The show ran for seven seasons and is widely considered one of the greatest British television dramas of all time. I loved the slow build up in this plot and it is testament to the quality of Lynda la Plante’s writing that my attention was held throughout the book as we, along with Jane, try to work out exactly what crime has been committed. Where we land in Book 3 is a 1970s London where the peace is threatened by the IRA bombing campaign. Before Prime Suspect there was Tennison - this was her storyIn the race to stop a deadly attack just pray she's not too late .

Lynda La Plante, a highly acclaimed figure in the field, boasts an impressive array of achievements throughout her career. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National Theatre and RDC before becoming a television actress. When WPC Jane Tennison is promoted to the role of Detective Constable in London’s Bow Street CID, she is immediately conflicted. There are so far over 30 Lynda La Plante books, including the Detective Inspector Anna Travis series, which follows a female detective through her career in the Metropolitan Police Service.Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the impossible: a heist their husbands had failed to pull off - at the cost of their lives. The dual investigations in the book are handled with the same attention to detail so it never feels like one is just a page filler and as you get further into the book you can see surprising links to both cases. She has supported several charities over the years, including the Prince’s Trust, which helps disadvantaged young people in the UK, and the Variety Club of Great Britain, which supports sick, disabled, and disadvantaged children.

She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National Theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Last night (9 th March) saw a gathering of an array of players from trade and publishing at The Delaunay in London (WC2B) to celebrate Lynda La Plante’s 80 th birthday and toast the announcement of her dazzling new memoir. When the book starts, body number seven is found, same method, but the killer has killed a sweet young student. A FULLY REVISED AND EDITED EDITION OF THE CLASSIC INSPIRED BY THE HIT, LONG-RUNNING TV SERIES STARRING DAVID HAYMANIt is every mother's nightmare.

One of her best known stories is The Talisman, published in 1987, closely followed by Bella Mafia in 1990. We are thrilled to reveal that acclaimed international bestselling author, Lynda La Plante, will be joining us for a very special Book Club. Operating in a male-dominated, chauvinistic world, and learning to deal with the brutality she sees, Jane is in at the deep end.