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The fifth book in the Tennison series.
following Jane Tennison in the early years of her policing career.
Synopsis:
April 1980 and Jane is the first female detective to be posted to the Met's renowned Flying Squad, commonly known as the 'Sweeney'. Based at Rigg Approach in East London, they investigate armed robberies on banks, cash in transit and other business premises.
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'.
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. 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.
But she doesn't know who they are, or where and when they will strike . . .
Review:
Noone likes to admit JUST how hard it was for women to not only be come police officers, but to enter speciality units, who pretty much did not want them there at all, and felt they would fail. Having seen Tennison in Prime Suspect, this series goes back and looks at how she first became a police officer, and what she had to face to make it through the academy, and be accepted as a detective. In this book, we get to see how she made it into "the Sweeney", and how her instincts really were honed by her experiences, and helped to make her the detective we KNOW from Prime Suspect! Along the way, we get a look back and more basic policing, and how 'old school' got things done, and done well. This is a wonderful addition to the series, and will make fans shout with glee, for anotehr well-done mystery!
About the Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. 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. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her novels have all been international bestsellers.
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. Lynda has written and produced over 170 hours of international television. Tennison was adapted for TV and was broadcast on PBS in 2017. 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. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity. She is a member of The Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame and is the only lay person to be made a fellow of The Forensic Science Society.
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