Elsbeth has several core actors in its season 2 cast. The cozy mystery stars Carrie Preston as the title character, an eccentric attorney first seen in The Good Wife but who has now moved to New York City. Elsbeth season 2 again has the title character consulting with the NYPD about officer behavior while also solving murder mysteries in a Columbo-like manner, as the audience already knows the identity of each week’s killer.