Netflix has been steadily making a name for itself as the go-to streaming service for compelling true crime documentaries. And so it makes sense, then, that – hot on the heels of Sky’s Murder At The Cottage: The Search For Justice For Sophie – the platform is releasing its own docuseries about the same unsolved murder that took place in one of the most beautiful and remote regions of Ireland.

As in, yes, the very same murder that shocked the country and triggered one of the biggest investigations it had ever seen, sparking something of a national obsession in both Ireland and France for two and a half decades.

Here’s what you need to know about Sophie: A Murder In West Cork, including your first look at the trailer.

What is Sophie: A Murder In West Cork all about?

Sophie Toscan Du Plantier, a talented French film and TV producer, was savagely beaten to death outside her isolated holiday cottage in West Cork, Ireland, on 23 December 1996.

The case remains unsolved, but that doesn’t mean the matter hasn’t been heard before the courts. Indeed, journalist Ian Bailey was arrested twice and convicted in absentia by the Cour d’Assises de Paris in relation to the murder. However, while French authorities sentenced Bailey to 25 years in prison, they were unable to secure an extradition from Ireland.

Sophie: A Murder In West Cork – Netflix’s new true crime series – has dropped it's first trailer