The murder of a young actress starts an investigation that uncovers onscreen tensions, a. Book club genres all book club genres sorting by best selling this month book lists. She then turned to writing and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful tv. Young anna travis has been assigned to her first murder case a series of killings that has shocked even the most hardened of detectives. She is best known for her prime suspect itv series starring jane tennison. A chance pull over of an erratically driven van leads to the discovery of a brutally murdered woman and a full investigation by. They started eight years ago now the body count is up to six. She is a detective and the books pick up when she is a trainee detective. Four series were broadcast over a total of four years. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. In the footsteps of jane tennison, immortalized by helen mirren in prime suspect, comes anna travis, a rookie female detective about to embark on her first murder case. The thrilling new crime series introducing detective jack warr.
Born lynda titchmarsh in 1943, she grew up in liverpool, merseyside. The first episode was broadcast on 4 january 2009, and the final episode on 28 january 2012. Anna travis after 2009s deadly intent, travis looks into the stabbing murder of 24yearold movie star amanda delany in her. A chance pull over of an erratically driven van leads to the discovery of a brutally murdered woman and a full investigation by the murder squad. As many of you know, my next book will be coming out on 24th september 2015. After attending the royal academy of dramatic art rada training for stage, she appeared in several productions and well known tv series under the pen. She has to win over the respect of her male counterparts and takes a risk with a high risk suspect. Late night on a notorious highrise estate in the borough of hackney.
She trained for the stage at rada and worked with the national theatre and rdc before becoming a television actress. I hadnt read either of the previous books, but i had no problem diving into this. The anna travis series began in 2004 with above suspicion. A woman on the street never makes it home after a long night of drinking. Her third novel bella mafia was later adapted for television in 1998 staring vanessa redgrave.
The series was adapted into a television series titled above suspicion, starring kelly reilly as anna travis. The series stars kelly reilly and ciaran hinds as the protagonists anna travis and james langton. She is also wellknown as lynda marchal, which was her stage name when she performed with the royalshakespeare company in several productions. After reading the last 6 books in the series and thoroughly enjoying them i have to admit i was a little disappointed by this one. This crime drama, police procedural is packed with detailed, interesting characters and very complicated crime scenes. Apr 28, 2015 as many of you know, my next book will be coming out on 24th september 2015. But i have had a huge number of questions about anna travis, asking when i will be writing my next book about her.
But i have had a huge number of questions about anna. After attending the royal academy of dramatic art rada training for stage, she appeared in several productions and well known tv series under the pen name lynda marchal. She was raised in liverpool and trained at the royalacademy of dramatic art. The authors latest book, clean cut, is the third in her anna travis series. What they uncover leads to the opening of several cold case missing persons files. The series was adapted into a television series titled above.
This crime drama, police procedural is packed with detailed, interesting characters and very complicated crime. Lynda was born on march 15, 1946 in the united kingdom. It is a chilling narrative a narrative which uncovers layer after layer of lies, false identity, misrepresentation and deceit. The book begins with a scene that reveals the murderer to the reader. The latest victim is found naked by a truck stop and she is proving difficult to identify. The murder of a young actress starts an investigation that uncovers onscreen tensions, a complex private life, controversial memoirs, and suspected abuse.