Silent Scream

A gripping British police procedural (DI Anna Travis Book 5)

AvLynda La Plante

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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‘Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller’ KARIN SLAUGHTERThe fifth book in the riveting DI Anna Travis series from the Sunday Times bestselling creator of Jane Tennison.Hot young British film star Amanda Delany had the world at her feet. She'd had a string of affairs with famous actors, making perfect fodder for the tabloids. Then came a commission to write a tell-all memoir.When Amanda is found brutally murdered, DCI James Langton's enquiry discovers the sad truth behind her successful façade. Addicted to drugs and starvation diets, she'd almost died from a botched abortion.Meanwhile, DI Anna Travis is up for promotion, but Langton is blocking her, accusing her of professional misconduct. This latest case could make or break Anna's career.PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE‘The UK's most celebrated female crime author’ DAILY MAIL ‘La Plante excels in her ability to pick out the surprising but plausible details’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ‘Satisfyingly full of twists and turns’ INDEPENDENT‘Absorbingly twisty’ GUARDIAN

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-10
Mått:130 x 198 x 45 mm
Vikt:390 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:544
Förlag:Simon & Schuster Ltd
ISBN:9781847396464

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Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National Theatre and RSC 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, British Broadcasting and the Royal Television Society, as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda La Plante was made an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was presented with the BAFTA Dennis Potter Award in 2000. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2008 and was inaugurated into the Crime Thriller Writers’ Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2024 she was the joint recipient, with James Lee Burke, of the Crime Writers' Association's Diamond Dagger award for an outstanding lifetime's contribution to the crime and mystery fiction genre, and her memoir, Getting Away with Murder, won the True Crime Book of the Year at the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards in 2025. Visit Lynda at her website: www.lyndalaplante.comX: @LaPlanteLyndaFacebook: LyndaLaPlanteCBE ?