Prime Suspect meets Ashes to Ashes as we see Jane Tennison starting out on her police career . . .
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at
RADA and worked with the National Theatre and RDC before becoming a
television actress. She then turned to writing - and made her
breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her
novels have all been international bestsellers.
Her original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television
Society. Tennison was adapted by ITV and broadcast in March 2017 in
the UK.
Lynda is one of only three screenwriters to have been made an
honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the
BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer Award in 2000. In 2008 she was
awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.
Classic Lynda, a fabulous read
*Martina Cole on HIDDEN KILLERS*
La Plante excels in her ability to pick out the surprising but
plausible details that give her portrayal of everyday life in a
police station a rare ring of authenticity
*Sunday Telegraph*
An absorbingly twisty plot
*Guardian on HIDDEN KILLERS*
The pace is breathless and the plot is satisfyingly full of twists
and turns
*Independent on Sunday on HIDDEN KILLERS*
The iconic detective's early years in the police force
*The Bookseller*
Don't miss the latest Jane Tennison thriller
*Best magazine*
Queen of crime drama, Lynda La Plante, is back with a brand new
thriller that will leave you gripped!
*Yours magazine*
I would highly recommend Good Friday. It is well written, the
characters are well crafted, easy to picture and easy to hear
through the authentic dialogue. It's a very accessible, readable
police procedural with a well controlled story line. It's dramatic
and exciting and well worth a read!
*Bibliomaniac*
Lynda's created a wonderful world, that tastefully mixes reality
with fiction, in a fast moving plot that will keep you up reading
late into the night.
*Sarah Withers Blog*
I would highly recommend this fast paced page turner. It has left
me eager to read more!
*Bookish Bits*
I for one am certainly waiting with baited breath to read what is
next in store for Jane. This is one of those series that I will be
recommending for a long time to come!
*P Turners Book Blog*
La Plante is on a roll with these atmospheric prequel crime
thrillers as the increasingly street-wise, stronger, more confident
Jane Tennison finds a firmer footing and learns to speak her mind,
although there is still an appealing vulnerability and insecurity
that makes her intensely and credibly human... Brimming with
Seventies nostalgia, danger and suspense
*Lancashire Evening Post*
Great characters can only take us so far in crime fiction though
and of course in the hands of such an assured writer as Lynda La
Plante the reader is guaranteed a solid plot, fairly told with
enough red herrings to keep those brain cells ticking over and
evaluating the facts while the clues unfold at a pace that feels
natural to the background investigation. In fact, everything I look
for in my crime fiction
*Cleopatra Loves Books*
One of the strengths of Lynda La Plante's story-telling is the way
in which she captured so many different aspects of that era. Her
intensive research into police procedural methods at the time was
used to good effect
*Nudge Books*
A well-observed and nailbiting read
*The Sun*
They may have been bleak days but at least there was Jane Tennison
in them to keep them interesting... [an] excellent addition to the
series
*Sunday Sport*
This dramatic tale will keep you gripped until the very end
*Woman Magazine*
Pitting villain against detective in a chilling showdown, this
novel will keep you gripped
*Woman's Own*
LaPlante writes smart dialogue and knows the lingo. Some 40 years
in the business, she's still ticking all the boxes.
*RTE Guide*
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