LoveReading Says
LoveReading Says
Opening at Euston Station we are introduced to our monster. Acknowledging that awaiting a train for Liverpool had been productive on previous occasions, and navigating a scenario to engage with a single young female, he gets her talking and offers to be her knight in shining armour. Little did she know he was not to be her knight as we get a hint at the horrors that are to come.
I'd not "met" Detective Warr before Pure Evil. Although this is the fourth in the series, it did not prevent me from enjoying the book. He's right up my street. A lone wolf, one helluva detective, with impressive intuition and a great nose for investigation. He's a bit of a loose cannon but you can't help but love him for it and his dogged persistence certainly pays off.
When his friend and mentor DCI Ridley is replaced without warning, Jack won't let it lie. He was working on something that should have been an open and shut case, a young man arrested for assault. Except Jack's spidey-sense was working overtime and he felt the need to dig a little deeper. And he's keen to find out what the hell happened to Ridley.
Pushed to the limits with a tough job, a secret investigation on the side and a demanding family life, Jack is pushed to the brink. Will he solve the cases without cracking and without blurring the lines too dramatically? Will Pure Evil win or will Jack save the day?
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Pure Evil Synopsis
It was supposed to be a simple case: a young man arrested for armed assault.
But it was just the beginning.
As Rodney Middleton awaits trial, Detective Jack Warr is warned by his mentor DCI Ridley that they have only scratched the surface of the man's crimes.
Then DCI Ridley is suddenly removed from his post. No one is to contact him - and no one will say why.
As Warr digs into Middleton's past, Ridley calls pleading for help, now accused of a murder he insists he didn't commit.
To catch a monster and exonerate his friend, Warr must weed out the lies. But what awaits Warr if he uncovers the truth?
About This Edition
ISBN: |
9781804181133 |
Publication date: |
14th September 2023 |
Author: |
Lynda La Plante |
Publisher: |
Bonnier |
Format: |
Paperback |
Pagination: |
385 pages |
Primary Genre |
Crime and Mystery
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About Lynda La Plante
Lynda La Plante is the author of over forty bestselling novels. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National theatre and RSC before becoming an actress. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity. Lynda La Plante is the first lay person to be awarded an honorary fellowship to the Forensic Science Society. In 2020 she launched the acclaimed Listening to the Dead podcast with former CSI Cass Sutherland, exploring forensic science and its impact on solving crimes.
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