Shifting sands

A troubled cop confronts her dark past in an eerie Icelandic thriller

- NICK CANNON, NATASHA HOLT, REBECCA MAHONEY RICHARD MCCLURE, STEVEN PERKINS

NEW CRIME DRAMA Black Sands Sunday, 10 pm, Alibi (box set, Virgin TV, Sky Box Sets & NOW)

A disgraced detective must face past demons and a difficult mother when she returns to her hometown in this chilling, eight-part Icelandic crime thriller.

After escaping to Reykjavík 14 years ago, Anita (Aldís Amah Hamilton) is forced to leave her post in the city and accept a job back home in an isolated community within Iceland's striking black sands.

But as she drives through the beautifully bleak landscapes, bracing herself for a reunion with her tormented mother, Anita receives a call from police chief Ragnar to say the body of a tourist has been found on the shore.