About Charlotte Heywood, a spirited and impulsive woman, who moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort
A gathering at a country house party leads to the revelation of a secret
Christmas 1954 Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder He vehemently protests his innocence