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

**THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH, JULY 2024**IT ENDS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN . . . THE FINAL DETECTIVE JANE TENNISON THRILLER – AND THE PREQUEL TO TV HIT PRIME SUSPECT – FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING CRIME FICTION ICON, LYNDA LA PLANTE. Now available in hardback, eBook and audiobook. _____________________________DETECTIVE JANE TENNISON’S POLICE CAREER HANGS IN THE BALANCE: A SINGLE STEP FROM GLORY – OR RUIN. 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. 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. 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. She just has to do what she does best: find her prime suspect . . . ‘Tennison is a great character. Her hard-fought career – her own life sentence – comprises a landmark series in crime fiction’ – THE TIMES***LOVE LYNDA LA PLANTE? YOU CAN NOW PRE-ORDER HER BRILLIANT MEMOIR, GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER – OUT SEPTEMBER 2024***