But, when he finally gets what he’s yearned for all these years, a political scandal erupts around him and he is shunned into the shadows once again with no shred of a positive reputation left. During this high point in her life, La Plante also published her most famous books (the Cold series). I love the interaction between Jack and wife Maggie, with both of them trying to juggle intense work situations as well as caring for their daughter, with the help of Penny, Jacks mother, and also keeping their marriage alive. While Lynda has completed and released several novels in the past years (Blind Fury, Deadly Intent, Blood Line, Silent Scream, Backlash and her newest release, Wrongful Death), she still has much more planned for those who enjoy her writing. She is also well-known as Lynda Marchal, which was her stage name when she performed with the Royal-Shakespeare Company in several productions.

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Rodney Middleton has committed some severe crimes and is at present on remand, he is thought to have schizophrenia but Jack is positive especially after speaking to a psychiatrist that he is faking mental illness to avoid a hefty prison sentence. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity.

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I look forward to the next in this series and have no hesitation in highly recommending it and the DC Jack Warr series as a whole. The sub-plot involving DCI Ridley is another great story and is testament to the writing skills of the author that she can include two stories of equal value in one book. Anyone who has read the rest of the series knows that he is a flawed character, but in a good way, and the times when he takes liberties with procedure, it comes from a place of striving for good.

She dipped in and out of screenwriting and acting, best known for her magnificent work on the Prime Suspect televisions series. Acknowledging that awaiting a train for Liverpool had been productive on previous occasions, and navigating a scenario to engage with a single young female, he gets her talking and offers to be her knight in shining armour. However, Detective Jack Warr is advised by his mentor DCI Ridley that Middleton’s crimes are more extensive and suggests that he dig deeper. The parts of the book in direct speech, flip from one speaker to the another with no indication of who is saying what and the actual dialogue felt like it had been written by someone with a lot less talent and experience than Ms La Plante! Faced with a new boss that he just can't quite get the measure of, and a team who aren't aware of Jack's sideline investigation, there is that added conflict and sense of urgency which really keeps the story moving.

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As you would expect from bestselling author of Lynda La Plante this is a well written novel, the plot is meaty and solidly constructed, there’s clarity between the two cases and there’s never confusion.

Despite the above and I’m sure they’re just my personal gripes rather than other readers, both cases are really interesting and immersive. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. The ending worked very well with both cases resolved and it's another great read from Lynda La Plante which I highly recommend.