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Debut novels of 2025: discover the year’s breakthrough new voices

Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown

Darkness Never Prevails. 
 
 While staying home was a vital safety measure in 2020, the freedom of the TARDIS remained a dream that drew many - allowing them to roam the cosmos in search of distraction, reassurance and adventure. Now some of the finest TV Doctor Who writers come together with gifted illustrators in this very special short story collection in support of BBC Children in Need. 
 
 Current and former showrunners - Chris Chibnall Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat - present exciting adventures for the Doctor conceived in confinement, alongside brand new fiction from Neil Gaiman, Mark Gatiss and Vinay Patel. Also featuring work from Chris Riddell, Joy Wilkinson, Paul Cornell, Sonia Leong, Sophie Cowdrey, Mike Collins and many more, Adventures in Lockdown is a book for any Doctor Who fan in your life, stories that will send your heart spinning wildly through time and space... 
 
 £2.25 from every copy sold in the UK of Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown will benefit Children in Need (registered charity number 802052 in England &amp; Wales and SC039557 in Scotland)

Chris Chibnall

Layered, human, suspenseful and surprising - this guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure.

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.

A disturbing murder, a village with a gruesome past and a new detective determined to uncover the truth. With Death at the White Hart, Chris Chibnall distils his talent for blockbusting screen drama into a deliciously gritty and well-written police procedural. A searing debut crime fans will love!

A small town, big heart mystery full of deep dark secrets and cleverly breadcrumbed clues – authentic, pacy, rich and extremely satisfying.

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

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

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

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

A tremendous page-turner. Chris Chibnall marries a cool, sleek police drama with a warm, lived-in sense of his characters' inner lives. The result is exuberant, compassionate, and bewitching

Flynn Berry, author of Reese Witherspoon pick Northern Spy

My kind of story! It grabs you by the throat from the start and doesn't let you breathe easy until the final page.

Tami Hoag, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Liar

Absolutely brilliant! Death at the White Hart is one of those oh-so-rare crime novels offering up both a palm-sweating switchback of a plot and a richly nuanced psychological glimpse into the hearts and minds of the multi-layered characters who populate its pages. And the cherry atop the sundae? The author’s assured and compelling voice, which is by turns gripping, wry and—dare I say?—literary. Bravo!

Chris Chibnall

Praise for Death At The White Hart

Layered, human, suspenseful and surprising - this guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure.

**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.**

A disturbing murder, a village with a gruesome past and a new detective determined to uncover the truth. With Death at the White Hart, Chris Chibnall distils his talent for blockbusting screen drama in ...

Layered, human, suspenseful and surprising - this guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure.

**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.**

A disturbing murder, a village with a gruesome past and a new detective determined to uncover the truth. With Death at the White Hart, Chris Chibnall distils his talent for blockbusting screen drama in ...

Layered, human, suspenseful and surprising - this guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure.

**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.**

A disturbing murder, a village with a gruesome past and a new detective determined to uncover the truth. With Death at the White Hart, Chris Chibnall distils his talent for blockbusting screen drama in ...

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Debut novels of 2025: discover the year’s breakthrough new voices

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