{"product_id":"lynda-la-plante-whole-life-sentence-paperback-book-2026265267","title":"Lynda La Plante Whole Life Sentence Paperback Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE FINAL EVER DETECTIVE JANE TENNISON THRILLER - AND THE PREQUEL TO TV HIT PRIME SUSPECT - FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING CRIME FICTION ICON, LYNDA LA PLANTE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDETECTIVE JANE TENNISON'S POLICE CAREER HANGS IN THE BALANCE: A SINGLE STEP FROM GLORY - OR RUIN.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile she has elbowed her way into an elite team investigating non-domestic murders, there is nothing elite about her first assignments: a missing teenager cold case and an apparent suicide Tennison suspects is, in fact, murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as she uncovers explosive evidence, Tennison's new colleagues watch like vultures circling prey. And, one by one, the cases no one else wanted are taken from her - and the glory along with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Tennison has had enough: of the rampant sexism, snide remarks and undermining. It's time to take what is rightfully hers from those who have held her back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe just has to do what she does best: find her prime suspect . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tennison is a great character. Her hard-fought career - her own life sentence - comprises a landmark series in crime fiction' - THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lynda La Plante is an exceptional writer of Crime Drama' - Dame Helen Mirren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The UK's most celebrated female crime author' - DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Thirty years on from writing Prime Suspect, La Plante is still delivering the goods' - THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tough, brilliant and damaged, [Tennison] shook up the genre forever' - DAILY EXPRESS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' - KARIN SLAUGHTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of which have been bestsellers. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynda La Plante is the first layperson to be awarded an honorary fellowship to the Forensic Science Society. In 2020 she launched the acclaimed Listening to the Dead podcast with former CSI Cass Sutherland, exploring forensic science and its impact on solving crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASDA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48330338926830,"sku":"STO-ITEM-2026-265267","price":9.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/0125\/9183\/files\/9781804181584_T1.jpg?v=1784211010","url":"https:\/\/mcgrocer.com\/products\/lynda-la-plante-whole-life-sentence-paperback-book-2026265267","provider":"McGrocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}