Lynda La Plante
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"London's Detective Chief Inspector Anna Travis must decide where her loyalties lie, duty to the job or personal ambition, in this masterful tale of suspense. Six months ago, London nightclub owner Josh Reynolds was found dead. Ruled a suicide, the police investigation was closed. Then a young man, awaiting trial for armed robbery, tells his guards that Reynolds was murdered, and that he has information to share. DCI Anna Travis is scheduled to leave...
Author
Series
Anna Travis mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
4) Blood Line
Author
Series
Anna Travis mysteries volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
5) Backlash
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Late night on a notorious high-rise estate in London, a white van is being driven erratically. The driver is pulled over by the police and questioned. A woman on the street after a long night drinking never makes it home. A suspect, an arrest, a confession--a case closed?
7) Widows
Author
Series
Publisher
Zaffre
Language
English
Description
Dolly Rawlins, Linda Perelli and Shirley Miller are left devastated when their husbands are killed in a security van heist that goes disastrously wrong. When Dolly discovers her husband Harry's bank deposit box, containing a gun, money - and detailed plans for the hijack - she realises that she only has three options: 1. Give up and forget she ever found them; 2. Hand over Harry's ledgers to the police, or to the thugs that have been hassling her...
Author
Series
Anna Travis mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
10) Clean cut
Author
Series
Anna Travis mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Touchstone Book/Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Chief Detective Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through the station house's glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, a case comes in that threatens to destroy everything she has worked for. As Vera Reynolds, drag queen and night club star, swayed onstage singing 'Falling in Love Again, ' a sixteen-year-old rent boy lay in the older man's apartment, engulfed in flames....
14) Buried
Author
Series
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
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...
17) Judas horse
Author
Series
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Detective Jack Warr identifies an informer, the terrified man begins to give details of a massive robbery planned by a team of unscrupulous and dangerous men. These men have already orchestrated many audacious robberies, leaving terrified victims in their wake. And they have already killed to get what they want. Detective Jack Warr and his team must use their informant as a 'Judas Horse' to draw in the unsuspecting robbers, so that they go ahead...
18) Vanished
Author
Series
Jack Warr novels volume 3
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When an eccentric elderly widow claims she is being stalked, Detective Jack Warr is the only person willing to dig into the truth behind her wild claims. Jack soon finds himself embroiled in an international drugs operation, art theft--and a murder investigation. On the back foot throughout, he is forced to play second fiddle to the Drug Squad, confront an old adversary, and even fight off accusations of assault. But Jack believes that every aspect...
19) Pure evil
Author
Series
Publisher
ZAFFRE
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It was supposed to be a simple case: a young man arrested for armed assault. But it was just the beginning. As Rodney Middleton awaits trial, Detective Jack Warr is warned by his mentor DCI Ridley that they have only scratched the surface of the man's crimes. Then DCI Ridley is suddenly removed from his post. No one is to contact him - and no one will say why. As Warr digs into Rodney's past, Ridley calls pleading for help, now accused of a murder...
20) Unholy murder
Author
Series
Jane Tennison mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A coffin is dug up by builders in the grounds of an historic convent - inside is the body of a young nun 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...