Black and White

A 9p preview of Black and White by Nick Quantrill.

Called to Hull’s King George Dock on a cold, miserable autumn morning by his new senior officer, Detective Sergeant Richard Coleman is confronted with the puzzling discovery of a body in a cargo container. Due to be moved the following day, the container triggers an investigation that sees Coleman and his colleagues explore the murky underground world of counterfeit goods.

Meanwhile, Andrzej Oborski, a young Polish economic immigrant making a new life for himself in the city is admitted to Hull Royal Infirmary with life threatening injuries, inflicted during a frenzied attack. Under pressure from the new DI and an expectant media, Coleman’s investigation into Oborski’s life sees the two separate inquiries gradually merge into one darker and more complex whole. Believing that the same person is ultimately responsible for both crimes, he faces a race against time to bring them to justice, before they disappear back to their shadowy world.

Confronting issues of race and belonging in a city that’s undergoing rapid social change, Coleman finds himself pushed to the limits by the demands of the job. Still rebuilding his personal life, the investigations force him to reassess his own beliefs and motivations, as well as deal with the internal disputes threatening to rip apart the team. DS Coleman is an ordinary man doing an extraordinary job. He’s a man under pressure. Things are never black and white.

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