A hot morning in july and the dorset town ofbroadchurch is bracing itself for the touristseason when danny latimer, an 11 year oldschoolboy, goes missing.his mother, beth, frantically startsto search for him while her bestfriend, ellie miller, a local policeofficer, arrives at work to discoverthat the promotion she thought was hers has gone tod.i'. '.strtoupper('a')lec hardy an outsider with a reputation for failure.when danny’s body is found beneath the picturesquecliffs that dominate the townopposites collide'. '.strtoupper('b')oth miller andhardy are determined to solve the mystery of danny'smurder, ellie perhaps too sensitive to the people in her communityalec as efficient as he is blunt'. '.strtoupper('w')hen news of the crimespreads through the town, a chain reaction beginswhich will put broadchurch under a national spotlight,pulling the town, its residents and its secrets, apart.