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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, aged 22, leaves the Metropolitan Police Training Academy to be placed on probationary exercise in Hackney where criminality thrives. We witness her struggle to cope in a male-dominated, chauvinistic environment, learning fast to deal with shocking situations with no help or sympathy from her superiors. Then comes her involvement in her first murder case.

'Classic Lynda, a fabulous read' -- MARTINA COLE

**Lynda La Plante's Widows is now a major motion picture**

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24 September 2015
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‘Classic Lynda, a fabulous read’ -- Martina Cole --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Lynda La Plante's many novels, including the Prime Suspect series, have all been international bestsellers. She is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and a member of the UK Crime Writers Awards Hall of Fame. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2008. She runs her own television production company and lives in London and Easthampton, New York. Visit her website at LaplanteBooks.com. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. 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.

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.

Since 1993 Lynda has spearheaded La Plante Productions. In that time the company has produced a stunning slate of innovative dramas with proven success and enduring international appeal.

Based on Lynda's best selling series of Anna Travis novels, Above Suspicion, Silent Scream, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream have all adapted into TV scripts and received impressive viewing figures.

Lynda has been made honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Writer's Award 2000.

On 14th June 2008 Lynda was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List (Writer and Producer for services to Literature, Drama and to Charity).

On 3rd October 2009, Lynda was honoured at the Cologne Conference International Film and Television Festival with the prestigious TV Spielfilm Award for her television adaptation of her novel, Above Suspicion.

Books penned by Lynda La Plante include: The Legacy, The Talisman, Bella Mafia, Entwined, Cold Shoulder, Cold Blood, Cold Heart, Sleeping Cruelty, Royal Flush, Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Clean Cut, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream, Blind Fury (this entered the UK Sunday Times Bestsellers List at number 1 having sold 9,500 copies in its first two weeks), Blood Line, Backlash, Wrongful Death, and Twisted, which have all been international best-sellers.

In Feb 2012 Lynda's chilling tale of THE LITTLE ONE was published in conjunction with Quick Reads through Simon & Schuster UK.

Lynda's latest book, Tennison, was published on 24th September 2015 and is the prequel the highly acclaimed Prime Suspect. The story charts Jane Tennison's entry into the police force as a 22 year old Probationary Officer at Hackney Police Station in 1973.

Lynda La Plante is published in the UK by Simon & Schuster.

Lynda La Plante is published in the US by HarperCollins Publishers.

Please visit www.lyndalaplante.com for further information. You can also follow Lynda on Facebook and Twitter.

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Josephine

It is well written and gives a great account of Jane Tennison's initial journey in the UK ...

Reviewed in Australia on 25 October 2015

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I have read all of the other Tennison stories by Lynda La Plante and this one is no exception. It is well written and gives a great account of Jane Tennison's initial journey in the UK police force with it's male domination. If you haven't read any of the other stories this one is a great introduction to the series where she travels from being a humble police constable to eventually climbing her way to the top of the heap.

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Netty

Fabulous Fabulous Book

Reviewed in Australia on 5 November 2015

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Absolutely loved it, didn't want it to end. What a great prequel to the Prime Suspect series. The writing was superb and the two storylines made it even more interesting. Love Lynda La Plante !

Reviewed in Australia on 31 December 2017

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I enjoyed every minute of this book. Fun, light hearted, then serious, sad and well written too. I'm about to order the next one.

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Jane sherlock

Great characterisation and a good holiday read

Reviewed in Australia on 16 November 2015

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A little slow to start but son became pacy and gritty. The sexism of the 60s was a little overdone at times but it was a valuable window to a world which still exists for some. It also reminded us how many people smoked all day every day. Great characterisation and a good holiday read.

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Policing East End Style

Reviewed in Australia on 25 January 2017

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Tightly written novel with great characters. The pace of the novel supports the storyline and the characters are diverse and believable. The characters are strong stereotypes, products of their environment but the dialogue and their actions bind the novel together well.

