Death At The White Hart

The Sunday Times bestseller Waterstones Thriller of the MonthSoon to be a major ITV seriesDiscover the must-read mystery everyone’s talking about, from the showrunner of Broadchurch and Netflix's smash-hit new series, SEVEN DIALS‘A masterclass whodunnit’ Gillian McAllister‘Everything I love in a crime novel’ Jennie Godfrey‘As unputdownable as you'd expect from the writer of Broadchurch’ Jenny Colgan--The body is found abandoned on the A35 in Dorset – 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

From the multi-award winning creator of BROADCHURCH and showrunner of DOCTOR WHO, get ready for the most exciting crime fiction debut of 2025...

“A masterclass whodunnit” Gillian McAllister
“Everything I love in a crime novel” Jennie Godfrey
“As unputdownable as you''d expect from the writer of Broadchurch” Jenny Colgan

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When Nicola Bridge moves back to Dorset after years as a CID detective in the big city, the last thing she expects is for the picturesque village of Fleetcombe to become a grisly crime scene.

Jim Tiernan, landlord of the White Hart pub, has been found dead, the body staged with macabre relish on an isolated country road. As soon as she starts asking questions, Nicola realises everyone in the village has something to hide.

Frankie, the hairdresser who isn’t a skilled enough actor to conceal they’re lying about the night of the murder.

Eddie, the delivery driver whose heart starts racing every time he drives past the crime scene.

Deakins, the embittered farmer still living in the shadow of a supposedly murderous ancestor.

And even the little girl, hidden at the top of the playground slide, who’s watching them all.

Whispers. Rumours. Lies. But Nicola knows that somewhere among them, a killer is hiding in plain sight.

Because sometimes the smallest villages hide the darkest secrets...

• | Author: Chris Chibnall
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 25, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781405959513
• | ISBN-10: 1405959517