Susannah Edgley is known for The Chocolate Club, Boat Story (2023) and The Long Call (2021).
Detective Matthew Venn returns to the small North Devon community he grew up in with his husband and begins investigating a murder whilst coming to terms with his own traumatic past, having been excommunicated by his family and the church community they lived in.
Two hard-up strangers stumble across a haul of cocaine on a shipwrecked boat. After agreeing to sell it and split the cash, they become entangled with police, masked hitmen, and a sharp-suited gangster known as 'The Tailor'.
Seven strangers search for faith, hope, love and chocolate at a Cornish support group, nicknamed The Chocolate Club, as everyone is surviving on something sweet. Can confectionery and creativity lift the spirits of the lost souls?