Firstly i want to make it clear that i listened to this as an unabridged audio book. It starts a little slower than the last 2 books but picks up pretty quickly and contues untill the end. She is an honorary fellow of the british film institute and a member of the uk crime writers awards hall of fame. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The british academy of film and television arts bafta has also awarded lynda with the dennis potter writers award. If you are a fan of her writing, give twisted a miss. Her writing often unsettles the reader as the story develops and we question where it is going. Its an easy paced police thriller set in 1976 and is based on the ira bombings in london. She trained for the stage at rada and worked with the national theatre and rdc before becoming a television actress. The audio lasted 5 hours and i listened to it in one day. Her first tv series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands. After finishing her studies, using the stage name lynda marchal, she appeared with the royal shakespeare company in a variety of productions, as well as popular television series including zcars, educating.
Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Her immaculate attention to detail transports the reader to another time, making the novel as much a piece of historical fiction as it is a seriously good crime thriller. She then turned to writing and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful tv series widows. Jun 04, 2015 the book is far far too long and would have benefitted greatly from the culling of at least 25% of the content. Lynda was born on march 15, 1946 in the united kingdom. Millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes lie untouched in an old victorian cottage, the hidden legacy of the dolly rawlins and her widows.
Jun 05, 2014 firstly i want to make it clear that i listened to this as an unabridged audio book. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Its basically the backstory of jane tennison the take no shit senior detective chief inspector whatzit from her popular prime suspect books and the equally popular tv series based on those books starring helen mirren. She studied at the royal academy of dramatic art where some of her classmates were people like ian mcshane, anthony hopkins, and john hurt. She is best known for her prime suspect itv series starring jane tennison. The beginning of twisted was exciting and i literally could not stop listening. She is also wellknown as lynda marchal, which was her stage name when she performed with the royalshakespeare company in several productions.
Jane is one of the only women in the police force and. She was raised in liverpool and trained at the royalacademy of dramatic art. For once i am surprised that i prefer the tv series to the book. This time the phone was answered by a gruff voice, which she recognized as stanleys. Her novels have all been international bestsellers. Jane tennison who later stars as the main character in the more famous book and tv series prime suspect is the main character in this book and good friday is the 3rd book in new series tennison which focuses on janes earlier.
After she got done with school, she began an acting career, and acted with the royal shakespeare company in. I really have great difficulty in believing that this book was actually written by so a fine an author as ms. Good friday, her third tennison book is just hitting the shelves, so we asked to her about this fascinating character, prime suspect, writing and more. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Good friday explores the early days of tennisons career. There are some blind twists that i didnt see coming. Good friday would make a good choice for any book club. In 2009 she was inducted into the crime thriller awards hall of fame. She began her literary career in 1987 with her debut novel the legacy which went on to become an international bestseller.
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