ThenewseriesisgoingtobeentitledTheTowerII:DeathMessageandisbasedonKateLondon’sbrilliantsecondnovelofthesamename.ItisbeingadaptedbyscreenwriterPatrickHarbinson(Homeland,Fearless,24,ER)andproducedbyhiscompanyWindhoverFilmsandproductioncompanyMammothScreenbbb
TheseriesopenswithLizzie(TahirahSharif)returningtoFarlowstationwhereherbossandformerlover,DIKieranShaw(EmmettJScanlan),partnersherwithArifJohar(MichaelKarim).TheirfirstcallistoadomesticviolencecomplaintagainstMarkBrannon,whoisaccusedofbeatinguphisgirlfriend,GeorginaTeel,andterrorisingtheiryoungdaughterSkye.
LizziepersuadesGeorginatotellthetruthaboutwhatBrannonhasdonetoher,enablingLizzieandAriftoarresthim.However,oncethecasegetstocourt,Lizziefindsherselfcross-examinedonthestand,leavingthewholecaseonaknife-edge.”
SarahknowsthatFeddenhashandedheranimpossiblechallenge,butshethrowsherselfintoitwithtypicaldeterminationandthoroughness.And,gradually,perhapshelpedbythefactthatshetoowasateenagerofTania’sagebackin1997,shebeginstouncovercluesthatpreviousinvestigationshadoverlooked.Attheendofthefirstepisode,Sarah’sinvestigationstakeafurthertwist,whichmeanssheandLizziecrosspathsagain.
