Prime Suspect
The spine-tingling thriller behind the hit TV series
$19.01
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2013
Summary
BAFTA award-winning writer behind the TV series PRIME SUSPECT and author of WIDOWS, now a major motion picture
When a prostitute is found murdered in her bedsit, the Metropolitan police set to work finding the perpetrator of this brutal attack. DNA samples lead them straight to George Marlow, a man previously convicted of attempted rape. The police think they’ve found their man, but things are not quite what they seem …
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471100215 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1471100219 |
| Author: | Lynda La Plante |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 197mm x 130mm |
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Critics Review
PRAISE FOR THE JANE TENNISON SERIES:
‘An absorbingly twisty plot’ GUARDIAN
‘Enthralling’ HEAT
‘Vintage La Plante’ INDEPENDENT
‘La Plante excels in her ability to pick out details that give her portrayal of life in a police station a rare ring of authenticity’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
READERS LOVED PRIME SUSPECT … (5 star reviews*****)
‘Thoroughly enjoyed!’
‘Always readable. Highly reccomended’
‘Gritty, unflinching, raw character study’
About The Author
Lynda La Plante
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.
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