Buried

by Lynda La Plante

Overview

The first book in a brand-new series by the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante.


An exciting and action packed new thriller, with roots in La Plante's bestselling novels, Widows and Widows' Revenge.

Jack Warr is a young DC with the Metropolitan Police. Charming but aimless, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.

In the aftermath of a fire at a derelict cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remnants of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes - the hidden legacy of Dolly Rawlins and her gang of Widows.

Jack's assignment to the case coincides with an investigation into his own past. As he searches for the truth about his identity, Jack finds himself increasingly drawn into a murky underworld of corruption and crime. Those millions have not been forgotten - and Jack will stop at nothing to find the truth. ­

'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499862461
Publisher:	Bonnier Zaffre
Publication date:	10/06/2020
Series:	Jack Warr Series , #1
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of nearly forty novels, all of which have been bestsellers. 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.

Lynda's 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 Award.

Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best 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.

Lynda La Plante is the first lay person to be awarded an honorary fellowship to the Forensic Science Society. In 2020 she launched the acclaimed Listening to the Dead podcast with former CSI Cass Sutherland, exploring forensic science and its impact on solving crimes.

Editorial Reviews

02/24/2020

In contrast to La Plante’s breakout Prime Suspect books, police procedurals that took an unflinching look at sexism directed against female officers, this series kickoff offers mostly soap opera. Det. Constable Jack Warr, “a strikingly attractive man” with “a naturally attractive physique that looked great in anything,” works for London’s Serious Crime Squad, where his lack of ambition keeps him from advancing in the force. He gets an opportunity to prove himself after a corpse is found in a burned-out cottage in Aylesbury, along with almost £2 million in cash that appears to be linked to a decades-old case—“the biggest train robbery had ever seen.” Warr’s ability to focus on the inquiry is hampered by news that the man he considers his real father is diagnosed with terminal cancer; that spurs Warr to seek out his biological father, who just might be a crook with a connection to the train theft. Awkward prose (“Even mumbling through a half-eaten biscuit, Laura thought his mouth looked lovely”) is another negative. Nothing in this subpar outing suggests a return to form any time soon. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly