Lynda La Plante – författare

Medan Vera Reynolds, drag queen och nattklubbsstjärna, står på scenen, ligger en sextonårig prostituerad pojke död i hennes brinnande lägenhet. Kriminalinspektör Jane Tennison har avancerat i graderna och kämpat för att bryta igenom Scotland Yards glastak. Nu, på hennes första dag som chef för sedlighetsroteln, hotar detta uppmärksammade fall att förstöra allt hon har arbetat för. När Tennisons utredning avslöjar en inflytelserik offentlig person som huvudmisstänkt – en man med kopplingar till politiker, domare och Scotland Yard – får hon ett tydligt budskap om vilken riktning hennes utredning bör ta. Plötsligt blir ett faktum klart: För Tennison kommer jakten på sanningen att innebära att hon riskerar sin karriär och till och med sitt liv. Tystade röster är den tredje delen i den omåttligt populära serien om kriminalinspektör Jane Tennison.

Andra boken i den TV-aktuella serien om TennisonEn prostituerad kvinna i blå pälskappa kommer gående, till synes ensam, i mörkret i Hackney Fields. Men någon väntar på henne...En kvinna hittas död i sitt badkar, med ett sovande litet barn i rummet bredvid. Rör det sig om en olycka - eller om ett till synes perfekt genomfört mord?När Jane Tennison befordras till kriminalassistent i Londondistriktet Bow Street drabbas hon direkt av inre konflikter. Hennes långt mer erfarna kollegor rör sig snabbt från det ena fallet till det andra, medan Jane ofta tvivlar på deras slutsatser. När hon blir involverad i ett fall som rör en rad våldtäkter tvingas Jane sätta sitt eget liv på spel i sökandet efter svar. Ska hon anpassa sig till polisdistriktets allmänna linje - eller riskera sin position genom att trots allt söka sanningen?LYNDA LA PLANTE, född i Liverpool 1943, är en brittisk roman- och manusförfattare. För TV-serien Prime Suspect tilldelades hon det prestigefyllda litteraturpriset Edgar Allan Poe Writer s Award, och serien vann även en Emmy Award. Dolda mördare är den andra boken i hennes nya serie om den unga Jane Tennison, som även den nu adapterats för TV och sålts till bland annat USA, Tyskland, Holland, Sverige och Danmark. Den nya serien, Prime Suspect 1973, visas på SVT under 2017.

ALL KILLERS WANT TO MAKE THE FRONT PAGE . . .The brilliantly gripping new thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante - now available in paperback, eBook and audiobook.______________________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?______________________PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:'DC Jack Warr is clearly destined for higher things, and I look forward to following his progress' - PETER ROBINSON, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the DCI Banks series'A compelling, clever plot with a brilliant cast of diverse characters. Utterly riveting' - RACHEL ABBOTT, million-selling author of ONLY THE INNOCENT'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' - KARIN SLAUGHTER

SOME THINGS SHOULD REMAIN BURIED . . .The Sunday Times bestselling first book in a brand new thriller series by the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante.__________________DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.In the aftermath of a fire at an isolated cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remains of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes.Jack's search leads him deep into a murky criminal underworld - a world he finds himself surprisingly good at navigating. But as the line of the law becomes blurred, how far will Jack go to find the answers - and what will it cost him?In BURIED, it's time to meet DC Jack Warr as he digs up the deadly secrets of the past . . .__________________PRAISE FOR BURIED:'It's quite a challenge to make a detective constable the lead character in a crime novel, but Lynda La Plante does a cracking job of it in BURIED. DC Jack Warr is clearly destined for higher things, and I look forward to following his progress' - PETER ROBINSON, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the DCI Banks series 'A compelling, clever plot with a brilliant cast of diverse characters. Utterly riveting' - RACHEL ABBOTT, million-selling author of ONLY THE INNOCENT'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter

