Blind Fury
A gripping British police procedural (DI Anna Travis Book 6)
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4.2 • 87 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
‘Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
The sixth book in the riveting DI Anna Travis series from the Sunday Times bestselling creator of Jane Tennison.
Close to a motorway service station, the body of a young woman is discovered. She appears to have no family, no friends, no one to identify her. DI Anna Travis is brought onto the team of investigators by DCS James Langton, who already suspects that this recent case could be linked to two unsolved murders.
As more evidence is discovered the team realise that they are contending with a triple murder investigation -- and no suspect. Anna's blood runs cold when she receives a letter from a murderer she helped to arrest. He makes contact from prison insisting that he can track down their killer, but will only talk to Anna herself.
Does he really have an insight into another killer's mind, or is he merely intent on getting into hers?
PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE
‘The UK's most celebrated female crime author’ DAILY MAIL
‘La Plante excels in her ability to pick out the surprising but plausible details’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
‘Satisfyingly full of twists and turns’ INDEPENDENT
‘Absorbingly twisty’ GUARDIAN
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When an unidentified woman is discovered raped and murdered at a service station off the M1 motorway in La Plante's gripping sixth novel featuring London Det. Insp. Anna Travis (after Silent Scream), Anna and her team fear it's the work of the same person who murdered both another unidentified woman and prostitute Margaret Potts. Anna has little to go on until Cameron Welsh, a sadistic killer Anna helped convict years earlier, contacts her from prison and promises he can help solve the case. She reluctantly agrees to meet despite Welsh's interest in the case being a thinly veiled attempt to get close to her while pursuing any lead to try and identify the nameless victims. Hovering in the background is Anna's former lover, Det. Chief Supt. James Langton, who arrives to supervise the case, which grows increasingly complex as it builds to its violent climax. Now a more agile investigator, Anna has finally stepped clear of Langton's and Jane Tennison's shadow.
Customer Reviews
Interesting but not a page-turner
The story started out quite slow and I was considering giving up on it. I gave it the benefit of the doubt and kept going. I found it quite interesting up until the very end which disappointed me a fair bit. The ending was somewhat unexpected and I'm left feeling no sense of closure. Not badly written and a good read nonetheless. Would I recommend it? If the last chapter or so was taken out, yes. Unless you're the type who likes to walk away from stories feeling empty and questioning what's next, then go right ahead! This is probably the book for you :)
Blind fury
The writing was sparse and the characters were not well developed. The plot was predictable from the beginning. The prison scenarios were unlikely and a fairly obscure adjunct to the plot.