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Ian Roberts

Typical Lynda LaPlante a great story and a very good read

Reviewed in Australia on 19 October 2015

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Typical Lynda LaPlante a great story and a very good read. Different from her usual detective story and characters, and no doubt she is going to continue the story of Tennisons career path in the police force.

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Great read

Reviewed in Australia on 15 February 2021

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As always, great read. Characters come to life. Difficult to put down.

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You wont be able to put the bool down until you finish it

Reviewed in Australia on 14 April 2019

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Lynda La Plante gets you interested right from word go.

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richard

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2019

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I have never read or watched any LLP books or programmes before but being aware of her reputation and in particular for her Prime Suspect TV series, I decided to buy this book while it was on offer. I was also interested because the period covered also coincided with what I was doing in my career at the time. There are several factual inaccuracies and the implied bullying from some quarters at the time was not something that only female officers suffered, it was probably a hangover caused by a workforce who experienced similar treatment as 'toughening up experiences' doing National Service. I am sure many apprentices in industry suffered similarly during these years. These inaccuracies are not a major problem and a good story and good writing could have more than made up for them, unfortunately neither were present. This was a long read, it is not one of those books you start and get immediately drawn in to it, it seemed to use three sentences where one would have done, and when I finished it there was no feeling of wanting to know more and looking for the next instalment. I may try a different LLP novel just to see if this is a one off failure, and if I see Prime Suspect on TV as a repeat I will watch it just to see what all the hype is about, but as my headline states, this book was disappointing.

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Gentoo

discursive drivel and poor continuity undermining a relatively good story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2021

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Having had Amazon direct me to her new character DC/DS Jack Warr I thought I'd read some of her other stuff. Mistake.

I believe Tennison was written as a prequel to Prime Suspect. In Prime Suspect DCI Tennison was a fairly heavy smoker but apparently as a probationer WPC she was a non-smoker, I'd be curious to know when she acquired the habit. Too many brands thrown in like chick lit, and packing for word length. Jimi Hendrix got name checked what felt like about 900 times for no particular reason and it just grated. (and I write as someone who has more JH material than can be considered healthy). I find it a bit difficult to believe that someone with her back story would have had much time for Janis Joplin. Did we really need to know she has a 34DD figure? And so on.

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Ninaminacat

Strong police procedural

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2017

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As a fan of the television series Prime Suspect, I was keen to read about Jane Tennison at the beginning of her career.

I was pleased to be swept straight into probationer Jane's world in a well crafted novel where seemingly insignificant details can turn out to be important in the two crimes which are investigated. If you like police procedurals which really do concentrate on the police's efforts to solve a crime, this is one to consider. The reader does get to spend some time with Jane's family and there is some romance, but not at the expense of the investigation. In general, the characterisation is not very deep, though Jane herself does grow in confidence as the investigations proceeds, but the police's lines of enquiry provide plenty of interest and tension.

There are a few anachronisms such the bottle of water which Jane requests to go with her (entirely credible) cheese sandwich or the mention of a fish and chip shop being open on a Sunday, which while not helping to make me feel I had returned to 1973, did not mar a well-paced and cleverly constructed plot.

The separate account, as a sort of appendix, of how Jane chose a career in the police force is an thoughtful addition, which gives the reader a little extra insight into her character.

Overall, I fear the book just drops short of 5 stars, but on a more detailed scale would make 4.5 stars. On the strength of this, I have already purchased the next book in the series.

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Alex Cyrson

A great start

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 May 2022

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After watching Prime Suspect for the first time I wanted to know were the character came from. Tennison the first in the series of Jane Tennison books is a really good book. A solid story mixed with interesting three dimensional characters and great period detail. One thing Lynda La Plante does for all her work is research and you really feel that in this book, she captures the period perfectly and touches on real events to the story in context.

Penelope Sylvia Allen

Tennison: Prime Suspect 1973

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2020

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An excellent read. This is my first time book in this series but it won't be the last. The story was so well written I was interesting the plot from the very beginning right to the very end. I love he character, Jane Tennison, and all the others who made up this story. It gritty but the details were so well described that it was readable without being distasteful. Brilliant.

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