KILLERS DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR . . .The unmissable brand new Detective Jack Warr thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante - now available in paperback, eBook and audiobook.______________________When an eccentric widow claims she is being stalked by her former lodger, Detective Jack Warr is the only person who believes her wild claims.Days later, she is found brutally murdered in her home.When the investigation uncovers an international drugs operation on the widow's property, the case grows even more complex. And as the hunt for the widow's lodger hits dead end after dead end, it seems that the prime suspect has vanished without a trace.To find answers, Jack must decide how far is he willing to go - and what he is willing to risk - in his search for justice. Because if he crosses the line of the law, one wrong move could cost him everything . . .__________________PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:'DC Jack Warr is clearly destined for higher things, and I look forward to following his progress' - PETER ROBINSON, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the DCI Banks series'A compelling, clever plot with a brilliant cast of diverse characters. Utterly riveting' - RACHEL ABBOTT, million-selling author of ONLY THE INNOCENT'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' - KARIN SLAUGHTER

A KILLER IN THE FRAME.A DETECTIVE AT BREAKING POINT . . .Detective Jack Warr should be resting on his laurels. He's just put sadistic serial killer Rodney Middleton behind bars and he's ready to enjoy some time at home with his young family.Instead, Jack is having violent nightmares that leave his wife Maggie terrified.What Jack needs is a break, but instead he finds himself sucked into another grisly case as a man is found horrifically murdered in an art-framer's shop. Jack becomes fascinated by the elaborately staged killing - especially coming straight after the surprise reappearance of charismatic forger Adam Border.Could Adam be the victim?Or the murderer?Finding the truth will unveil a shocking portrait of a corrupt art world - but will it also expose the secrets Jack is so desperately trying to keep hidden?PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:'The UK's most celebrated female crime author' - DAILY MAIL'DC Jack Warr is clearly destined for higher things, and I look forward to following his progress' - PETER ROBINSON, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the DCI Banks series'A compelling, clever plot with a brilliant cast of diverse characters. Utterly riveting' - RACHEL ABBOTT, million-selling author of ONLY THE INNOCENT'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' - KARIN SLAUGHTER

SOME KILLERS CAN'T BE TAMED . . .The brand new Detective Jack Warr thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante - now available in hardback, eBook and audiobook.__________________'Do you know what a Judas Horse is? When the wild mustangs are running free, you corral one and train it. When he's ready, you release him and he'll bring his team back into the corral - like Judas betraying them...'Violent burglars have been terrorising residents across the English countryside. But when a mutilated body is discovered in a Cotswolds house, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary group of opportunist thieves.As Detective Jack Warr investigates, he discovers locals with dark secrets, unearths hidden crimes - and hits countless dead ends. With few leads and the violent attacks escalating, he will have to act as audaciously as the criminals if he hopes to stop them.When Warr meets Charlotte Miles, a terrified woman with links to the group, he must use her to lure the unsuspecting killers into one last job, and into his trap. But with the law already stretched to breaking point, any failure will be on Warr's head - and any more blood spilled, on his hands...__________________PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:'DC Jack Warr is clearly destined for higher things, and I look forward to following his progress' - PETER ROBINSON, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the DCI Banks series 'A compelling, clever plot with a brilliant cast of diverse characters. Utterly riveting' - RACHEL ABBOTT, million-selling author of ONLY THE INNOCENT'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' KARIN SLAUGHTER

SOMEONE WANTS YOU OUT OF THE PICTURE . . .The thrilling new Detective Jane Tennison crime novel from the Queen of Crime Drama - now available in paperback, eBook and audiobook.__________________________Helena Lanark is the only one who knows about the horrors which once occurred in her family's house. The heiress of an immense family fortune, she now resides in a luxurious care home; her mind and memory fading fast.Jane Tennison is leading a murder investigation into the recent brutal death of a young girl, her decomposed, starved body discovered in an old air raid shelter in the garden of the Lanark's now derelict house. Initially the focus is on identifying the victim, until another body is found hidden in the walls of the shelter.As the investigation and search for answers intensifies, Jane travels to Australia. There she discovers the dark secret that the Lanark family has kept hidden for decades. A secret that not only threatens to bring down a family dynasty, but also places Jane Tennison in mortal danger . . .Murder hides behind closed doors in Lynda La Plante's brilliant new Jane Tennison thriller.______________________________Praise for Lynda La Plante:'The UK's most celebrated female crime author' - DAILY MAIL'Thirty years on from writing Prime Suspect, La Plante is still delivering the goods' - THE TIMES'Tough, brilliant and damaged, [Tennison] shook up the genre forever' - DAILY EXPRESS'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' - KARIN SLAUGHTER

