Death At The White Hart

The Sunday Times bestseller Waterstones Thriller of the Month Soon to be a major ITV series Discover the must-read mystery everyone's talking about, from the creator of Broadchurch 'A masterclass whodunnit' Gillian McAllister 'Everything I love in a crime novel' Jennie Godfrey -- The body is found abandoned in the middle of a Dorset country road - tied to a chair, stag antlers on his head. It's Jim Tiernan, landlord of Fleetcombe's The White Hart pub - and now a murder victim. Newly arrived DS Nicola Bridge has her work cut out. Fleetcombe is a picture-postcard village. Murder is the last thing on anyone's mind. Except that here Nicola finds whispers, rumours, resentments and lie after lie. Because the smaller the village, the darker its hidden secrets . . . -- More praise for Death at The White Hart: 'Layered, human, suspenseful and surprising - this guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure' Lee Child 'I loved it. A murder mystery that feels like it's set right now, packed with vivid characters and a detective I adored - and I didn't guess who did it. A wonderful book' Russell T Davies 'Snappy dialogue, confident. Turns expectations of village life on their head' Joan Smith, Sunday Times 'Literally unputdownable. SO pacy and delicious...Just a huge treat to read' Marian Keyes

Chris Chibnall is a BAFTA, Royal Television Society, Broadcasting Press Guild and Peabody award-winning screenwriter, executive producer, and playwright whose work has been seen, translated and remade all around the world. He is the recipient of the prestigious FIPA Prix D'Honneur, and honorary doctorates from Edge Hill University and Sheffield Hallam University. His television work includes Broadchurch - remade as Gracepoint in the US and Malaterra in France - The Great Train Robbery, Doctor Who, Torchwood and Life on Mars. Death at the White Hart is his debut novel.