensitive from The Point of Rescue by Sophie Hannah (no idea why they changed the title).

There's one possiblecharacter-based spoiler in this, but I've whited out the text - just highlight if you want to read, if not just skip. ( Vera )

( Case Sensitive )