For fans of Prime Suspect, Lynda La Plante continues her series covering the early years of Jane Tennison’s career. It is 1979 and Jane has now been promoted to detective sergeant. As her shift is about to end she is called to an alley where the body of a young woman has been found. Assigned to co-ordinate door-to-door interviews in the area, a second body is found the next day in an abandoned car. Other than their proximity, there seems to be no connection between the two murders, but a third murder provides forensic evidence that ties the murders together and leads to a suspect.
This is the fourth book in this series and Tennison has gone from fetching coffee and Manning a desk to actively investigating crimes and interviewing suspects. She is often led by her intuition rather than following the active investigation and despite the violence that she has experienced she has not become hardened by what she has seen.
La Plante’s novel is one of twists and turns. Just when evidence comes together to point to the killer, new possibilities are introduced. While the victims did not know each other there is a common denominator that emerges slowly and points the investigation in a totally different direction. La Plante is a master of her craft and Murder Mile proves that.
This is the fourth book in this series and Tennison has gone from fetching coffee and Manning a desk to actively investigating crimes and interviewing suspects. She is often led by her intuition rather than following the active investigation and despite the violence that she has experienced she has not become hardened by what she has seen.
La Plante’s novel is one of twists and turns. Just when evidence comes together to point to the killer, new possibilities are introduced. While the victims did not know each other there is a common denominator that emerges slowly and points the investigation in a totally different direction. La Plante is a master of her craft and Murder Mile proves that.