"Murder In A Small Town’ Adds Tyler Posey to Season 2 Cast

Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Camryn Manheim (Law & Order), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek) and Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) are set for guest-starring roles in the upcoming second season of Fox‘s crime series "Murder in a Small Town".

Starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk, Murder in a Small Town follows Karl Alberg (Sutherland), who recently moved to the quiet coastal town of Gibsons to be the new police chief and quickly learns that this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets. As a world-class detective, Karl calls upon all his skills to solve murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore. Meanwhile, his deepening relationship with the town librarian Cassandra Lee (Kreuk) is challenged as her career and community involvement take her in new and unexpected directions. 

In the second season, Karl’s jurisdiction expands, and he has to contend with an increased caseload and limited resources, investigating cases like a  bbody found at a local wedding between members of two feuding families; a double kidnapping that may mask an even bigger crime; a pop star who retreated to Gibsons for a quiet vacation only to be followed by a dangerous stalker; and more. 

Posey will play Ryan, a former party boy turned holistic health aficionado, who is desperate to leave behind a reckless past; Manheim is Jocelyn Tait, an iron-tough, working-class matriarch, who has lived her life in the shadow of a family feud and comes to Gibsons for a “Romeo and Juliet-style” wedding; Chung portrays Lanni Soo, a career-driven and straight-forward, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney General, who approaches Alberg with an intriguing case; Reid, who also guest-starred in Season 1, reprises his role as Tommy Cummins, the unassuming high school art teacher whose greatest work put him behind bars; and Canning portrays Mackenzie Rankin, a woman who organizes a memorial gathering following the death of her younger sister.

Moreover, Marcia Gay Harden joins Season 2 as Mayor Christie Holman, a practicing doctor, beloved figure in the community and a consummate political operator. She has the best interests of the people of Gibsons at heart, but sometimes lets her personal interests take precedence, as she complicates life for Karl and Cassandra. 

"Murder in a Small Town" also features Bethany Brown, Marci T House, Joshua Close and more. 

The show, based on L.R. Wright’s Karl Alberg series, is produced by Sepia Films in association with Fox Entertainment and Future Shack Entertainment.  

Ian Weir, Amanda Tapping, Morris Ruskin and Sharon Wisnia (Mojo Global Arts), Jon Cotton, Tina Pehme and Kim Roberts (Sepia Films) and Jeff Wachtel and Jared Berenholz (Future Shack) are executive producers.  Weir serves as showrunner on the series.  Nick Orchard of Soapbox Productions (which originally optioned the book series) also serves as producer on the series.

Season 2 of "Murder in a Small Town" premieres September 23 on Fox.