Order in the next 10 hours 20 minutes and get it by. What they uncover leads to the opening of several cold case missing persons files. In 1992 she wrote a tv film called seekers, starring brenda fricker and josette simon. It is an excellent police procedural mystery full of suspense, character studies, plot twists and turns. 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. The first episode was broadcast on 4 january 2009, and the final episode on 28 january 2012. The gruesome murders are identical and the womens backgrounds are very similar in that they are all prostitutes. Lynda writes novels that she adapts to television series through her. In the first novel of anna travis series, we are introduced to anna, a rookie detective who is about to start off on her first murder case. This mystery takes them into contact with lady gloria, a sociopath and destructive killer who outsmarts them. The anna travis series began in 2004 with above suspicion. But i have had a huge number of questions about anna travis, asking when i will be writing my next book about her. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Book club genres all book club genres sorting by best selling this month book lists.
Her characters in this series, anna travis and james langdon, make an attractive and compelling team. She is a detective and the books pick up when she is a trainee detective. It feels as if one is actually working on the case in the incident room. 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 has written the trial and retribution series, the jane tennison series, the legacy series, the dolly rawlins series, the anna travis series, some short fiction, and some stand alone novels. See the complete anna travis series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. She has to win over the respect of her male counterparts and takes a risk with a high risk suspect. Anna and her boss, james are now having an affair and he is spending more and more time at anna. Four series were broadcast over a total of four years. The thrilling new crime series introducing detective jack warr. Lynda was born on march 15, 1946 in the united kingdom. 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 the murder squad.
From the bestselling author of widows now a major motion picture. The series was adapted into a television series titled above suspicion, starring kelly reilly as anna travis. Deadly intent was for me just grate it will keep you on your toes just to keep up with the writer,as detective travis investigates and solves the crime. The murders are gruesome, and the method of killing is also. The books then go on to follow anna traviss career in the police. Born lynda titchmarsh in 1943, she grew up in liverpool, merseyside. They started eight years ago now the body count is up to six.
After finishing her studies, using the stage name lynda marchal, she appeared with the royal shakespeare company in a variety of productions, as well as popular television series including zcars, educating marmalade, the. Anna travis is a new female detective who is about to work on her first murder case. In 1992 she wrote at tv movie called seekers, starring brenda fricker and josette simon, produced by sarah lawson. 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. In 1991 itv released prime suspect which has now run to. She is also wellknown as lynda marchal, which was her stage name when she performed with the. She is also wellknown as lynda marchal, which was her stage name when she performed with the royalshakespeare company in several productions. She was raised in liverpool and trained at the royalacademy of dramatic art.