Chris Chibnall | Death at the White Hart

Chris Chibnall, the acclaimed, Bridport-based writer of Broadchurch and Doctor Who, has generously chosen to launch his highly anticipated first novel, ‘Death at the White Hart’, at the Bridport Arts Centre! 

Chris will be in conversation with Jennie Godfrey, author of Sunday Times Bestseller ‘The List of Suspicious Things’, about his Dorset-set crime novel. There will also be the chance to get your hands on a signed copy – before its official publication date.

You can purchase a copy of the book in advance in the checkout process of buying your ticket on our website. This will secure your copy of the book before its official launch on the 27th of March. All copies of the book purchased via our website will be available for collection at the event on the 24th.

STOP PRESS NEWS (12/3/25): today ITV announced that it has commissioned a TV adaptation of ‘Death at the White Hart’ in advance of the book’s publication.

About Chris Chibnall 

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’ will publish in hardback, ebook and audiobook on 27 March.

 

Synopsis

The villagers of Fleetcombe like to think of it as one of the most picturesque spots in Dorset: two pubs, a small playground, enough gorgeous cottages to keep a thatcher in business. It’s the last place you’d expect such a grisly murder. A body is discovered, tied to a chair in the middle of a nearby road, a stag’s antlers on his head. The victim is soon identified: Jim Tiernan, landlord of the White Hart pub. Detective Nicola Bridge is not short of suspects: in a small village, the pub landlord knows everyone’s business. And beneath the idyllic surface, the residents of Fleetcombe have plenty they want to keep hidden. Someone knows what happened to Jim Tiernan. Someone who drank with him in the busy pub the night he died. Someone who might just be dangerous enough to kill again. As the village’s many dark secrets come to the surface, can Nicola catch the killer before it’s too late?

 

 

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