Charles Esten Books First Post-Nashville Role

Charles Esten is ditching the cowboy boots in his first post-Nashville gig.

Deadline reports that Esten has booked a recurring role on TNT's upcoming thriller Tell Me Your Secrets. The show revolves around a trio of characters, who each have a mysterious, troubling past. "Emma (Lily Rabe) is a young woman who once looked into the eyes of a dangerous killer, John (Hamish Linklater) is a former serial predator desperate to find redemption, and Mary (Amy Brenneman) is a grieving mother obsessed with finding her missing daughter."

Esten will play Saul Barlow, a grieving father coping with the disappearance of his daughter. His story will intertwine with Brenneman's, who plays his wife, but the character synopsis hints that Saul and Mary's relationship has been strained by his choice to walk away from materialism in an attempt to move on from their loss. Mary, on the other hand, has refused to give up the search.

While a complex thriller is definitely a change of pace from Nashville, it sounds like we'll still get to see Esten in a dramatic, emotional role.

Tell Me Your Secrets does not yet have a premiere date.