Death At The White Hart: A gripping crime debut from the creator of Broadchurch - soon to be an ITV Series

Chris Chibnall

Mar 2025 · Random House

About this eBook

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 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

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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 . . .

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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

Ratings and reviews

When I saw the author created Broadchurch and the book was praise by Gillian McAllister (love her books) I requested an ARC and I did not regret it. This was engaging, clever, twisty, and although I can say the murderer/motive were a surprise they were also logical and I had had my suspicions along the way. I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.

It was a well crafted story..it sagged a bit in the middle but there was enough to want to go the distance. I may try another by this writer..

Disappointing

About the author

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.