A charred body is discovered along with the burnt remnants of. Dc jack warr is clearly destined for higher things, and i look forward to following his progress peter robinson, no. When it comes to writing, what books made lynda popular. This series was based on her first novel and it sees dc anna travis, who is still a trainee at this point, getting her first murder case. I have a lot of very exciting projects in the pipeline at the moment. Anna, now detective chief inspector for specialist casework, uses lateral thinking to restart stalled. This spooky tale will make you want to sleep with the light on. The tv show was called above suspicion, after her first novel. Lynda was born on march 15, 1946 in the united kingdom. Her first tv series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series. Apart from more books to come in the tennison series, ive started work on a completely new character which i hope will be the beginning of another thrilling book series. She is best known for her prime suspect itv series starring jane tennison.
She runs her own television production company and lives in london and east hampton, new york. The tv show is based on the books, which are about dc anna travis. Suspicion and fear surround the disappearance of a movie stars daughter. She was raised in liverpool and trained at the royalacademy of dramatic art. Charming but aimless, jack cant seem to find his place in the world until hes drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down. She is also wellknown as lynda marchal, which was her stage name when she performed with the royalshakespeare company in several productions. As her new novel, buried, hits the shelves, lynda has put time aside to answer questions every thursday at 6pm on her facebook page so get thinking about all those things youve. Anna, now detective chief inspector for specialist casework, uses lateral thinking to restart stalled murder. I trained as an actress then turned to writing and made my script breakthrough with widows and.
She studied at the royal academy of dramatic art where some of her classmates were people like ian. Her first tv series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands. A burntout cottage, a fortune buried in the ashes and a body that could solve a decadesold crime jack warr is a young dc with the metropolitan police. She trained for the stage at rada and worked with the national teatre and rdc before becoming a television actress. Apart from more books to come in the tennison series, ive started work on a completely new character. Dc jack warr is clearly destined for higher things, and i look forward to following his progress, peter robinson, no. Her third novel bella mafia was later adapted for television in 1998 staring vanessa redgrave. Anna, now detective chief inspector for specialist casework, uses lateral thinking to restart stalled murder investigations, including one involving henry oates, the driver of a van that contained birthday party suppliesand a corpse. She trained for the stage at rada and worked with the national theatre and rdc before becoming a television actress. We havent completed the interview with her yet, but her brief email comments appear beside her choices. She then turned to writing and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful tv series widows. Harry rawlins was the mastermind behind all robberies. Dc jack warr and his girlfriend maggie have just moved to london to start a new life together.
Her novel writing career took of in 1987 when she got her first novel the legacy published, which became an instant success, receiving overwhelming positive critiques. This police drama is a book that is easy, enjoyable, fast paced and nerve jumping fun. Her novels have all been international bestsellers. But theres still the problem of the fourth man, the one who walked away from harrys heist and can anticipate their every move.
Though charming, jack cant seem to find his place in the world until hes drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down. She is an honorary fellow of the british film institute and a member of the uk crime writers awards hall of fame. Dc jack warr and his partner, maggie have moved to london. It is a chilling narrative a narrative which uncovers layer after layer of lies, false identity, misrepresentation and deceit. Lynda tells us about tennison as a new recruit arriving at hackney police station the old stomping ground. After she got done with school, she began an acting career, and acted with the royal shakespeare company in. This police drama is a book that is easy, enjoyable, fast paced and nerve. She studied at the royal academy of dramatic art where some of her classmates were people like ian mcshane, anthony hopkins, and john hurt. I found buried to be wellwritten with complex characters and an intriguing crime. 1 sunday times bestselling author of the dci banks series. The race to claim the reward for finding her dead or alive spirals into a deadly voodoo trail in new orleans. Writer to adapt her new novel, called tennison, for tv in 2016, the 25th anniversary of the hit itv drama starring helen mirren. The thrilling new crime series introducing detective.