Murder Mile is a solid, well-written addition to the police procedural genre. Based on the character of Jane Tennison, known by many of us from Prime Suspect, this tells of her younger days as she’s struggling to rise through the ranks. Two murders, seemingly unconnected, occur on her patch and as the squad pieces together the clues to find the person or persons responsible, Jane is able to provide a perspective that leads to an arrest. She still has to deal with the disdain of her some colleagues, even to the bitter end, which is probably accurate for the times (and hopefully not so much now). Throughout, you can see her growing into the role and glimpse that later Tennison of Prime Suspect.
I lived through the miserable "winter of discontent" in 1978/79, trash piles, strikes and all. The book did a good job of capturing some of that atmosphere. I also thought the scene where Jane interrogates a suspect was one of the best of its kind I’ve read in a while. I really saw the scene in my head as I read it.
This is fourth novel in the Tennison series, but there’s nothing in this book that relies on knowledge of the previous ones, so it can be read as a stand-alone.
My thanks to BookishFirst, the publishers (Bonnie Zaffre) and Lynda LaPlante for a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.
I lived through the miserable "winter of discontent" in 1978/79, trash piles, strikes and all. The book did a good job of capturing some of that atmosphere. I also thought the scene where Jane interrogates a suspect was one of the best of its kind I’ve read in a while. I really saw the scene in my head as I read it.
This is fourth novel in the Tennison series, but there’s nothing in this book that relies on knowledge of the previous ones, so it can be read as a stand-alone.
My thanks to BookishFirst, the publishers (Bonnie Zaffre) and Lynda LaPlante for a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.