
“ Marlow is a uniquely homegrown saga, a character-driven crime epic about where we’ve come from who we are now what we might become.” “The Thames Estuary’s Edgelands offer a unique and extraordinary world of mud, sea and infinite sky of broken politics and dreams - the Thames mouth is at once a gateway to the world and the last wild frontier of our island existence,” said Maxwell and Grisoni. Motive Pictures was established in 2019 by CEO Simon Maxwell, who was previously head of international drama at Channel 4, with Endeavor coming on board as lead financier and strategic partner. “Tony and Simon’s scripts are so evocative of place and redolent with atmosphere - and the twists, turns and mysteries at the heart of this drama are utterly gripping.”

“I’m delighted to be a part of this compelling thriller,” said Foy. The series, which is due to go into production in autumn, has been created by BAFTA-winning screenwriter Tony Grisoni ( Southcliffe, Red Riding) and Simon Maxwell ( Deep State), who will both serve as executive producers along with Claire Foy. Michael Caine Suggests His Upcoming Film 'The Great Escaper' May Be His Last: "I Sort of Am Retired Now"

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It was chosen by the Library Journal as one of their crime books of the year, and was longlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year award.Claire Foy is set to take the lead in Marlow, a new crime-thriller series commissioned by BritBox U.K., the streaming service launched by the BBC and ITV.įrom Motive Pictures and Endeavor Content, the eight-episode series will focus on two warring families that have lived on the “Edgelands” of the U.K.’s Thames Estuary for centuries - facing off across the water in this land of smugglers, mudlarks, entrepreneurs and opportunists.įoy - best known for her Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG-winning performances in The Crown - will play a woman seeking answers and revenge, who is drawn back into conflict with the aging patriarch from one of the families. The Long Call won the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel published in 2019. The case calls Matthew back into the community he thought he had left behind, as deadly secrets hidden at its heart are revealed, and his past and present collide. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. Once loved and cherished, the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too. ĭetective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. Read more about The Heron's Cry, the second in Ann Cleeves's Two Rivers series. It was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award by the Australian Crime Writers Association, in the International category. The Heron's Cry was longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2022. "This character-driven exploration of people's darkest flaws is a sterling example of Cleeves' formidable talents." Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed with a shard of one of his glassblower daughter's broken vases.ĭr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim.

Matthew is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, a rare hot summer brings tourists flocking to the coastline. The Heron's Cry is a second case for detective Matthew Venn and his colleague Jen Rafferty. He came to the remote village as a child, its community populated by the Barum Brethren that he parted ways with, so when superstition and rumour mix and another body is found in the cove, Matthew soon finds his judgement clouded.Īs the stormy winds howl and the village is cut off, Venn and his team start their investigation, little realising their own lives might be in danger… This is an uncomfortable case for DI Matthew Venn. Until the lifeboat is launched to a hoax call-out during a raging storm and his body is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own.

The residents think nothing of it when Rosco disappears again that's the sort of man he is. When Jem Rosco - sailor, adventurer and local legend - blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. More about The Raging Storm Watch out for a Summer Storm
