I would like to thank Netgalley and Bonnier Books for an advance copy of Pure Evil, the fourth novel to feature DS Jack Warr of the Met. With a well-publicized career and many awards to boot, it is obvious that Lynda La Plante is a force to be reckoned with, and may just find her way onto our televisions in one way or another over the next few years. The plot was decent enough to be worth

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This time the simple assault case he is dealing with spirals into darker areas, not helped by his boss and mentor, DCI Ridley being replaced by an inexperienced senior officer trying to micro manage his staff. Lynda has a strong focus on crime and thriller, as she discovered when she wrote her first series for Thames Television, Widows, in 1983. Then Ridley disappears from the workplace and no one is to contact him, except he contacts Jack for help in clearing him of a potential murder charge. Jack is a fascinating character with an interesting backstory, something which is discussed in previous books and which helps to give the reader a firm understanding of what makes him tick. Burning the candle at both ends begins to take its toll and his wife Maggie, herself a busy surgeon is becoming increasingly frustrated at Jack’s inability to put his family before work.I thought current issues in todays society were tackled sensitively, with care and believably wrote. The writing is excellent as always and Jack as a character has developed from the last book although he remains a complex character , we learn that juggling work and home life isn’t always easy and this leaves him at odds with his wife Maggie at times . Every book I’ve read of Lynda’s have hooked me from the start,can’t wait for the next one in this series,I’m sure there will be another.

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These books revolve around private detective Lorraine Page, who used to have everything she could have ever wanted, but soon found herself left out on the street with no one and nothing. He was working on something that should have been an open and shut case, a young man arrested for assault. We start with a conundrum for Det Jack Warr when he and his fellow officers are told that their boss (and his mentor) DCI Simon Ridley has been removed from his post and they are not to contact him.Age doesn’t mean anything when faced with a women this driven in her career, and this dedicated to the heart of her craft. I like the way that Lynda La Plante has framed this whole story, that Rodney Middleton, a man arrested for quite a serious offence, is actually a far more twisted individual than the simple arrest might suggest. This is my favourite novel in the series so far as it sees Jack as an investigator, rather than the fly by night he has been. But, when he finally gets what he’s yearned for all these years, a political scandal erupts around him and he is shunned into the shadows once again with no shred of a positive reputation left.