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Lynda La Plante

Lynda La Plante
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Lynda La Plante

Lynda La Plante's fourteen 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.

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Blind Fury will be released on July 05, 2011 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
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Silent Scream will be released on July 06, 2010 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
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Silent Scream is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
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Deadly Intent is now available in Trade Paperback
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Deadly Intent is now available in Hardcover
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Deadly Intent is now available in eBook
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BBC, March 22, 2013
...Crime writer Lynda La Plante has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the Forensic Science Society. The Prime Suspect author is the first lay person to be inducted into the professional body. La...
Daily Express, March 22, 2013
...LYNDA LA PLANTE’S gritty and accurate portrayals of crime scenes and the work of police scientists have won her plenty of fans – including, it transpires, the Forensic Science Society...
The Independent, March 21, 2013
...Agatha Christie may have been dubbed "The Queen of Crime," but fellow bestselling writer Lynda La Plante has secured a title even her illustrious predecessor would have coveted. La Plante has received the ultimate accolade for a crime writer, becoming...
FemaleFirst.co.uk, March 8, 2013
...or a drama to a book these days. It has been said that fans of Mandasue Heller and Lynda La Plante will enjoy your work; do you read these authors, or do you have other favourites? I have only ever read one Lynda La Plante book. Cannot remember what...
Abu Dhabi National, March 6, 2013
...his novels. The literary action kicks off in earnest with mega-selling author Jeffrey Archer, the novelist and screenwriter Lynda La Plante and Rankin appearing over the weekend, while the Italian chef Antonio Carluccio will reveal some cooking secrets...
Abu Dhabi National, March 3, 2013
...James Bond novel - 2011's Carte Blanche. There will be crime writers aplenty at the festival, with Lynda La Plante and Ian Rankin joining festival favourite Mark Billingham. History buffs should be more than pleased with the arrival of Antony Beevor,...
Islington Tribune, February 22, 2013
...Patterson & Liza Marklund (Arrow, 2011) 29. The family, by Martina Cole (Headline, 2011) 30. Blind fury, by Lynda La Plante (Simon & Schuster, 2011) 31. Spider bones, by Kathy Reichs (Arrow, 2011) 32. The reversal, by Michael Connelly (Orion,...
AME Info, January 16, 2013
...hosted by a leading author including participation of Boris Akunin, Mark Billingham, Maxime Chattam, John Connolly, Jeffery Deaver, Lynda La Plante, Ian Rankin, Sandy Gall, Ken Hom and others. A change of pace comes on Friday night with The Lighter...
Daily Express, January 8, 2013
...sleep at night unless I read first I love crime novels in particular and my favourite writers are Lynda La Plante and Mark Billingham. Im not an ambitious reader and I dont try to unravel the plot, Im just happy for the story to carry me along. Crime isnt...
Scottish Daily Express, January 4, 2013
...is normally enough to send me off. I love crime novels in particular and my favourite writers are Lynda La Plante and Mark Billingham. I'm not an ambitious reader and I don't try to unravel the plot, I'm just happy for the story to carry me...
TV Shows On DVD, January 4, 2013
...Link to this page: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Above-Suspicion-Set-2/17922...
Xfinity Comcast, January 4, 2013
...& Retribution,’ Set 6 is now available on DVD. Created and written by Emmy nominee and BAFTA winner Lynda La Plante, this long-running, hit British crime series displays the same gritty realism and penetrating drama that made Prime Suspect a television...
Tri-Parish Times, January 2, 2013
..."The Racketeer" Robert Olen Butler "The Hot Country" Jo Nesbø "Phantom" Lawrence Osborne "The Forgiven" Buy this photo Lynda La Plante "Blood Line" Milburn Calhoun "Louisiana Almanac 2012 Edition" Ray Saadi | Contributing Writer...
BC Living, January 2, 2013
...serious butter-carving contest. TV ON DVD Trial and Retribution: Set 6 This crime series from Prime Suspect creator Lynda La Plante stars David Hayman and Victoria Smurfit as London detectives as they investigate some of the grimmest cases in...