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Lynda La Plante

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March 15, 1946

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genre
Mystery & Thrillers


About this author

Lynda La Plante (born Lynda Titchmarsh) is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal), best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.

Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.

In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In...more


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Lynda La Plante's Books

Average rating: 3.83 · 8,533 ratings · 885 reviews · 66 distinct works · Similar authors
Above Suspicion (Anna Travi...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 2004 — 19 editions
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The Red Dahlia (Anna Travis...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 988 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions
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Clean Cut (Anna Travis Myst...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions
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Silent Scream (Anna Travis ...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 604 ratings — published 2009 — 19 editions
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Blind Fury (Anna Travis Mys...
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 571 ratings — published 2010 — 16 editions
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Deadly Intent (Anna Travis ...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 523 ratings — published 2008 — 18 editions
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Cold Shoulder (Lorraine Pag...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 1995 — 23 editions
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Cold Blood (Lorraine Page, #2)
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1996 — 13 editions
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Bella Mafia
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions
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Prime Suspect (Jane Tenniso...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions
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Series by Lynda La Plante

Above Suspicion The Red Dahlia Clean Cut Deadly Intent Blind Fury Silent Scream Blood Line: An Anna Travis ...
Anna Travis (8 books)
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3.83972602739726 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 5,110 ratings
Cold Shoulder Cold Blood Cold Heart
Lorraine Page (3 books)
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3.8447761194029852 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
Prime Suspect Prime Suspect 2 Prime Suspect 3
Jane Tennison (3 books)
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3.857456140350877 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 456 ratings
Trial and Retribution II Trial and Retribution V Trial and Retribution VI
Trial And Retribution (6 books)
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4.036697247706422 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 218 ratings
The Legacy The Talisman
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“Le spine della rosa sono nacoste dal fiore: the thorns of the rose are hidden by the bloom.”
― Lynda La Plante, Bella Mafia
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