Background
Lynda La Plante was born as Lynda Titchmarsh on the 15th of March, 1943 in Formby, Lancashire, United Kingdom, the daughter of a sales manager.
Lynda La Plante
1962
62-64 Gower St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6ED, United Kingdom
Lynda La Plante attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts on a scholarship from 1960 to 1962, where she received a Diploma in Dramatic Arts.
Lynda La Plante
2007
Lynda La Plante, Italy, 31st January 2007.
2015
39 Walbrook, London EC4N 8BN, United Kingdom
Lynda La Plante attends a service of thanksgiving for the life of Lynda Bellingham at the Church of St Stephen Walbrook on February 11, 2015 in London, England.
2012
Lynda with some of her treasured possessions.
2019
Lynda La Plante
2019
Lynda La Plante with "Widows' Revenge".
2016
Lynda La Plante and Candace Bushnell.
2018
Lynda La Plante attends the European Premiere of "Widows" and opening night gala of the 62nd BFI London Film Festival on October 10, 2018 in London, England.
2018
Steve McQueen, Viola Davis, Arnon Milchan, Iain Canning, Michelle Rodriguez, Lynda La Plante, Ann Mitchell, Daniel Kaluuya, Sean Bobbitt and Hans Zimmer attends the European Premiere of "Widows" and opening night gala of the 62nd BFI London Film Festival on October 10, 2018 in London, England.
1962
62-64 Gower St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6ED, United Kingdom
Lynda La Plante attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts on a scholarship from 1960 to 1962, where she received a Diploma in Dramatic Arts.
2007
Lynda La Plante, Italy, 31st January 2007.
2008
86-90 Park Ln, Mayfair, London W1K 7TN, United Kingdom
Author and screenwriter Lynda La Plante attends the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel on October 3, 2008 in London, England.
2012
Lynda with some of her treasured possessions.
2014
508 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018, United States
Moderator Jeffrey Toobin and author Lynda La Plante participate in a panel discussion during the New Yorker Festival at Acura at SIR Stage37 on October 11, 2014 in New York City
2014
508 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018, United States
Author Lynda La Plante participates in a panel discussion during the New Yorker Festival at Acura at SIR Stage37 on October 11, 2014 in New York City.
2015
39 Walbrook, London EC4N 8BN, United Kingdom
Lynda La Plante attends a service of thanksgiving for the life of Lynda Bellingham at the Church of St Stephen Walbrook on February 11, 2015 in London, England.
2015
19 New Bridge St, London EC4V 6DB, United Kingdom
Malcolm Brenner former Chief Barker and Trustee, Caroline Monk - Celebrity Manager, attended the event and surprised Lynda at the end of the night by making her a Variety “Celebrity Ambassador”.
2016
16-17 Jermyn St, St. James's, London SW1Y 6LT, United Kingdom
Lynda La Plante attends the press night after party of "Off The King's Road" at Getti's on June 3, 2016 in London, England.
2016
Lynda La Plante and Candace Bushnell.
2017
Lynda La Plante
2018
Lynda La Plante attends the European Premiere of "Widows" and opening night gala of the 62nd BFI London Film Festival on October 10, 2018 in London, England.
2018
Steve McQueen, Viola Davis, Arnon Milchan, Iain Canning, Michelle Rodriguez, Lynda La Plante, Ann Mitchell, Daniel Kaluuya, Sean Bobbitt and Hans Zimmer attends the European Premiere of "Widows" and opening night gala of the 62nd BFI London Film Festival on October 10, 2018 in London, England.
2018
Lynda La Plante
2018
Steve McQueen with Lynda La Plante, left, and Ann Mitchell.
2019
Lynda La Plante
2019
Lynda La Plante with "Widows' Revenge".
Lynda La Plante
(Dolly Rawlins, Linda Pirelli, and Shirley Miller are left...)
