Resultados de "Lynda La Plante" en Todas las categorias

Para la detective novata Anna Travis, su primer caso es un bautismo de fuego: seis mujeres, un mismo patrón de muerte escalofriante. Pero la séptima víctima rompe el molde. Anna debe ganarse el respeto de sus colegas mientras busca justicia. La investigación apunta a Alan Daniels, un famoso actor con un encanto peligroso. ¿Podrá Anna superar su atracción y descubrir la verdad, aunque eso signifique arruinar su carrera y poner en riesgo su propio corazón?

Una joven aparece asesinada junto al río Támesis, con el cuerpo horriblemente mutilado y una dalia roja en el cabello. El crimen evoca de inmediato al infame caso de la Dalia Negra, pero esta vez, el escenario es Londres. La detective Anna Travis se ve arrastrada a una investigación sin pistas claras, bajo la presión de los medios y con un asesino que parece querer dejar un legado. Para resolver el caso, deberá colaborar con su jefe y expareja, James Langton, en una relación marcada por la tensión y las heridas del pasado.

Mientras en Palermo se lleva a cabo el mayor juicio en la historia de la Mafia, don Roberto Luciano aprovecha la boda de su nieta para anunciar su decisión de testificar contra su despiadado enemigo, el hombre que le arrebató a su hijo mayor. Pero antes de cumplir su amenaza, don Roberto y todos sus herederos varones son brutalmente asesinados. Solo las mujeres de la familia sobreviven. Y lejos de rendirse, juran venganza. En un mundo dominado por hombres, descubrirán que la astucia femenina y la violencia pueden ser una combinación letal.

Dolly, Linda e Shirley não eram grandes amigas nem tinham nada em comum até que os maridos morrem juntos operando uma tentativa de assalto. Cada uma a seu modo está enfrentando o luto quando Dolly é surpreendida por descrições detalhadas de todos os roubos realizados e planejados pelo marido. Ela se vê diante de uma encruzilhada: pode se livrar daquilo tudo e voltar à sua vida pacata ou entregar a descoberta aos criminosos que querem tomar o lugar do falecido. Mas ninguém cogitaria sua aposta em uma terceira alternativa: recrutar as outras viúvas e concluir aquela última missão.

When her boss, James Langton, is almost fatally injured while pursuing a ruthless gang, Detective Anna Travis must put her own career on hold as she nurses him through his intense frustration and desperation to bring his would-be murderer to justice. Then Anna is assigned to a different case...

Detective Anna Travis is investigating the brutal murder of a young woman whose body was discovered in the Thames, brutalised and severed in half, a red flower in her hair. With the case bearing an eerie resemblance to the famous unsolved murder case of Elizabeth Short - known as the Black...

Det kostede Dolly ni års fængsel, at hun dræbte sin mand, mesterforbryderen Harry Rawlins, som hævn for hans dobbelte bedrageri. Nu er hun ude og klar til at realisere sin drøm - at åbne et hjem for svigtede og hjemløse børn. Til formålet vil hun bruge sin skjulte formue - diamanter fra et tidligere røveri til en værdi af to millioner pund. Men så enkelt er det ikke. For der er andre, som kender til diamanterne og vil have deres andel af byttet. Desværre viser det sig, at diamanterne er forsvundet.

Jack Warr is a young DC with the Metropolitan Police. Charming but aimless, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down. In the aftermath of a fire at a derelict cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with...

Le premier volet des enquêtes de Jack Warr. Une série vendue au Royaume-Uni à plus de 600 000 exemplaires, par Lynda La Plante, la reine du polar anglais. À Londres, où il a suivi sa compagne Maggie, Jack Warr est simple inspecteur au sein de la Crim. L'occasion de donner un coup de fouet à sa carrière lui est offerte quand il est envoyé sur un incendie d'origine criminelle. Dans les décombres encore fumants d'un cottage ont été retrouvés un corps carbonisé et quantité de vieux billets de banque à moitié calcinés. 

In the race to stop a deadly attack, just pray she's not too late . . . March, 1976. The height of The Troubles. When detective constable Jane Tennison survives a deadly explosion, she finds herself in the middle of a media storm. Minutes before the blast, she caught sight of the bomber. Too...

‘Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller’ KARIN SLAUGHTER The ninth book in the riveting DI Anna Travis series from the Sunday Times bestselling creator of Jane Tennison. Duty to the job or personal ambition? Anna Travis must decide where her loyalties lie . . . Six months ago...

Jane Tennison must navigate the salacious world of theatre to solve a brutal murder in the heart of London's West End, in the brilliant new thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante. Things can't get much worse for detective Jane Tennison. Unceremoniously kicked off the...

‘Classic Lynda, a fabulous read’ MARTINA COLE ‘Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller’ KARIN SLAUGHTER From the creator of the award-winning ITV series Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren, comes the fascinating back story of the iconic DCI Jane Tennison. When WPC Jane...

The gritty new thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama and the fifth book in the Sunday Times bestselling Jane Tennison series. Jane Tennison has worked hard to become the first female detective ever post to the infamous Flying Squad, or 'the Sweeney'. But the Dirty Dozen is a notorious boys'...

‘Classic Lynda, a fabulous read’ MARTINA COLE ‘Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller’ KARIN SLAUGHTER From the creator of the award-winning ITV series Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren, comes the fascinating back story of the iconic DCI Jane Tennison. In 1973 Jane Tennison...

The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows - now a major feature film. DOLLY, LINDA, SHIRLEY AND BELLA ARE BACK. AND THIS TIME IT'S A FIGHT TO THE FINISH. Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the impossible: a heist their husbands had failed to...

The final act in the bestselling Widows series After serving a lengthy sentence for the murder of her husband, Dolly Rawlins is free from prison. And she's only got one thing on her mind: the diamonds she stashed before the police caught her. But there are people waiting for Dolly on the outside...

Can Jane Tennison uncover a serial killer? The fourth in the Sunday Times bestselling Jane Tennison thrillers, MURDER MILE is set in 1979 at the height of the 'Winter of Discontent' when economic chaos has led to widespread strikes across Britain. Jane Tennison, now a Detective Sergeant, has...

'Please don't let anything bad have happened to her, please don't let anything have happened to my baby…' Marcus and Lena Fulford are the envy of their friends. Wealthy, attractive and successful, the couple, with their strikingly beautiful teenage daughter Amy, seem settled and content. But...

It is late at night on a notorious council estate in east London. A van - garishly painted with a grinning clown's face on the side - is being driven erratically. When the police pull over the driver to question him, they discover, inside the van, the body of a young woman. A murder suspect...