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Death At The White Hart

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The Parkwood Murders

The Make-Believe

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Parkwood Holiday Village in west Dorset is a tranquil escape — until, early one summer morning, a body is discovered in the pool complex.Detective Nicola Walker, already stretched by troubles at home, faces a resort full of suspects. Guests and staff alike are hiding secrets: a husband with an alibi that doesn’t hold, a high ropes instructor with unexplained scars, a new manager with a dark past.But as Nicola digs deeper, she uncovers a chilling truth — this isn’t the first murder at Parkwood.And if she doesn’t catch the killer, it won’t be the last…

Detective Nicola Bridge returns in the thrilling new novel from Chris Chibnall, creator of Broadchurch and showrunner of Seven Dials, and Sunday Times bestselling author of Death at the White Hart 
'This guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure’ Lee Child 
*******For its many repeat customers, Parkwood Holiday Village is a haven – idyllic woodland, a tranquil lake, customer service on tap around the clock. 
 For Detective Nicola Bridge, it’s a crime scene. 
When a body is discovered early one morning, Nicola is faced with an investigation like no other: hundreds of potential suspects, but seemingly no witnesses. 
As she digs into the reality that lies behind Parkwood’s serene façade, she meets the exhausted staff whose hard work keeps the guests happy. It soon turns out that they are her best sources – after all, who pays attention to what they let slip in front of the lifeguards, cleaners and babysitters that make a holiday seamless? 
But when the victim’s identity is revealed, Nicola realises that this might not be a one-off crime of passion. 
There’s a killer lurking somewhere in these woods…

For its many repeat customers, Parkwood Holiday Village in west Dorset is a haven – an idyllic woodland, a tranquil lake, customer service around the clock. 
 
 
Until, just before dawn the day after midsummer, the resort’s former manager is found dead in the swimming pool. 
 
 
Detective Nicola Walker, exhausted from late nights worrying about her increasingly errant teenage son, faces an endless stream of potential witnesses. But as she speaks to the guests and staff, she soon uncovers an interconnected web of secrets and lies. 
 
 
Was the killer the guest who lied to his wife about where he was that night? 
 
 
Was it the arrogant high ropes instructor who’s unable to explain his recent scars? 
 
 
Or might it be the new resort manager, an impeccably put-together woman with a very dark past? 
 
 
And then Nicola discovers this isn’t the first unsolved murder at Parkwood. 
 
 
Which means if she can’t find the killer soon, it might not be the last…

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.

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