Bøger af Lynda La Plante

Mens vicekriminalkommissær James Langton er på målbevidst jagt efter en gruppe illegale indvandrere som har dræbt en ung prostitueret, bliver han selv dødeligt såret, og kriminalassistent Anna Travis må stille sin egen karrierei bero for at pleje ham. På trods af sine kvæstelser kæmper Langton for at finde sin overfaldsmand og stille ham til ansvar. Så får Anna en anden sag, et grusomt og tilsyneladende umotiveret drab, som uventet viser sig at have forbindelse til overfaldet på Langton, og Anna må tage kampen op mod de mennesker der var ved at ødelægge Langtons karriere og næsten tog livet af ham.

En ung kvinde findes brutalt lemlæstet og drænet for blod. Hendes død er en skræmmende kopi af en uopklaret sag fra 1940’erne i Los Angeles, kendt som ’Den Sorte Dahlia’. Kriminalassistent Anna Travis må kæmpemod tiden for at fange morderen, inden han slår til igen. Lynda La Plante er en af den engelsksprogede krimilitteraturs mest populære forfattere. Hun står bag adskillige bøger som er filmatiseret, som fx Mistænkt(Prime Suspect) og Måske skyldig (Trial and Retribution). I Den Røde Dahlia, en selvstændig fortsættelse af Hævet over mistanke, slår det igen gnister mellem Anna Travis og hendes chef James Langton, mens de jageren seriemorder.

Den unge kriminalassistent Anna Travis drømmer om at følge i sin fars fodspor i drabsafdelingen. Hendes første sag drejer sig om en seriemorder som har myrdet flere prostituerede. Tilsyneladende går morderen nu efter en anden type kvinder, og mens Anna forsøger at vinde sine nye kollegers respekt, bliver hun personligt involveret i sagen. Lynda La Plante er en af den engelsksprogede krimilitteraturs mest populære forfattere. Hun står bagadskillige bøger som er filmatiseret, som fx Mistænkt (Prime Suspect) og Måske skyldig (Trial and Retribution). Med Hævet over mistanke introduceres en ny kvindelig hovedperson, som gradvis udvikler sig fra ung og uerfarenbetjent til en stærk personlighed.

THE UNMISSABLE SERIES OPENER FROM THE QUEEN OF CRIME DRAMA

Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the impossible: a heist their husbands had failed to pull of - at the cost of their lives. But though they may be in the money, they're far from easy street. Stunned by her husband's betrayal, Dolly discovers Harry Rawlins isn't dead.

The moment Jane Tennison takes over Scotland Yard's investigation into the death of sex worker Della Mornay, two grim facts become immediately clear to her. First, that the constabulary's old boy club is determined to hinder, harass, and undermine the new female Detective Chief Inspector at every turn. And second, that their murder victim isn't Della Mornay.Now the police are a step behind, and a madman is loose on the streets of London. To apprehend the criminal stalking women through the city's shadows, Tennison will have to steel herself against the hostility of her fellow officers and conceal her own mounting obsession with breaking through the glass ceiling of the station house?even as department politics, a crumbling relationship, and a wickedly elusive prime suspect threaten her very existence.A dark and riveting race against the clock, Prime Suspect is an unforgettable introduction to this bestselling series from Edgar Award-winning author Lynda La Plante.

The coroner's report identifies the body as young, black, female, and impossibly anonymous. Yet one thing is clear to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison about the latest victim discovered in one of London's poorest districts?that news of her murder will tear apart a city already crackling with racial tensions, hurling Scotland Yard and Tennison herself into a maelstrom of shocking accusations and sudden, wrenching violence.Even as London's brutal killer remains at large, Tennison remains locked in a struggle to overcome her station house's brutal chauvinism and insidious politicking. And as the department's deeply rooted racism rears its head to overshadow every facet of her new investigation, the trail of her prime suspect is growing colder. Worse, when the details of the beleaguered detective's stormy personal life explode across the headlines of London's sleaziest tabloids, Tennison's already frenzied determination to bring the killer to justice will be catapulted into obsession?one that could send her spiraling over the edge.

Chief Detective Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through the station house's glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, a case comes in that threatens to destroy everything she has worked for.As Vera Reynolds, drag queen and night club star, swayed onstage singing ?Falling in Love Again,? a sixteen-year-old rent boy lay in the older man's apartment, engulfed in flames. When Tennison's 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 some very important people would like her investigation to take. Suddenly, in a case defined by murky details, one fact becomes indisputably clear?that for Tennison, going after the truth will mean risking her happiness, her career, and even her life.

In the latest police procedural from La Plante, detective Anna Travis must juggle old and new love affairs while tracking down one of the world's deadliest drug dealers.

The creator of the blockbuster "Prime Suspect" TV series launches a new series with her most compelling female detective since Jane Tennison.

First published nearly twenty years ago, Prime Suspect 2: A Face in the Crowd features the incredible DCI Jane Tennison, the series character who put Lynda La Plante, multi-million copy bestselling author and screenwriter, on the map.

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A coffin is dug up by builders in the grounds of an historic convent - inside is the body of a young nun. In a city as old as London, the discovery is hardly surprising. Tennison must pray she can find both - before they are buried forever .

The latest Anna Travis novel to hit our TV screens in the hit Above Suspicion ITV series

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.

That is until the discovery of the most brutal murder Jane has ever seen: Charlie Foxley has been found viciously beaten to death with a cricket bat - his body dismembered and disembowelled. As a big-time theatrical agent, Foxley had a lot of powerful friends - but just as many enemies.

An exciting and action packed new thriller, with roots in La Plante's bestselling novels, Widows and Widows' Revenge. Charming but aimless, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.

The fifth book in the Sunday Times bestselling Jane Tennison series. April 1980 and Jane is the first female detective to be posted to the Met's renowned Flying Squad, commonly known as the 'Sweeney'.