Why are there so many murders happening in this small town? Though that’s one question that could plague the fictional city of Gibsons in the murder-mystery series Murder in a Small Town , stars Kristin Kreuk (who plays Cassandra Lee) and Rossif Sutherland (Karl Alberg) said it’s not the central focus of their “thrilling” new show. “I'm a detective in this show,” Rossif exclusively told E! News correspondent Will Marfuggi Sept. 5, “but it's still a mystery to me.
” And Kristin emphasized that the murders in the series—which premiered Sept. 24—are secondary to the importance of the characters’ stories. “There is a murder almost every episode,” she said.
“Those crimes are solved, but it's really a story about love and community and this town. The murders drive our plot and keep you engaged, and they're thrilling. But it is about those relationships.
” As for whether the town even notices the surprising amount of murders in their small Pacific northwest community? Kristin said mum's the word. “We don't even talk about it,” she explained. “It's like the British shows that take place in small towns and they have so many murders.
We're living in that world where it's like a fantasy land. It just happens, and it's not because of some intense, systemic issue..
.or is it?” But Rossif—who is the son of Donald Sutherland and brother to Kiefer Sutherland —knows that his on-screen portrayal is not a mystery to his son Theodore , whom he shares with w.