She followed up with several successful television series, including Prime Suspect, which starred Helen Mirren as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison.

After leaving school, Lynda La Plante briefly worked as a trainee at a fashion house before moving to London to pursue an acting career.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

His Bob Lee Swagger series took the world by storm in the 90s, and he has a new collection of novellas this month featuring Bob Lee, Earl and Charles. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows . This move seems like a daring move for a woman who – just 2 books ago – was living with her parents and who is still struggling with their tendency to be overprotective (side note: as a parent myself, I can totally understand why they don’t want Jane to be a police officer in a seedy city where murders and IRA bombs are regular occurrences!

The unmissable brand new thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante - now available in hardback, eBook and audiobook. Her remarkable contributions have earned her esteemed memberships at John Moores University in Liverpool and the British Film Institute. She dipped in and out of screenwriting and acting, best known for her magnificent work on the Prime Suspect televisions series.

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. I have lived in China for the past 2O years,so getting English novels is not easy,although found odd ones on the internet here. But then a complicated domestic assault case lands on her desk - one that might still result in a murder charge if the victim dies of his injuries. Corruption is rife, possible criminals are framed and there are hugely sexist attitudes holding female officers back, as well as some predatory policemen with their eye on Jane. Detective Jane Tennison fears that she has made the wrong decision in transferring to the local police station in Bromley as she feels that her skills are not being fully utilised.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). As a retired police officer myself, I can say that she explores and provides in-depth knowledge of police and forensic procedure to a really high level, and that alone is very impressive considering she was never actually a serving police office herself.