Tennison by Lynda La Plante

 Tennison

 by Lynda La Plante

Tennison by Lynda La Plante was first published on 9th February 2017 by Simon & Schuster UK. My thanks to the author and the publisher for sending me a copy to review and to Compulsive Readers Blog Tours for inviting me to be part of Team Tennison .

Tennison is Book 1 of the Tennison series.




Synopsis

In 1973 Jane Tennison, aged 22, leaves the Metropolitan Police Training Academy to be placed on probationary exercise in Hackney where criminality thrives. We witness her struggle to cope in a male-dominated, chauvinistic environment, learning fast to deal with shocking situations with no help or sympathy from her superiors. Then comes her involvement in her first murder case.

My review

The big question on my mind at the moment is how on earth did I get to the age I am without reading the  Tennison books, or any book, by Lynda La Plante !!!!!!!!! Anyone would think that an avid reader like myself who can easily read over one hundred books a year, and mainly detective ones, that I would have read at least one. But no, I hadn't until now and gosh have I got some catching up to do because I was hooked from the first page of this almost 600 page novel about WPC jane Tennison. So much so that I binge read it over two days and didn't finish it until the small wee hours of the morning.

The tension, suspense and development of relationships in all aspects of the story are amazing, especially the character of Jane, who you feel all her pain, love, angst etc as you read the book.

Even though this is a long story, it doesn't feel like it as it moves at a cracking pace and you have to have your wits about you in order to keep up as you turn page after page.

It does make you realise, as it's set in the '70's, how times have changed so dramatically and how what happened then wouldn't, you hope, happen now, plus no mobile phones !!!!!!

If you haven't read any of Tennison yet you really must, and soon, so that you can experience the whole series before the long awaited new title is published in July next year.

This is an incredible 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 read that any detective/murder mystery fan must read.


About the Author



Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National Theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows.   Her novels have all been international bestsellers. Her original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, British Broadcasting and the Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award.   Lynda La Plante was made an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was given the BAFTA Dennis Potter Award in 2000. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2008 and was inaugurated into the Crime Thriller Writers' Hall of Fame in 2009. 

  Visit Lynda at her website: www.lyndalaplante.com 

Twitter: @LaPlanteLyndawww.

facebook.com/LyndaLaPlanteCBE

 

@simonschusteruk 

@ lyndalaplante

@zaffrebooks


# teamtennison




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