Jake Doyle is a new breed of Private Investigator, cracking cases - and the occasional head - in the colourful and unique port city setting of St. John's, Newfoundland, the oldest city in North America. Jake's charming little hometown is changing in a big way as it's quickly transforming from a small seaport to a booming oil town - and where there's cash, there's trash. And lots of it. Republic of Doyle takes a peek into the lives of a not-so-everyday family with problems trying to make it all work as they run a very uncommon family business - a gumshoe racket in St. John's, Newfoundland - out of a very full house.