Marc Pye

Babushka Marc Pye

Callum Jamieson is the product of severely dysfunctional parents, who, in his desire to right the wrongdoings against the innocent, finds himself fighting a compulsion to destroy any family he believes hasn't done right by their kids. But these are families already in crisis - bereaved, suffering, the victims of injustice... families he's been assigned to as a Family Liaison Officer within The Manchester Police Force. Through his job, Callum comes to believe he's finally found his calling and can make a difference, work from the inside... readdress the balance of injustice. But it's whilst trying to right these wrongs that his past, something he's never faced, comes back to haunt him, drawing him time and time again to the one thing he's never had, a family, but with catastrophic results. Unsettled by Callum's turmoil, his colleague and best friend, Felix Hughes, starts to dig and what he uncovers rocks both their worldsBabushka is a cat and mouse game for survival, where friendship, loyalty, love and trust are put to the test in a quest to unearth the truth. But some sleeping dogs are best left to lie, something Felix and police psychologist Diane Taylor soon find out to their detriment. Dark, disturbing, surprising, Babushka is the first slice in the complex life of Callum Jamieson, a man locking horns with his inner, damaged child at every turn.