Lynda La Plante
Author of Above Suspicion
About the Author
Lynda La Plante was born on March 15, 1943 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. She studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her breakthrough came when she created and wrote a six-part series Widows for Thames Television. She formed her own television production company and has written show more and produced many high-rating series. She is best known for her Prime Suspect television series and won an Emmy Award for Best Mini Series. She won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on Mystery! Her debut novel was The Legacy. Her other works include Bella Mafia, Sleeping Cruelty, Royal Flush, The Little Ones, Twisted, The Prime Suspect Cases, Hidden Killers, Widows, Murder Mile, and Widow's Revenge. Her other awards include being made Commander of the Order of the British Empire, an Honorary Fellow with the Forensic Science Society, an Honorary Fellow from Liverpool John Moores University, and, also became an honorary member of the British Film Institute. She was inducted into the Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame and awarded an Honorary Fellowship with the Forensic Science Society. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Lynda La Plante
Mujeres de la mafia. 2 copies
Spanning met Karakter — Author — 2 copies
The Legacy 2 copies
Prime Suspect: Errors of Judgment [and] The Last Witness [Videorecording] — Screenwriter — 1 copy
Deadly Intent, Part 2 [2011 TV Episode] — Creator — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- La Plante, Lynda J. Titchmarsh
- Other names
- Marchal, Lynda (stage name)
- Birthdate
- 1943-03-15
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Newton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Education
- RADA, London
- Occupations
- actress
television producer
screenwriter
novelist - Relationships
- La Plante, Richard (ex-husband)
- Awards and honors
- Edgar Award (1993)
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Statistics
- Works
- 96
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 7,703
- Popularity
- #3,161
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 248
- ISBNs
- 933
- Languages
- 17
- Favorited
- 9
It is stated by the author that this is her final Tennison crime novel, bringing readers up to the point at which the famous tv series Prime Suspect began.
“Newly promoted Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison has elbowed her way into the Area Major Incident Pool (AMIP), an elite team investigating non-domestic murders.”
I have followed Jane Tennison throughout her career with the books. Whole Life Sentence is one of my all-time favorites in the series.
It is hard to take sometimes, the sleazy, corrupt, sexist co-workers and her ‘bad luck’ with boyfriends. But she is a relentless detective and her growth and development despite so many roadblocks on the job is admirable. ****… (more)