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Unholy Murder - by Lynda La Plante (Paperback)

Unholy Murder - by  Lynda La Plante (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> 'Help me turn the coffin lid over.' Jane Tennison said, grabbing one end. 'What you looking for?' Doctor Pullen asked. 'I want to see the condition of the interior lining.' 'The right hand on the body has a broken fingernails, some are worn down to the fingertips.' Doctor Pullen informed them as they gently turned the lid over. The mouldy white satin lining was torn and hanging loose at the head end. Jane gently brushed it to one side revealing deep fingernail scratch marks on the interior metal. 'Oh my God,' Tennison exclaimed. 'She was buried alive.' In Unholy Murder, Tennison must lift the lid on the most chilling murder case of her career to date . .<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Detective Jane Tennison must lift the lid on the most chilling murder case of her career to date - in the brand new thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante.</b> <p/>A coffin is dug up by builders in the grounds of an historic convent - inside is the body of a young nun.<br> In a city as old as London, the discovery is hardly surprising. But w hen scratch marks are found on the inside of the coffin lid, Detective Jane Tennison believes she has unearthed a mystery far darker than any she's investigated before. However, not everyone agrees. Tennison's superiors dismiss it as an historic cold case, and the Church seems desperate to conceal the facts from the investigation. It's clear that someone is hiding the truth, and perhaps even the killer. Tennison must pray she can find both - before they are buried forever . . . <p/> In Unholy Murder, Tennison must lift the lid on the most chilling murder case of her career to date . . .<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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