YOUR NEIGHBOUR IS A KILLER . . . BUT WHICH ONE?The thrilling new 2023 Detective Jane Tennison crime novel from the Queen of Crime Drama - now available in paperback, eBook and audiobook._____________________Detective Inspector Jane Tennison was beginning to feel she'd made a big mistake. Having requested a transfer to a station nearer her home, she's now wondering if any serious crimes are ever committed in Bromley. Especially since the first case she's assigned to involves nothing more dramatic than an altercation between neighbours over a disputed property boundary. Jane's new boss wants her to wrap up the enquiry as quickly as possible, but something in the apparently trivial case doesn't add up. Why was Martin Boon so adamant that David Caplan shouldn't install a new set of gates when they wouldn't encroach on his own property?Against her boss's orders, Jane decides to dig deeper, and soon uncovers a trove of dark secrets in sleepy Clarendon Court involving a tragic death and a forbidden love affair. As Tennison hunts for the missing piece of evidence that will identify a vicious killer, she knows that this case will either make her career - or break it.Praise for crime fiction icon Lynda La Plante:'Lynda La Plante is an exceptional writer of Crime Drama' - Dame Helen Mirren'The UK's most celebrated female crime author' - DAILY MAIL'Thirty years on from writing Prime Suspect, La Plante is still delivering the goods' - THE TIMES'Tough, brilliant and damaged, [Tennison] shook up the genre forever' - DAILY EXPRESS'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' - KARIN SLAUGHTER***LOVE LYNDA LA PLANTE? YOU CAN NOW PRE-ORDER HER BRILLIANT MEMOIR, GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER - OUT SEPTEMBER 2024***

»Otroligt välskriven.« Betyg 4 av 5 | MAGNUS UTVIK, GOMORRON SVERIGE»En riktigt välskriven, spännande och intressant deckarhistoria som jag gärna läser en fortsättning av. Betyg 4 av 5« | MEST LENAS GODSAKER I Tennison skildrar Lynda La Plante författaren bakom den brittiska kriminalserien Prime Suspect [I mördarens spår] - än en gång huvudpersonen Jane Tennison: den här gången som nyutexaminerad polis i problemdistriktet Hackney i östra London.Året är 1973 och i den manschauvinistiska polismiljön tvingas Tennison snabbt lära sig hantera chockerande situationer utan någon som helst hjälp eller sympati från sina överordnade. Snart blir hon involverad i sitt första mordfall: en ung, heroinberoende kvinna har hittats död. Strypt.Brittiska Prime Suspect är en av de mest innovativa kriminal-TV-serierna någonsin. För sin realism och råa ton, men mest för huvudpersonen Jane Tennison, en av de första kvinnliga TV-deckarlegenderna (spelad av Helen Mirren).Även Tennison har nu adapterats för en TV-serie - med manus av Lynda La Plante själv - och kommer att premiärvisas i brittisk TV under hösten 2016.LYNDA LA PLANTE, född i Liverpool 1943, är en brittisk romanförfattare och manusförfattare. Hon tilldelades det prestigefyllda litteraturpriset Edgar Allan Poe Writer s Award för TV-serien Prime Suspect. Serien vann även en Emmy Award.»Det här är både spännande och väldigt välskrivet. Julklappstips!« | GOMORRON SVERIGE»Vi möter här den unga, intelligenta och ambitiösa Jane Tennison, i en njutbar spänningsroman med uppslukande handling och högt tempo.« | THE GUARDIAN»Lynda La Plante tar dig i kragen och trycker upp dig mot väggen. Tempot är andlöst och historien full av spännande vändningar. Det är inte ett dugg överraskande att det ska göras en ny TV-serie av Tennison.« | THE INDEPENDENT »Mästarinnan av suspense. Superb berättare.« | DAILY EXPRESS»Klassisk Lynda La Plante, fantastisk läsning.« | MARTINA COLE

