The Blame

'Searingly topical.' THE TELEGRAPH

'Shocking.' HEAT

Detective Erin Crane and her partner Tom Radley have built their partnership on trust.

They watch each other's backs. They share a contempt for Walker, the head of the anti-corruption team, that's practically a running joke between them.

Then Tom uncovers Erin's biggest secret. Instead of pulling them apart, it draws them together, and Erin and Tom begin a love affair that could cost them everything.

They're supposed to be finding out who killed sixteen-year-old Sophie Madson. Instead, Erin finds dashcam footage of Sophie getting into Tom's car less than an hour before she died.

Now the man Erin trusts most in the world is her prime suspect. And she has to decide how far she'll go, for love, and for the truth.

Soon to be a major ITV series starring Michelle Keegan, Autumn 2026.

• Topical suspense thriller, touching on police corruption and misogyny (Sarah Everard and David Carrick cases)
• TV rights have been optioned (Nov 22) by TV Producer Nicola Schindler (Happy Valley).
• For fans of Tana French’s In The Woods and Jed Mercurio's Line of Duty
• Supported by a digital marketing campaign targeting the crime thriller market, and publicity across major national media outlets.

"The Blame" was written by Charlotte Langley.

Charlotte Langley works as a journalist and a personal finance reporter at the Telegraph and is a fresh, breakout voice in gripping psychological police dramas. Her first book The Blame is set to be a major television series starring Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth.