Chris Chibnall's 'Death at the White Hart' Commissioned by ITV

Broadchurch creator and former Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall is about to add another impressive title to his resume: that of published author. His first novel, titled Death at the White Hart, will hit shelves this year. Though the crime mystery hasn’t been published yet, U.K. network ITV (home of the aforementioned Broadchurch) has already scooped up the television rights and given the concept a straight-to-series order.

Death at the White Hart is set in the coastal village of Fleetcombe in Dorset, which seems like a picturesque enough location — at least until a local pub owner turns up murdered in a gruesomely staged scene. Detective Nicola Miller, a Fleetcombe native recently returned home from Liverpool, must unravel a web of lies to discover the truth. “Within this cliffhanger-packed murder mystery sits a specifically British story about how people live their lives right now,” Chibnall said in a statement. “There’s no better home for it than ITV.”

The still-to-be-published novel is the first of a two-book deal for Chibnall. It will officially hit shelves on March 27 in the U.K. from Penguin Michael Joseph, and arrive in the U.S. a few months later on June 10, courtesy of Pamela Dorman Books. It’s already been sold in translation in Czech, Dutch, German, Greek, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, and Ukrainian*.