Ikonen från TV-serien Prime Suspect i ny deckarserie »Det här är både spännande och väldigt välskrivet. Julklappstips!« | GOMORRON SVERIGE »Vi möter här den unga, intelligenta och ambitiösa Jane Tennison, i en njutbar spänningsroman med uppslukande handling och högt tempo.« | THE GUARDIAN I Tennison skildrar Lynda La Plante författaren bakom den brittiska kriminalserien Prime Suspect [I mördarens spår] - än en gång huvudpersonen Jane Tennison: den här gången som nyutexaminerad polis i problemdistriktet Hackney i östra London. Året är 1973 och i den manschauvinistiska polismiljön tvingas Tennison snabbt lära sig hantera chockerande situationer utan någon som helst hjälp eller sympati från sina överordnade. Snart blir hon involverad i sitt första mordfall: en ung, heroinberoende kvinna har hittats död. Strypt. Brittiska Prime Suspect är en av de mest innovativa kriminal-TV-serierna någonsin. För sin realism och råa ton, men mest för huvudpersonen Jane Tennison, en av de första kvinnliga TV-deckarlegenderna (spelad av Helen Mirren). Även Tennison har nu adapterats för en TV-serie - med manus av Lynda La Plante själv - och kommer att premiärvisas i brittisk TV under hösten 2016. LYNDA LA PLANTE, född i Liverpool 1943, är en brittisk romanförfattare och manusförfattare. Hon tilldelades det prestigefyllda litteraturpriset Edgar Allan Poe Writers Award för TV-serien Prime Suspect. Serien vann även en Emmy Award. »Otroligt välskriven.« Betyg 4 av 5 | MAGNUS UTVIK, GOMORRON SVERIGE »Lynda La Plante tar dig i kragen och trycker upp dig mot väggen. Tempot är andlöst och historien full av spännande vändningar. Det är inte ett dugg överraskande att det ska göras en ny TV-serie av Tennison.« | THE INDEPENDENT »Mästarinnan av suspense. Superb berättare.« | DAILY EXPRESS »Klassisk Lynda La Plante, fantastisk läsning.« | MARTINA COLE

Detective Anna Travis is working on a horrific, brutal murder case that has created a media frenzy. The victim, Louise Pennel, a 24-year-old, single, 'fun-loving' girl, was last seen in a London night club wearing a sequinned mini-dress and a red rose in her hair. In an eerie mirror image of the famous LA murder case of Elizabeth Short in the l940s known as the Black Dahlia, her body was found dumped by the River Thames...severed in half and brutalised beyond recognition. Anna Travis must summon all the strength and guile she became so well known for in ABOVE SUSPICION to hunt down this sadistic killer.

An exclusive short story for World Book Day from bestselling author Lynda La Plante. This spooky tale will make you want to sleep with the light on.Barbara needs a story. A struggling journalist, she tricks her way into the home of former soap star Margaret Reynolds. Desperate for a scoop on the actress and her return to stardom, she finds instead a terrified woman living alone in a creepy manor house.A piano plays in the night, footsteps run overhead, doors slam in dark corners. The nights are full of strange noises. Barbara thinks there may be a child living upstairs, unseen. Who looks after her? And why is she kept out of sight?Little by little, actress Margaret's haunting story of broken promises is revealed, and Barbara is left with a chilling discovery.

'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter  Everybody has a story to tell . . .Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through Scotland Yard's glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, a high-profile case threatens to destroy everything she has worked for.When Tennison's latest investigation reveals an influential public figure as her prime suspect – a man with connections to politicians, judges and Scotland Yard – she's given a very clear message about the direction her investigation should take.In a case defined by murky details, one fact becomes indisputably clear – that for Tennison, going after the truth will mean risking her happiness, and maybe her career.Based on the award-winning TV series starring Helen Mirren. PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:  'Classic Lynda – a fabulous read' Martina Cole'Satisfyingly full of twists and turns' Independent'A rare ring of authenticity' Sunday Telegraph'An absorbingly twisty plot' Guardian

‘Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller . . . it grabs you and doesn't let go until the last page’ KARIN SLAUGHTERThe first book in the riveting DI Anna Travis series from the Sunday Times bestselling creator of Jane Tennison.Detective Anna Travis has just been assigned to her first murder case – a series of killings of young women that has shocked even the most hardened of her colleagues. The deaths first began eight years ago, and now the body count is up to six, with no concrete leads.Then the seventh body is found. The method of killing is identical, but the victim profile has changed dramatically. Determined to prove herself, Anna’s resolve pays off when she finally uncovers a vital piece of information which links one man to all of the murders – a beloved actor on the brink of international stardom.But with the prospect of a media frenzy in the wings, his isn’t the only career on the line. If he were to be arrested and found innocent, then Anna’s hard-won reputation would be destroyed once and for all . . .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