Prime Suspect lovers are in for a treat for this once again gives us a large slice in the development of Jane Tennison. In the eponymous book published last year we followed Jane as a probationer with the Met in Hackney in the 70s. Now in this (which is actually Tennison 2) we see her promoted and moved to Bow Street which is the result of commendation for bravery when used as a decoy in a rather nasty rape case. She now has CID status but is still fighting the bigoted, chauvinistic world of a force dominated by men. Her next major case involves a bath drowning which seems on the surface to be a tragic accident but she thinks otherwise. Through these two seemingly unexpected cases and a couple of other incidents she is led to spot evidence ignored by her superiors and does begin to wonder about their agenda. I suspect we will have another slice of Jane’s development as we travel slowly to 1991 and Prime Suspect. This Tennison series would make great TV. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
November 2016 Book of the Month and eBook of the Month.
Jane Tennison has been been promoted to the role of Detective Constable in London's Bow Street CID but she is struggling with some of the decisions her colleagues are making. The more experienced detectives move swiftly from one criminal case to the next, with Jane left doubting both their methods and their finding.When Jane becomes inextricably involved in a multiple rape case she must decide whether to toe the line or endanger her position by seeking the truth.But will her decision put her life in peril?
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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