Simply BRILLIANT!!

This has been , once again , brilliantly written by Lynda and superb narration from Rachel .

Definitely a book I highly recommend

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Great new story from Lynda La Plante.

This was another great story. Looking forward to the next story in the series.

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Another good plot

This is a strong end to the Jane Tennison series and rounds off the story of how she became a DCI. The story builds really well - it’s interesting and easy to follow. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Good read

Enjoyed. Guessed what had happened and who was likely to have done it but story was still gripping and I enjoyed reading to the end

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Tenacious Tennison at her best!

DI Jane Tennison wanted to be posted nearer home and starts at Bromley Station which features a very small CID dept and interestingly a female DCI, still very much a rarity in the police but showing things are at last moving in the right direction. Jane is engaged to and living with builder Eddie Myers but apart from renovating her house they seem to have very little in common. On her first day she immediately runs into old friends DS Paul Lawrence and DI Stanley but is upset to learn of former colleague Alan Dexter’s death on a French racetrack. Jane’s first case, along with Stanley and DC William Burrows, is a boundary dispute between two neighbours, David Caplan and Martin Boon. Caplan is trying to build a high wall around his house with electronic gates but was threatened by Boon with an iron bar. Caplan claims he defended himself with a spade and Boon now lies in a critical state in hospital. If he dies it could be murder, at least something worthy of Jane and Stanley’s combined experience and expertise. Two other neighbours, the Larssons who own the courtyard in the middle of all these properties, seem to be stirring the pot and siding with Boon but why is the tarmacked piece of ground so precious to them? Just when Jane is starting to regret her move to a station with low level rather boring cases, she runs into a woman working at a care home who once lived in the Caplan house and soon a whole dark intriguing story of love and loss is revealed.
The series is now moving into more modern times, including the mention of DNA and mobile phones, albeit still in their infancy. With a much slower build up and leading the reader to already suspect the worst about these decidedly dodgy neighbours, this is tenacious Tennison at her best! Despite orders to the contrary from her boss, she just cannot help pulling at a little niggling thread, maybe to fill the void in her own rather tragic and desolate home life, and with a little other worldly direction, soon finds herself in the middle of the heartbreaking case that will push her further up the ladder into book 10, the very final story of this series.
The series has finally settled on a narrator who is perfect for the role of Tennison over the last few stories and who delivers a quality and professional performance that was clear and easy to listen to and held my attention throughout, despite the slower build up to the main case.

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Gripping story despite being somewhat predictable

I love the style of writing from the author- despite being able to guess the ending, I was still enjoying the book- extremely well written interview scene

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bŕilliant as we expect from Lynda

love the fight Jane had to be hearedj as dhe follows her gut instinct I loved it

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Despite the I'm going with 4 stars

if you like Lynda La Plante books i.e hardly any talk of thoughts, feelings, or descriptive scenery text, and just 90% dialogue then this is one for you because the story is quite good. It's meant to be set prior to Prime Suspect, which is 1973 but the dialogue is completely 2023 (no sexism, racism etc.) and there's massive blunders talking about take away pizza, going to the supermarket, and I think she mentions drive through McDonald's, none of which were in effect at that time, but still overall I think this one is worth listening to.

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Bravo

Brilliant Book
Easy Listening
Highly Recommended if you want to compelte the Tennison Series

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Great as always

I always devour the Jane Tennison & Anna Travis books, I love them only problem is I get through them to quickly !

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