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Above Suspicion
By Lynda La Plante
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Young Anna Travis has been assigned to her first murder case - a series of killings that has shocked even the most hardened of detectives. They started eight years ago - now the body count is up to six. The method of killing is identical, the backgrounds of the girls identical - all drug-users and prostitutes. Then a seventh body is found. The modus operandi is the same - but the victim is a young student with the 'face of an angel'. The profile of the murderer has changed dramatically.

Determined to earn the respect of her male colleagues, Anna stumbles on a vital piece of information which links one man to the killings, a much-loved actor on the brink of international stardom. His arrest would create a media frenzy. But if he were found innocent, his wouldn't be the only career over - Anna's hard fought for reputation would be destroyed once and for all...

'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller. She is without a doubt one of the best writers working today. ABOVE SUSPICION blew me away - it grabs you and doesn't let go until the last page'

KARIN SLAUGHTER

'La Plante is building up an interesting body of writing that is underrated... Anna Travis is confronted by the shadow of a frightening serial killer and through obstinate sleuthing, identifies a major public figure as the possible culprit. Anna proves a resourceful and believable heroine and heralds the launch of a major new character'

THE GUARDIAN

'The prime suspect here is an adored actor, poised to hit the big time. Could he really be behind a string of grisly murders? It's up to Anna Travis, La Plante's gutsy new heroine, to find out'

MAIL ON SUNDAY

'A damn good read'

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'Like Jane Tennison, Anna Travis has to work a world which is still rampantly chauvinistic... it is a novel to read about the complexity of relationships, as well as for its compelling plot'

DAILY EXPRESS

'. . . balancing the minutiae of police work and the dreadful politics of the job, Anna proves to be a resourceful and believable heroine in an all-too-recognisable contemporary Britain and heralds the launch of a major new character'

CRIME TIME

"La Plante keeps readers devouring pages at a murderous rate with this mystery starring detective Anna Travis, the clever daughter of a former London police chief."

-- People magazine

"snappy...zippy new mystery"

-- Entertainment Weekly

"Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller. She is without a doubt one of the best writers working today. Above Suspicion blew me away -- it grabs you and doesn't let go until the last page."

-- Karin Slaughter, author of Faithless and Indelible

"Battle-scarred Jane Tennyson moves offstage to make room for a fresh, unlined face...La Plante has given us a smart, plucky series protagonist who's enormously likable despite, or because of, her frailties."

-- Kirkus Reviews

"Creator of the immensely popular Detective Jane Tennison, heroine of the Prime Suspect TV series, Londoner La Plante brings a new crime series to America...For readers wondering if veteran La Plante has still got it, Above Suspicion leaves nary a doubt."

-- Booklist

"La Plante's gripping thriller launches the crime-fighting career of another brainy, sexy female homicide detective...this spellbinder spirals down to an edge-of-the-seat denouement."

-- Publishers Weekly
Not a writer to take challenges lying down
Cootamundra Herald, September 4, 2011
...JASON STEGER LYNDA La Plante, contrary to appearance, is not a woman to take things lying down. When producers rang her about the actor they wanted to cast in the role of a ...
Taking a stand
Melbourne Age, September 4, 2011
...LYNDA La Plante, contrary to appearance, is not a woman to take things lying down. When producers rang her about the actor they wanted to cast in the role of a ...
Not a writer to take challenges lying down
Brisbane Times, September 4, 2011
...LYNDA La Plante, contrary to appearance, is not a woman to take things lying down. When producers rang her about the actor they wanted to cast in the role of a ...
“Jordan killing publishing industry with her book”
Topnews.in, October 23, 2009
...London, Oct 23 : In an outburst against the growing trend of celebrity novels, Lynda La Plante, the doyenne of crime fiction, has hit out at glamour model Katie Price, a. k. a Jordan, insisting she’s terrible thing for young girls. The ...
Jordan is prime suspect in death of publishing, says Lynda La Plante
Telegraph, October 22, 2009
...Lynda La Plante, the doyenne of crime fiction, has just subjected Katie Price, the model better known as Jordan, to what counts in literary circles as grievous bodily harm. Tim Walker ...
Above Suspicion
BellaOnline, August 20, 2009
...the newbie DI hold her own against the cunning suspect, or will she be his next victim? is Lynda La Plante's debut novel in the new Anna Travis series and a brilliant beginning it is. With great detail, La Plante takes her time in ...
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