Cold Shoulder
A Lorraine Page Thriller
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4.2 • 95 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
‘Without doubt one of the best writers working today’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
SHE’S LOST EVERYTHING EXCEPT HER LIFE . . .
Lieutenant Lorraine Page had everything – a devoted husband, two beautiful daughters and an impressive career with the Homicide Squad. It's impossible to believe that she could be thrown out of the police force and end up on Skid Row.
Lorraine's ex-colleagues soon forget her, as the hunt for a nightmare serial killer spirals into an all-out search for a missing witness: a victim who escaped.
Lorraine Page is that witness. Against her will she is drawn into the investigation, and forced to face her past as well as her overwhelming guilt . . .
Praise for Lynda La Plante
'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter
'Classic Lynda - a fabulous read' Martina Cole
'Satisfyingly full of twists and turns' The Independent
'A rare ring of authenticity' Sunday Telegraph
'An absorbingly twisty plot' Guardian
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Admirers of La Plante's Edgar Award- winning TV miniseries, Prime Suspect, and of her earlier crime-thriller fiction (Bella Mafia), will want to give this novel anything but the cold shoulder. After acute alcoholism ruins her career and marriage, former Pasadena, Calif., police lieutenant Lorraine Page winds up as a skid-row prostitute. One day, Lorraine, newly sober, is solicited by a man who then tries to kill her with a hammer; she escapes by biting him on the neck. After she learns that her attacker is probably responsible for a series of hammer murders of back-street hookers, Lorraine determines to bring the serial-killer to justice. As she tracks her quarry, she begins to take strength from her recovery from addiction. Meanwhile, her astute police instincts lead her through L.A.'s netherworld of transsexual prostitution and kiddie porn, propelling her toward the dark secrets of a powerful family. Finely tuned characters, a well-wrought plot and plenty of suspense made this novel a success in England; its appeal should cross the Atlantic with ease. Major ad/promo; film rights sold to Michelle Pfeiffer/20th Century Fox; author tour.
Customer Reviews
Cold shoulder
Another brilliant story by Lynda La plante,
She is one of the best writers around.
She keeps you glued to the book so you have to finish reading it. I hope the next 2 books in the series are as good as this one was.
Well done. JS
Top Read
Maybe one too many coincidences in the story line but one of very, very few books I’ve actually wanted to read in a sitting. Loved the character building, really looking forward to the next in the series. My favourite LaPlante to date and I’ve read almost all.
Cold Shoulder
A slow starter and felt I wasn't liking how the story was going. I persevered and I couldn't put it down. Excellent read and trusts and turns at the end kept me on the edge of my seat.
(Lots of typos throughout the book and Americanised spellings which I don't really like)