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Lynda La Plante


Born
in Liverpool, The United Kingdom
March 15, 1943

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Lynda La Plante, CBE (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 serie
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Buried (DC Jack Warr, #1)

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Judas Horse (DC Jack Warr, #2)

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Vanished (DC Jack Warr, #3)

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Hidden Killers (Tennison, #2)

4.19 avg rating — 5,946 ratings — published 2016 — 18 editions
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Widows (Dolly Rawlins, #1)

3.96 avg rating — 6,149 ratings — published 1983 — 48 editions
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Good Friday (Tennison, #3)

4.16 avg rating — 5,825 ratings — published 2017 — 21 editions
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Prime Suspect (Prime Suspec...

3.95 avg rating — 6,101 ratings — published 1991 — 50 editions
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Backlash (Anna Travis, #8)

4.17 avg rating — 5,264 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions
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Clean Cut (Anna Travis, #3)

4.03 avg rating — 5,378 ratings — published 2007 — 28 editions
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More books by Lynda La Plante…
Tennison Hidden Killers Good Friday Murder Mile The Dirty Dozen Blunt Force Unholy Murder
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Buried Judas Horse Vanished Pure Evil Crucified: The brand new 20...
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Cold Shoulder Cold Blood Cold Heart
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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

“Tennison was about to reply when Burkin caught her eye. He gripped her elbow and whispered, “Leave the room, let him cry, leave him . . ”
Lynda La Plante, Prime Suspect

“Langton, believing Anna’s silence was due to distress about”
Lynda La Plante, Above Suspicion

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