Silent Scream - Rilegato

La Plante, Lynda

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ISBN 10: 1847375456 ISBN 13: 9781847375452

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

Hot young British film star Amanda Delany had the world at her feet. Never one for the quiet life, she'd had a string of affairs with famous actors, making perfect fodder for the tabloids...Then came a commission to write a tell-all memoir. When Amanda is found brutally murdered, the suspects are lining up - from jealous ex-flatmates to famous lovers to a corrupt agent. As DCI James Langton leads his team in an extensive enquiry, they discover the sad truth behind Amanda's successful facade. An autopsy reveals that she was addicted to drugs and starvation diets. Amanda's parents are a cold, unemotional couple who hushed up the fact that their daughter once almost died from a botched abortion. And it is revealed that her massive earnings were being swallowed up in a City fraud. Meanwhile, DI Anna Travis is up for promotion, but her boss DCI James Langton is blocking her, with an accusation of professional misconduct. This latest case, her toughest challenge so far, could make or break Anna's career.

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‘British film starlet Amanda Delany has a string of hit movies to her credit, along with a series of affairs with famous actors and a lucrative contract to write a tell-all memoir. But before she can start her book, Delany is found murdered’
Irish Sunday Independent 20/9
‘As ever La Plante excels when it comes to police procedure and the minutiae of the investigation. The compulsive plot whizzes along, twisting and turning, with clues being dropped like litter. It’s a great read and another well-deserved notch on La Plante’s bestseller list’
Sunday Express 18/10
‘Best-known for creating TV’s Prime Suspect, Lynda La Plante writes fantastic crime novels , including the addictive Anna Travis series. In Silent Scream the gutsy DI is assigned to investigate the murder of British film star Amanda Delany. Just like the four earlier books in the series, La Plante’s tale races as Anna uncovers the sordid truthbehind Amanda’s glittering public image’ ‘Find an arresting read this Christmas’, Express 4/12

L'autore:

Lynda La Plante bestowed John Moores University with a creative writing scholarship in her hometown of Liverpool and is an honorary member of the British Film Institute. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has also awarded Lynda with the Dennis Potter Writers Award.
She was awarded a CBE in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours List (for services to Literature, Drama and to Charity), and was presented with the prestigious TV Spielfilm Award for her television adaptation of her novel Above Suspicion at the International Film and Television Festival Conference in Cologne. In 2009 Lynda was inducted into the Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame . Her novels have all been international bestsellers.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847375456
• ISBN 13: 9781847375452
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 656