Description The fifth book in the Tennison series following Jane Tennison in the early years of her policing career.
In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Quee.
Lynda is one of only three screenwriters to have been made honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Writer\'s Award in 2000.
Tennison was adapted for TV and was broadcast on PBS in 2017.
Lynda has written and produced over 170 hours of international television.
Her original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Writer\'s Award.
Her novels have all been international bestsellers.
She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows.
She trained for the stage at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked with the National Theatre and Radio Drama Company before becoming a television actress. .
About the Author Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. .
But she doesn\'t know who they are, or where and when they will strike .
Determined to prove she\'s as good as the men, Jane discovers from a reliable witness that a gang is going to carry out a massive robbery involving millions of pounds.
The men on the squad don\'t think a woman is up to the dangers they face when dealing with some of London\'s most ruthless armed criminals, who think the only \'good cop\' is a dead cop.
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\'.
Based at Rigg Approach in East London, they investigate armed robberies on banks, cash in transit and other business premises.
April 1980 and Jane is the first female detective to be posted to the Met\'s renowned Flying Squad, commonly known as the \'Sweeney\'.
The fifth book in the Sunday Times bestselling Jane Tennison series.
Description The fifth book in the Tennison series following Jane Tennison in the early years of her policing career
