Today I am on the Blog Tour for Good Friday (Jane Tennison Book 3) by Lynda La Plante, published by Zaffre Publishing (Bonnier Books). Thanks to Tracy Fenton of Compulsive Readers for allowing me to join #TeamTennison and the publisher for my gifted copy.
Every legend has a beginning . . .
During 1974 and 1975 the IRA subjected London to a terrifying bombing campaign. In one day alone, they planted seven bombs at locations across central London. Some were defused – some were not.
Jane Tennison is now a fully-fledged detective. On the way to court one morning, Jane passes through Covent Garden Underground station and is caught up in a bomb blast that leaves several people dead, and many horribly injured. Jane is a key witness, but is adamant that she can’t identify the bomber. When a photograph appears in the newspapers, showing Jane assisting the injured at the scene, it puts her and her family at risk from IRA retaliation.
‘Good Friday’ is the eagerly awaited date of the annual formal CID dinner, due to take place at St Ermin’s Hotel. Hundreds of detectives and their wives will be there. It’s the perfect target. As Jane arrives for the evening, she realises that she recognises the parking attendant as the bomber from Covent Garden. Can she convince her senior officers in time, or will another bomb destroy London’s entire detective force?
Good Friday is the third book in the Tennison series. To say I was eager to read this is an understatement. I was looking forward to rejoining Jane on her journey through her early career.
Yet another book that I knew I was going to be so engrossed in. This instalment sees Jane Tennison as a fully fledged detective. She gets caught up in a bomb blast at Covent Gardens. One which leaves people dead or seriously injured. She is a witness, although she is unable to identify anyone. When her picture is printed in the newspaper, it makes her and her family a target for IRA retaliation. Will they find the bomber before they have a chance to do any more damage?
This is a series I never knew I needed. The back story of Jane Tennison is an enigmatic one. I am addicted to every book I read. Lynda La Plante takes the reader back to the times of the IRA and the sense of terror pours from the page. Then Jane’s involvement just heightens the tension. I was turning the pages so quickly that I finished it in two sittings!
An instalment in which I was second-guessing everything and certain I knew it all until I didn’t. Lynda La Plante never seems to lose the skill of writing a tale that has enough twists and turns to keep the reader invested.
I was very happy to have the next book ready to read as I can never have enough of this fiesty copper!
Author Bio
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. 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.
Her novels have all been international bestsellers. Her 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 Writer’s Award.
Since 1993 Lynda has spearheaded La Plante Productions. In that time the company has produced a stunning slate of innovative dramas with proven success and enduring international appeal.
Based on Lynda’s bestselling series of Anna Travis novels, Above Suspicion, Silent Scream, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream have all adapted into TV scripts and received impressive viewing figures.
Lynda has been made honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Writer’s Award 2000.
On 14th June 2008 Lynda was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List (Writer and Producer for services to Literature, Drama and to Charity).
On 3rd October 2009, Lynda was honoured at the Cologne Conference International Film and Television Festival with the prestigious TV Spielfilm Award for her television adaptation of her novel, Above Suspicion.
Books penned by Lynda La Plante include: The Legacy, The Talisman, Bella Mafia, Entwined, Cold Shoulder, Cold Blood, Cold Heart, Sleeping Cruelty, Royal Flush, Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Clean Cut, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream, Blind Fury (this entered the UK Sunday Times Bestsellers List at number 1 having sold 9,500 copies in its first two weeks), Blood Line, Backlash, Wrongful Death, and Twisted, which have all been international best-sellers.
In Feb 2012 Lynda’s chilling tale of THE LITTLE ONE was published in conjunction with Quick Reads through Simon & Schuster UK.
Lynda’s latest book, Tennison, was published on 24th September 2015 and is the prequel the highly acclaimed Prime Suspect. The story charts Jane Tennison’s entry into the police force as a 22 year old Probationary Officer at Hackney Police Station in 1973.
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