ENTANGLED
Contemporary thriller – 6x52'
Written by R. Handley and D.R. Bergsma
“What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive” - Walter Scott
What if a hostile nation got access to a technology that could read all of our secrets, and nobody realised...
A remote Highland cottage, two bodies. It looks like a straightforward murder-suicide, so why are the National Crime Agency assigned?
As DCI Leah Lindenthal investigates, she falls headfirst down a rabbit hole of twists and turns and dead-ends, her case manipulated on an unprecedented scale. A diligent and intuitive detective, Leah refuses to give up, even as her investigation makes less and less sense. Is the culprit a lover and former soldier, plagued by PTSD? As Leah discounts him, other suspects come thick and fast, from a corporate raider to an unscrupulous businessman, to sinister corporations, even government factions.
Leah has landed in the middle of the quantum computer race, and the stakes could not be higher. Soon, all existing encryption will be redundant. From personal texts to medical records... government secrets... military defence – everything will be obtainable. The replacement – quantum encryption - is un-hackable, albeit at a $10billion price tag, but someone is after the ‘holy grail’ of a backdoor into the system, and will go to any lengths to covertly obtain it.
Unravelling this dangerous, tangled web, Leah’s supported by her boisterous family, aided by a tech whiz, and a charming, helpful Russian man... who’s actually an FSB agent. Following a mounting trail of bodies, she thwarts one of the biggest new threats to National Security.
A very contemporary, tense, and twisty conspiracy, the first series is only the tip of the iceberg. Once quantum computers launch, the dangers of technology explode. Leah is tired of international intrigue and craves an ‘honest murder’, unfortunately her success makes her the de-facto NCA inter-agencies' liaison in a returning series.
“Entangled” swims in the murky waters of the next IT age, once quantum-tech hits its stride. Series ideas explore varied and exciting worlds: Ripe for mining is the incoming surveillance and spying via Smart white goods, watches and devices, we have in our homes; We’ll dive into the threat of election rigging, blackmail and mass manipulation; Then we can navigate the emerging AI world, so far devoid of any consensus on morality... and so on.
Nobody is prepared for this world. Government Agencies are scrambling and the race for high-tech leaves a wake of death in its trail. As each new threat unfurls, we follow Leah while she learns to confront the dangers. She will need all the support she can get from her aging mother, soon-to-be adult daughter and her friendship with her tech whizz, especially as she juggles the difficulties of a being British copper dating a Russian spy.
A remote Highland cottage, two bodies. It looks like a straightforward murder-suicide, so why are the National Crime Agency assigned?
As DCI Leah Lindenthal investigates, she falls headfirst down a rabbit hole of twists and turns and dead-ends, her case manipulated on an unprecedented scale. A diligent and intuitive detective, Leah refuses to give up, even as her investigation makes less and less sense. Is the culprit a lover and former soldier, plagued by PTSD? As Leah discounts him, other suspects come thick and fast, from a corporate raider to an unscrupulous businessman, to sinister corporations, even government factions.
Leah has landed in the middle of the quantum computer race, and the stakes could not be higher. Soon, all existing encryption will be redundant. From personal texts to medical records... government secrets... military defence – everything will be obtainable. The replacement – quantum encryption - is un-hackable, albeit at a $10billion price tag, but someone is after the ‘holy grail’ of a backdoor into the system, and will go to any lengths to covertly obtain it.
Unravelling this dangerous, tangled web, Leah’s supported by her boisterous family, aided by a tech whiz, and a charming, helpful Russian man... who’s actually an FSB agent. Following a mounting trail of bodies, she thwarts one of the biggest new threats to National Security.
A very contemporary, tense, and twisty conspiracy, the first series is only the tip of the iceberg. Once quantum computers launch, the dangers of technology explode. Leah is tired of international intrigue and craves an ‘honest murder’, unfortunately her success makes her the de-facto NCA inter-agencies' liaison in a returning series.
“Entangled” swims in the murky waters of the next IT age, once quantum-tech hits its stride. Series ideas explore varied and exciting worlds: Ripe for mining is the incoming surveillance and spying via Smart white goods, watches and devices, we have in our homes; We’ll dive into the threat of election rigging, blackmail and mass manipulation; Then we can navigate the emerging AI world, so far devoid of any consensus on morality... and so on.
Nobody is prepared for this world. Government Agencies are scrambling and the race for high-tech leaves a wake of death in its trail. As each new threat unfurls, we follow Leah while she learns to confront the dangers. She will need all the support she can get from her aging mother, soon-to-be adult daughter and her friendship with her tech whizz, especially as she juggles the difficulties of a being British copper dating a Russian spy.
