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Tennison, 1 - (Jane Tennison Thriller) by Lynda La Plante (Paperback)

Tennison, 1 - (Jane Tennison Thriller) by  Lynda La Plante (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Originally published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2015."--verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Before Prime Suspect there was Tennison - this is her story</b> <p/>1973. After leaving the Metropolitan Police Training Academy, 22 year-old Jane Tennison is placed on a probationary exercise in Hackney, London where criminality thrives. At first she struggles to deal with the shocking situations she faces, receiving no help or sympathy from her superiors. Jane feels out of her depth in this male-dominated, chauvinistic environment. Then she is given her first murder case . . .<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>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 <i>Widows</i>. <p/> Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed <i>Prime Suspect</i> won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. <p/> 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. <p/> 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 <i>Listening to the Dead</i> podcast with former CSI Cass Sutherland, exploring forensic science and its impact on solving crimes

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