Dolly Rawlins, Linda Pirelli, 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 realizes that she only has three options: Give up and forget she ever found them; Hand over Harry's ledgers to the police, or to the thugs that have been hassling her for information they think she has; She and the other widows could carry out the robbery themselves Novices in the craft of crime, the three women make their preparations. Along the way, they discover that Harry's plan required four people, not three. But only three bodies were discovered in the carnage of the original hijack so who was the fourth man, and where is he now?
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1983
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1987
(The novel “Prime Suspect” introduced readers around the w...)
The novel “Prime Suspect” introduced readers around the world to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, a gritty investigator locked in a tooth-and-nail struggle to claim the authority, acceptance, and respect she deserves from Scotland Yard's chauvinist detective squad even as she desperately tracks the maniac now running loose in the streets of London. Fans of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone books and the work of Kathy Reichs or Karin Slaughter will be immediately drawn to La Plante’s Jane Tennison, the remarkable, no-nonsense police woman who laid the groundwork for all the rest who followed.
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1991
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1991
(Prime Suspect 2: A Face in the Crowd brings reunites read...)
Prime Suspect 2: A Face in the Crowd brings reunites readers with Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison as she hunts down a mysterious killer hidden amidst London’s dark streets and dock ways and as she continues to struggle against the male-dominated politics of Scotland Yard.
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1992
(After he arrests the elegant and charming escaped convict...)
After he arrests the elegant and charming escaped convict Eddie Myers, young cop Larry Jackson finds his ordered and principled world turning upside down.
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1992
(Published to coincide with the BBC series, this is a powe...)
Published to coincide with the BBC series, this is a powerful and realistic story featuring six long-term Parachute Regiment soldiers and their often difficult and painful readjustment to civilian life. The thrill of crime is a strong temptation for the civvies and they each succumb.
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1992
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1992
(In Prime Suspect 3, Lynda La Plante’s no-nonsense detecti...)
In Prime Suspect 3, Lynda La Plante’s no-nonsense detective, Jane Tennison, takes on the most insidious nemesis she’s ever faced her own mounting obsessions. Determined to bring justice to the murder of a teenaged male prostitute, but thwarted by conspiracy, corruption, and chauvinism at every level of her own police force, Jane is starting to crack. And though she’s finally broken through the glass ceiling of her old station house and been promoted to the Soho Vice Squad, her furious quest for the truth will put everything she’s accomplished back on the line.
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1993
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1993
(It's impossible to believe that Lieutenant Lorraine Page ...)
It's impossible to believe that Lieutenant Lorraine Page could be thrown out of the police force. Her ex-colleagues soon forget her, as the hunt for a nightmare serial killer spirals into an all-out search for a missing witness: a victim who escaped. Lorraine Page is that witness. Against her will she is drawn into the investigation.
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1994
(After serving a lengthy sentence for the murder of her hu...)
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 tough ex-prisoners who know about the diamonds, and they all want a cut. Also waiting for Dolly is DS Mike Withey. He holds her personally responsible for the death of his sister in the diamond raid ten years earlier. And he wants her back inside. Dolly Rawlins has other plans. But can she realize the dream that kept her going all those years in prison and avoid those who are after her?
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1995
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1995
(Suspicion and fear surround the mysterious disappearance ...)
Suspicion and fear surround the mysterious disappearance of a movie star's daughter, and the race to claim the reward for finding Anna Louise Caley spirals into a deadly trail of voodoo in the french quarter of New Orleans.
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1996
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1997
(Movie mogul Harry Nathan's death in a Beverley Hills swim...)
Movie mogul Harry Nathan's death in a Beverley Hills swimming pool is the beginning of a trail of lust and conspiracy leading to the darkest corners of the international art world. Private investigator Lorraine Page faces her toughest fight ever as she takes on the case for fading starlet Cindy Nathan, Harry's third wife.
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1998
(The murder of a young single mother begins a police enqui...)
The murder of a young single mother begins a police enquiry that spirals into a hunt for a serial killer. How much evidence do you need to convict a guilty man; and how much fear can be instilled to make an innocent one plead guilt?
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1998
(For each new generation, the Talisman is the key to a for...)
For each new generation, the Talisman is the key to a fortune. Edward, who inherits his father's looks and his curse. Alex, his brother, whose quest for revenge will fuel an empire built on corruption. Evelyne and Juliana, the fourth generation, are still haunted by the family's past. From the miseries of the war years to the glamorous present, in London, America and South Africa, Lynda La Plante continues the bestselling saga that began with The Legacy. The passionate story of a family's lives and fortunes and the curse that forged their names.
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2000
(With a beautiful family and a magnificent fortune, Edward...)
With a beautiful family and a magnificent fortune, Edward de Jersey is making news with his prized racehorse Royal Flush. But while de Jersey socializes with the cream of English society, he keeps to himself the details of his background and how he acquired his wealth. The son of an East End bookie, de Jersey reinvented himself as an aristocrat after pulling off some of England’s most notorious heists. He has no intention of ever going back to crime until his financial adviser loses his entire fortune in a disastrous investment and de Jersey decides to retrieve it the old-fashioned way by stealing it.
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2003
(In the footsteps of Jane Tennison, immortalized by Helen ...)
In the footsteps of Jane Tennison, immortalized by Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect, comes Anna Travis, a rookie female detective about to embark on her first murder case. The murders couldn't be more gruesome. The method of killing is identical, the backgrounds of the girls very similar all are prostitutes. As the book opens, a seventh body is found, same modus operandi but the victim this time is a sweet young student. Anna stumbles on a vital piece of information that links one man to the killings, a well-known, much-loved actor. His protestation of innocence is convincing, and Anna might be succumbing to his flattering attention. What if he is arrested, the media erupts, and he is the wrong man?
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2004
(When the body of a young girl is found dumped on the bank...)
When the body of a young girl is found dumped on the banks of the Thames, even the police are shocked by the brutality of her murder: horrifically mutilated, severed in half, and drained of blood, her corpse is an obvious mirror image of the famous Black Dahlia murder in 1940s Los Angeles. Now Detective Inspector Anna Travis must race against time to catch this copycat killer. She turns to her mentor, the brilliant and volatile Detective Chief Inspector James Langton, but the frictions of their romantic relationship are complicating the case. And then a second girl is found.
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2006
(Dedicated, intuitive, and utterly obsessive, DCI James La...)
Dedicated, intuitive, and utterly obsessive, DCI James Langton is ruthless in his pursuit of a gang of illegal immigrants, the murderers of a young prostitute. When one of them nearly kills him, Anna Travis nurses his wounds and bears the brunt of his frustrations, putting her own life and career on hold. But then one of Anna's own cases the seemingly motiveless murder of a quiet, studious woman turns out to be linked with Langton's, and Anna becomes the gang's next target.
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2007
(Ruthless drug trafficker Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of ...)
Ruthless drug trafficker Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men in the Western hemisphere. But for ten years, there’s been no sign of him. Is he dead, or just trying to appear that way? When an ex-colleague from the murder squad is found shot in a dank drug den, Anna Travis is pulled into the case. She’s grateful for the distraction after her breakup with DCI Langton and soon finds herself involved with someone new. But as the bodies pile up and the mystery deepens, Travis and Langton must put aside their personal history and work together to track down one of the shrewdest criminals they’ve ever encountered.
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2008
(Film star Amanda Delany has the world at her feet. Never ...)
Film star Amanda Delany has the world at her feet. Never one for the quiet life, she has had a string of affairs with the hottest actors around. Then, coming home late from a night shoot, Amanda puts the key in her front door for the very last time. The next morning, Amanda’s body is found, stabbed many times, only her beautiful face left unharmed. DI Anna Travis is ordered to the team assigned to the Delany murder, headed by Anna’s former lover, the demanding DCI James Langton. Anna is shocked by the truth behind Amanda’s public image: her addictions to drugs and starvation diets, her cold, unemotional parents, her elusive film agent, and the former lovers so quick to distance themselves. But Anna has challenges of her own to overcome too. Promotion to Chief Inspector is within her grasp, but when the time comes for her to stand before the board, she faces a shocking accusation of personal misconduct.
