{"title":"Lynda La Plante","description":"Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of nearly forty novels, all of which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National theatre and RDC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing--and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows.","products":[{"product_id":"the-scene-of-the-crime-paperback","title":"The Scene of the Crime - Paperback","description":"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102246473951,"sku":"9781838779993","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/E14zXpw3Nc9781838779993.webp?v=1781079212"},{"product_id":"prime-suspect-paperback-1","title":"Prime Suspect - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dark and riveting race against the clock, \u003cem\u003ePrime Suspect \u003c\/em\u003eis an unforgettable introduction to this bestselling series from Edgar Award-winning and internationally bestselling author Lynda La Plante.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe moment Jane Tennison takes over Scotland Yard's investigation into the death of sex worker Della Mornay, two grim facts become immediately clear to her. First, that the constabulary's old boy club is determined to hinder, harass, and undermine the new female Detective Chief Inspector at every turn. And second, that their murder victim isn't Della Mornay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the police are a step behind, and a madman is loose on the streets of London. To apprehend the criminal stalking women through the city's shadows, Tennison will have to steel herself against the hostility of her fellow officers and conceal her own mounting obsession with breaking through the glass ceiling of the station house--even as department politics, a crumbling relationship, and a wickedly elusive prime suspect threaten her very existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone books and the work of Kathy Reichs or Karin Slaughter will be immediately drawn to La Plante's Jane Tennison, the remarkable, no-nonsense police woman who laid the groundwork for all the rest who followed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102785474783,"sku":"9780062134370","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/4Yim2RCMHp9780062134370.webp?v=1781087352"},{"product_id":"blood-line-paperback","title":"Blood Line - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAward-winning and international bestselling author Lynda La Plante brings back her popular series character, London Detective Chief Inspector Anna Travis of the Murder Squad, to work a seventh case in \u003cem\u003eBlood Line\u003c\/em\u003e. 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