HBO and Channel 4 order Jamaica-set detective series Get Millie Black from author Marlon James

Deadline

The six-part series from James, the Man Booker Prize-winning author behind A Brief History of Seven Killings, "explores the troubled legacy of racism, slavery, sexuality, classism and cycles of trauma in the post-colonial landscape of Britain and Jamaica, told through the unique perspective of Millie – a girl born on the Rock, raised in London, who claims to be both British and Jamaican, yet somehow belongs to neither place," according to Deadline. "Characters include transgender 'gully queen' Hibiscus, the sibling Millie left behind; her brilliant partner on the Jamaican police force, Curtis, who is forced to keep his love life secret from his colleagues; game-playing Scotland Yard Inspector Luke Osbourne; and Hit Girl, go-go-club owner and underworld entrepreneur."