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2009
(When the body of a young woman is discovered close to a h...)
When the body of a young woman is discovered close to a highway service station, Detective Inspector Anna Travis is brought on to the team of investigators by her former lover and boss, Detective Chief Superintendent Langton. As more evidence is uncovered, the team realizes that they are contending with a triple murder investigation and no suspect. But then a murderer Anna helped arrest years ago makes contact from prison. Cameron Welsh insists that he can help track down the killer, but he will divulge his secrets only to Anna herself. Does he really have an insight into another criminal’s mind, or is he merely intent on getting into hers?
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2010
(London Detective Chief Inspector Anna Travis of the Murde...)
London Detective Chief Inspector Anna Travis of the Murder Squad, to work a seventh case in Blood Line. In Blood Line, Anna takes on a high profile missing person investigation which might well develop into the hunt for a murderer, especially when a pool of blood is discovered but nobody. Crime fiction fans who appreciate a good cop and a good murder especially Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Elizabeth George, Peter Robinson, and Val McDermid readers will be eagerly following the trail of evidence every step of the way.
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2011
(Late night on a notorious high-rise estate in the borough...)
Late night on a notorious high-rise estate in the borough of Hackney. A woman on the street never makes it home after a long night of drinking. A white van is being driven erratically. The driver is pulled over by the police and questioned. Case closed? Five years earlier, a thirteen-year-old girl disappeared in broad daylight on a busy London street. Detective Chief Superintendent James Langton headed the investigation; the case was never solved. It has haunted him ever since. And now comes another confession, to this murder, and to one more besides. But is it too good to be true? After being pulled into the fray, Anna Travis isn't so sure that they have their man.
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2012
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2012
(Six months ago, London nightclub owner Josh Reynolds was ...)
Six months ago, London nightclub owner Josh Reynolds was found dead. Ruled a suicide, the police investigation was closed. Then a young man, awaiting trial for armed robbery, tells his guards that Reynolds was murdered and that he has information to share. DCI Anna Travis is scheduled to leave for training at Quantico, as part of an exchange between the Met and the FBI. But before she can leave, she’s got to review the case thanks to her boss, DCS James Langton. Joining her team is a senior FBI agent and crime scene expert, Jessie Dewar.
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2013
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2014
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2014
(1973. After leaving the Metropolitan Police Training Acad...)
1973. After leaving the Metropolitan Police Training Academy, 22-year-old Jane Tennison is placed on a probationary exercise in Hackney, London where criminality thrives. At first, she struggles to deal with the shocking situations she faces, receiving no help or sympathy from her superiors. Jane feels out of her depth in this male-dominated, chauvinistic environment. Then she is given her first murder case.
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2015
(Jane Tennison has been promoted to the role of Detective ...)
Jane Tennison has been promoted to the role of Detective Constable in London's Bow Street CID but she is struggling with some of the decisions her colleagues are making. The more experienced detectives move swiftly from one criminal case to the next, with Jane left doubting both their methods and their finding. When Jane becomes inextricably involved in a multiple rape case she must decide whether to toe the line or endanger her position by seeking the truth. But will her decision put her life in peril?
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2016
(In the race to stop a deadly attack just pray she's not t...)
In the race to stop a deadly attack just pray she's not too late. March, 1976. The height of The Troubles. An IRA bombing campaign strikes terror across Britain. Nowhere and no one is safe. When detective constable Jane Tennison survives a deadly explosion at Covent Garden tube station, she finds herself in the middle of a media storm. Minutes before the blast, she caught sight of the bomber. Too traumatized to identify him, she is nevertheless a key witness and put under 24-hour police protection. As work continues round the clock to unmask the terrorists, the Metropolitan police are determined nothing will disrupt their annual Good Friday dinner dance. Amid tight security, hundreds of detectives and their wives and girlfriends will be at St Ermin's Hotel in central London. Jane, too, is persuaded to attend. But in the week leading up to Good Friday, Jane experiences a sudden flashback. She realizes that not only can she identify the bomber, but that the IRA Active Service Unit is very close to her indeed.
