Isolation Ward, is Bailey's second title about Lorraine Quick, a young psychological testing expert drawn into solving crimes. She pairs up with police Detective Diaz, whose obsession with FBI profiling sparks a fascination with Lorraine.
From Bailey's dreamcast for an adaptation of the novel:
Director – Sally Wainwright: I wrote the novel with Sally Wainwright in mind, the British writer and director of Happy Valley and Gentleman Jack. She is a brilliant explorer of working class life and tough, flawed and vulnerable women. Isolation Ward is set around Happy Valley’s location of Hebden Bridge, an alternative, edge-of-the-world town, where I also lived in the 1990s. I think Wainwright would appreciate that I drew my story from my own career in psychometrics, assessing staff in one of England’s top security hospitals. We have another connection: Wainwright learned her trade writing the British soap opera Coronation Street, a link to my composer dad, Derek Hilton, the pianist in the show’s nightclub.Visit Martine Bailey's website, Facebook page, and Twitter perch.
Lorraine Quick – Florence Pugh: Pugh’s performances have a raw force on screen that keep viewers glued to her thoughts and moods. I’d love to see Lorraine played with...[read on]
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