Bookish

A stylish and colorful crime drama set in London in 1946 with a thoroughly modern sensibility and tone.

Executive produced, created by, and starring Emmy Award winner Mark Gatiss (SHERLOCK, DOCTOR WHO).

In London’s Archangel Lane, there is a bookshop aptly named after its eccentric but whip-smart owner, Book. A former military spy turned maverick detective, Book relishes helping the police solve their most complex murder cases. He lives happily with his sassy, exuberant wife, Trottie, who owns the wallpaper shop next door. Friends from childhood, they share a deep bond of love and respect for each other, but theirs is a ‘lavender marriage’ of mutual convenience. For Book is a gay man at a time when homosexuality is illegal.

Blissfully happy at home, Book nevertheless carries with him a sadness, as the love of his life was betrayed and died in the war. When Jack, a young man with a past as an ex-convict, is sent to work at the bookshop, Book and Trottie welcome him into the family fold with open arms. But it’s not long before Jack starts to suspect that his appointment was anything but random. Could their past be inextricably linked?