''Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller. Above Suspicion blew me away - it grabs you and doesn''t let go until the last page'' KARIN SLAUGHTER The first book in the riveting DI Anna Travis series from the Sunday Times bestselling creator of Jane Tennison. Detective Anna Travis has just been assigned to her first murder case - a series of killings of young women that has shocked even the most hardened of her colleagues. The deaths first began eight years ago, and now the body count is up to six, with no concrete leads. Then the seventh body is found. The method of killing is identical, but the victim profile has changed dramatically. Determined to prove herself, Anna''s resolve pays off when she finally uncovers a vital piece of information which links one man to all of the murders - a beloved actor on the brink of international stardom. But with the prospect of a media frenzy in the wings, his isn''t the only career on the line. If he were to be arrested and found innocent, then Anna''s hard-won reputation would be destroyed once and for all . . . PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE: ''The UK''s most celebrated female crime author'' DAILY MAIL ''La Plante excels in her ability to pick out the surprising but plausible details that give her portrayal of everyday life in a police station a rare ring of authenticity'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ''Satisfyingly full of twists and turns'' INDEPENDENT ''Absorbingly twisty'' GUARDIAN

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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 RSC 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, British Broadcasting and the Royal Television Society, as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda La Plante was made an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was presented with the BAFTA Dennis Potter Award in 2000. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2008 and was inaugurated into the Crime Thriller Writers' Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2024 she was the joint recipient, with James Lee Burke, of the Crime Writers' Association's Diamond Dagger award for an outstanding lifetime's contribution to the crime and mystery fiction genre, and her memoir, Getting Away with Murder, won the True Crime Book of the Year at the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards in 2025. Visit Lynda at her website: www.lyndalaplante.com X: @LaPlanteLynda Facebook: LyndaLaPlanteCBE

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'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller. Above Suspicion blew me away - it grabs you and doesn't let go until the last page' KARIN SLAUGHTER

The first book in the riveting DI Anna Travis series from the Sunday Times bestselling creator of Jane Tennison. 
 
Detective Anna Travis has just been assigned to her first murder case - a series of killings of young women that has shocked even the most hardened of her colleagues. The deaths first began eight years ago, and now the body count is up to six, with no concrete leads.
 
Then the seventh body is found. The method of killing is identical, but the victim profile has changed dramatically. Determined to prove herself, Anna's resolve pays off when she finally uncovers a vital piece of information which links one man to all of the murders - a beloved actor on the brink of international stardom.

But with the prospect of a media frenzy in the wings, his isn't the only career on the line. If he were to be arrested and found innocent, then Anna's hard-won reputation would be destroyed once and for all...

PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:

'The UK's most celebrated female crime author' DAILY MAIL 
 
'La Plante excels in her ability to pick out the surprising but plausible details that give her portrayal of everyday life in a police station a rare ring of authenticity' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 
 
'Satisfyingly full of twists and turns' INDEPENDENT

'Absorbingly twisty' GUARDIAN