Some killers can't be tamed... The thrilling second book in the Sunday Times bestselling Detective Jack Warr crime series.
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.
PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:
'DC Jack Warr is clearly destined for higher things, and I look
forward to following his progress' - PETER ROBINSON, No. 1 Sunday
Times bestselling author of the DCI Banks series
'A compelling, clever plot with a brilliant cast of diverse
characters. Utterly riveting' - RACHEL ABBOTT, million-selling
author of ONLY THE INNOCENT
'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' KARIN SLAUGHTER
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