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2017
(Can Jane Tennison uncover a serial killer? February, 1979...)
Can Jane Tennison uncover a serial killer? February, 1979, 'The Winter of Discontent'. Economic chaos has led to widespread strikes across Britain. Jane Tennison, now a Detective Sergeant, has been posted to the Peckham Criminal Investigation Department, one of London's toughest areas. As the rubbish on the streets begins to pile up, so does the murder count: two bodies in as many days. There are no suspects and the manner of death is different in each case. The only link between the two victims is the location of the bodies, found within a short distance of each other near Rye Lane in Peckham. Three days later another murder occurs in the same area. Press headlines scream that a serial killer is loose on 'Murder Mile' and that police incompetence is hampering the investigation. Jane is under immense pressure to catch the killer before they strike again.
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2018
(April 1980 and Jane is the first female detective to be p...)
April 1980 and Jane is the first female detective to be posted to the Met's renowned Flying Squad, commonly known as the 'Sweeney'. Based on Rigg Approach in East London, they investigate armed robberies on banks, cash in transit and other business premises. Jane thinks her transfer is on merit and is surprised to discover she is actually part of a short term internal experiment, intended to have a calming influence on a team that likes to dub themselves as the 'Dirty Dozen'.
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2019
(Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland wido...)
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. But though they may be in the money, they're far from easy street. Shocked by her husband's betrayal, Dolly discovers Harry Rawlins isn't dead. He knows where the four women are and he wants them to pay. And he doesn't just mean getting his hands on the money. Women can't keep running. They have to get Harry out of their lives for good. But can they outwit a criminal mastermind who won't hesitate to kill? Especially when one of them has a plan of her own to kill or be killed.
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2019
(Jack Warr is a young DC with the Metropolitan Police. Cha...)
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 down. In the aftermath of a fire at a derelict cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remnants of millions of stolen, untraceable banknotes the hidden legacy of Dolly Rawlins and her gang of Widows. Jack's assignment to the case coincides with an investigation into his own past. As he searches for the truth about his identity, Jack finds himself increasingly drawn into a murky underworld of corruption and crime. Those millions have not been forgotten and Jack will stop at nothing to find the truth.
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2020
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Lynda La Plante was born as Lynda Titchmarsh on the 15th of March, 1943 in Formby, Lancashire, United Kingdom, the daughter of a sales manager.
Lynda La Plante attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts on a scholarship from 1960 to 1962, where she received a Diploma in Dramatic Arts.
At the beginning of her career, La Plante was known under the name Lynda Marchal. She began acting regularly on the stage for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in a variety of series on British television, including “Simply Sheila” that came out in 1968, “The Doctors” in 1969-71, “Rentaghost” in 1976-84, “Why Didn't They Ask Evans?” in 1980, “The Draughtsman's Contract” in 1982, “Highroad to China” in 1983, “The Gentle Touch” and “The Sweeney”.
La Plante formed her own television production company “La Plante Productions and Cougar Films” in 1994. She was an executive producer of numerous series and films, including “Trial & Retribution” in 1997-2007, “Killer Net” in 1998, “Supply & Demand” in 1998, “Widows” in 2002, “The Commander” in 2005-06, “Mothers and Daughters” in 2004, “Imagine Me & You” also known as “Eine hochzeit zu dritt” in 2005.
La Plante's professional writing career blossomed while she was acting in the series The Gentle Touch. Dissatisfied with her character's dialogue and other aspects of the series, she wrote four plot treatments, under her married name of Lynda La Plante, for other episodes of the series. But on one of the plot outlines, someone in the producer's office had jotted a short encouraging note. Taking this as a cue, La Plante began reworking that outline into a standalone program that eventually became her first television drama, the crime story “Widows” that came out in 1983.
Following the overwhelming success of “Widows”, La Plante became a sought-after crime writer and subsequently signed her first book deal with Pan MacMillan. Her novel “The Legacy” was published in 1987, “The Talisman” in 1987, “Bella Mafia” in 1990 and “Entwined” in 1993.
In 2002, after completing the novel “Royal Flush”, La Plante moved to Simon & Schuster UK. Here she started working on Anna Travis series, which includes “Above Suspicion” that was written in 2004, “The Red Dahlia” in 2005, “Clean Cut” 2007, “Deadly Intent” in 2008, “Silent Scream” in 2009, “Blind Fury” in 2010, “Blood Line” in 2011, “Backlash” in 2012 and “Wrongful Death” in 2013.
Lynda La Plante has written numerous successful novels, among them are “Twisted” that was published in 2014, “Tennison” in 2015, “Hidden Killers” in 2016, “Good Friday” in 2017, “Murder Mile” in 2018, “The Dirty Dozen” in 2019. Presently, Lynda La Plante works and lives in London and Easthampton, New York.
Lynda La Plante has won a number of awards over her career such as BAFTA awards, Prix Italia, British Broadcasting Award, Royal Television Society Writer's Award, and Edgar Allan Poe Award, all for Prime Suspect series.
Lynda was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of her outstanding contribution to television culture and was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honors List for her services to literature, drama and to charity.
In 2009 La Plante was inducted into the Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009 and in 2013, she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship with the Forensic Science Society (FSSoc) and Liverpool John Moores University.
La Plante's “Widows” became one of the highest rating series of the early 1980s.
(The novel “Prime Suspect” introduced readers around the w...)
1991(When the body of a young girl is found dumped on the bank...)
2006(Prime Suspect 2: A Face in the Crowd brings reunites read...)
1992(When the body of a young woman is discovered close to a h...)
2010(Suspicion and fear surround the mysterious disappearance ...)
1996(Published to coincide with the BBC series, this is a powe...)
1992(Movie mogul Harry Nathan's death in a Beverley Hills swim...)
1998(Jane Tennison has been promoted to the role of Detective ...)
2016(In the footsteps of Jane Tennison, immortalized by Helen ...)
2004(Dedicated, intuitive, and utterly obsessive, DCI James La...)
2007(Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland wido...)
2019(In Prime Suspect 3, Lynda La Plante’s no-nonsense detecti...)
1993(After he arrests the elegant and charming escaped convict...)
1992(Dolly Rawlins, Linda Pirelli, and Shirley Miller are left...)
1983(April 1980 and Jane is the first female detective to be p...)
2019(With a beautiful family and a magnificent fortune, Edward...)
2003(The murder of a young single mother begins a police enqui...)
1998(Ruthless drug trafficker Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of ...)
2008(London Detective Chief Inspector Anna Travis of the Murde...)
2011(After serving a lengthy sentence for the murder of her hu...)
1995(It's impossible to believe that Lieutenant Lorraine Page ...)
1994(Can Jane Tennison uncover a serial killer? February, 1979...)
2018(Late night on a notorious high-rise estate in the borough...)
2012(Six months ago, London nightclub owner Josh Reynolds was ...)
2013(In the race to stop a deadly attack just pray she's not t...)
2017(For each new generation, the Talisman is the key to a for...)
1998(Jack Warr is a young DC with the Metropolitan Police. Cha...)
2020(Film star Amanda Delany has the world at her feet. Never ...)
2009(1973. After leaving the Metropolitan Police Training Acad...)
2015Lynda La Plante is an honorary member of the British Film Institute and the Forensic Science Society (FSSoc).
As a child, Lynda would scare her younger sister with tales of headless men in the closet. La Plante developed an interest in acting through elocution lessons she took as a child, where she wanted to talk and be like her teacher.
Lynda La Plante was married to Richard La Plante until their divorce in 1996. Then, aged 57, she adopted son, Lorcan La Plante.
Richard LaPlante has been writing professionally since 1987 and has published eight crime fiction novels and three memoirs. Richard La Plante has a degree in clinical psychology and has worked as a psychiatric counselor. He has also led a rock band and worked as an actor, as well as training many top sports personalities. After two fantasy novels, he turned to write thrillers and has also written for television.
