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Death at the White Hart

By: Chris Chibnall
Narrated by: Jessica Gunning
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Brought to you by Penguin.

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

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...


©2025 Chris Chibnall (P)2025 Penguin Audio Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Small Town & Rural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Exciting Heartfelt Detective Village

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Fans of Broadchurch are going to LOVE Death at the White Hart! With its compelling pair of detectives and tense, creepy atmosphere, once you start reading, I defy you to stop. (Shari Lapena)
A masterclass whodunnit from the creator of Broadchurch - moody, immersive, and surprising too. I didn’t dare hope it would be better than Broadchurch, but it is (Gillian McAllister)
Literally unputdownable. SO pacy and delicious, I loved the stream of new reveals, the plot kept me guessing and the excellent characterisation was my favourite bit. Just a huge treat to read (Marian Keyes)
With a confounding crime and a stellar cast of characters, Death at the White Hart is everything I love in a crime novel, with a community set-up that I hope means this will become a much-loved series (Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things)
Brilliant characterisation and fabulous suspense - as unputdownable as you'd expect from the writer of Broadchurch (Jenny Colgan)
A sleek and sinister debut that grips you from the first page and doesn't let go (Celia Walden, Richard and Judy bestselling author of Payday)
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)

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A many layered puzzle

A host of characters who had a motive to be the killer, but it takes time to work out who did the deed. A satisfactory conclusion and no doubt this is the first of many outings for Nicola and Harry. The fast pace set in short chunks shows that it could appear on the small screen one day.

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Good storyline but narration was a bit monotone. Need variety. Voice made the story a bit difficult to follow.

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back to Broadchurch!

Great story, Complex and surprising! Whats next? I'm so looking forward to the next book.

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Mediocre and cliche ridden

Quite a disappointing book, every cliche about police and families are included, seems to have been written as a potential script for TV, maybe it should have stayed that way, the narrator although an actor well known thanks to Baby Reindeer appeared to be going through the motions and it was quite flat and monotone

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Disappointed

Bought this title because of Broadchurch but I was v disappointed. The storyline and characters were run of the mill and uninteresting with the same old cliche - cop married to the job. A mediocre storyline was not Improved by a dull and mostly monotone narrator.

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