She is an honorary fellow of the british film institute and a recipient of the british academy of film and television arts bafta dennis potter writers award. A face in the crowd brings reunites readers with detective chief inspector jane tennison as she hunts down a mysterious killer hidden amidst londons dark streets and dockwaysand as she continues to struggle against the male dominated politics of scotland yard. Here she began working on her anna travis series, which includes above suspicion 2004, the red dahlia 2005, clean cut 2007, deadly intent 2008, silent scream 2009, blind fury 2010 and blood line 2011. Wrongful death unearthing the truth can have deadly consequences brief promotional video for. The police procedures ring true and show the real work of detectives, which is not the flashes of intuition that are common on tv detective shows but the result of painstaking research, forensic. It takes you through the time consuming tasks the police had to perform to track the killer. The series was adapted into a television series titled above suspicion, starring kelly reilly as anna travis. This mystery takes them into contact with lady gloria, a sociopath and destructive killer who outsmarts them. A chance pull over of an erratically driven van leads to the discovery of a brutally murdered woman and a full investigation by the murder squad. In this 8th book in the anna travis series, the dci investigates murders perpetrated by a serial killer. Ruthless drug trafficker alexander fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men in the western hemisphere. Anna travis after 2008s clean cut, wanted drug kingpin alexander fitzpatrick returns home to england after.
Jan 06, 2009 such is the eagerness for a new telly detective. Londons detective chief inspector anna travis must decide where her loyalties lie, duty to the job or. Its basically the backstory of jane tennison the take no shit senior detective chief inspector whatzit from her popular prime suspect books and the equally popular tv series based on those books starring helen mirren. Buy your books and related items online with booktopia and we will take care of you. This book tells how di anna travis and her cronies unravel four unfathomable murder mysteries with little or no clues to help. The items we may sell online for these products are books, paperback, hardback, audio cds or cassettes, large print, mp3 and whatever format is available for us to sell online. The book, essentially a police procedural, can be read as a. Lynda was born on march 15, 1946 in the united kingdom. The british academy of film and television arts bafta has also awarded lynda with the dennis potter writers award. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
This novel picks up the high standards again and moves the series forward with not just a very good plot but also updates all the little sub plots that make. Awarded a cbe, she is a member of the uk crime writers awards hall of fame. She then turned to writing and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful tv. It was one of the most enjoyable interviews i had heard in many years with lynda charming the audience with. Hovedpersonen er anna travis er kriminalassistent og tilknyttet drabsafdelingen, hvor. As the body count rises, anna finds herself assigned to her first murder investigation in above suspicion. Apr 28, 2015 as many of you know, my next book will be coming out on 24th september 2015. This crime drama, police procedural is packed with detailed, interesting characters and very complicated crime scenes. What they uncover leads to the opening of several cold case missing persons files. She trained for the stage at rada and worked with the national theatre and rdc before becoming a television actress. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. She was raised in liverpool and trained at the royalacademy of dramatic art. Above suspicion anna travis mysteries 9780743276856. As many of you know, my next book will be coming out on 24th september 2015.
Blood line anna travis series book 7 kindle edition. The anna travis series began in 2004 with above suspicion. Hidden killers sees jane acting as a decoy prostitute, with the hope of capturing a suspect wanted for numerous sexual assaults. Wrongful death unearthing the truth can have deadly consequences brief promotional video for the 9th anna travis novel. It is a chilling narrative a narrative which uncovers layer after layer of lies, false identity, misrepresentation and deceit. We are based in sydney, australia and ship all over the world. See the complete anna travis series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. But i have had a huge number of questions about anna travis, asking when i will be writing my next book about her. She is a detective and the books pick up when she is a trainee detective.
A woman on the street never makes it home after a long night of drinking. I trained as an actress then turned to writing and made my script breakthrough with widows and. I havent read the last two books in her series though please let me know. Id gotten a bit sick of anna travis the heroine of a number of her previous books, as she didnt seem to be moving forward personally, even though the murders she investigated were interesting. Late night on a notorious highrise estate in the borough of hackney. She is an honorary fellow of the british film institute and a member of the uk crime writers awards hall of fame. Her characters in this series, anna travis and james langdon, make an attractive and compelling team. This november, with the release of a featurelength. It is a case that has shocked even the most hardened of detectives. Newly promoted detective chief inspector anna travis is busy ensuring a case is ready for court under the watchful eye of detective chief superintendent james langton. After a slightly disappointing book 7 it was good to get back into the very consistent groove made by this author. She is also wellknown as lynda marchal, which was her stage name when she performed with the royalshakespeare company in several productions. I highly recommend this book to other readers who enjoy a good thought provoking and engaging crime story. They started eight years ago now the body count is up to six.