Unholy Murder
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4.2 • 9 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Detective Jane Tennison must lift the lid on the most chilling murder case of her career—in this brand new thriller from Lynda La Plante, the international bestselling author who "practically invented the thriller." (Karin Slaughter)
A coffin is dug up by builders in the grounds of an historic convent - inside is the body of a young nun.
In a city as old as London, the discovery is hardly surprising. But w hen scratch marks are found on the inside of the coffin lid, Detective Jane Tennison believes she has unearthed a mystery far darker than any she's investigated before. However, not everyone agrees. Tennison's superiors dismiss it as an historic cold case, and the Church seems desperate to conceal the facts from the investigation. It's clear that someone is hiding the truth, and perhaps even the killer. Tennison must pray she can find both - before they are buried forever . . .
In Unholy Murder, Tennison must lift the lid on the most chilling murder case of her career to date . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set sometime in the 1970s, La Plante's middling seventh procedural featuring Jane Tennison as a young cop (after 2020's Blunt Force) finds the detective sergeant posted to the CID office in the London borough of Bromley, where she moved after becoming a pariah for bringing down a colleague in her previous assignment. There, workers at a construction site where a convent once stood discover a metal coffin containing the body of a nun, and scratch marks on the inner lid indicate she was sealed in the coffin while still alive. As the crime is likely decades-old and the victim unidentifiable, Tennison faces some opposition to investigating vigorously. The plot unfolds glacially, and Tennison becomes involved with a man connected to the case, an error in judgment that predictably threatens her professional reputation. Indifferent prose (after a date, Tennison asks herself, "Could he finally be Mr. Right?") and a second potential love-interest, also linked to the investigation, don't help. The solution is a yawner and doesn't showcase the investigative skills Tennison displays later in her career. Those fond of TV's Prime Suspect featuring the mature Tennison can safely pass.
Customer Reviews
So suspenseful!
WOW. I was so in love with this book it’s hard for me to even describe it. From the author Lynda La Plante (famous for her PBS Masterpeice mystery ‘Prime Suspect’) comes an absolutely chilling murder mystery which takes place in London. When builders are working on an old convent they find an unexplained coffin with the body of a young nun. If that wasn’t spooky enough when they open it they fight scratches on the inside of the lid.. which only means one thing. The nun was buried alive. This was all I needed to know to be sure this was a book for me. Was it really a nun or was the body dressed like a nun? Why was a poor nun murdered? And why was she seemingly buried alive? So many questions! I really enjoyed the way La Plante built up the suspense and writing style made it near impossible to put the book down. This is my first time reading anything by this author and I’m so glad I did!