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...
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Detective Jack Warr is reeling from a series of events that has left him deep in depression. When a body is discovered nailed to a giant cross in a framer's shop, Jack feels a connection to the case even though it is not in his jurisdiction. But is his involvement that of a detec...
"When an eccentric elderly widow claims she is being stalked, Detective Jack Warr is the only person willing to dig into the truth behind her wild claims. Jack soon finds himself embroiled in an international drugs operation, art theft--and a murder investigation. On the back foo...
Identical and brutal assaults on three women. One woman survives to give a detailed description of her attacker. The police arrest a suspect, Damon Morton, confident he is their man. But three of his employees admit to the crimes, and Morton's wife and girlfriend provide him with...
The first thriller in a brand new series from the queen of crime drama, Lynda La Plante. Jack Warr is a young DC with the Metropolitan Police. 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 ...
Dolly Rawlins, Linda Perelli and Shirley Miller are left devastated when their husbands are killed in a security van heist that goes disastrously wrong. When Dolly discovers her husband Harry's bank deposit box, containing a gun, money - and detailed plans for the hijack - she re...
It was supposed to be a simple case: a young man arrested for armed assault. But that was just the beginning. As Rodney Middleton awaits trial, DS Jack Warr is warned by his mentor DCI Ridley that they have only scratched the surface of the man's crimes. Then Ridley is suddenly r...
Detective Jane Tennison made a bad choice. She was the one who put in a transfer to the quiet, local police station in Bromley, keen to escape the relentless pressure of her former West End department. Now she regrets her decision. The tedium of petty crime investigations even ma...
Detective Jack Warr is reeling from a series of events that has left him deep in depression. When a body is discovered nailed to a giant cross in a framer's shop, Jack feels a connection to the case even though it is not in his jurisdiction. But is his involvement that of a detec...
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: UNHOLY MURDER, ISBN 9781838774516. In this eighth entry of the 'Jane Tennison' series, two bodies are found at the now decrepit Lanark family house and Jane Tennison is leading the murder investigation. In search of answers, Jane travels to Australia wher...
When eccentric widow Avril Jenkins claims she is being stalked by Adam Border, her former lodger, Detective Jack Warr is the only person who almost believes her wild claims. Soon after, she is found brutally murdered in her home. When the investigation uncovers a massive drugs op...
Identical and brutal assaults on three women. One woman survives to give a detailed description of her attacker. The police arrest a suspect, Damon Morton, confident he is their man. But three of his employees admit to the crimes, and Morton's wife and girlfriend provide him with...
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: BURIED, ISBN 9781499862430. In this second entry of the 'DC Jack Warr' series, Detective Jack Warr and his team must use their informant to draw in the unsuspecting robbers, so that they go ahead with the planned robbery. However, one false move, and bloo...
After serving a lengthy sentence for the murder of her husband, Dolly Rawlins is free from prison. And she's only got one thing on her mind: the diamonds she stashed before the police caught her. But there are people waiting for Dolly on the outside Ư- tough ex-prisoners who know...
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: MURDER MILE, ISBN 9781499861464. The fifth book in the series follows Jane Tennison in the early years of her policing career.
"March, 1976. An IRA bombing campaign strikes terror across Britain. Nowhere and no one is safe. Minutes before a deadly tube station blast, Detective Constable Jane Tennison spots the bomber. Too traumatised to identify him, she is nevertheless a key witness. As they battle to u...
Recovering alcoholic and private eye Lorraine Page searches the dark underside of New Orleans for the daughter of a fading actress, who vanished during Mardi Gras, and finds herself becoming emotionally involved with the girl's father.
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: GOOD FRIDAY, ISBN 9781499861426. 'Murder Life' is the fourth installment in the 'Jane Tennison' series by Lynda La Plante. In a nail-biting race against time, Jane must convince her senior officers that her instincts are right before London is engulfed in...