Whole Life Sentence : The pulse-pounding final Detective Jane Tennison thriller

Lynda La Plante's final Tennison crime novel, bringing readers up to the point at which the famous television series Prime Suspect began.

<p><b>THE FINAL EVER DETECTIVE JANE TENNISON THRILLER - AND THE PREQUEL TO TV HIT <i>PRIME SUSPECT </i>- FROM <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLING CRIME FICTION ICON, LYNDA LA PLANTE.<br></b>_____________________________<br><br>DETECTIVE JANE TENNISON'S POLICE CAREER HANGS IN THE BALANCE: A SINGLE STEP FROM GLORY - OR RUIN.<br><br>While she has elbowed her way into an elite team investigating non-domestic murders, there is nothing elite about her first assignments: a missing teenager cold case and an apparent suicide Tennison suspects is, in fact, murder.<br><br>But as she uncovers explosive evidence, Tennison's new colleagues watch like vultures circling prey. And, one by one, the cases no one else wanted are taken from her - and the glory along with them.<br><br>Now Tennison has had enough: of the rampant sexism, snide remarks and undermining. It's time to take what is rightfully hers from those who have held her back.<br><br>She just has to do what she does best: find her <b>prime suspect . . .<br><u><br>PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:<br></u></b><br>'Tennison is a great character. Her hard-fought career - her own life sentence - comprises a landmark series in crime fiction' <b>-<i> THE TIMES</i></b><br><br>'Lynda La Plante is an exceptional writer of Crime Drama' - <b>Dame Helen Mirren</b><br><br>'The UK's most celebrated female crime author' -<b><i> DAILY MAIL<br></i></b><br>'Thirty years on from writing Prime Suspect, La Plante is still delivering the goods' - <b><i>THE TIMES</i></b><br><br>'Tough, brilliant and damaged, [Tennison] shook up the genre forever' <b><i>- DAILY EXPRESS</i></b><br><br>'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' - <b>KARIN SLAUGHTER</b></p>