In recent years, at least, it’s safe to say that has found something of a niche in juicy, occasionally deranged mysteries. Following the immense success of , the Oscar winner starred in the likes of and – – and is now revisiting this delicious subgenre once again with a new romp: . And, from the recently released , we can confirm that it has absolutely everything fans of David E Kelley’s splashy crime dramas could wish for.
A comically gigantic beach house? Check. A seemingly nauseatingly perfect marriage (this time between Kidman and Liev Schreiber, in place of Alexander Skarsgård) which quickly unravels? Check. A wardrobe of sumptuous knits that screams quiet luxury? Naturally.
An inexplicable death which shakes this small community to its very core? Of course. An intense interrogation scene? Wow, this looks like it’s been taken straight out of . Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s pulpy pageturner of the same name and directed by ’s Susanne Bier, the six-part murder mystery is set to follow “Amelia Sacks ( ’s Eve Hewson), a bride marrying into one of Nantucket’s wealthiest families.
The groom’s mother Greer Garrison Winbury (Kidman), a famous novelist, spares no expense on the high-society wedding. But, when a dead body appears on the beach, everyone’s Champagne dreams quickly vanish and are replaced by suspicion. As secrets bubble up to the surface, an investigation takes hold that feels plucked from one of Greer’s books.
Suddenly, everyone is a suspec.