Blood Line
A gripping British police procedural (DI Anna Travis Book 7)
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4.3 • 199 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
‘Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
The seventh book in the riveting DI Anna Travis series from the Sunday Times bestselling creator of Jane Tennison.
Under the watchful eye of Detective Chief Superintendent James Langton, Anna is given her first case.
But is it a full-blown murder investigation or purely a missing person's case? An ominous pool of blood and no victim lead Anna on a desperate hunt for a man who has disappeared without trace.
As Anna becomes obsessed with seemingly irrelevant details, Langton fears that she is losing control of the case. They still have no body and Anna is under increasing pressure to make an arrest . . .
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
La Plante's well-crafted seventh Anna Travis novel (after 2011's Blood Fury) finds the London detective chief inspector looking into a missing person case. Evidence of a pool of blood is discovered directly under the bed of 26-year-old car mechanic Alan Rawlins, who lived with his attractive fianc , Tina Brooks, but there's no body and no identifiable DNA. Travis and her team must investigate Rawlins's character and context in lieu of anything more concrete. As they dig deeper, the image of the hardworking, straitlaced Rawlins is replaced by one of a hard-living gay surfer. Several credible suspects emerge, and, in a nice twist, the identity of the victim comes into question. A lively plot and a number of satisfying revelations offset the leisurely denouement. La Plante's habit of revealing a little too much about earlier cases or books may frustrate readers who are joining the series late.
Customer Reviews
Blood line
I thought this book was very slow & boring after the last eight in the series, it lacked the usual oomph the others had. Don’t know if I will buy the next one till I have read the sample.
Bloodlines
Excellent highly recommend!
Blood line
A very well wrote story, found once I had started it I just had to keep reading it, you were left wondering who actually killed Rawlings till near the end